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Throwaways: trip to Manila

Date : January 10, 2015

I am going to have to go back to the Philippines one day. I got sick after brushing my teeth with faucet water, and was pretty much in bed for the majority of my trip. So, I don’t have a lot to show for my time there, but here are the throwaways:

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