Seine Fishing at Sunrise

Leave a comment Posted by on November 24, 2015

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At sunrise, I watched this couple from afar doing seine fishing by the shore, section per section of this long stretch of beach in Gubat, Sorsogon. At one point, I went near them as they fold their net and saw only a handful of about 4 inches long fish in their catch so far.

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Highway Sampayan

Leave a comment Posted by on November 22, 2015

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Clothes are hanged to dry on makeshift sampayan (clothesline), or on a rope tied between road signs, and even on the highway bridge railings. We know that one cannot have an immaculate newly laundered shirts with all the highway dust and exhaust, but it seems the only goal is to have dry and sun sterilized clothes.

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Road signs as poles for the clothesline

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Bridge railing covered with newly laundered clothes

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Barangay Map

Leave a comment Posted by on November 21, 2015
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It's rare to see a barangay map for the visitors

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Fish Jumping Illusion

Leave a comment Posted by on November 17, 2015

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Why do you arrange fish like that? To which Madam Fish Vendor answered, “Para nindot tan awon, kanang murag buhi pa ba, kanang mag ambak ambak pa” (So it would be nice to look at, like they are still alive and jumping). And that’s what I thought too, that it will look fresh and still firm, though I didn’t guess the jumping part.

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Sunday Snapshot: Oroquieta Bandstand

Leave a comment Posted by on November 15, 2015
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Municipal bandstand in Oroquieta City

Apart from the statue of Jose Rizal, there is one other structure that I usually see in city/town plaza — the bandstand. The plazas in Bacolod City, Roxas City, and Oroquieta City for example have bandstands that are a standout.

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Typography: Beauty Parlor

Leave a comment Posted by on November 14, 2015

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Culvert as Sun Shade

2 Comments Posted by on November 11, 2015
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Concrete culverts as sun shade for the park's benches

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Formosa Felines

Leave a comment Posted by on November 9, 2015

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Saturday Snapshots: Bicycle Seafood Vendor

Leave a comment Posted by on November 7, 2015
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Bicycle seafood vendor with umbrella doing his daily rounds

Mr. Fish Vendor would make rounds in the village daily. He will always have three choices of fresh seafood on his cargo bicycle. There’s always shrimp, while the two other tubs would contain fish and other kinds of seafood. His favorite color must be red as he always don red shirt and his three tubs are all in red color.

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Three choices of seafood and what's available today are shrimps as usual, squid, and Hasa Hasa fish

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His improvised cargo bike has improvised bicycle seat cover as well

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Spray Faucet

Leave a comment Posted by on November 5, 2015
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Conscious about water conservation, public toilets in Taiwan have spray faucets

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Payphones in Taiwan

Leave a comment Posted by on November 3, 2015

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Cat Signs

Leave a comment Posted by on November 1, 2015

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Improvised cat house says "Destiny by love"

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Lily Pads

Leave a comment Posted by on November 1, 2015
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Large lily pads at Taipei Zoo

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HK Green Post Boxes

Leave a comment Posted by on October 28, 2015
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Hong Kong green post box with Royal British isignia

Even though Hong Kong is no longer under the British colonial rule, as a visitor, it is edifying to see some history miscellany in society’s practical objects such as the post box.

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Of modern type but still green

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A closer look of the letter slot

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Bamboo Scaffolding

2 Comments Posted by on October 27, 2015

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Bamboo scaffolding is widely used in Hong Kong and that is why this attracts my attention more than the IFCs or Bank of China Tower type of buildings.

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One must be amazingly skilled in tying and connecting bamboo poles together at the right places to ensure stability for construction men and materials. How I wish bamboo scaffolders will continue to pass on this ancient skill for generations as bamboo scaffolding takes away the look of dullness of modern infrastructure construction activity happening constantly here and there.

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Friday Snapshot: Hazy Sunset

Leave a comment Posted by on October 23, 2015
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A hazy sunset at Victoria Harbour, Hong Kong

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Typography: Auto Supply Shop

Leave a comment Posted by on October 21, 2015

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Before hand lettering became a fad and popularized over social media by ‘young creatives’, Philippine folks from the barrio to the city have been lettering for long time. Observe the folk signs all over the country. These folk letterers with no fancy implements were able craft beauty, albeit crude. Their typography are honest looking which makes it more charming.

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Marble in Soft Drink

Leave a comment Posted by on October 20, 2015

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This is a soft drink that I often see in North Taiwan. Its look and taste appeals the young though it’s hard to open it without adult assistance. The pink contraption on the lid is what you’ll use to open the bottle by pushing down an embedded marble to make a hole. So it’s like this, while guzzling , you’re fully aware that there’s a marble moving around the liquid inside.

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Corn in Circular Stack

Leave a comment Posted by on October 17, 2015
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Boiled corn arranged in a circular stack inside a giant clear plastic bag with visible 20 peso folded paper bill that serves as price tag for each corn

If a vendor sells one and the same merchandise only, day after day, it is highly likely that this vendor is sort of a subject matter expert on what he sells. For example, a boiled corn vendor is an expert on how to tell a good corn from a bad one even without removing its husk, and of course he knows how to boil it perfectly, and he has taught himself how to arrange the corn in an artful and optimal manner on his kariton.

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Not wanting to mess up his arranged corn, he gets corn from his stock underneath

Moreover it is wise to buy from specialized vendors than from a grocery store because they themselves would have carefully selected their stuff. A single bad corn is bad for a single merchandise retail business.

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Taiwan’s Water Dispenser

Leave a comment Posted by on October 16, 2015
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Drinking water dispenser at the train station

Ideally, something so essential such as potable drinking water should be accessible for free in public places like parks, museums, transportation hubs, airports, tourist sites, etc. Countries who can afford to provide free drinking water in their cities, Japan for example, typically have drinking fountains everywhere.

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Drinking water dispenser at Chiang Kai Shek Memorial

I’m surprised that in Taiwan, not only that drinking water is accessible to the public, but they spend considerably more in order to provide hot and cold water for free. Imagine how convenient that is. One can eat cup noodles practically anywhere. Same is true for any ‘just add hot water’ sort of instant food or beverages. Thus, instead of drinking fountains, Taiwan makes use of an upright water dispenser with three faucets — for hot, tepid, and cold water. This type of appliance labeled as Digital Drinking Fountain is ubiquitous in Taiwan.

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Drinking water dispenser at the hotel hallway

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Drinking water dispenser at Taipei Zoo. Hot water as needed and by request only.

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Refilling one’s water bottle instead of buying bottled water is encouraged in Taiwan

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