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  • Nogas Island in its Splendor

    Nogas Island in its Splendor

    “Tall and tan and young and handsome, the boy from Ipanema goes walking, and when he passes, each girl he passes, goes ‘ahhhh.’ When he walks he’s like the samba that swings so cool and sways so gently, that when he passes, each time he passes, I go ‘aaaaaaaahhhh.’” Sitting…

  • The White House: Samal’s Historic Landmark

    The White House: Samal’s Historic Landmark

    At 9am, we were headed towards Samal’s not so touristy spot. I still could not get over from the “more than pungent” asphyxiating smell of bat dung aka “droppings” – for a fancy name to call it. Yeah, we came from the Monfort Bat Sanctuary prior to this. For a…

  • Christmas Day in the Province: A Different Kind of Celebration

    Christmas Day in the Province: A Different Kind of Celebration

    Huge gift-wrapped presents with glimmering ribbons under the tall, green, Christmas tree; stockings of various sizes hung along the walls – filled with candies, chocolates, gold, edible coins scattered everywhere; the smell of honey-glazed ham, pasta, and hot bread, filled the atmosphere as the whole family awaits the birth of…

  • Walk of Faith at the Divine Mercy Shrine

    Walk of Faith at the Divine Mercy Shrine

    Who would ever believe that the tallest Divine Mercy Statue is in the Philippines? Hailing at 50 feet, I was not aware that it was the “World’s Tallest” when we visited the Divine Mercy Shrine in El Salvador, Misamis Oriental a week ago. This reminds me of Brazil’s “Cristo Redentor”…

  • Day 97: Historical Walk At Plaza Libertad

    Day 97: Historical Walk At Plaza Libertad

    Often times, the rich heritages are neglected – just like Iloilo’s Plaza Libertad, formerly known as “Plaza Alfonso XII.” This plaza was Iloilo’s symbol of rising from an uninhabitable land to an internationally known cosmopolitan city in the 1890s. The plaza existed together with the San Jose Church and its…

  • Marvel Cebu’s Twin Bridges: Mandaue-Mactan

    Marvel Cebu’s Twin Bridges: Mandaue-Mactan

    I have passed under and crossed over these magnificent bridges several times already and I could not help but notice it when I come to Cebu. They are simply majestic! These two bridges connect the islands of Cebu and Mactan. Other than being called “First” and “Second” Mandaue-Mactan Bridge, the…

  • Malayan-Indian Tradition: Seaweed Flour

    Malayan-Indian Tradition: Seaweed Flour

    Conversations coming from experiences in Belize, Central America are quite rare to have with someone whom you just met for a brief moment. His tales of hidden paradise and unforgotten cultures, caught my attention as I was holding on to a seaweed freshly caught from the shore – locally known…

  • Desperate to Ride an Iron Dinosaur

    Desperate to Ride an Iron Dinosaur

    Frankly, I have never rode a train before in my entire life. Yes. Count those miniature trains and mall trains where you get to pay Php50 for a ride around the mall – scratch those out. LRT? MRT? Nah. It never crossed my mind. I was more of a cab…

  • The Dying Tradition of Budbud Making

    The Dying Tradition of Budbud Making

    Budbud is a “first class” salt produced in towns like Miag-ao, San Joaquin, Guimbal, Igbaras, Tubungan and even Tigbauan and Oton – these salts were pain-stakingly made from bamboo nodes and sells for about P1,500.00 to P2,000.00 per sack.