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My little tribute to Robin Williams

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It was during a busy day (yesterday) when I heard about the death of one of my favorite actors Robin Williams from a colleague who casually asked me through Skype if I knew him. Apparently, she had heard from a client too about the news and googled Robin Williams and then recalled who he was. Me, I didn’t need to google him because I knew him. I felt like I grew up seeing his movies, both laughing and crying to them as well. And like I normally am during deaths, I cried.  I then went to google and saw news about his death which I didn’t really pay much attention to because my eyes were clouded in tears just seeing pictures of Robin Williams flashing on the screen. I wanted to write a tribute to him but since I was too busy and too distracted, I couldn’t make one. I was planning to just re-blog an old post Great Movies to Watch but I just needed to make a more personalized one and something that really required some effort. After all, it was technically my last farew

A local Cebuano's guide to the best of Cebu

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One of my clients is visiting Cebu for the first time and her last email to me got me all nervous... Hi Nel, Flying out now. Thanks for the offer. Love to hear about thing to do in Cebu. I am not nervous because I have nothing to offer; because Cebu definitely has a lot to offer! I know Cebu because I have spent a lifetime here (literally) ! I want every visitor to experience Cebu entirely but obviously short-term visitors can only experience so much in a few days and cramming everything up in such a short time can be dreadfully tiring and could end up in disaster. Something I definitely would not want to happen. There are just  so many things (too many even) that I would like to brag to visitors about Cebu and so it is just a matter of choosing the best ones that I know are a real embodiment of Cebu and something that visitors would really appreciate. So fancy restaurants and busy urbanized places will definitely be off of my list and instead incl