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Baguio City is located Northern Luzon and is situated at 1500 meters (5100 ft) above sea level. Baguio City is best well known for its cool climate. It was established by the Americans in 1900 as a getaway from the scorching tropical climate from the rest of the country. Baguio City is officially designated as [...]
December 27th, 2008 | Posted in Travel and Living | 1 Comment
Yepeeyyyy !!!! (Using my feet to clap in midair) I just found out that I am one of the five “lucky” winners of the Cebu Pacific Blogging challenge !
November 17th, 2008 | Posted in Travel and Living | 7 Comments
Pastor Paul Langbid, a long time pioneering missionary in Barili Cebu went to my house one day and asked if I could handle a case for him. He said that a case for ejectment was filed against the Bible Baptist Church of Barili. I really do not want to accept out of town cases because [...]
October 14th, 2008 | Posted in Travel and Living | No Comments
I bought my Suzuki Alto sometime this year and I love the little thing!
My wife tells me that the Suzuki Alto is so small that it will turn turtle when it reaches hi-speed and gets side sweeped when passed by a big truck. Her personal preference is a bigger car, more specifically a pick up [...]
October 12th, 2008 | Posted in Travel and Living | No Comments
Since August 25, 2008 is a holiday (National heroes day has been moved to Monday by virtue of the President’s power under the “Holiday economics” bill) my wife hatched the idea for us to go Dumaguete City, since it is Silliman University’s founding anniversary.
October 8th, 2008 | Posted in Travel and Living | 11 Comments
Ever since I was a kid, I’ve always dreamed of visiting Camotes. My teacher and friend, Alexander Paul Dagatan who was born and raised there stirred up my imagination for the place. Alex lived with us for several years and he always tells us story about Camotes. Camotes for me was not just another tourist [...]
September 13th, 2008 | Posted in Travel and Living | 5 Comments
This is a continuation of our summer gateway in Luzon last April 2008. If you want to read my pervious posts on our 5 day vacation here it is:
Summer Getaway 2008 - Part 1 - Arriving at Manila
Summer gateaway 2008 - Part 2 - Pagsanjan falls
Summer gateaway 2008 - Part 3 - Manila Ocean Park [...]
September 1st, 2008 | Posted in Travel and Living | No Comments
This is part 3 of my series on our summer vacation in Metro Manila entitled Summer Gateway 2008 . Day 3 of our vacation (April 11, 2008) was spent at the Manila Ocean Park watching the Wanders show at PAGCOR. (Philippine Amusement Gaming Corporation)
August 28th, 2008 | Posted in Travel and Living | 2 Comments
ALA Boxing promotion’s latest title holder World Boxing Organization minimum weight champion Donnie “Ahas” Nietes will finally get a chance to defend his grown against Nicaragua’s Eddy “Torito II” Castro in a fight dubbed as WBO Night of Champions held at the Waterfront Hotel in Cebu on August 30, 2008.
August 27th, 2008 | Posted in Travel and Living | No Comments
Now that the Banal tragedy is behind us, another rising star in Philippine boxing and another fighter from the ALA gymn will hope pray and determine that he will not put his country men to shame by getting defeated in his home turf.
August 18th, 2008 | Posted in Travel and Living | No Comments