Sunday, December 24, 2017

Courage and Faith. Tenderness this 2017 Christmas

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A t the 2017 Simbang Gabi at the Gesu, I spotted on 3 separate nights senior managers of the Coca Cola company, colleagues who wielded poli...
Wednesday, November 29, 2017

Automation as a game changer in local air travel

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T hose who have not travelled via commercial air for the past decades maybe disoriented to new ways of booking and flying. Platform on remo...
Tuesday, November 28, 2017

Sutukil in Butuan Surigao del Norte

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T he entire stretch of widened 11-kilometer Butuan-Cagayan de Oro-Iligan starting from the Bancasi airport to the city proper showcases eve...
Sunday, November 26, 2017

Climb Club

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R ight after arriving from Butuan City and a short stopover at the house, I speedily took the LRT-2 going to Recto to connect to LRT-1 Doro...
Tuesday, November 21, 2017

Cauayan in Isabela

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M y recollection of Isabela in Cagayan Valley relative to the 4 other provinces in Region 2 is it ranks next to Cagayan in terms of progres...
Sunday, November 19, 2017

Revisiting Iloilo

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W orking for a transnational advertising agency handling Pepsi Cola, we launched the new generation talents in a concert in Iloilo in the 8...
Sunday, November 12, 2017

Uneventful SLEX Travel on 11 Nov. EDSA greeted us with an early "Surprise!"

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T he travel on a provincial bus from South Luzon to SLEX was uneventful a day before the 3oth ASEAN 2017 Summit until our bus hit Magallane...
Thursday, November 09, 2017

Adventure when you least expect

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T he transit ad at Cebu Pacific plane 5J 196 says, “ Adventure takes you where you least expect .” Even before the plane took off for Cauay...
Sunday, October 01, 2017

Tale on Travel and a Seat

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I took the LRT at Katipunan station for Recto. Capacity was semi-full and seats were all taken. Suddenly a young boy stood up and left ...
Wednesday, September 20, 2017

When there’s a mural, there's an open space. But with beer?

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I magine a setting seeing an outdoor mural under a large high ceiling overhead canvass surrounded by foliage from century old trees while d...
Thursday, August 31, 2017

Respeto. The Humiliation of Hendrix

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I n the 1st few minutes of #Respeto even before the opening title, I was already engaged. With Hendrix's body language, I got to know ...
Tuesday, August 29, 2017

Watching a movie like a film and a play

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# Birdshot . W atched it like a film for its visuals, sounds, actors and craftsmanship. Appreciated it like a piece of literature for its...
Saturday, August 12, 2017

Pain and Struggle of a Helpless Pinoy Teen Rapper and a Solo Child

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R espeto and K iko Boksingero.  One complex and powerfully impacting, the other pure and simple. Both are entries in the 2017 Cinemalaya 1...
Sunday, July 23, 2017

The Language Culture Connection

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"Whenever you teach a language, you also teach a complex system of cultural customs, values, and ways of thinking, feeling, and acting...
Tuesday, July 18, 2017

Solved by a Hotline Agent

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I booked a flight over Cebu Pacific’s online facilities last 12 July and failed to pass the stringent credit card verification protocol. ...
Thursday, July 13, 2017

Nepa Q Mart

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W hy would one shop at a public market in Quezon City which has a wet and dry market that does not offer the convenience of a hypermart mod...
Saturday, July 01, 2017

Separate Islands. One Link

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T raveling to Mindoro, Romblon, Masbate, Marinduque, Palawan via Roro, 2Go, Fastcat, Oceanjet, Montenegro, Cebu Pacific, Philippine Airlines...