The story behind the smiles
Posted on September 17, 2006 - Filed Under Festivals | 5 Comments
It was in the late 1970’s. The world sugar prices took a nosedive slump. Imagine How the entire populace fully dependent on the sugar insdutry would react to this crisis. Then, in 1979, M/V Don Juan, the Philippines’ top passenger ship at that time sank and killed hundreds of its passengers. Then the Internationally-acclaimed TIME [...]
Read More..>>Photo Friday
Posted on September 16, 2006 - Filed Under Festivals, PhotoFriday | 1 Comment
This is my entry for this week’s PhotoFriday Weekly Photo Challenge. This week’s theme is Bright.
The photo above shows the dancers of the Pili Festival of Sorsogon, Philippines in brightly colored costumes. The people of Sorsogon celebrates this festival as a thanksgiving for the bountiful harvest of pili. A type of nut that is endemic [...]
Read More..>>My apologies…
Posted on September 15, 2006 - Filed Under Random Thoughts | 1 Comment
My sincerest apologies if I hanven’t been abke to to post new articles/photos recently. You know, I have been tied to my full-time office job right after I returned from my Benguet-Iloncandia tour.
There were several invitations for me to join tours and everything, but I just couldn’t join them. There was this Chinatown tour, [...]
Himag-Ulaw Festival
Posted on September 15, 2006 - Filed Under Festivals | Leave a Comment
One of the most promising festivals of the country, the Himag-Ulaw Festival of Placer, Masbate is a festival of thanksgiving for the abundance of blessings from the ocean.
Read More..>>WANTED: Cebuano ug mga Ilonggo Bloggers!
Posted on September 12, 2006 - Filed Under News | 1 Comment
Mga kasimanwa ko sa Visayas kag Mindanao! Panahon na ninyo ini!
Yuga has recently announced in his YugaTech blog that he is currently looking for active bloggers based in the Visayas and Mindanao area. This is in response to Globe Innove’s request to be hooked up with several bloggers from the Visayas and Mindanao grid. Several [...]
Damili Festival
Posted on September 12, 2006 - Filed Under Festivals | Leave a Comment
Held every Christmas time, the town of San Nicolas, Ilocos Norte celebrates the Damili Festival to acknowledge the main source of their livelihood: Pottery.
The people of San Nicolas doesn’t only utilize an ordinary clay in making pots. They use the red variety they call, Damili which is abundant in the Ilocos region. Aside from [...]
Wheels
Posted on September 11, 2006 - Filed Under Creative photography, Uncategorized | 2 Comments
This is a calesa wheel, taken out of the cart and transformed into a bench. Such a lovely masterpiece that can be found in the Heritage City of Vigan!
Read More..>>Updated Blogroll
Posted on September 8, 2006 - Filed Under News | 8 Comments
I have just updated my Blogroll. I moved it from my sidebar and created a tab on top of the page. If you wish to exchange links, just post comments here.
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