Hello Balloon | road trip

Thou Shall Not Bagnet

Posted by Arlu on May 12, 2012 in Featured, Food, Thought Bubbles, Travel | 1 comment

As soon as the family confirmed plans to spend the weekend in Baguio for my birthday, I found myself getting more and more excited, as it has been easily 20 years since my last visit. This would also be Anthony’s first, and I couldn’t wait for him to try all the goodies I’ve come to associate with the “City of Pines,” like mountain strawberries, garlic longganisa, fresh ube jam, and (the very aptly named) kulangot.

TALKABOUT : Snorkeling

Posted by Arlu on Mar 31, 2012 in Featured, Thought Bubbles, Travel | 0 comments

Time for some sun, everybody! For Hello Balloon’s first year anniversary, we’re taking you snorkeling in Anilao, Batangas, where we’ll visit two of our favorite dive spots. Also, don’t forget to check out what went wrong with my wet suit that led to me mooning an entire school of silver jack fish. But first… BREAKFAST!

A Day of Awkward Cheese and Difficult Lollipops

Posted by Arlu on Feb 24, 2012 in Culture, Featured, Thought Bubbles, Travel | 2 comments

We were thrilled to receive a text message from my cousins Patricia and Richard inviting us for a one-day excursion with their families up north. I must mention right off the bat that I love road trips, and at the same time, I also love traveling with my cousins in particular. We’ve gone on many, many trips over the years, and they’re always fun, pleasant and easy-going. As for their kids, my adorable nieces and nephews, let’s just say that they kept us adults on our toes. Hahaha!

Pageants and Pineapples // A Road Trip with Dug the Pug

Posted by Arlu on Sep 15, 2011 in Featured, Thought Bubbles, Travel | 2 comments

First of all, we wish to open this blog post with clapping — a full minute of it — as Anthony and I congratulate our very own Shamcey Supsup for a stellar showing at this year’s Miss Universe pageant, held two days ago in Sao Paolo, Brazil. Though I must admit that I used to be a bigger follower of pageants in my younger years — For some reason I feel the pageants of late seem to get less and less sophisticated — I know that in my heart of hearts, I will always derive a sense of excitement from the spectacle and color of it all.