Archive for the ‘Philippines’ Category
Tuesday morning, I awoke to Arashi’s “Wish”, my ringtone. It was my mother, and her worried voice clearly made me brace for another alarming news: my cousin and close friend had been in (birth) labor for three days! She was admitted to a public hospital in Ormoc City. The doctor advised to perform a C-section [...]
Christmas starts very early in the Philippines that the only mall in Iligan City have already put up their huge Christmas tree when I came home last October. It’s in the center of that mall. It’s not as grand as the ones in gigantic malls in the country but it is still very nice to [...]
Thanks to all who drop by despite my inactivity in this blog. I went home to the Philippines last week for my Shaynna’s 5th birthday (by the way, thanks for the greetings). Now, I’m back here in Singapore. One thing’s for sure: a week with Shaynna and my family is really short and I want [...]
I’m ashamed to admit it, but I had not really looked deeper into what our late President Cory Aquino did aside from taking up the responsibility of leading our nation to be freed from dictatorship. We owe her our freedom. Yet, I had not reflected on the depth and weight of such responsibility. Little did [...]
Aside from the news about swine flu, TV Patrol is filled with reports about rallies, corrupt government officials and charter change. I think corruption in the Philippines is really getting worse. Yes, those corrupt government officials have a major role in the worsening state of the country, but before throwing stones at them, we Filipinos [...]
We have TFC here in the apartment but most of the time, I avoid watching TV Patrol. It’s so depressing to hear the same bad news again – proven corrupt but never punished government officials, robberies, accidents, swine flu, etc. But I’m glad I tuned in to TV Patrol today because… I learned that the [...]
*Saraba Nihon, Tadaima Firipin – Farewell Japan, I’m home, Philippines Before coming to Singapore, I stayed in the Philippines for a few days. My flight home was last March 24 in the evening but I was still busy packing until early in the morning (a really bad habit to break). I waited for the courier [...]
I’ve been ranting about how hard it is to find a Pinoy store here in Osaka. I was already familiar with two stores but they’ve closed down already. I could always ask my mother to send me something “Pinoy” here but canned goods are way too heavy thus, higher shipping fee. Months ago, Brastel sent [...]
I’m out of medicines among other things, so I asked my mother to send me some stuff from the Philippines. As I have mentioned in the past, there are things that I could not just replace with something Japan-made. Here are the things that I often have my mother send me here: dried fish (Bisaya [...]
It’s been quite a while since I’ve watched singing contests in the Philippine television. I love watching those children singing contests, like PDA Little Dreamers. It’s pretty amazing to find out that there are kids more than 2 decades younger than I am, who sing and dance miles better than I do (let’s just pretend [...]
As far as I can remember, Cagayan de Oro’s airport terminal had always been a “under-developed”. For years, the terminal wasn’t air-conditioned and baggage inspection had to be manual so going early was really a must. The check-in counters of the three airlines were detached from the terminal itself. When I went home last May, [...]
These are photos of the roads that make me feel at home. Taken at my hometown in the Philippines:
