Category Archives: Pilipinas

Helm Barber’s Chair

Leave a comment Posted by on July 17, 2016

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Alugbati sa Bangketa

Leave a comment Posted by on July 13, 2016

Somebody has decided to plant alugbati (a green leafy vegetable) on a sidewalk.

Another patch of alugbati protected by grille.

Yonder on that sidewalk  are patches of alugbati plant.

Garden, Metro Manila, Sidewalk , , ,

Manila Bay Cats

Leave a comment Posted by on July 9, 2016

Cat wearing a Duterte’s campaign baller

Camouflage

Cat Chronicle, Metro Manila , , , ,

Manila Bay Subsistence 

Leave a comment Posted by on July 5, 2016

Freshly caught tilapia from Manila Bay for selling, I suppose.

Manila Bay has the reputation of being filthy. Still, one can see more than a few folks fishing by the breakwater, and some fisherfolks on their bangkas catching tilapia several meters away from the shore. I saw a couple of these folks selling
freshly caught tilapia and tahong just within the vicinity of Baywalk. I also saw a group people having early dinner of steamed tiny crabs caught from the breakwater rocks.

Yonder are the yachts of the members of Manila Yacht Club, nearby are the small boats of the common folks used for daily subsistence.

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Typography: Massage Therapy 

Leave a comment Posted by on July 3, 2016

Folk typography on a roadside massage therapy and reflexology sign

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Manila Yakult Lady

Leave a comment Posted by on July 2, 2016
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Yakult lady at Baywalk along Roxas Boulevard

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Run Club Sign

2 Comments Posted by on June 27, 2016
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If you're a later riser, then run alone.

Negros Occidental, Signs , , ,

Sidewalk Tomb Apartment

2 Comments Posted by on June 26, 2016
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A capsule hotel format of tombs standing on a sidewalk just outside the cemetery wall.

Negros Occidental, Structure , , , ,

Fish Presentation

Leave a comment Posted by on June 25, 2016
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Arrangement, Negros Occidental, Restaurant , , ,

Lake Lumot Boats

Leave a comment Posted by on May 18, 2016

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Laguna, Transport , ,

Wok Grille

Leave a comment Posted by on May 14, 2016
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Wok with flame window grille design

Laguna, Restaurant , , , ,

Queue Separator

Leave a comment Posted by on May 9, 2016

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Lengthwise cut of newspapers hung on straw ropes as distinct separator for precinct cluster queues in today’s Philippine Election. Due to this improvisation, the queueing was quite orderly early this morning.

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Improvisation, Metro Manila , , , ,

Shrimp Traps

Leave a comment Posted by on May 5, 2016

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Spot the tiny shrimps

Apparatus, Laguna ,

Fisherman’s Ensemble

Leave a comment Posted by on May 1, 2016

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This guy wears a parasol hat on his head and long sleeves shirt, has a Monobloc chair and Styrofoam chest on his bamboo raft, and equiped with three fishing rods. I guess this is an example of a well prepared fisherman on a whole day fishing mission at Lake Lumot.

Humans, Laguna , , ,

Sunday Snapshots: Laundry Time

Leave a comment Posted by on April 24, 2016
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Washing clothes in the river

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A communal spot in the river for washing clothes

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This communal spot has makeshift sun shield roof

Laguna, Pinoy Way of Life, Snapshot of the Day , , , ,

Flower Vegetable

Leave a comment Posted by on April 6, 2016

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Bulaklak ng kalabasa (squash flower) is eaten as vegetable. Normally it goes with eggplant, ampalaya, and sitaw in the same dish such as pinakbet or vegetable soups (e.g. laswa, bulanglang, dinengdeng). Hence the complementary vegetables are placed beside each other on the table space at the market.

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Vegetable soup with squash flowers

Food, Pilipinas, Produce , , , ,

Tagalog Packaging

Leave a comment Posted by on March 6, 2016
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Front label

Almost all packaging in the Philippines are labeled in English except for this laundry starch.

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Back label

Packaging, Pilipinas , , ,

Posporo

Leave a comment Posted by on February 18, 2016
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An example of matchbox packaging in the Philippines

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Toog

Leave a comment Posted by on February 17, 2016

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Before concrete utility poles like power poles, trunk of the Toog trees were used as they are straight, tall and hard. This I learned by hiking with someone who is a forestry graduate.

Laguna, Plant , , ,

Upo

Leave a comment Posted by on February 15, 2016
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Upo hanging above the eggplant plantation

Upo growing beside the kubo, in the vegetable plantation barrio somewhere in Rosario, La Union.

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