Meguyaya Festival
Posted on September 7, 2006 - Filed Under Festivals | Leave a Comment
When I first saw them, they immediately held me breathless. Whoa. The colors are so vibrant. Imagine the flaming colors of fuschia, orange, red blue, yellow green. Costumes decked with laces, sequins, and mirrors.
They were one of the most colorful contingent in the 2006 Aliwan Fiesta. These young kids have sailed for several days [...]
Read More..>>Traders of Goods
Posted on September 6, 2006 - Filed Under Creative photography, Uncategorized | Leave a Comment
These women from the town of Vigan sells goods and foodstuffs to tourists strolling along the Calle Crisologo.
Read More..>>Prudential Building
Posted on September 5, 2006 - Filed Under Landmarks | 1 Comment
One of the most beautifully designed building in Manila is the Prudential Bank Building in Santa Cruz district. Located just a few steps away from the Santa Cruz church and the LRT Carriedo Station.This edifice is no longer holding banking transactions. It has recently been converted into a supermarket. Buildings as grand as this should [...]
Read More..>>Next Festival Pitstop: Bacolod Masskara Festival
Posted on September 4, 2006 - Filed Under Festivals, News | 3 Comments
This coming October 18, I will be travelling once again to the City of Smiles, Bacolod City for the upcoming Masskara Festival.
This early, the Masskara Foundation is already very busy preparing the fiesta, ensuring that this year’s Masskara Festival will be the grandest.
Last September 1, the foundation has already released the offical music [...]
Negros! Negros! @ The Rockwell
Posted on September 2, 2006 - Filed Under News | Leave a Comment
The Association of Negros Producers (ANP) once again is set to showcase the best of Negros Occidental at the Rockwell Tent, Makati City from September 22 to 26, 2006.
Negros Occidental, being the country’s top producer of sugar has gained the monicker as the Sugarlandia of the Philippines.
Among the highlights of the fair are [...]
Saving Guimaras Island
Posted on September 1, 2006 - Filed Under News, Random Thoughts | 2 Comments
Who doesn’t know the disastrous 8/11 incident in Guimaras?
Three weeks ago, an old and rusty oil tanker M/V Solar 1, carrying a load of one million liters of bunker fuel sank 24 kilometers off the town of Nueva Valencia in the province of Guimaras.
Since then, the mango capital of the Philippines went on [...]
