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Better late than never… the remaining Lupi of the Turumba Festival 2007.

“Boling-Boling” is an old age practice particular to Catanauanins, which is celebrated annually starting on the Sunday and ends on Tuesday preceding Ash Wednesday and signals the start of the Lenten Season. Participants roam around the town garbed in any costume they may fancy. Most of them wear colourful clown-like clothes while others imitate anybody [...]

It was the month of October 2005, semestral break and field research in Mindanao.  It was estrangely alluring to me to go to Cotabato City…a place evaded by many people who have no business with the place or even paranoid tourists and travelers. And speaking of paranoia, whenever this place is mentioned, fear and pessimism occupies everyone [...]

I’ve been a jetseater for almost 20 years now. I was only a few weeks old when I first rode an airplane bound for Cebu from Manila. I’m used to jetlags and delays at the airport. Been to the worst weather and the best flights. Last month, I’ve experienced the shortest flight that I had [...]

Honestly, Naga City was originally not included in my itinerary. I just considered Naga just two days before I actually departed for Legazpi City. Because it was a rush. I didn’t have much time to reasearch on the places I should go to, or the foods to eat, or where and how to get to [...]

It’s actually a theme park with a restaurant :-p . That’s how I see it. First thing that will catch your attention: the giant giant Mayan/Aztec-themed sculptures along the hi-way at Gerona, Tarlac. There are giant fish too hanging from fishing-rods. Upon entering the restaurant, you’ll find floating bahay kubos for dining. There’s a lot [...]

I spent the whole day today at Tagaytay Highlands, in Cavite City. It is a posh country club in a sloppy area of Tagaytay City, surrounded by luscious greeneries (mostly pine trees!) and had a captivating view of the Taal Lake. Tagaytay Highlands is a membership only access country club with many amenities that would [...]

Here’s the updated list of the official participants to the Aliwan Festival 2007: Sinulog Festival of Cebu City Sagayan Festival of Sultan Kudarat Pakalog Festival of Pasig City Panagbenga Festival of Baguio City Sambali Cagayana Festival of Cagayan Disposorio Festival of Malolos, Bulacan Pamitinan Festival of Rodriguez, Rizal Boling Boling Festival of Catanauan, Quezon Pili [...]

Summer is here and with the weather heating up, it would be perfect cooling down with some fun in the water. Up north at Bonuan, Pangasinan we’ll find the Leisure Coast Resort which is perfect place to cool down for summer. Leisure Coast has three slides (all three-storey high), a wave pool, nice water-playground for [...]

Ask anyone in my folks in the office who likes to have a taste of manna from CDO (short for Cagayan De Oro City) or the pride of Camiguin, and everyone agrees it’s the “pastel”. Nope, that’s not one kind of crayons you use when you’re still elementary, and it’s not about the color. It’s [...]