Category Archives: Pilipinas

Sagñay Church

Leave a comment Posted by on November 24, 2013

Sight of the facade was forlorn and shadowy on that rainy and cloudy afternoon.

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Personal Pepper

Leave a comment Posted by on November 22, 2013

Planting chili peppers instead of ornamentals is the most natural thing to do for someone who likes it hot.

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Siling labuyo plant that's fruiting with cream colored sili

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Better to have a potted sili than a potted ornamental

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Germinating siling labuyo in eggshells. The more sili the merrier

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Check and Stamp

Leave a comment Posted by on November 21, 2013

During store checkout, each receipt needs to be stamped with a number code after checking each item with a pen and so the Landmark Department Store ladies taped the rubber stamp around the pen to handily do the ‘check and stamp’ job over and over again.

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Eats Illustration

Leave a comment Posted by on November 21, 2013

The accompanying illustration of these food related signs has its own definition in local context.

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Define comfort food

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Define hole-in-the-wall

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Define nostalgia

Art, Negros Occidental, Signs, Typography , , , ,

Fly Away

Leave a comment Posted by on November 20, 2013
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Each table in this carinderia has clear plastic bottle with water and foil inside for keeping houseflies away. Lady owner is counting on the "silaw" factor for the flies in deterring them

Improvisation, Negros Occidental, Superstition , , , , ,

Purok Lechonan

Leave a comment Posted by on November 19, 2013

Lechon by the street in a place known as Purok Lechonan.

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Skinny seller

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Lechon stalls

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A slice of tree trunk as chopping board

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Two covered lechon presumably for pickup orders

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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 , , ,

Tacloban Then

Leave a comment Posted by on November 15, 2013

Walking and running around Tacloban sometime in August of 2012, I noticed the effort being done by the local government in beautifying the city. I saw jogging lanes near the water and the slogan “I love Tacloban” was all over. Here are some of my photographs I have then knowing that now this city was completely destroyed by super typhoon Yolanda last November 8, 2013.

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Water in downtown Tacloban with commuter boats

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Convention Center by the water

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One way of going around is by trike

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I like the name of this carinderia

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This burger joint signage made me smile as I always hear that word from my father. Porbida! is a Cebuano expression meaning "damn!"

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If you go inside that cafe then turn left you'll be sitting by the water side

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Tacloban's kakanin such as the sagmani and moron in one of those humble snack house in downtown area

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Joining a 50 km race, I was able to run in Tacloban and out of the city towards Palo then back and going out again towards Samar side by crossing the San Juanico bridge then back to Leyte again ending in the City Hall area of Tacloban. This is the bridge crossing part of the run

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I love Tacloban

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Basey Town

2 Comments Posted by on November 14, 2013

Situated in the Samar side just opposite of Tacloban City in the Leyte side. Here are some photographs I have of Basey circa March 2012. I went through these pictures again thinking about the super typhoon Yolanda devastation in this mat weaving industry town.

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Local transportation known as 'single' or habal-habal

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Banig products store

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Banig making is an old industry of Basey

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Beautiful Basey banig

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Pedicab as local transportation

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Near the palengke and van terminal area

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Pili

Leave a comment Posted by on November 13, 2013
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Pili fruits and unshelled pili kernels

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Pili kernels

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Closer look at the kernels. When boiled, the white core will just easily slide out when removing the skin by hand

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Boiled pili kernels taste like edamame

Camarines Sur, Food , , , , ,

Vetsin Condiment

Leave a comment Posted by on November 12, 2013

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Walking aimlessly in Naga streets one can see several kinalas eateries around the city and in one of those I took cover from rain, had a bowl of kinalas and noted that they have Ajinomoto vetsin condiment in the tables. It’s not usual to have vetsin as table condiment here in Philippines but it was a common sight in the humble eating tables in Kota Kinabalu, Sabah.

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Camarines Sur, Food , , , , , , , ,

Leaning Belfry

Leave a comment Posted by on November 11, 2013
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Bombon Church and its leaning bell tower

Camarines Sur, Structure , , , ,

Yolanda in Real

Leave a comment Posted by on November 10, 2013

November 10, 2013: Trash mostly plastic were washed ashore in the beach of Real town in Quezon province. An aftermath of typhoon Yolanda that was felt here in the evening of November 8.

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Quezon , , , , , ,

Bombon’s Binamban

Leave a comment Posted by on November 9, 2013

Binamban is the rice-based delicacy of Bombon town. The first time I had this, a bundle was given to me when I won first place in a 14 km foot race during Binamban Festival where I also saw several binamban vendors that time near the church area. Recently I find myself in Naga so I made a side trip to Bombon just for this unforgettable kakanin. I didn’t see any vendors near the church and it was a Sunday. I went in the palengke area beside the church and bought the last five pieces I could find at 5 pesos each.

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Of all the kakanins I've tried, this is a favorite of mine

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Glutinous rice flour, brown sugar and shredded coconut are the ingredients of this rice delicacy. Coconut fronds for the packaging.

Camarines Sur, Food , , , , , ,

Green Idea

Leave a comment Posted by on November 8, 2013
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Green idea of Naga City

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Flowering ornamental plants hanging from street lamp post to greenify the city

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Store in the Wall

Leave a comment Posted by on November 7, 2013

In Naga centro particularly around the wet and dry market building, one can notice these rectagular shelves attached to a wall column that serve as modular stores for bangketa sellers. Looks like it was provided by the city government to minimize the spaces occupied in the bangketa.

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City seal in the wall store

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Shelves are not enough for all the goods

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Camarines Sur, Sidewalk, Structure , , , ,

Paksiwan

Leave a comment Posted by on November 6, 2013

Passing through the highway between Pili and Sagñay in Camarines Sur I’ve noticed several paksiwan carinderia patronized by motorists. Curious about what kind of paksiw they have, I decided to have one in a place named Isarog View Paksiwan in Ocampo town. And so it’s not the paksiw I had in mind but it was boiled beef soup or beef nilaga. Just like the nilaga in Bacolod minus the atsuete.

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Painted sign with Mt Isarog

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Another sign

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Mt Isarog as seen from the paksiwan

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My delicious paksiw halo (offals included but one can opt with just the meat only) and rice with Mt Isarog view at dusk obscured partially by the motorcycle whose driver went for a paksiw break also

Camarines Sur, Food , , , , ,

Typography: Goto & Log-log

Leave a comment Posted by on November 5, 2013
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A carinderia along the road in Magarao between Naga City and Bombon town

Camarines Sur, Typography , , ,

Repurposed Rice Cooker

Leave a comment Posted by on November 4, 2013
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Decommissioned rice cooker as charcoal stove

Camarines Sur, Cookware, Repurposing , , , , ,

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