My Art Deco Experience, part deux
Posted on June 30, 2007 - Filed Under Heritage Watch, Landmarks | 4 Comments
In every corner you look, there are squares, triangles, straight lines, curves, and all sorts of geometric pattern that you can think of. No, I didn’t enroll myself in Geometry 101 again. Last week I found myself inside the Philippines’ largest Art Deco complex: the Far Eastern University along Morayta Street in Manila.
Read More..>>Traipsing through the largest Art Deco Complex
Posted on June 29, 2007 - Filed Under Heritage Watch, Landmarks | 8 Comments
I recently joined Ivan Man-Dy’s initial run of the A FEU Good Men Tour. Through the tour we explored every nook and cranny of what is known as the largest Art Deco complax in the Philippines.
Read More..>>Krispy Kreme Doughnut & Coffee VIP Party
Posted on June 28, 2007 - Filed Under Events | 5 Comments
Krispy Kreme Philippineshas finally opened its 3rd store in the coutry right at the heart of the country’s shopping capital: Greenhills Shopping Center. The newest Krispy Kreme store in Greenhills is actually the first and only Krispy Kreme store in Asia that has a drive thru.
Read More..>>The Greenhills Hotlight is on!
Posted on June 26, 2007 - Filed Under Food trip, News | 5 Comments
On June 28, the makers of America’s well-loved doughnuts will open its newest store in Greenhills Shopping Center. Krispy Kreme, known for its melt-in-your-mouth doughnuts will open its 3rd store in the Philippines in less than 12 months! And one thing unique to the Greenhills branch is that, this is the first and only [...]
Read More..>>Are we going to make it to the list?
Posted on June 25, 2007 - Filed Under News | Leave a Comment
The UNESCO World Heritage Committee is currently in Christchurch, New Zealand for the 31st session of the World Heritage Committee. Part of their activities will be naming new sites of outstanding cultural value and inscribing them as part of the UNESCO World Heritage List. Currently there are 45 candidates for the inscription. But do [...]
Read More..>>Old Manila streets lose names to politicians
Posted on June 24, 2007 - Filed Under Heritage Watch, News | 2 Comments
I actually got this message from fellow blogger Ivan Henares. Originally published in Philippine Daily Inquirer:
MANILA, Philippines—Like old buildings and structures, old names of streets and public places are part of historical heritage.
For a city like Manila, which is celebrating Araw ng Maynila today, many streets have been identified with the history of the place [...]
Another Tour tomorrow!
Posted on June 22, 2007 - Filed Under Random Thoughts | 2 Comments
Yeeeha!
I just came back from Pampanga. Just took a two-hour sleep then head off for work. Tomorrow morning, I will be joining a tour. I’m kinda excited because I have waited for so long to have this tour finally start. We will be the pioneer batch for this tour! ahehe
So where am I going, actually? [...]
Read More..>>Flowers for moi
Posted on June 21, 2007 - Filed Under Creative photography | 5 Comments
It’s just so nice and refreshing that the first photo I saw in my mailbox today is that of a flower, I took last week at the Chocolate Kiss in Bahay ng Alumni building, University of the Philippines (UP Diliman). Flowers are so amazing and works magic in relieving one’s stress.
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