Cebu Chronicles

Cebu is a fusion of city life, a lively night with bars and clubs of all classes, engulfed by mall-culture, yet, a quick cross over the bridge transforms its image and introduces you to its rich and historic culture and religion, embodied by one of the biggest Philippine religious celebration – Fiesta of Sto. Niño.  The province also brings you to life’s greatest adventures through its well preserved hidden gems characterizes by its finest and world-class beaches. 

When in downtown Tacloban

Place: Tacloban City, Leyte
Date: April 13-16, 2015

When in downtown Tacloban

Follow the advise of the ocean, “Sea life’s beauty,” you will definitely find it at Chewlove restaurant located along Gomez St. near Sto.Niño church.

Meet your ‘NACHO girl” and experience a “love at PORK sight.”  Let her be your “Pork ever love,” and allow your “CHEEKY feelings” indulge you.  Do when she says “FRY me to the moon” and be in utter surrender if you don’t want a “BANANA break-up.” 

All these is because once upon in Chewlove you said “BEEF my lady” and I’m “crazy PORK you.” So stop being a “CHICKboy” and always “STEAK to one.”   Stay MUD-ly inlove” if you want the “GIRL on FIRE” to be ‘GINGERELY yours” forever.

“FISH be with you” all…

Chewlove's interior and "Love at Pork sight meal," it is real. 

Roxas City, Capiz

Roxas City:  July 24-25, 2014.

The air was crisp and cold, amplifying the full spectrum of sunset that now hiding over the mountainsides.  The light that slowly painted the edges and tip of the mountains, sea and cottages is fading, in just few minute, the nature’s fine crafted art will engulf the eyes of the few.   Close your eyes now, and savor the moment, and let the crashing water wash the pain off your feet.  Atc

The sea across San Antonio Resort, Roxas City.

Boracay Revisited: January 2014

Why Boracay?

The Unexpected trip

Tacloban City, Leyte.

One need not to say what comes in one’s mind when one sees the word, much more the place.  - Badly hit badly beaten, bad recall – Six months after the devastation brought by Typhoon Haiyan on November 8, 2013, I realized that it was not too bad to set foot on it, with smile, with pride, with so much admiration to the people, and to those who helped. 

Resiliencies toppled miseries.  The air of destructions, death, and ruins were replaced by desire to bring everything back to normal, to RECREATE its beauty, and to be loved again --- and so it moved on. 

I was asked to attend the 2^nd UNICEF PCA Partners Meeting on May 29-30, 2014 in Tacloban City, Leyte.  When I landed via Philippine Airlines which has a daily flight schedule from Manila-Tacloban-Manila, we were warmly greeted by airport personnel with a choreographed welcome chant.  I can’t help but just to smile (I did not understand what they were chanting, but its sounds promising).

Exiting the airport, we hailed a taxi that would bring us directly to Hotel Alejandro, my heart beats so fast that I almost forgot if I was actually breathing.  My mind and heart were full of expectations, but blinded by pre-anticipated scenarios, the usual things that I saw on TVs kept playing on my mind.  Then I realized that I was waiting for that smell that was usually described by those who already been there.