Category Archives: Cebu

Batya

Leave a comment Posted by on March 22, 2018

A laundry basin

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Bus Window Sighting: Dama

Leave a comment Posted by on January 22, 2018

Dama game on the floor of a public waiting shed as seen from the open window of a non-aircon Ceres bus.

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Shoe & Bag Repair Sign

Leave a comment Posted by on January 15, 2018

Cebu, Signs

Purok Public Structures

Leave a comment Posted by on January 6, 2018

Tourist center

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Marine Signs

Leave a comment Posted by on August 6, 2015

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Inside this structure that’s connected to the island by wooden footbridge, you’ll see educational signs on marine creatures that can be found in its water. This gives the one who reads it a more meaningful snorkeling or diving experience.

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The structure for marine enlightenment

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Solar Image Fascination

3 Comments Posted by on July 28, 2015
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Sunrise and the boat

Man has been observing the phases of day through the sun since Paleolithic Era until now, the “Android Age”. So there I was very recently in a tiny island, very mindful of the colors of the day attributed to the sun. Well, it’s our human nature that makes us store in some a place the solar image we’ve seen though not in cave paintings this time.

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Sunrise and the volleyball net on the sandbar

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Sun reflection

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Silver sunset

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Silver twilight

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Dusking

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Another morning once again and this is the image just before the sun became visible

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Beer Keg Barbecuing

Leave a comment Posted by on July 21, 2015
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San Miguel Beer keg repurposed as barbecue grill

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Front view when closed

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Back view when closed

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PVC Hanger

Leave a comment Posted by on July 20, 2015

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Hanger made from PVC pipes intended for drying wetsuit, rash guard or any swimwear at the balcony of a room in Nalusuan Island Resort and Marine Sanctuary.

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Bus Window Peddlers

Leave a comment Posted by on May 20, 2015

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At the rest stops for bus journeys in Cebu province, peddlers will hawk refreshments, mostly local delicacies and travel food staples such as boiled eggs, boiled peanuts, or boiled corn in the bus open windows — that is if you’re on a window seat in a non-aircon bus. The advantages of riding non-aircon bus apart from paying less are the natural breeze, bukid scents, unobstructed view for sightseeing or capturing photos, and convenient window buying of snacks.

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Vendors resting while waiting for the next bus

 

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Peanut Purveyor

2 Comments Posted by on May 16, 2015
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Carbon Market, Cebu City

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Haiyan Aid Remnants

1 Comment Posted by on November 2, 2014

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Last August, throughout the island of Malapascua in Northern Cebu, I’ve seen plenty of Red Cross tarpaulins repurposed as house roof extension for the rebuilt homes or as boatyard shade. I even came across a Shelter Box – still standing.

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Shelter Box (Rotary)

So to those who have donated for the Shelter Box or to Red Cross for Typhoon Yolanda, I’d say those have certainly arrived as aid to the people of Malapascua as manifested from these remnants.

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Boatyard shade

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Roof extension

Note: Typhoon Yolanda first anniversary is on November 8.

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From Island To Mainland

Leave a comment Posted by on September 25, 2014

The uncomplicated manner of commuting from the island of Malapascua to mainland Cebu province.

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At Logon beach, procure a green paper ticket from the one-man ticketing office comprising of a small table that also serves as police detachment (says the sign) and a blackboard where the name of the boats and their corresponding schedules are written.

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Ticketing office

 

The green ticket says Malapascua Port. Where’s the port? The Guanna boat, a yellow banca anchored far from the beach, will leave at 8:30 according to the blackboard. How to get there? Ride a small paddle flat boat for 20 pesos per passenger. Simple. Uncomplicated.

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Guanna, the commuter boat in “Malapascua Port”

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Short transfer from Logon beach to Guanna boat

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Multipurpose Beverage Bottles

Leave a comment Posted by on September 24, 2014
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Soda bottle light cover in Malapascua island

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Instant coffee bottle light cover in Cebu City

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Hoops in Coconut Tree

Leave a comment Posted by on September 2, 2014

Where there is coconut, there is basketball.

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Well Bucketball

1 Comment Posted by on August 31, 2014
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Well bucket from repurposed basketball ball

There is no drinking water source in Malapascua but there are several wells scattered in the island for household use.

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At the left side of the well are three funnels for each pipeline of three separate houses

One can notice these makeshift pipelines with funnels beside each well as a way to bring manually fetched water using a bucket and rope system to the nearby houses.

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Plastic strainer for this 5-gallon water container repurposed as funnel

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Net strainer

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A closer look of the well water funnel and the attached pipe

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Empty 5-gallon drinking water containers off to be refilled at mainland Cebu

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Walis Tingting

Leave a comment Posted by on August 20, 2014
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Mundane life in the island

This old lady repetitively scrape each leaflet from its rib that came from a fallen dead coconut frond, then she’d set aside each stick on the ground for her to bind all of those together to form walis tingting.

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A broom out of sticks aka walis tingting

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Buriring Season

Leave a comment Posted by on August 18, 2014
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The defense mechanism of buriring is to inflate but the container is too small for everyone to puff up

When I was in Malapascua Island at the end of July until early days of August, I came upon residents gathering buriring (pufferfish) just near the shore of the beach. This small edible species is being fished for local consumption.

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Her dinner probably

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A tub for the catch

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A closer look of buriring in its normal size

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Keeping it alive, keeping it fresh

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Buriring fishing instead of playing or schooling

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Packing-up time for mission was accomplished - dinner procurement

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A shopping bag-full of catch

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Bloated yet truly cute

Cebu, Seafood, Seasonal , , ,

A Table of Binignit Ingredients

Leave a comment Posted by on August 17, 2014
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A table of binignit ingredients seen in Carbon Market, Cebu City. They are even retailing the vanilla flavoring (near a bunch of plantain)

Binignit is the Cebuano variation of ginataang halohalo. A sweet mixture of root crops such as sweet potato and yam, also plantain, sago, landang, jackfruit and rice balls stewed in coconut milk.

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Closer look of the sago. Food color makes binignit visually appealing

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Landang for a thick and filling binignit

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Binignit

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Coco Bamboo Seating

Leave a comment Posted by on August 16, 2014
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Bench made from bamboo and coconut trunk

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Two Row Seating Tricycles

Leave a comment Posted by on August 15, 2014

Tricycles with two row seating in the northern towns of Cebu particularly in Bogo City.

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Find the BMW logo

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Find the BMW logo

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