Category Archives: Negros Occidental

Capitol Lagoon

Leave a comment Posted by on November 18, 2013

I grew up playing in this beautiful capitol grounds of Bacolod City.

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Provincial capitol building of Negros Occidental

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A place like this is good for the soul

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Man and carabao and on the opposite side, a woman and carabao

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Abundant trash receptacles out of repurposed tyres

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Tilapia feeding

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Popped rice with food color sold outside the lagoon for leisure fish feeding. Vendors are not allowed inside the lagoon

Negros Occidental, Structure , , , ,

Sinamak

Leave a comment Posted by on November 17, 2013

Bacolod king of sawsawan (dipping sauce).

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Chilis, ginger, garlic added to cane vinegar aka sinamak is ever present in all chicken inasal place

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At Michael's Eatery

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Libertad Public Market

Negros Occidental, Sawsawan , , ,

Typography: Nagapamakal

Leave a comment Posted by on November 1, 2013
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We buy gold/silver watch, necklace, bracelet, ring, earings......

Negros Occidental, Signs, Typography ,

Alupi na Mais

Leave a comment Posted by on October 31, 2013
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A suman type kakanin but made from corn and wrapped in corn husk to distinguish from the common alupi which is the kamoteng kahoy (cassava) suman wrapped in banana leaf

Food, Negros Occidental, Packaging , , , , ,

Sachetization

Leave a comment Posted by on October 30, 2013

Sachets of spices and laundry aids stapled to a rectangular board cut from used carton box.

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Spices such as turmeric powder, recado (dried laurel leaf and peppercorns) etc and also laundry aids like oxalic, chlorine, anyel etc are manually repacked in retail sizes

Negros Occidental, Packaging, Pinoy Way of Life , , , , , ,

Typography: Shoe Repair

Leave a comment Posted by on October 29, 2013

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Negros Occidental, Signs, Typography , ,

Kapihan

Leave a comment Posted by on October 29, 2013

Here are some of the coffee shops in Burgos Market where locals hangout for breakfast or read newspapers while drinking brewed coffee which they refer to as native.
I like to hangout in a kapihan or carinderia (eatery) wherever town I may be as it’s in this kind of local hangout place one can hear about folk life. Such a great source of first hand information for visitors and more importantly you get a feel of the town and you’ll come across some knowledge about a certain ingredient or process or any tip that the kapihan/carinderia owner unknowingly share.
There’s nothing superficial in these local kapihans and carinderias particularly in rural areas and it’s a pleasure to take in sights including folk decorations and hear honest conversations.

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Good native coffee for only 10 pesos

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Proprietor usually sits in a corner and takes the role of the cashier

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Gutierrez Cafe

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I like this painted menu board. Coffee plain means native brewed coffee with muscovado or brown sugar only

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Capizeños

Local Stuff, Negros Occidental , , , ,

Kadios Season

1 Comment Posted by on October 27, 2013

You know you’re an Ilonggo if you eat this bean.

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Removing kadios beans from its pod

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Ready to measure a glass of it worth Php25

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Filling the glass

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Pay for 2 glassful of kadios then go home and cook KBL

Food, Negros Occidental, Produce , , , , ,

Dama in the Plaza

Leave a comment Posted by on October 25, 2013

Improvisation is always notable in this Philippine version of draughts that even the ground can be used as board. In Bacolod plaza players used wooden sheet drawn with skeleton of a checkerboard as well as using Coca-Cola caps as dama pieces.

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This sight is prevalent countrywide

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To keep the mind sharp as we age

Improvisation, Negros Occidental , , , ,

Rice Cake Oven Cart

Leave a comment Posted by on October 25, 2013
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A cart with oven means fresh and hot bibingkas (rice cake)

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Oven container for each rice cake. That's the batter in the blue tub

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Charcoal fueled oven

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This oven cart has a chimney!

Food, Negros Occidental , , , ,

One-man Microenterprise

Leave a comment Posted by on October 24, 2013

As seen in downtown Bacolod. 

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Ba-id (nipper and scissors sharpening), engraving and buying scrap gold

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Rubber stamp engraving etc

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Even majong repair

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Sapatero ( shoe repair guy)

Local Stuff, Negros Occidental , , , , ,

Bangketa Unusual

Leave a comment Posted by on October 23, 2013

One can see all sorts of stuff being peddled in the sidewalk.

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Pitcher plants from Cebu says the peddler

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Bottled honey and honeycomb

Metro Manila, Negros Occidental, Sidewalk , , , , , ,

Balut Carrier

Leave a comment Posted by on October 23, 2013

Different modes to carry fertilized duck eggs also known as balut.

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Temporarily stationary for the day at a selected spot if balut is in a drum

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Balut in a cart for easy mobility

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Balut in the basket strapped to the vendor for unimpeded mobility

Food, Negros Occidental, Palawan , , , , , , , , , ,

Banana Trunk Meat Stand

Leave a comment Posted by on October 23, 2013
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Displaying the selections of skewered chicken parts including pork in upright arrangement using banana trunk

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Banana trunk is commonly used in Negros as chicken inasal stand

Food, Local Stuff, Negros Occidental , , ,

Merrymaking Festival

Leave a comment Posted by on October 22, 2013

Masskara is an annual festival of Bacolod City with no folk Catholicism connotations. Most festivals in the country are associated with religious icons like for example the Sinulog of Cebu, Ati-atihan of Kalibo and Dinagyang of Iloilo were all for the veneration of the Sto Nino, the Pahiyas harvest festival of Lucban is the feast of San Isidro Labrador and so on. Even the fiestas at the barangay level are dedicated to their patron saint.

Partying in an urbanite sense isn’t my thing but folk fiestas and city festivals are enjoyable mainly for their cultural touch.

Masskara partying includes eating inasal and you go home smelling like inasal and then looking forward to the festival highlight – street dancing. So here are some of the photographs among the many masks of Masskara 2013.

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Best in mask

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Reason why Bacolod is the City of Smiles

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Street dancing started at 1 pm and the city was booming with Latin beat as they dance their way towards the plaza

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Even walis tambo can be mask material

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Not just elaborate masks but costumes too

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Not just having masks and costumes but props too

Art, Negros Occidental , , , ,

Barangay

Leave a comment Posted by on October 21, 2013

Forthcoming is the barangay election thus campaign posters have sprouted in the villages all over the country. A government unit that operates at the people level is the barangay so this must be (should be) the most important government unit. I like the thought that this political unit exists prior to the arrival of Spaniards, hence it’s a Malay heritage with no bad memories as compared to those gobernadorcillo-headed pueblos and much bigger political units headed by alcade mayor and so on.

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When it comes to campaign paraphernalia, I like those crude ones such as that repurposed rice sack poster with Pentel pen written "BILLYCARO"

Negros Occidental, Repurposing, Signs , , , , ,

Ibos, Bot-ong, Suman

Leave a comment Posted by on October 21, 2013

Glutinous rice being the main ingredient of these kakanin trio of Bacolod: ibos, bot-ong, suman.

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Ibos in coconut leaf packaging

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Bot-ong in banana leaf packaging

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Bot-ong and ibos without the leaf packaging

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What one should expect when we say suman in Bacolod (known as biko in Cebu and Manila)

Food, Negros Occidental, Packaging , , , , ,

Takatak

Leave a comment Posted by on October 20, 2013

That wooden rectangular box with compartments for cigarettes and candies and is usually strapped to the vendor for ambulant peddling is known as takatak.

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This takatak man sells crackers too

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Punk takatak boy

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Efficient way to display by hand the different brands of cigarettes available

Negros Occidental, Pinoy Way of Life , ,

Kilometerstone

Leave a comment Posted by on October 20, 2013
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Public market expansion over time which eventually overtook the road side but left this kilometer marker intact. This location is one kilometer from the capitol of Negros Occidental

Negros Occidental, Structure , ,

Eggshells for Plants

Leave a comment Posted by on October 19, 2013
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Eggshells as an organic fertilizer and adornment

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I think it's faster to release the calcium from crushed eggshells

Garden, Negros Occidental , ,

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