In the heart of the City of Manila is a small and old circular park which used to be a municipal cemetery for Spanish aristocrats of the old walled city of Intramuros – the Paco …
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Cruisin’ to Coron
I smiled at Ate Claudia as we were about to board the SuperFerry 2 for an overnight cruise from Manila to Coron. “Why?”, she asked. “Nothing”, I said. “I just remembered everything that transpired today”. …
Continue readingCampo Santo de La Loma and its “Lumang Simbahan”
The Cemetery In the northernmost district of Sta.Cruz, on the city boundary with Caloocan, sits Manila’s oldest Catholic cemetery, the La Loma Catholic Cemetery or Campo Santo de La Loma. It opened in 1884 and …
Continue readingSagada Weekend: From Home to Home
It has been ten months since I last had a glimpse of Sagada. Ten months, though it seemed like years , even eternity. As the agony of terribly missing the place was becoming unbearable, I …
Continue readingNew Milestone: Now an Enriched Air Diver
Oxygen is toxic under pressure. A lesson that stayed on my head since I took up a new diving certification last September. It is a fact highlighted during the course. It is also a fact …
Continue readingPhotoblog: Sagada’s Panag-apoy
Every first day of November, Sagadians gather at the cemetery to remember their departed loved ones. But instead of lighting traditional candles, they use woods of old pine trees locally called “saeng“, a flammable wood …
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