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The Beautiful Malaysia – A Thrifty Trip to Remember in the Home of the Petronas Tower

Last January 4 to 6, 2014, I and my wife visited Malaysia, a neighboring country of Singapore . This is one of my most thrifty 3-days international trip ever. With good planning and preparation, we only spent a total of around Php10,000 (all-in) – that is from Singapore to Malaysia then back to Singapore. How were we able to do it? On this blog with amazing photos, I will share with you the tips and guides on how Php10,000 became enough for our once in a life time trip. A Thrifty Trip - Overview Well, believe it or not, in this 3-days thrifty trip we have been able to ride these 5 modes of transportation – airplane, bus, train, ferry, and car. From Singapore, we took Tigerair (a budget airline) at the cost of only Php5,200 (or S$152 for 2 pax on a two-way trip). This was made possible with 3 months advance booking and at the same time availing a $0 promotion on the return flight to Singapore. Budget airlines like Tigerair and Jetstar (my preferred airlines going back and forth to the

When Philippines Becomes Singapore, What Would it be Like?

Economies of countries in the world are being ranked by the International Monetary Fund (IMF), World Bank (WB), United Nations (UN) and CIA World Fact in accordance with the country’s Gross Domestic Product (GDP) for a given year. GDP is the market value of products and services produced by a particular country. Each ranking body may have other criteria or categories, but in general, the results of their rankings almost coincide. The ranking are pretty close from the top going down and there are only two to three divergence in the levels of economy ranking. In 2011, the Philippines is falling between the 43rd to 46th while Singapore is on the 38th to 39th position. On the average, Philippines has a GDP of US$220B while Singapore has US$260B. However, one big aspect to think about between these two countries if we are to compare them further is the population. Philippines has 92.3M people while Singapore has 5.2M. The implication of GDP of Singapore with respect to this aspect seems to