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Some thoughts after my first trip abroad... traveling, though quite expensive, is a great educational experience. You get to experience things in another culture and get to compare your own. You realize a lot of things, and you go home with a new appreciation of the world and your unique nationality and country. It makes you realize that the world is so big and there's still so much to see and know. At least for me, it made me think that I don't want to die yet until I see Rome, Israel, Egypt, Europe, or Greece. Going to a progressive business center in Asia, I found that I was tired after just three days. I got to see the wonders of capitalism: all man-made buildings, monuments of architecture and engineering, people crowded into so little space. I went to a famous amusement park, all artificial buildings designed like cartoons, perfect sights and facades mimicking animated fairy tales. I smile, and recall much younger days when such a place would be so believable. But be...

Last June 1-4, I went out of the country for the first time! I went to Hong Kong for three days and two nights. My grand-aunt was planning to go, so I just went along. It was exciting, but after three days I realized that the Philippines is better! At least, its a great learning experience to be in another country and culture, you realize that the world is still so big. This is not the last time I will go to this place, I'm planning to go back to visit the places we didn't go to due to limited time. I missed the Night Market, Ocean Park, Thousand Buddhas, and our plan to go to Macau was canceled. The best thing about travel is it makes you more hungry to see more of the world. But I have to admit that aside from marveling at the sights, first-world roads, buildings, bridges, and tunnels, I didn't really 'feel' the place and I couldn't relax there totally, life seems to be always busy and people are in a hurry. For me, its better to take a vacation in a beach h...