The Philippines and the Filpino culture is so unique because we spent roughly

400 years in the Convent (or under Spain),
40 years in Hollywood (or under the USA),
4 years in a Concentration Camp (or under Japan)
20 years of oligarchic rule (1946-1966, pre-Marcos),
20 years of “strong state” (1966-1986, the Marcos times) and
20 years of fumbling at avoiding the wrong path while not quite finding the right way....

I'd like to thank the academy for giving me the Oscars, also thanks to xxx for my gown and yyy for my makeup...hehe!

Thanks for the recognition, Pilipino po ako!

Please watch out for my future posts, I'm still trying to recall each of my travel/s, I will maintain posting based on 1st had experiences, my own but I can't always provide photos for one reason or another. Rest assured that I will continue to provide useful posts (and replies) to this site and if you wish...

In order to avoid any rush, I decided to renew my passport beforehand. The actual cost for renewal is PhP 650 ( P500 for ordinary passport renewal and P150 for ID picture taken in the premise of DFA- Libertad St, Pasay City). An additional P250 will be charged if you opt to have it released in half the time, some call it express.

Avoid the fixers outside the DFA compound, they’ll elude you and you’ll end up paying for everything including a “not for sale” application form for P19/form,...

Magandang Umaga! (Good Morning)

Thank you for checking my posts and blogs (despite the minor grammatical errors fom time to time ), I hope you are enjoying and learning from it.

I just created a group , THE SENTINELS, intending to help promote Philippine travel and tourism in the right perspective. The group will share useful contributions rather than indulge in senseless criticism and arguments over nothing.

THE SENTINELS aim to correct the commonly...

A bit off than my usual post.

I completely agree with the reminder from WHO that we Filipinos must not over react with the AH1N1 scare. Simply because the strain we have as of the moment is weak, in fact despite the hundreds of AH1N1 cases everyday , Philippines has no record of A H1N1 mortality I don't see why such reaction(or over reaction)

But of course,I also agree that we have to be cautious. remember we should listen to the authorities advice on how to avoid...