Three days past my bedtime and insufficiently caffeinated. I hazily dragged my feet across Best Western Plus Lex Cebu’s lobby, towards the front desk. A couple hours prior, I had just touched down The Queen City of South, and been struggling to stay awake since. While the receptionist breezily processed the check in, my heavy…

Listlessly I watched my six year-old chase someone across and all around the vast lobby of 5-star international deluxe Radisson Blu Cebu, leaving traces of echoing giggles here and there. About a couple of hours prior, we had just arrived in the Queen City of the South. After a sleepless intercontinental flight the day before…

With a throbbing head and a brewing tonsilitis induced by a drinking spree + an all-nighter karaoke session, I impatiently paced around Mövenpick Hotel’s reception area. It was my birthday, and I was being a tad whiney because of my hangover. The front desk’s queues were more than five people deep and serving each guest…