Sunday, September 19, 2010

Nat Geo Shocking Videos

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V ideos that shocked me: 1. Locked up Abroad on the kidnaping and captivity of the Abu Sayyaf of Martin and Gracia Burnham was aired in...
Saturday, September 18, 2010

Can a travel book do all that?

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A rticles in Mind: Banaue Car Repair and Peddling where expert mechanics are all over the place (middle men and hustlers too!), parts in...

I will not be able to write like him

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N ot yet or not even in the near future. Edward Rothstein describes the Yellowstone National Park in Wyoming as “A Cathedral to the Shri...
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Wednesday, September 08, 2010

Two Travel Books

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I recently purchased travel related books on the Philippines at the National Bookstore in Cubao. Some were on bargain and two recently laun...
Sunday, September 05, 2010

Reboot

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E ach time I reboot, a pop up message prompts me after I log in “Preparing to install Realplayer.” This shows up despite the un-installatio...
Thursday, September 02, 2010

Writing in any piece of paper

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A n article a day keeps Dementia away An article whether long or short is a result of insight generation. Insights are drawn from obse...
Sunday, August 29, 2010

Revisiting the UP Theatre

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C elebrating Dulaang UP’s 35th Anniversary, a theatre group founded by Professor Tony Mabesa, I dropped by the UP campus on a weekend to ...

Nat Geo Coffee Table Books

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In between chores in a commercial center, I dropped by a Booksale outlet to check what’s in store. These interested me: National Geogra...
Wednesday, August 25, 2010

N. Ramirez Car Wash

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T he car wash stretch of N. Ramirez in Quezon City This stretch is a convenient short-cut from Espana to E. Rodriquez avoiding the traffic...
Tuesday, August 24, 2010

St. Lukes and Burger Kin

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Burger King in E. Rodriquez beside St. Luke’s Medical Center wowed me. Not with their product but with a service I did not expect from a fa...
Monday, August 23, 2010

Garden Shots

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Shooting natural or a structure? Private domain or public property? Attribute it on the surging ownership of SLR cameras and the visibility...

Top View Araneta Shots

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A raneta in Cubao is repositioning itself. The upgrading of facilities and infrastructure is not happening though as fast as other emergi...

Orchids at Seedling Bank

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T he Philippine Orchid Society, Inc . just completed its 64th Mid-Year Orchid and Garden Show at the Manila Seedling Bank Environmental C...

MRT Crossroads

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Y ears ago, I initiated in the original and now defunct peyups.com forum infrastructure projects in Metro Manila that would result in major...
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Thursday, August 19, 2010

Manila I Knew

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M anila has been written about a countless times. An enjoyable read is " The Manila we knew ," a compilation of essays by severa...
Sunday, August 15, 2010

Freedom of Mobility

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F reedom that I relish the most are freedom of mobility and choice (of food). Mobility is the ability to move around without any const...
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Saturday, August 14, 2010

Articles in Mind

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A rticles to develop and post There is freedom in image capture nature vs. urban Clubs true to the MFPI vision Moymoy palaboy : power...
Wednesday, August 11, 2010

Reassessing the MFPI Vision Mission

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11 years after formulating the MFPI Vision Mission under the leadership of Ari Ben Sebastian, major transformations have happened in the P...
Monday, August 09, 2010

Mobility

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T he rainy week of 2 August even with the threat of Typhoon Domeng did not deter mobility as I swung from South to West in Metro Manila ...
Sunday, August 08, 2010

JV's Car Wash

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S everal months ago this 2010, a fellow climber sent me an email message inquiring about the status of geocities’ delisted tropics shores do...