Category Archives: Pinoy Way of Life

Eggplant Overload

Green Banana Kariton in Rush Hour

Solar Rug Drying

Economy Class

Basketbol sa Pilipinas

Testament in Mud Flap

God in Mud Flaps

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Gift of God / Smile God Love You

Every space in a jeepney can be a venue for masa art. Images such as zodiac stickers and Jesus Christ, writings such as dedications and Bible verses and also borloloys such as horns and horses. Philippines is predominantly Christian country so it’s not a wonder that in a span of 30 minutes I’ve sighted 3 mud flaps with God phrase.

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God Bless Us

Vehicle Siesta

Beneath the sugarcane truck

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Bacolod City, Negros Occidental

Under the freight truck

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Cabagan town, Isabela

On top of the motorbike of the tricycle

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Alicia town, Isabela

Overloading is a Style

A few collections of mine of overloaded public transportation in the country. Overloading is a style in the Philippines.

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Jeepney in West Service Road, Metro Manila

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Kuliglig in Cabagan, Isabela

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Tricycle in Daet, Camarines Norte

Lugawan

 

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Lugawan is fairly common in every region all over the archipelago. Lugaw (rice gruel) in several variations is an appealing option for a quick meal wherever its location may be, whether in poblacion or town plaza or along highways as food stop for motorists and provincial buses.

The lugawan in this post is in Alicia town of Isabela province and one can observe several of this table lugawan setup along the national highway where each one serve boiled culled layers as an accompaniment to the plain lugaw. I remember in Bantayan island of Cebu province, grilled culled layers are sold everywhere understandably because chicken egg production is the island’s primary industry. I did enjoy snacking on that tough but tasty meat.

In that clear display shelf, one can choose chicken or egg as lugaw accompaniment or none at all but just plain lugaw depending on one’s budget.

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A lugawan place is attractive if there’s a giant caldero full of lugaw continuously heated in a stove using either charcoal or wood as fuel

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The lugaw proprietor has a penchant for green color

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Some kind of a gamu-gamo trap under a light source. Just put a bit of water inside and the gamu-gamo will go in says the lugaw guy

Well-Stocked Look

Sawsawan Ritual

Carinderia Altar

Assimilation aids of Spaniards as noted in the present times.

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Motorist stop carinderia in Gumaca, Quezon

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Bulalohan in Sto Tomas, Batangas

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24/7 carinderia named 'Lolo Ompoh' in Calauag, Quezon

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Kapihan in Bacolod, Negros Occidental

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Goto/log-log/kinalas carinderia in Magarao, Camarines Sur

Sachetization

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

Penchant for D’

Must be a Filipino thing to replace “the” with d’

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D' Optical Clinic

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D'Outlets

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D' Cafe

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Da best is this one that sells lechon manok and liempo in D' Bakeshop

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D' Original as what this Lapid chicharon pouch says

Takatak

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

Penchant for Cock

A Liter of Trike Petrol

imageNothing is more accurate than to sell a liter of petrol with the use of softdrinks litro bottle.

Nothing more accurate to sell a liter of petrol than by using softdrinks litro bottle

Cheap Labor

Usual sight in the country is the ratio of the number of workers to the type of work or size of a business like 5 lads washing simultaneously a vehicle in a car wash shop, or the 8 employees inside each small cashier booth in Landmark Department Store, or the 4 household staff in a family of four, or the 7 staff inside a tiny cooked food stall in Makati known as jollijeep.

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7 staff for a jollijeep, the 2 are just within the area

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There's the other guy loading some stuff