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American War Memorial

March 21st, 2008 · No Comments

It was Maundy Thursday when we visited the American War Memorial at Fort Bonifacio in Makati, the weather was very good for a shot. As expected, I did a panoramic shot of the grave yard dedicated to the MIA personnel (both Americans & Filipinos) of the 2nd World War. Listed here are the [...]

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Tags: Heritage Site · Holidays · Photography

Kamusta naman ang Pasko ko sa Pinas

December 26th, 2007 · 2 Comments

Year 2001 nang huli akong magpasko dito sa Pinas, anim na Pasko rin ang itinigil ko sa Kaharian ng Saudi Arabia, actually, walo kung isasama yung pasko ng 1999 at 2000. Medyo nakakapanibago ang atmosphere, noon kasi sa TV ko na lang nakikita ang magagandang palamuti sa kalye, mga masasayang bata at syempre ang [...]

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Tags: Customs & Traditions · Daily Rants · Holidays · Pilipinas · Religion & Culture

2007 1st Christmas Tree Blog Parade

December 19th, 2007 · No Comments

I was tagged by Karmi about this 2001 1st Christmas Tree Blog Parade so might as well do it. Ang problema aya wala naman akong Christmas Tree sa bahay. Anyways, here’s the content of the tag.
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This is a first annual 2007 Christmas Tree Blog Parade meme created and conceptualized [...]

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Tags: Holidays · Meme & E-mail · Tags

Aba! Pasko na pala!

December 1st, 2007 · 2 Comments

Unang Pasko ko ngayon sa Pinas after 5 years. Huling pasko ko dito ay noong 2001 pa, tulad ngayon, nagpahinga rin ako sa pagta-trabaho abroad. Noong isang taon ko pa gustong makapag-celebrate ng pasko dito, pero sa mga nakabasa ng mga entry ko last year, siguro naramdaman n’yo na rin kung gaano ako [...]

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Tags: Customs & Traditions · Holidays · Pilipinas · Religion & Culture

Visit at the Memorial Garden

November 1st, 2007 · 5 Comments

Naging kaugalian na nating mga Pinoy na alalahanin ang mga kamag-anak na namayapa na tuwing sasapit ang November 1. Since magkahiwalay ang libingan ni Lolo at Lola, we decided to visit Lola yesterday (October 31) at mamaya naman si Lolo.

Medyo sosyal ang libingan ni Lola Ising kumpara kay Lolo, nasa Eternity Memorial Garden si [...]

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Tags: Customs & Traditions · Family Matters · Holidays · Pilipinas

When will they raise the flag?

June 7th, 2007 · 5 Comments

It was Diosdado Macapagal who moved the celebration of Independence Day from 4th of July to 12th of June, now its her daughter’s turn to change the holiday, by virtue of Proclamation No. 1211, June 11 will be a non-working holiday while June 12 will be a working holiday. This is in line with [...]

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Tags: Daily Rants · Holidays · Pilipinas · Point of View · Politics & Economy

Hello 2007

January 2nd, 2007 · 2 Comments

december 31, 2006, outside temperature is almost freezing at 3°c but this won’t stop us from enjoying the new year away from home.

once again we celebrated the dawn of the new year together, our hosts (ariel, diego & gerald) prepared pancit & chicken barbeque, amboy cooked lumpiang shanghai, bong prepared the all time favorite, soup [...]

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Tags: Buhay Saudi · Friends · Holidays · Pinoy sa Ibayong Dagat

Pasko

December 25th, 2006 · 3 Comments

x-tra: featured ang bertdey post ko dito. thanks for the feature sir.
pasko na pero di ko naramdaman.
i overheard my 2 room mates talking kanina bago sila pumasok sa trabaho. “tapos na ang pasko, isang araw lang naman yan, bagong taon naman.”
oo nga naman, isang araw lang ang pasko, isang araw na mararamdaman mo [...]

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Tags: Buhay Saudi · Daily Rants · Holidays · Pinoy sa Ibayong Dagat · Senti Mode

do they know it’s christmas?

December 21st, 2006 · 3 Comments

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alam kaya nilang pasko na sa december 25? alam kaya nilang mahirap ang maghintay ng flight? alam kaya nilang masakit para sa akin na hindi nila ginawa ang trabaho nila at hindi ako maka-alis sa lugar na ito?
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Tags: Buhay Saudi · Daily Rants · Holidays · Personal · Pinoy sa Ibayong Dagat · WTF

i’ll be home for christmas?

December 14th, 2006 · 10 Comments

medyo matagal na rin akong hindi nakakapag-ikot, nakaka-miss rin pala ang mga blog ng mga kaibigan (sensya na mga friends). konting oras na lang kasi ang internet time ko sa opis, hindi dahil pinagbabawalan ako, kundi dahil i’m training somebody to take my place habang nasa bakasyon ako.
yes people, you heard it right, may [...]

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Tags: Daily Rants · Holidays · Personal · Pinoy sa Ibayong Dagat · Wish ko lang