Friday Fill – In

1. Wouldn’t it be easy to perform a somersault. 2. Lumad Basakanon is better than ever! 3. I love the taste of pineapple juice . 4. My feathered headdress is in the living room. 5. The first thing we’re going to do is save money to buy refrigerator. 6. Beware the snatcher drip,... 

Source:  Buhat Sa Tambay

Blogging from Cebu

Hi guys! I haven’t blogged here for a long time now. I had a lot of stuff going for me: I write at Blogwatch.ph, covering the 2010 Philippine Elections with different bloggers, writing my thesis in Public Administration (for me to graduate this year) and some other stuff. I had no time to update... 

Source:  Absolute Cousins

A Kraft Website Steals My All Rights Reserved and Watermarked Work

I only keep a few watermarked pictures in my flickr photostream. I never really had the urge to put my signature on them because I have an honesty policy when it comes to using my photos. When... [view the rest of the entry at makieduardo.com...] ... 

Source:  Maki Eduardo Photoblog

Magellan’s Cross

One of the more popular landmarks in Cebu City is the Magellan's Cross. A simple monument situated beside the Basilica del Sto Niño. Many of us have seen the photographs of the cross in various angles, whether its online, on postcards or other travel books-it is still different when you're staring... 

Source:  nomadic experiences

The Sto. Niño of Cebu

I bet most of us grew in a household that has an altar with the little red Sto. Niño statue. I remember how fondly my mom would look after our Sto Niño, taking care of it as if it was the most prized religious artifact there is, that it lasted from my childhood until my early adulthood. We transferred... 

Source:  nomadic experiences

Hidden waterfalls in Malabuyoc

This photo was taken during one of our river trekking in the mountains of Malabuyoc. Click to see the PIC

Mar Roxas 2010 Blogger attends US Election Watch 2008 in Cebu City

The Cebu Bloggers Society (CBS), which I co-founded, joined the US Election Watch 2008, organized by the US Embassy in the Philippines, in SM City Cebu’s Northwing yesterday. Before I went to the event venue, I was already monitoring the US election results on CNN as early as 7AM and by past 8AM, CNN already projected that Kentucky went to (John) McCain’s column while Vermont was for (Barack) Obama’s.

After that projection, I hurriedly went out of the house and rode a jeepney to the event venue. When I arrived 30 minutes later, I registered (as group of the media) and got supporter pins with some election materials. I asked some people in the venue if any state was already called for any of the candidate after the Kentucky and Vermont in case I missed it, and luckily, none yet. I was glued to the large TV projector of CNN and I watched as the results came in. Then, I also accomodated my colleagues in the CBS.

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