Understandably, expectations run rather high when anyone plans a vacation. Not only do you work your ass off to get that much-deserved vacation leave (and not leave work hanging) of even just a few days, you also save up for it. And needless to say, it doesn’t come cheap at all- more so if you plan a rather ambitious overseas trip with hotel stays and all that.

I can’t help but notice that this year isn’t a good year for Cebu Pacific. From the online stories alone just these past few weeks, I’d say there’s a lot going on that leaves a lot of customers not just unhappy- but irate enough to write about it and tell other people how bad their experiences were.

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Hey everyone.

Cheftonio, a good friend of ours has pointed us to a blog that has all these free wi-fi spots listed out. The blog belongs to Vince L, who's taken time out to give us a quick roundup on a few places in and around Metro Manila where you can get an internet signal while working on your laptop.

• Baang Coffee in Tomas Morato.
• Bo's Coffee in Serendra.
• Burger King. At Glorietta, SM North Edsa 2/f Main Building and Marcos Highway near Sta. Lucia East, Welcome Rotonda in Q.C., and LTO Marikina
• Cajun Burger along N.S. Amoranto Avenue (Retiro), Q.C.
• Chili's in Greenbelt and Greenhills.
  
• At CCW Restaurant, Dao St. cor. Guijo St. Makati
• At De La Salle University (DLSU).
• Dingo Systems at Citibank Eastwood.
• At the FEU Morayta campus.
• Fish & Co. in Shangri-la Mall and SM Mall of Asia.
  
• Gloria Jeans in Fort Bonifacio and at Shangri-la Mall.
  
• Hard Rock Cafe at Glorietta.
• Italianni's at the Connecticut Carpark in Greenhills.
• Libreria in Tomas Morato.
• The Manila Peninsula in Makati.
• At The Podium.
  
• Pier One along Roxas Boulevard, in Ortigas and at The Fort
• RnB Coffee near FEU Fairview.
• Robinsons Malls. In Pioneer, Galleria and Ermita (2nd floor just above National Bookstore).
• The Shell gas station in Magallanes, Makati.
• In SM Megamall- Max's, Cyberzone (near the area of Mrs. Fields), Gloria Jeans, Gonuts Donuts, and Xocolat.
  
• SMART along Ayala Avenue in Makati.
• Starbucks. In front of Citibank Tower, along Makati Ave., at Metrowalk, in Robinson's Galleria, at Blue Wave, along Macapagal Boulevard, at Pearl Drive in Ortigas (in front of UA&P), in Gateway, at Fort Bonifacio (from a stray signal?), Corinthian, at Ash Creek Center on Ortigas Avenue cor. Madison Street in Greenhills (supposedly you get the signal from Cooltoyz, which is right above it.)
• at Texas Roadhouse Grill, both branches- the one in El Pueblo, and the other in Bonifacio High Street.
• at TGIFriday's in Serendra, Glorietta, Sta. Lucia, Tomas Morato and Boracay.
• at T.I.P.S. in front of Fatima Hospital/Fatima Medicine Building
• Total Gas Station. At SLEX and near SM Sucat.
  
• at TriNoma: Jollibee (at the ground level), Five Cows and Timezone.
• at University of Asia and the Pacific (UA&P)
• along Valero Street in Makati: Near Corporate 88, 7-11, Ministop and Pearlbank Centre.
• at the Valle Verde Country Club (at the lanai area, and near the swimming pool, but you can't order food or drinks if you aren't a member)

**Free Wi-Fi Spots Outside Metro Manila:

• at Daddy Eds in Subic.
• the Lobo Municipal Hall in Lobo, Batangas
• at Renzo Hotel - Laoag City, Ilocos Norte
• STI-San Pablo-Lim Chock Bldg, San Pablo, Laguna.

Do you know of other cool places with free wi-fi that's not on this list? Do share, do share!

Cheers, everyone!