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I have no idea why the establishment of shopping malls are considered one of the indicators of an area’s eligibility to become a city (if you do have, kindly tell me in the comments section). I can well understand if it is for the aesthetic formation of a metropolis, but for the latter’s economy, I should say that it is an unpractical reason or idea in a country with a huge percentage of poverty.
Malls are big venues of trade and interchange, and almost all cities in the country accommodate various mall franchises which house branches of luxury stores from all over the planet, with a few little native products aggregated in a side to form the mall’s tiangge in some, but in most supermalls, the tiangge has lost its place.
This pours in a considerable amount of revenue, but what about the small businesses of local proprietors who got blurred behind the boom of incoming foreign goods? Are shopping malls really signs of a city’s good health? (Read More)
The timing is bad given the dim prospects of the travel industry due to rising cost of fuel.
However, I believe local tourism industry players should strike the iron while it is hot.
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My team mate, PIO wanted to visit the island of Bohol as he was never been there. Much of a thought that me and my girl pals have been to that picturesque local place, we offered a suggestion to tour him around. It was a plan out of the blue. And it’s been quite a while that we thought of re-visiting as we would like to feel the Loboc river cruise experience which we never had during our first time in it (it was raining that previous day!)
Good thing we had Manong Leonard’s no. as our contact for the van and a tour guide in one. We set the day for the tour on May 31, 2008. We only spent the car rent for Php 2,500 for the whole trip (arrival and departure). But we had a discount!!! Yahoo! The only surprising thing that happened a day before we went to Bohol, my other team mates backed out! Glad to know that another girl friend of mine also wanted to join! There were 4 of us on tour, my girl friend’s boyfriend catch up to our cottage accommodation late in the afternoon.
And what would be our itinerary then? Everywhere our driver-tour guide will lead us to! He was so kind and very loquacious in his native tongue which got us quite entertained in the Toyota Corolla car we rented. I would enumerate the place we’ve been too. So you might have an idea if you wish to visit Bohol. Read below:
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Have you ever had a panic attack? What was it like? What was going on in your mind when it happened? What did you do? I felt something like it the other day but I wasn’t really sure if it was it.
I was walking the other day in Bangkok (Silom-Surawong area) under the mighty heat of the sun, when suddenly I felt something like a “panic attack”. I was not afraid or anything like that, it was just some kind of feeling which I could not control. You see, I have been walking for quite a distance looking for an address and, because I have not been in the area for a loooong time, I sort of underestimated the distance from the Chong Nonsi BTS station to the Mahesak-Surawong road.
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MANILA, Philippines—Paeng Nepomuceno made it to the Guinness World Records for the third time after clinching his 118th career championship late last year, making him the holder of the most number of tenpin bowling titles.
The six-time world champion topped Melbourne’s South Pacific Classic on Sept. 18, 2007, beating World Tenpin Masters champion Jason Belmonte for his 118th crown.
“This is a great honor and I’d like to share it with all my countrymen,” said Nepomuceno. “Whenever I compete, my countrymen always give me great support which inspires me to always do my best.”
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I am elated that the World Youth Day festivities ended successfully in Sydney yesterday. I now pray for the safe return of Pope Benedict XVI to the Vatican and young participants to their respective countries.
I brought this matter up because in the Toronto edition of this Catholic youth conclave in 2002, many Filipino youth did not return home. I personally know of some Davao delegates who stayed in Canada and others who slipped into the US and stayed there as TNT (tago ng tago) or illegally.
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Malapit na akong ma-overdue bilang isang turista sa bansang Singapore. Dalawa lang ang pwedeng mangyari sa akin: 1. Palayasin ako ng immigration dito (Matapos akong i-cane. Que Horor!) or 2. Yakapin ako ng bansang ito at gawin akong “one of them.”
Kung anu’t ano man, nais kong gamitin ang oras na ito upang pagmuni-munihan ang mga bagay bagay na napansin ko sa tatlong linggong pamamalagi ko rito.
Halos nagre-rave ang mga taong nakausap ko tungkol sa bansang ito. Kesyo maganda raw, malinis at mapayapa. And true enough, ganoon nga siya. Bagaman, mukhang masyado yatang na-build-up ng mga manghang manghang mga taong iyon ang imahe ng bansang ito. Naging sobrang taas tuloy ng expectation ko.
To be honest about it, this place did not blow me away, contrary to what I expected. At gaya nga ng nabanggit ko, ina-attribute ko ito sa exag na description ng mga taong nagprovide sa akin ng vicarious sneak preview sa unang bansang napuntahan ko bukod sa Pinas.
Sa tuwing nakikita kong may kalat sa paligid, di ko mapigilang ihirit na, “akala ko ba walang kalat sa Singapore?” Siguro nga imposible naman talaga ang bansang zero litter. Mayroon siguradong pasaway na magtatapon ng used tissue paper, empty juice tetrapack at kung ano pang papel sa labas ng basurahan.
Sa mga nakaka-chat o text ko mula sa Pinas, madalas kong matanggap ang tanong na, “Maganda ba talaga diyan?” kung saan ang kaya ko lang isagot ay isang nonchalant na, “OK lang.”
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Join the BLOGSWARM Towards Maritime Safety to create awareness on the state of Maritime travel in the Philippines. The poor sector are affected the most and exploited by greedy shipping line owners made worse by corruption. There is a need for bloggers to come together to improve the situation on the following:
- The Philippines being composed of 7,107 islands maritime is the major form of transportation of the majority of the poor people.
- The industry is poorly regulated with so many agencies involved but lacking in equipment necessary to make maritime voyage safe and secure.
- Poorly managed shipping lines and poor regulation by so many government agencies.
- Poor record keeping by the shipping lines such as passenger manifest, overcrowding, inadequate life saving equipment and carrying toxic material cargoes in passenger vessels sacrificing passenger safety over profitability.
- Poorly funded infrastructure such as lighthouses, global positioning devices and distress signal system, rescue vessels for immediate response.
- Lack of political will to comply with International Maritime Organization safety and liability standards. Not as single maritime casualty investigation report has been submitted to the organization despite having a Filipino elected as secretary general as mandated under the terms of its membership.
- Passengers and ships are poorly insured lacking P&I coverage due to the ships poor condition.
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Filipino backpackers gave their insightful and inspiring, not to mention enviable, experiences on traveling around the world last July 3 at the Recreational Outdoor Exchange (R.O.X.) shop at the Fort. Five speakers shared their own travel plans and notes, and gave useful tips to the participants, each of whom was probably pondering silently on how they would execute such similar excursions.
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It’s my first time to pick cherries at a farm 
and it was a hot sweet cherry day *lol*
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According to pinoyblurker, Bloggers Kapihan has launced a blog written by Jun Lozada himself.
I really think it is a great thing that he has a blog in part of his crusade to save the Philippines and maybe the world from utter destruction.
His latest blog entry “First Postings” talks about people who defame him and claim to be the voices of all pinoys around the globe that are actually paid dogs for the ever so corrupt officials.
His points and views are correct and makes you say your oh’s and ah’s, another good point is that it is in both Filipino and English, so everyone can understand. To top it all off, the layout is crips, clean, easy to acces and to the eyes. And a blog is a good communication medium even if you’re on dial-up or wi-fi. (more from Jun Lozada’s New Blog. )
So far, so good. This blog entry is just a reminder and a bulletin about our stay here in Hawai’i. It’s all because of the fact that I don’t have my own computer yet!
June 2 was that day and we went over to Hale’iwa, a super touristy spot for us to see the beach and for our new dad to see the turtles. (More from Empty Goals. )
Philippine Independence Parade Madison Avenue, New York
On the 6 train, I was deep in my thoughts on what I should capture in the Philippines’ Independence celebration. I was contemplating on what is essential to me as a Filipino who chose to work in the Big Apple. Do I deserve to make a video about it knowing I have been out of touch with my culture for a long time? Would I sound credible to talk about Filipino customs that I do not observe regularly? Why do I have doubts that I feel like a lost “Pinay”; stranger to the heritage I was born and raised with when I decided to live in another country?
I was at Madison Avenue with my reliable director. While he was recording parts of the parade of Filipinos proudly waving the flag, I was at the back too shy to even talk to my fellow countrymen. I heard them speak in my native tongue which was an irony to my lips laden already with the New York “Twalk”. It was indicative that the day would be hopeless for me. Suddenly, my Hispanic Director called me to go in front to catch a better view of the parade. In truth, I was …..to continue reading, visit www.filteany.com
After our short visit to “Munting Talon”, we went back to our cottage then cooked “sinigang na bangus.” We even dipped on the beach when we arrived. That caused my Borcay tan into a not so good tan. Anyway, while we were cooking “sinigang na bangus”, our other colleague was assigned in grilling the stuffed bangus. Just in time for lunch, we were able to feast on our own cooked meal. We even ate on banana leaves which made the experience more fun. Sadly, we weren’t able to take pictures of our first lunch in Quezon.
After lunch and our short rest, we went to our next destination “Balagbag Falls.” We took a tricyle on our way to the falls. On some parts of our ride, we were required to walk since the tricycle was having problems in carrying us all. Would you believe that we were all eight passengers in the tricycle? Two on the drivers back, five people on the inside and one on top of the tricycle. Isn’t that fun?
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Makoy is 26 yr old IT guy who loves to write, thrilled with movies as much as his favorite American food, fascinated with politics, current events and money matters, an entrepreneur in the making, and a certified Ortigas blogger.
My vacation trips continued last Friday with my officemates to Real, Quezon. After office, we had our dinner at SM MegaMall then we went to a certain terminal in Manila going to Quezon. We almost occupied the van since we were eight people. It was a long trip to Quezon, that’s all I can say. When the other passengers requested to stop to the nearest gasoline station, we were able to take pictures and used the comfort room. The next stop was already in Quezon were we had “arozcaldo complete.” Complete meaning arozcaldo with chicken, egg and chicharon. That arozcaldo only costs 25 pesos, cheap right?
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Makoy is 26 yr old IT guy who loves to write, thrilled with movies as much as his favorite American food, fascinated with politics, current events and money matters, an entrepreneur in the making, and a certified Ortigas blogger.
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Makoy is 26 yr old IT guy who loves to write, thrilled with movies as much as his favorite American food, fascinated with politics, current events and money matters, an entrepreneur in the making, and a certified Ortigas blogger.
Last May 2, fresh from the NAIA Centennial Airport, I went straight to the office to go to work. I promised my boss to return that’s why even I was feeling off and my mind was still on a vacation frenzy, I still went to work. I first dropped by SM MegaMall to buy my lunch then just ate at my desk.
While I was on my way to the airport, I edited the resignation letter I asked from my friend. Right after I finished my lunch, I started typing my resignation letter and just made some minor revisions since I find my resignation letter very straightforward. Before I passed my resignation letter to my boss, I asked the opinion of my online friends if it’s okay already and if there are revisions that I should do. Most of them gave their approval.
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Makoy is 26 yr old IT guy who loves to write, thrilled with movies as much as his favorite American food, fascinated with politics, current events and money matters, an entrepreneur in the making, and a certified Ortigas blogger.
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Makoy is 26 yr old IT guy who loves to write, thrilled with movies as much as his favorite American food, fascinated with politics, current events and money matters, an entrepreneur in the making, and a certified Ortigas blogger.
After waiting for 15 minutes, we went to the beach to swim. We even forgot to take pictures. The place was spectacular or I should describe it as mesmerizing. The sand is almost powder white, the water is clear on some parts where there are no algae and the background of the beach is really wonderful. There were even yacht on the beach with different prints and color backgrounds on it. There’s a MYX yacht, VELVET, Yellow Cab and many more.
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Here is the first part of my Boracay escapade pictures. How I wish I can stay longer in that island. Hopefully next year I could visit again and explore the island. I wanna try the banana boat ride, parasailing and snorkeling. That would be fun!
For those who don’t know Boracay is tropical located in the province Aklan. Boracay is one of the top tourist destination of the world. According to Wikipedia, “Boracay is the site of a world-class 18-hole par 72 golf course designed by Graham Marsh. In addition, Boracay now has in excess of 350 beach resorts with more than 2,000 rooms ranging in quality from five-star to budget accommodations, so tourists are sure to find whatever they are looking for. Boracay also offers a wide range of restaurants, bars, pubs, and nightclubs that bop until morning.”
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Makoy is 26 yr old IT guy who loves to write, thrilled with movies as much as his favorite American food, fascinated with politics, current events and money matters, an entrepreneur in the making, and a certified Ortigas blogger.
Coron Island may be one of the most beautiful places I have ever seen in my life. The place looks so unreal, as if it was taken straight out of a Pirates of the Caribbean movie. The contrast between the towering gray limestone cliffs and the clear aquamarine sea is beyond beautiful. The brackish water lakes with it’s clear waters and strange corals in the middle of limestone mountains is magical. As we entered the island for the first time through Blue Lagoon, we were mesmerized. Read more
One other thing I that got me excited to set foot in Bangkok again was to see for myself their much hyped and new international airport. If anything, I was floored and wowed. It’s architecture is amazingly modern and yet it has touches of the rich Thai culture in key places. Its construction had been beset with challenges here and there, I’ve learned, but the airport finally came through and I’d dare say the benefits must be worth the wait for the Thai nationals and its government.
There is more to having a world class international airport than the obvious comfort it gives to travelers to and from a country. Carefully planning its location, accessibility, construction, and architecture can boost a nation’s economy, rake in jobs, and gain trust of more foreign investors. I remember a senior HR person from another company asking their company’s regional head why they had to resource training services elsewhere when their Philippine counterpart is more than ready to take on the job owing to an already ready local talent base. The regional head’s answer was simple: “you guys do not even have a decent international airport that is convenient enough to fly in trainees regularly!” Sadly, as you must have already seen NAIA, such is our unfortunate plight.
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Have you been to Tundol White Beach? Tundol White Beach is located in Pangasinan. It is a shallow beach with fine sand. Nature lovers will surely be in love with Tundol Beach.
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