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Losing weight the wrong way

I’ll get to losing weight the wrong way soon. This week, I was in Manila for work. When I landed the air was warm, humid, and polluted. I can deal with the pollution when the air is warm and moist.

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Warm, humid, and polluted

The area outside of the border control region in the Ninoy Aquino International Airport is not air conditioned. It’s open to the outside and it was gloriously warm and moist. It was drizzling and about 30 °C (86 °F). While the air is polluted and has a distinct odour, my skin reacted well to the humidity.

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Traveller’s diarrhoea or traveler’s diarrhea?

Map of Philippines and Australia

Map of Philippines and Australia
Map of Philippines and Australia

Traveller’s diarrhoea or traveler’s diarrhea?

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The spelling doesn’t really matter. I prefer traveller’s diarrhoea rather than traveler’s diarrhea, mainly because I’m Australian and that’s how we spell it. I think it’s also worth pointing out that if you are a Microsoft Office user, Australians should not default to UK English, because we have Australian English and there are differences.

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