going back to manila & other things..

given that we are getting married in manila, franny and i obviously will need to get ourselves some tickets back to manila. it was really frustrating since we really couldnt find anything reasonable for most of the time that we looked.

but for some reason, when we looked for tickets last week prices dropped! knowing that more than likely it wouldnt go down much more, we booked our tickets already. it cost us roughly $900 each, good thing we bought it at that price, since when we looked 2 days afterwards, the price of flight back home shot up to roughly $1500! lucky us!

in case you're cuious, we'll be flying out on may 29 and we'll be flying back in on aug 10.

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oh, last friday (2/3/06) we went out to Hop Kee for dinner to celebrate franny's birthday. afterwards we went to this nice italian place for dessert, Ferrara is the name if i remember correctly. it was really nice having everyone there. obviously the group is bit smaller now since most have moved. too bad, i forgot to bring a camera so i don't have any pics to post. next time i'll make sure i bring one.

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on wednesday (2/8/06), dr. salvatore had invited dr. stiglitz to give a lecture at fordham university. it was a very interesting talk. it wasn't one of those lectures where you end up worrying how you plan to keep yourself awake. he brought up a lot of great points about trade & globalization. well i guess if you really are interested in what he has to say, one can always go out and purchase his new book - Fair Trade for All.