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Author: Vivien Nyström

Born in 1979 in her hometown of Kiangan, Ifugao in the Philippines, Vi has moved homes too many times. Since 2020 before Austria's first lockdown during the pandemic, she moved to Sweden. She is still in Sweden today.

Pasalubong From Sis

Polvoron by Goldilocks Philippines

Pasalubong from my sister Patti whom I met in KL last Nov.8-11, 2014
mouthwatering bite sized cashew polvoron

New cat treats? – Snoozie
Mmmmmmm
….mmmmm crunch crunch

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pasalubong – a Tagalog term meaning gifts or souvenir from visiting family or friends

polvoron – is a crumbly shortbread made of toasted flour, milk, sugar and butter; introduced during the Spanish occupation in the Philippines

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AirAsia Wifi

AirAsia wifi: A bit of online chatting in the skies with the airline’s new RoKKi Chats

wi-fi available on selected AirAsia flights
the staff started selling the tokens about half an hour after take off
a total of 3MB data usage on WeChat, WhatsApp, & LINE
got one for an introductory price of RM5 per token instead of RM8
open a browser and register… follow the instructions therein

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Today was the first time I used wifi aboard a plane. The service is called roKKi Chats and it was on this afternoon’s AirAsia flight AK886 from KLIA2 in Kuala Lumpur to Don Mueang International Airport in Bangkok.

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Food Stop @ KLIA2 L2 Food Court

November 13, 2014 – Kuala Lumpur International Airport 2 (klia2) Food Court, Level 2

KLIA2 was a big airport, but I remembered exactly where to go. I was just there the other day with my sister who flew back to Manila.

As I stepped off the escalator on the way to Gate P11 for my AK886 flight to Bangkok, the colorful food stalls straight ahead seemed to beckon deliciously. What the heck, I had more than three hours to wait before boarding time. Perhaps one last nasi lemak meal before heading off to the waiting area to get bored.

With so many choices, thoughts of nasi lemak fled my mind as you can see from the photos above. 🙂

D.I.M. – Covered Cat Litter Box

Do It Myself (D.I.M.)- Covered Cat Litter Box

Today at the Big C supermarket while walking around with my cart, I saw a staff folding empty boxes whose contents he had just emptied on the row of shelves before him. I knew that they gave them away for free, so I begged for four and he handed me three of what he had already folded. I thanked him and walked on.

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Archive – My old “Contact page”

English Language Lessons, Proofreading, Editing, and More

English with V

Hello! My name is Vi and I teach English online from Austria. Besides writing about my cats here on The Traveling Cats and teaching online, I also do other freelance work such as proofreading, editing, and web content writing in English.

For English tutorial lessons, I teach online through Skype. I also offer giving lessons at arranged meet up venues such as the student’s home or at a cafe or restaurant.

Learners: Children and adults; intermediate to advanced levels

Areas: English Conversation Practice (Structured or Free-talking), General English, Pronunciation, Grammar, Vocabulary, Listening, Reading, Writing, Phonics, Children’s English Lessons, Homework Assistance, Test preparation, and more

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Iced Gems

These cute little biscuits made me smile today and brought back some childhood memories. I am talking about elementary days.

I left the furries lounging in their favorite spots this morning to go grab some papaya salad or som tum at a Big C food court nearby. I’ve been wanting to go back since my post about som tum, but been procrastinating on it. I bought one to eat there and another for take away.

Iced gem biscuits on my tummy – MRE

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Filipino Vets Travel to Siem Reap

November 2012 – Filipino Vets Travel to Siem Reap to Visit Eight Cats

Only three of our eight furries – mama Lucky, Aiko, and Oue – were neutered and spayed about three months prior to their flight to Cambodia. They left Manila in July 2011 and the younger kittens were yet a tad too young to be under the knife then.

Dr. Elena Labutan, who performed the procedures on the older three in April, advised it was better to wait until the others were at least five months old. They just turned four that July.

About a month after the cats’ arrival in Siem Reap, things started to get crazy with the howling especially from the girls, and throughout the night time. Ronald said the solution was to have them fixed if only we could find a vet in town. We were concerned about the girls getting pregnant as well, so it couldn’t be helped. We had to get them spayed asap.

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