Lots of cultures eat rice. That doesn't help me.

My friends and i have been all over the Philippines (though i'm sure marami pang lugar na pwedeng bisitahin, mga kwebang pwedeng pasukin, mga dagat na pwedeng languyin) pero libre naman mangarap kaya nga ba ang dami kong balak puntahang lugar.

1. Tokyo

They say the Japanese are gracious hosts. I can testify to this. My uncles and aunts are very hospitable people. Maraming pagkaain palagi sa bahay nila sa Pasig kaya tuwing may paokasyon palaging sa kanila.

I have a friend in the office who lived in Japan for 5 years. He said that if ever one wants to go to Japan, dapat daw di palampasin ang pagpunta sa Ginza, Tokyo, the most expensive street in Japan. Ginza has the largest Japanese department store chains like Mitsukoshi and Takashimaya, where figures in the price tags (exchanging its currency rate) are similar with Harrod's in the UK. Syempre sa ordinaryong Pilipinong nag-iisip, di naman dapat bumili dito. Baka ka-presyo na ng minimum wage ang presyo ng medyas doon.

Kung mahilig ka mag-basa, there's a bookstore in Ginza where you can definitely invest your money in. The Wise Owl Bookshop is complete with all titles from bestsellers to language courses.

2. New York City

NYC is the Quiapo of the USA pero less stink, less garbage. Petty traffic-related fights are a common thing in New York, too. Ang pagkakaiba lang, bihira ang nauuwi sa saksakan at napaguusapan ng media.

Kulang ang isang buwan for me to feel NYC. The Statue of Liberty, the Museum of Natural History (daming buto ng Jurassic Park dito!), Central Park--these are the usual tourist spots. For the theater-goer however, a month is just for Times Square alone.

Kung si Hiro nga ng Heroes eh naloka sa pagkakatapak niya sa gitna ng Times Square ako pa kayang walang superpower?! Siguro seeing The Great White Way's digital billboards, cabs, skyscrapers, theater marquees will enable my jaw to do death defying acts. Hahahaha ang labo. In short, mapapanganga ako sa amazement.

3. Paris

Di ako masyadong excited sa Eiffel Tower kasi puro kalawang na daw at maganda lang daw yun sa gabi.

If you saw The Da Vinci Code (or read it. It doesn't matter because both versions sucked), the triangular glass building where the main characters had to run amuck and die and solve puzzles and read messages with a black light and eventually escape from (though this is not the end of this pointless and boring chase) is the Louvre. I'm no museum nut, but seeing the most famous paintings in the world can be pretty exciting.

4. Bwindi

Uganda is known for their gorillas. You can free roam with the gorillas in Bwindi Gorilla Sanctuary and feel the thrill of looking at a real-life gorilla. Siguro yung mga mukhang gorilya wag na pumunta dito, sayang lang ang pera niyo dahil di na kayo mae-excite. Lalo na kung mahilig kayo tumingin sa salamin.

5. Zambezi River, border of Zambia and Zimbabwe

Mosi-oa-Tunya or Victoria Falls. I first saw this in The Amazing Race. It was the most beautiful thing i have ever seen on television. Ang laki ng waterfalls! Tapos may usok talagang kusang lumalabas mula sa current ng tubig.

The list goes on and on. Gusto ko nga mag-"bumbee" jumping (bungee jumping yan para dun sa mga taong di nakuha yung joke at mga di nakapanood ng episode na yun ng Extra Challenge). Pag punta ko sa Malaysia pangatlo yan sa itinerary ko (magsusulat muna ako ng farewell letter at magtitika sa mga kasalanan ko). I did mountain climbing years ago and would like to feel the thrill once more in Ladakh, India and Adam's Peak in Sri Lanka.

Pera at passport nalang ang kailangan ko.

Sheeeeet.