It has been more than four months since the quarantine brought by COVID-19 ravaged the world, and most of us may have this cabin fever. It’s more than a fever, I admit, and one could only wish to travel the world. While we are sheltered and comforted in our homes, reading and watching blog...
Continue readingArtistic Negros Occidental Pt. 1 – Entering the “Sweet Island” through Bacolod City: Feast Upon the “Barangay sang Birhen” Chapel
NOTE: Pictures displayed in this series are taken during the blogger’s Humanities class tour last year. Taken specifically on September 9, 2010, the pictures may not resemble the present state or physique of the places, works of art, and even of the people caught with these pictures. This blog series serves to inform and...
Continue readingArtistic Negros Occidental – My Encounters with the Aesthetic Cities of Bacolod, Talisay, and Silay
I was fooling around Facebook last time and saw my status a year ago when I had this field trip for my Humanities 1 class while I was still at Miag-ao and I realized I have not shared these on my blog. I just returned to blogging December last year. So, I uploaded my...
Continue readingParaw Regatta Festival: Another Festival Milestone of the City of Iloilo + Sinamba sa Paraw Regatta Pics
I love posts about festivals. It hurts me that I don’t have the guts and glory (i.e., money) to attend all festivals in the world. Perhaps I also lack the DIGITAL CAMERA.haha. But my love for festivities is only rivaled by my pure adoration for my city. There has never been this kind of...
Continue readingGong Xi Fa Cai!: Iloilo City Chinese New Year Festival 2011
This event is very close to my heart. It may not surpass the greatness of Dinagyang or the unity in Paraw Regatta, but my heart belongs to it. I was educated in a Chinese high school and took up my secondary education at Iloilo Sun Yat Sen High School. I was pretty attached to...
Continue readingDinagyang 2011 in Youtube: View the Ati-ati Tribe Competition
Well, a tweetfriend gave me an idea. I’m not sure if any of you out there is ever interested with Dinagyang but I want to show this festival to the world. So here they are, in the same order with the main event! DISCLAIMER: I am not the owner of these videos. Since they...
Continue readingDinagyang: A Religious History
I have been consistently saying to all readers of this blog that I am a born-again Christian, or let’s say, evangelical, and I am not ashamed of this faith. Dinagyang is a highly Roman Catholic celebration. You may ask why I post them here. My answer: You will never understand the Philippines’ history without...
Continue readingHail to the Queen of Philippine Festivals: Iloilo Dinagyang!
As an Ilonggo, nothing could be more exciting than to be roaming the city streets during the Dinagyang Festival. Even though I’m not a Roman Catholic and this festival is very religious in terms of its sources and causes, I love this festival as a cultural and traditional event. Nobody’s asking anybody to be...
Continue readingEating Out With Two of Us Sick
Last Sunday night, me and my younger brother Gerrit are sick. I am feverishly fevering with fever while he howls and coughs like tomorrow never comes. It just so happened that there was a beautiful soul who came and invited us out! So, the three of us (me, Gerrit, and the beautiful soul) together...
Continue readingHappy New Year 2011!
Here’s for you on this New Year!...
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