THE FILIPINO FANTASY
To Manila and back
TRAVEL DIARIES - JAI BANERJEE
Travel with me?
Them escapades
Banaue
Sagada- The Home of the Dead
Palawan
LifeBoat- My Project
A Letter to my Roommates
Its quite silly actually, people struggle for years in making companions that even come close to the distinction of "friends" but all it took us was some dinner and some Karaoke. Time flew by effortlessly in the mirage that was Manila. Our SM North and Trinoma adventures in the hunt for cheap food and free water taught us more than just the acquisition of cheap food and free water, we learnt about Philippines together, almost as good as what Christopher Colombus did. The night you guys saw "Yeh Jawaani Hain Deewani" with us, I knew you guys would fit into the "Indian Society" seamlessly, especially since you found Deepika Padukone extremely pretty, much like 99.99999%of our country, your unending curiosity to know of the history between Ranbir and Deepika almost annoyed me, but its okay, it just proves that a part of you is Indian, and I dare you to deny that. Waking up to the smell of God knows what you guys would cook, and sleeping to a series of lame jokes I'd crack always made it easier for me.There's no place I'd so easily associate to home in the Philippines than that room upstairs which kept us all warm, comfortable and most importantly, it kept us together. We went face to face with all fears, and learnt so many different lessons in the process, but also subconsciously we made memories that we knew would never fade.
If i had to spend another 41 days in the unknown, I know who I'd take with me.
I love you guys, immensely :)
Love, always,
Jai