Category Archives: Pilipinas

Typography: Beauty Parlor

Leave a comment Posted by on November 14, 2015

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Lanao del Norte, Signs, Typography , , ,

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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Improvisation, Metro Manila, Seafood, Snapshot of the Day, Transport , , ,

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.

Metro Manila, Typography , ,

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.

Arrangement, Food, Metro Manila , , , ,

Jeepney Spare Tyre

Leave a comment Posted by on October 13, 2015

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Jeepney drivers must be acrobatically inclined. Apart from the ability to drive defensively in one hand while the other hand is collecting fare, a jeepney driver can apparently go in and out with ease. One could see that the driver’s door is significantly blocked by a spare tyre. And yes, that’s the standard location for the spare.

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Driving tip: Distancia amigo, your side mirror will never be up against that spare tyre.

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Metro Manila, Pinoy Way of Life, Public Transportation , , ,

Chicken Pedicure

6 Comments Posted by on October 11, 2015
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This lad chops off the nails from the chicken feet before selling it

A well-dressed adidas (chicken feet) is achieved by chopping off its nails one by one. And that’s what keeps this lad busy at the talipapa.

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Aling Emma

Leave a comment Posted by on October 8, 2015
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Aling Emma in her daster

For years I would buy espasol, bibingka, and most frequently the Pinatuyuan sa Gata freshwater shrimps viand from Aling Emma. Her shack of a shop is in Pagsanjan, Laguna along the main highway in the poblacion. One day the shop was gone from the old location. Then, months later I was able to locate her to this new one, still in the poblacion and not that far from the original one. It’s still a shack, which I like. I’m just truly glad that there’s still Aling Emma and her tiny food shop, my favored stop in Laguna.

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Espasol, suman, tikoy, vinegar in soft drinks plastic bottle containers, fish crackers, shing-a-ling, chicharon, etc.

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Assortment of rice cakes and the pinatuyuang hipon sa gata (inside those stypor containers at the upper left side)

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Pickled vegetables

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The gateway to Aling Emma’s shop

Food, Humans, Laguna , , , , , , , ,

Optical Shop Signage

Leave a comment Posted by on October 2, 2015
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I see it's an optical shop.

This optical shop signage in Taguig plays with words and spelling.

Metro Manila, Signs , , ,

No U-Turn / No Left Turn

Leave a comment Posted by on September 1, 2015
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No U-turn / no left turn combination sign at Paseo de Roxas, Makati

I think it’s fine to combine no U-turn and no left turn signs as long as it’s easy to perceive like in the mockup illustration (using my pink Stabilo Boss) where the sign may look uncomplicated, and thus making it more intelligible.

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Makati, Signs , , ,

Hospital Ship & Hellship Memorial

Leave a comment Posted by on August 9, 2015
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Hospital ship USNS Mercy behind the tiny Hellship Memorial in Subic Bay

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USNS Mercy

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A closer look of the hospital ship docked in Subic Bay

Olongapo, Structure, Transport , , , , ,

Saturday Snapshot: Subic Bay

Leave a comment Posted by on August 8, 2015

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Nimbus, birds, and ships in Subic Bay late in the afternoon.

Olongapo, Snapshot of the Day , , ,

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

Cebu, Signs , , ,

Pagulong

Leave a comment Posted by on July 30, 2015

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Pagulong is an outdoor play where you roll a piece of tyre using a stick from point A to point B as fast as you can while maintaining its upright position. Usually it’s a race among kids and Filipino kids used to play this a lot. Perhaps it’s still true in rural areas though I haven’t seen it nowadays in the barrio.

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Under the rain I watched my little girl play pagulong alone using a discarded bicycle tyre

Local Stuff, Metro Manila , , , , ,

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

Cebu, Sunrise Sunset , , ,

Talinum

Leave a comment Posted by on July 26, 2015

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This post is dedicated to my talinum plants, my leafy vegetable source for my rice meals.

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Talinum salad

Garden, Metro Manila , , ,

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

Cebu, Cookware, Repurposing , , , ,

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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Cebu, Repurposing , , ,

Everybody’s Inside

Leave a comment Posted by on July 13, 2015

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It was a fine cloudy Saturday morning around 7 o’clock, perfect for running, walking, biking or playing. It was a fine morning to be outside. But where is every Juan, Maria and Pedro? When they finally wake up, most will go outside to get inside those air-conditioned towns known as “malls.”

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Metro Manila, Pinoy Way of Life , , ,

Plastic Bag as Raincoat

Leave a comment Posted by on July 9, 2015
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Garbage bag as raincoat

Riders are donning plastic bag as rain cover in Metro Manila. The pictures I’ve posted here are just three of the many bicycle or motorcycle commuters I’ve seen wearing improvised raincoats.

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Clear plastic bag as raincoat

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Garbage bag as raincoat

Improvisation, Metro Manila , , , ,

Tea Egg

Leave a comment Posted by on July 7, 2015

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This egg tastes like adobong itlog but infused with five spices. I got this from Ymart, a Taiwan specialty store somewhere in Makati. I think this will make a decent variation to my boiled egg snacking.

Food, Makati , , , , ,

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