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Byahe at Lamierda

South of the Border

by reynz on March 2, 2012

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I noticed this place called South of the Border along I-95. It looked very inviting at night with all the neon signs, its big Sombrero Tower and their mascot, Pedro. It is located in South Carolina just right beside the border with North Carolina. You can’t miss this place. Along I-95, you will see all [...]

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Weird, but this is what I’m reading from one of President Noynoy’s political adviser latest snafu, punishing the buyer instead of the seller, distributor and maker of pirated products. But first… I took these pictures in Dampa along Roxas Blvd where you will find this: Of course, you’ll find dozens of places in Manila selling [...]

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byahe tayo’s subliminal message?!

by reynz on January 11, 2012

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did i tell you that i notice things like insane?! PWES! i was watching DOT’s new rendition of Wow Philippines Byahe Tau and then I noticed this one… what is this? subliminal message of byahe tau in….. [insert red district]… Share on Facebook Digg Stumble Upon Del.icio.us Buzz

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wow philippines! more than the usual!

by reynz on January 8, 2012

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yes, i like “it’s more fun in the philippines“… but let’s face it. “Wow Philippines, more than the usual!” is the best tourism campaign we’ve ever had. even the background music is the best! hard to beat. here it is again. and now… more fun! Share on Facebook Digg Stumble Upon Del.icio.us Buzz

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it’s more fun in the Philippines!

by reynz on January 7, 2012

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“It’s more fun in the Philippines!” That’s the new tourism tagline. Far better than that dreadfully revolting “Pilipinas Kay Ganda!” I love what’s behind the tagline. It’s fun. I’ll prove it to you. Statement: “It’s more fun in the Philippines!” Love it. It radioactively ignites a… Question: “What’s fun in the Philippines?” which will surely [...]

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Princeton

November 13, 2011
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Princeton, New Jersey is about 34 miles from where I live in Philadelphia. I worked here from 1997 to 2005, eight (8) long years. Back then, I own I-95 going north, travelling against the traffic headed south to Philadelphia. Then 911 happened. Construction in Newtown, Pennsylvania started. I heard people from New York started moving [...]

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A walking tour with Atty. Trixie Cruz Angeles in Quiapo

April 25, 2011
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From Agrifina Circle, the walking tour with Atty. Trixie Cruz Angeles continued in Quiapo. This time around, we really walked! It’s bad enough that I had this very lousy and cheap camera (read: start your donation to my project: new camera!), but also, I was running out of battery. So, suffer with me with these [...]

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the gem (a night out at faustino’s)

March 27, 2011
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If your friends can’t do this? Stalkers sila. Get rid of them! Call us! Did I tell you that these pictures here, pretty much described my entire trip to Manila? Well, Ellaine and Trix invited me to go to this piano bar – Faustino, a close drive for Inday (for she was busy with her [...]

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6 days to fix a road

March 24, 2011
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Take a look at this. In Japan, they fixed the road in 6 days. Here in the US, it gets fixed too, but not 6 days. More like 6 weeks. But still good. Now, in my town? It’s been 6 generations already, ‘la pa. Leche! Hmpt! Share on Facebook Digg Stumble Upon Del.icio.us Buzz

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EDSA after 25 years!

March 20, 2011
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Take a look at this wall of pictures below. 1st row, 3rd column, I was holding my Namfrel ID card. I know, I am so ancient. But, yes, Matilda. I was one of those guys running around, pushing for clean elections nung panahon nang hapon. Next, 2nd row, 2nd column, that’s me at the Malacanang [...]

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Birthday girl

March 19, 2011
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I was very happy meeting Wenchie Flores-Sabban in Manila! Coffee at Robinsons, catch-up with some stuff… and more juicy stuff hehehe! We had originally planned to meet at Starbucks but it was so hot outside, I was perspiring like insane, I decided to buy a new boylet shirt. Weird, my sizes in Manila were different. [...]

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Manila. I keep coming back to Manila.

March 3, 2011
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Hey folks. I’ll be back soon. Busy lang po. Sorry, medyo nawala ang figure ko. Malusog ako ngayon. Hehehe! Share on Facebook Digg Stumble Upon Del.icio.us Buzz

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Protected: How I ended up in Charleston

January 19, 2011
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Protected: In the middle of my job hunt, I was in a storm called: the Philippine Presidential Elections

January 18, 2011
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Going through Ninoy Aquino International Airport is not a very pleasant experience

December 22, 2010
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(Photo Credits: Aileen Brown) Going through Ninoy Aquino International Airport is not a very pleasant experience. Yes, Mamacita! It’s traumatic! Total chaos to the maximum level! You see, I was browsing The Huffington Post today and one of the links that I clicked led me to this article: “The world’s ugliest airports!“ I’m sure you [...]

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A day in the life of reyna: at the parking lot

December 18, 2010
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So today, I went to the mall to buy me some lunch, fill-up my kaldero with sum’tin to eat. You know, it’s Christmas and the entire South Carolina population must have descended to this mall, invasion of holiday shoppers! Dami tao talaga. Then, you have to deal with everybody out there who wants to park [...]

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In the Philippines, everyday is a holiday

December 14, 2010
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(Photo Credits: Bloggista) Mamacita! In the Philippines, everyday is a holiday. Oh, yeah! Well, ok. Not yet, but we’re getting there! Our fine legislators are working their ass on it. Just wait. Be patient! You’ll see what I mean. Im fak, did you read the news about holidays galore dotting Filipino’s working calendar that’s drowning [...]

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One casino night in Washington DC

December 10, 2010
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I was in Washington, DC last month (November 2010) attending a software conference. It was interesting because two of the presenters were Filipinos. I introduced myself to both. On the 3rd night of the conference, we had a casino night. At the casino night, we were issued play paper money worth $25,000. I gave my [...]

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Brainless and clueless on tourism slogan and logo strategy? Here’s what I can suggest.

November 19, 2010
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My crown is melting in my head sa init nang ulo ko sa mga tiga-DOT! Are you all brainless and clueless on a tourism slogan and logo strategy? Are you having some nightmare attacks because you have P100 million at your disposal and all you can hire for the tourism website project is a day [...]

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another traffic lecture

September 15, 2010
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No, I have no interest in bashing cops. With the kind of work they do, they don’t deserve it. But I seem to magnet cops in South Carolina and it’s not about my good looks, duda ko suspicious lang talaga muka ko hehe! Here’s my story. I drove to Dunkin Donuts a few hours ago. [...]

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oh caesar!

August 11, 2010
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In Philadelphia, try ordering a chicken caesar salad and they’ll bring you an acre of veggies and a dozen live chickens. I swear to the gods in lettuce paradise that you’d call the salad cops for you’d fear you’re being drowned in veggies! So I thought, ok, let me try to be a healthy freak [...]

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Breaking it gently

March 11, 2010
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After about 4 blizzards, average 28 inches of snow, followed by 4 days of continuing and unrelenting rain, finally we had a beautiful day. Tamang-tama, kasag-sagan nang internet bullying, hate and vilification campaign to Reyna Elena sa Pinoy Blogosphere. So, mon ami et moi decided to drive somewhere. We went to Atlantic City but decided [...]

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Panawagan sa mga OFW vacationing this Christmas in the Philippines

December 15, 2009

O, Monique! Basahin! Namnamin para ok ang pamudmud mo nang regalo sa Davao! Here’s an Advice for Vacationing OFW’s this Christmas: As the Christmas season is when overseas Filipino workers usually come home for a vacation, the Philippine Overseas Employment Administration has issued an advisory on the issuance of POEA travel exit clearances. In the [...]

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Why you should not ask your seatmate to change seats with you on a plane

December 12, 2009

Photo Credits: Here Kadarating ko lang galing Pasig, after a little over 2 weeks na pagkawala. I can’t help but teach some social climbing lessons here folks na matagal ko nang natikman sa plane. Coal pa ang nag-papatakbo dati sa eroplano. Here’s the social climbing rule when riding on a plane. “Do not ever, ever, [...]

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Afraid of martial law in Manila? Cebu Pacific offers cheap fares out of Manila for as low as P999!

December 6, 2009

Photo Credits: Rex Hotel Saigon Given all the concern where this martial law in Maguindanao will end up, well, Cebu Pacific has got some promo you can’t resist. So, if those people in Maguindanao has been leaving in droves, you too can fly out of Manila, now na for as low as P999 until tomorrow. [...]

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Mayon Volcano: Up close and personal

November 18, 2009

It all started when I wrote this blog entry: My Legazpi City. I would ran across the multiply blog of this Bicolano blogger. His photos were just unbelievable. Since then, I’ve been a fan. Have a look. You could almost make saing or kaya mag-barbeque. The rest of the pictures are over at reyna elena [...]

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A look at Legazpi City

November 4, 2009

Galit ako senyong lahat! Kung makapag-lamierda kayo, naubos nyo na bulalakaw sa Pilipinas but none of you have been to Legazpi! Grrr! Yong iba dyan goes on a weekend in Hongkong or mag wander in Palawan or mag sagwan in CDO or mag soroy soroy sa Cebu or pag uminit ang ulo, hahada sa Sao [...]

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Truly Filipino: The Department of Tourism and the Philippine Blogging Community

October 27, 2009

(Photo Credits: Pasyalera) I read the article that ran today: RP tourism competitiveness slips five notches which said: The country last year occupied the 81st spot among the more than 130 countries included in the study. This year, the country fell five notches to No. 86. Its bad enough that the infrastructure in the North [...]

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Urban planning

October 26, 2009

Do you know where this island is located?! Medyo nasita ako ni Anthony Bayarong of Subic Times on those Gordon pictures na nadekwat ko sa Facebook , which I forgot to put some proper credits (sorry po talaga Anthony!), and so, I went back to facebook hoping na makita ko ang link. Instead, here’s what [...]

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Mino vs. Pumpkin

October 25, 2009

The geese are flying south.  The leaves are turning yellow, orange, and red.  The cold wind is picking up.  The rain is starting to pour.  And my arthritis is acting up.  Fall is here.  So off we go to the pumpkin patches to pick just the right pumpkin for our family.  Pumpkin hunting is one [...]

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America's Favorite Past Time

October 24, 2009

I hate baseball!

But after getting free tickets for the Seattle Mariners game from work, I didn’t hesistate to take the opportunity to bring my whole family to our first professional sports event. Free tickets, free hotdogs, free soda, fun with family and friends, and watching my half-brother, Ichiro…almost perfect! Only thing missing was a bowl of spare ribs teriyaki.

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September 22 (Marriage, Fancy Restaurants, and Lea Salonga)

October 22, 2009

I’m a party pooper! I had a talent for ruining surprises. I would go as far as looking all over the house, checking the bank account, checking my wife’s purse for receipts, coming home early unannouced, and bribing my children to tell me any information that they have about a gift or a plan that my wife have made. Blowin’ up the surprise is more fun than the surprise itself. But through the years, she has learned to hide things better. And I also realized that it’s not fun for her everytime I screw it up. So, as a loving and dedicated husband, one must just go with the flow.

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Confession of a teenage dramatistang bading

October 21, 2009

Image via Wikipedia I have a confession to make. Opo, kuya, ate. Isang pagtatapat mga ka-barrio. Hindi ito tungkol sa aking pagkatao dahil matagal ko nag ipinagtapat sa inyo na hindi ako isang tao. Sa mga hindi pa nakakaalam, isa po akong “diyosa”. Hahaha! Charing lang. Seriously (kunwari), mahirap man itong sasabihin ko ay kailangan [...]

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Soldiers are Mothers, too

October 19, 2009

War is not like a hollywood blockbuster. A soldier is not an action hero. Outside the statistics and the news-worthy portrayals, there are deeply personal issues that most of us don’t see.

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Ely’s Philippine Imports: New Orleans Filipino Store, meeting place of Pinoys

October 14, 2009

In New Orleans, I was on a hunt. Hunting for a Filipino store. That hunt would bring me to Slidell, Louisiana. Across the bridge, across the lake, on a very rainy day. I’m sorry, I lost my camera so I don’t have a picture of this Filipino store in Slidell. She told me that there [...]

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Making Sense of Point Defiance Zoo

October 12, 2009

By 2025, as many as one fifth of all animal species may be lost Growing up in the ghettos of Manila, the biggest “wildlife” I got to see was the rat that ate all my hamsters and scared the badest cats in the neighborhood .  In general, anything that moved and didn’t carry diseases was [...]

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Experience Southern Decadence in New Orleans

September 6, 2009

An saya na naman this long Labor Day weekend sa Barrio Siete ko in New Orleans. Kagulo ang mga tao. Nag-lipana ang mga naka-heels na barako. Yong mga zuzu nabili lang sa Walmart. Puno na naman ang city nang mga Torresta. Maligaya na naman ang coffers nang city dahil temporarily bumabagsak ang unemployment rate. That’s [...]

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Whitewater Rafting in CDO

September 1, 2009

I have three places in the Philippines that I consider home. Una na siyempre ang aking hometown of Davao City, the home of the Philippine eagle. Second, ang Bukidnon, the land of Zubiris, and third is Cagayan de Oro City, the city of golden friendship. Kapag weekends at walang work at raket dito sa bukid [...]

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Sobre

August 23, 2009

dahil nga sa lecheng color coding na yan twing myerkoles, nakatupi ang kotse ko napipilitan akong mag-dyip mag-taxi mag-trayzee at mag-bus. naka-masskara. nakakahiya kasing makita ang reyna na isang cheapangga ilang beses nang one times nangyari to sa G-Liner na sardinas sa tao byaheng Ortigas Robinson’s papuntang Rosario me sasakay na ale me kasamang administrative [...]

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Labor day

August 20, 2009

Yan ang bumulaga saken on TV screen kahapon! Saan ako tatakbo ngayon? Sa Houston, Texas?! Eeeek! Wag dun! Bahala na! Kaya dapat, mai-uwi ko mga ibang gamet sa Philadelphia. Alas dos, tinawag kame lahat sa pabrika. Me importanteng mensahe. Binigyan kami nang porno. Binuksan ko. EEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!! *kabog* !!! *kabog* ngayon na ba?! ngayon na ba? [...]

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A day in the life of La Kapitana in New Orleans

July 20, 2009

Ang Barrio Siete ko na New Orleans is called The Big Easy. Don’t ask me why. It’s not easy to make hada nang lalaki at babae dito. Kaya, I decided na bumaba nang bundok ng me araw pa. Pourquoi? Dahil hindi ko pa nasisilayan ang barrio (sa looban) na to ever since I came noong [...]

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Walking Las Vegas

July 11, 2009

Las Vegas is by far, the most popular destination of most Barrio Siete folks, especially those who work inside Batasan, you know what I mean? They came in droves to watch Manny fight, remembah? I was in Las Vegas several months ago to meet Reesie , make chika-chika at mambastos nang Chippendale Dancers sa Rio [...]

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Signs on the wall: The Loyalty Pledge

July 10, 2009

I was home in Philadelphia several weeks ago to attend some family events. One event was the Greek Wedding of my niece. The reception was at a restaurant in Media, Pennsylvania. It’s a quaint old town, just like how typical Americans here want their town to be. Outside of the restaurant, I saw a replica [...]

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Chicago: The Ledge

July 7, 2009

It’s been awhile since I’ve been to Chicago. This is their famous “Bean”. Subukan nyong pakuluin to, ewan ko lang kung matunaw. If ever, kelangan ko nang singsing. Dose. Oo. Dose sila. Hehehe! Photo Credits: My camera. My very, very own camera. But there’s one newest attraction na pinagkakaguluhan ngayon sa Chicago. Eto. Photo Credits: [...]

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La Kapitana dans Prague, Czech Republic

June 7, 2009

One of the most beautiful things that ever happened to me coming from Barrio Siete to Barrio States was discovering the world. I was uber thankful to my payrents and my American employers who essentially gave me the opportunity to enjoy the things I love the most. Travel, meet boys people, social climb and immerse [...]

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Pinay PhD student sa Oxford University: nag-bulakbol sa Portugal

May 27, 2009

Si Lalaine S. (26) na kasalukuyang nahuhumaling sa Barrio Siete ay mula sa barrio ng Matagbac sa Alfonso, Cavite. Sya ay kasalukuyang nagsusunog ng kilay sa Oxford University sa Inglatera. Sya ay nagtapos ng BA-Philosophy, magna cum laude sa UP-Diliman at MA-Applied Ethics sa Linkoping University sa Sweden at Utrecht University sa Netherlands. Sya ay [...]

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