Wednesday, October 27, 2010
Wednesday, October 13, 2010
Trip to Sri Lanka
| Start: | Dec 31, '10 6:00p |
| End: | Jan 5, '11 |
| Location: | Sri Lanka!! |
Thursday, September 30, 2010
Wednesday, September 29, 2010
Thursday, September 23, 2010
Hello Cambodia!
| Start: | Sep 25, '10 7:00p |
| End: | Sep 28, '10 |
| Location: | Siem Reap, Cambodia |
Monday, August 2, 2010
Siem Reap, Cambodia
| Start: | Sep 2, '10 3:00p |
| End: | Sep 4, '10 |
| Location: | Siem Reap, Cambodia |
Sunday, June 13, 2010
Vote for Mayon Volcano, Albay, Philippines - Southeast Asia
http://www.southeastasia.org/index.php/seaawards/photos/mayon-volcano-albay-philippines/
Vote for this photo of Mayon Volcano!!
Vote for this photo of Mayon Volcano!!
Saturday, June 12, 2010
Wednesday, June 2, 2010
Ifugao, Philippines in Lomos
Trying my hand for the first time on supercool and superretro Lomo cameras by Lomography Embassy Manila during my last trip to Ifugao.
Another look at the 8th Wonder of the World.
Tuesday, May 18, 2010
Iloilo and Aklan, Philippines
Just a quick trip around the churches of Iloilo. Then up through Capiz for some rest time in Aklan.
Thursday, May 6, 2010
GRAND MITING DE AVANCE FOR GIBO TEODORO!
| Start: | May 6, '10 5:00p |
| Location: | 5pm, Rizal Track & Field stadium (near Harrison Plaza). |
Friday, May 7, 2010
Time:
5:00pm - 11:00pm
Location:
Rizal Track & Football Stadium
Description
Calling ALL G1BO supporters!
May 7 is G1BO's grand Mtg de avance
5pm, Rizal Track&Field stadium (near harrison plaza).
This is our final stand - be counted!
SULONG!
Ho Chi Minh and Hanoi, Vietnam Move
| Start: | May 20, '10 10:00p |
| Location: | HCMC and Hanoi, Vietnam |
Negros Oriental-Siqujor-Iloilo-Aklan Trip
| Start: | May 11, '10 10:00a |
| End: | May 18, '10 |
| Location: | Negros Oriental-Siqujor-Iloilo-Aklan Trip |
Tuesday, April 20, 2010
Sulong Pilipinas! Sulong G1BO!
To perpetuate a brand of politics that was borne out of vengeance, attrition and division?
Why do we continue to allow people who run because of genetics rather than actual merit?
Are we going to allow money and popularity buy the Presidency?
NO.
IS THIS THE CHANGE WE WANT TO SEE OR IS THIS THE MERE CONTINUATION OF AN AIMLESS AND CORRUPT POLITICAL TRADITION ?
Let's wake up as a country and put the leaders that we truly deserve.
The choice is a clear - A vote for G1BO is a vote for the future of our country. POSITIVE CHANGE IS HAPPENING.
My countrymen and women, we need leaders that inspire us. A leader that can not only point us to the right direction, but help us get there.
My countrymen and women, we need leaders that inspire us. A leader that can not only point us to the right direction, but help us get there.
We need leaders that unify us. Leaders that give us hope. Leaders that can truly move the country forward. Like many of you, I am tired with the muckraking and atrocious mudslinging- I am tired with the politics of hate, politics of "them" and "us".
For once, let us put leaders that fuel our optimism and drive to be a greater nation.
SULONG!
Sunday, April 18, 2010
Around Manila Bay.
And just when you thought that you've seen everything in Manila and then it springs more surprises.
An afternoon at the Manila Ocean Park watching the Jellies, eating Southeast Asian food, viewing the National Art Gallery at the National Museum, A stroll around Luneta aka Rizal Park and then having some Halo-halo while catching the sunset by Malate Church just off Roxas Blvd.
Saturday, April 17, 2010
Wednesday, April 14, 2010
Tuesday, April 13, 2010
Banawe and Batad, Ifugao, Philippines
Trekking around one of world's most stunning man-made monuments - the Rice Terraces of the Philippine Cordilleras! A UNESCO World Heritage Site.
10-11 April 2010
Monday, April 12, 2010
Ifugao, Philippines
Trekking around one of world's most stunning man-made monuments - the Rice Terraces of the Philippine Cordilleras! A UNESCO World Heritage Site.
Banawe, Bangaan, Batad, Ifugao, Philippines
Monday, April 5, 2010
35th Las Piñas Bamboo Organ Festival
35th Las Piñas Bamboo Organ Festival, Philippines
"For the 35th year of the Bamboo Organ Festival a large number of musicians from the Philippines and around the world came to perform alongside this amazing instrument from February 18-24, 2010. I had the pleasure of seeing the organ played by internationally acclaimed Swiss organist, Guy Bovet. He started the concert by explaining that since the organ was built by a Spaniard but came from the Philippines, it has a character and a sound which reflects both cultures and proceeded to play both Spanish and Filipino compositions. Bovets knowledge of the Bamboo Organ was reflected in his playing as he created moving and astonishing music while demonstrating the range of the organ. During Bovets version of Pakitong Kitong we were able to hear one of the things that makes the Bamboo Organ even more unique as it can make a sound like chirping birds."
Excerpt from "Las Piñas Bamboo Organ Festival" by Scott Allford - http://tourism-philippines.com/las-pi...
Sunday, April 4, 2010
Libingan ng mga Bayani
Cemetery of the Heroes (Filipino: Libingan ng mga Bayani) is a national cemetery within Fort Bonifacio (formerly known as Fort McKinley) in Taguig City, Metro Manila in the Philippines. It was established as a fitting resting place for Filipino military personnel from privates to generals, as well as heroes and martyrs. Among those buried in the cemetery are most of the defenders of Bataan, Corregidor, and other Battlefields by Allied recaptured for the Liberation of the Philippines during World War II. It also contains the national Tomb of the Unknown Soldier. It is established as the Filipino counterpart to Manila American Cemetery and Memorial which houses the remains of United States personnel that died in World War I
Saturday, April 3, 2010
Manila Chinese Cemetery, UST and San Sebastian Church, Manila, Philippines
Around Manila for Black Saturday 2010.
The Pontifical and Royal University of Santo Tomas, The Catholic University of the Philippines.
Unibersidad ng Santo Tomás) , is a private Roman Catholic university run by the Order of Preachers in Manila. Founded on April 28, 1611 by archbishop Miguel de Benavides, it has the oldest extant university charter in the Philippines and in Asia and is one of the world's largest Catholic universities in terms of enrollment found on one campus.
The only Pontifical University in Asia and UST is the only university, Catholic or not, to have been visited by two popes three times: once by Pope Paul VI on Nov. 28, 1970, and twice by Pope John Paul II on Feb. 18, 1981 and January 13, 1995
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The Manila Chinese Cemetery (華僑義山) is the second oldest cemetery in Manila after La Loma Cemetery and was designated as the resting place for the Chinese citizens who were denied burial in Catholic cemeteries during the Spanish colonial period. The cemetery was witness to many executions during World War II. Among them were Girl Scouts organizer Josefa Llanes Escoda, literary geniuses Rafael Roces and Manuel Arguilla, star athlete-turned-guerrilla spy Virgilio Lobregat, and Chinese Consul General Yang Guangsheng. Apolinario Mabini was also buried in the cemetery before his remains were transferred to Batangas.
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The Basilica Minore de San Sebastián, better known as San Sebastián Church, is a Roman Catholic minor basilica in Manila, the Philippines. It is the seat of the Parish of San Sebastian and the National Shrine of Our Lady of Mt. Carmel.
Completed in 1891, San Sebastián Church is noted for its architectural features. An example of the revival of Gothic architecture in the Philippines, it is the only all-steel church or basilica in Asia. It has also been implausibly reputed to be the first prefabricated building in the world, and more plausibly claimed as the only prefabricated steel church in the world.
In 2006, San Sebastian Church was included in the Tentative List for possible designation as a World Heritage Site. It was designated as a National Historical Landmark by the Philippine government in 1973
Wednesday, March 31, 2010
Banaue and Batad Rice Terraces Trip!
| Start: | Apr 9, '10 9:00p |
| End: | Apr 11, '10 |
| Location: | Ifugao, Philippines |
Sunday, March 28, 2010
Earth Hour 2010 Philippines [HQ]
Earth Hour 2010 activities at the Ayala Museum, Makati City Philippines
Tuesday, March 9, 2010
Monday, March 8, 2010
Donsol, Sorsogon & Legazpi, Albay, Philippines
Swimming with the biggest fish in the world in Sorsogon and admiring the world's most perfectly conical volcano in Albay.
March 6-7, 2009
http://tourism-philippines.com
Sorsogon, Philippines
Swimming with the whale sharks which are locally known as 'butanding'.
March 7, 2010
Albay, Philippines
In and around Legazpi and Daraga in Albay, viewing the Mayon Volcano, visiting Cagsawa Ruins and Daraga Church.
Sunday, February 28, 2010
Wednesday, February 24, 2010
Higher tree cover leads to 81% drop in Philippines' carbon emissions
Higher tree cover leads to 81% drop in Philippines' carbon emissions
11/27/2009 | 01:47 PM
In contrast to the global trend, the Philippines has registered a drop of 81 per cent in greenhouse gas emissions in the previous decade as more trees absorbed pollution coming from the energy sector, according to a report released Friday.
The use of fossil fuels such as oil and coal for energy consumption are responsible for majority of the total emissions at 55 per cent, the report from the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) said.
Greenhouse gases from agricultural activities accounted for 29 per cent of emissions while waste contributed nine per cent and industrial processes made up seven per cent of the total emissions of 126,878 kilotons, according to the report.
Out of this figure, however, activities in the so-called land use change and forestry sector that measures trends in tree cover, among other factors, was found to have absorbed 107,387 kilotons of carbon dioxide from the atmosphere.
Even though greenhouse gas emissions went up, offsets from higher vegetation reduced the country’s total emissions to 19,491 kilotons made up mainly of methane and nitrous oxide gases, said the report, which is based on 1994-2000 data.
“What this is telling us is that our forests, our biomass that’s there, is an important resource. It's an asset. It actually helps offset our other emissions as a country," said Fr. Jett Villarin, science adviser of the Manila Observatory based at the Ateneo de Manila University and team leader of the inventory report.
The figure represents a significant drop of 81 per cent from the previous figure of 100,740 kilotons of greenhouse gas emissions in the previous report submitted in 1999, based on 1990-1994 data.
Isagani Serrano, president of the Philippine Rural Reconstruction Movement (PRRM), described the results as “counter-intuitive" for bucking the trend in other developing nations, where carbon emissions are increasing along with economic growth.
The DENR commissioned the PRRM and the Manila Observatory to prepare the report, which was presented at the Asian Institute of Management in Makati.
According to the report, the Philippines is a “net sink" of 35,113.5 kilotons of carbon dioxide, the main greenhouse gas coming from human activities that scientists have deemed responsible for global climate change. This means the country absorbs more carbon dioxide than it emits into the atmosphere.
Not comparable
The report represents the 2nd national communication of the Philippines as part of its obligation as a member country of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), which is holding a landmark conference in Copenhagen next month.
Fr. Villarin cautioned against making comparisons between the two reports however, saying “in 1994, the initial report was used with old data, and old emission factors. That’s why we’re comparing apples and oranges. In fact, we may have been a sink then also, once we apply what we've done in 2000 in 1990."
The latest figures are consistent with previous findings from the Forest Management Bureau (FMB) of the DENR that the country’s forest cover is growing due to the establishment of tree plantations and the substantial decrease in the area covered by logging concessions.
According to FMB statistics, the Philippines had a forest cover of 10.5 million hectares in 1969 when the first forest inventory was done. The figure dropped significantly to 6.5 million hectares in the second forest inventory in 1987, mainly as a result of commercial logging activities during the Martial Law years. In the latest forest mapping activity in 2003, however, the country’s forest cover had risen slightly to 7.2 million hectares.
“Many things were underestimated in the initial communication, I think agro-forestry, upland farms," said Fr. Villarin, adding that many grassland areas had been replanted to coconuts and other trees in 2000. “When you do that you bring in carbon," he noted, resulting in higher absorption of carbon dioxide emissions.
“When I see the 2000 inventory, I see that as the main driver-- the conversion of what used to be wasted landscape now being used for economic reasons, for business. But this is not necessarily reforestation," he added. “There can be deforestation happening, I'm sure there is, that's also offset by these other things that are regrowing." – Pia Faustino and Yasmin Arquiza, GMANews.TV
11/27/2009 | 01:47 PM
In contrast to the global trend, the Philippines has registered a drop of 81 per cent in greenhouse gas emissions in the previous decade as more trees absorbed pollution coming from the energy sector, according to a report released Friday.The use of fossil fuels such as oil and coal for energy consumption are responsible for majority of the total emissions at 55 per cent, the report from the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) said.
Greenhouse gases from agricultural activities accounted for 29 per cent of emissions while waste contributed nine per cent and industrial processes made up seven per cent of the total emissions of 126,878 kilotons, according to the report.
Out of this figure, however, activities in the so-called land use change and forestry sector that measures trends in tree cover, among other factors, was found to have absorbed 107,387 kilotons of carbon dioxide from the atmosphere.
Even though greenhouse gas emissions went up, offsets from higher vegetation reduced the country’s total emissions to 19,491 kilotons made up mainly of methane and nitrous oxide gases, said the report, which is based on 1994-2000 data.
“What this is telling us is that our forests, our biomass that’s there, is an important resource. It's an asset. It actually helps offset our other emissions as a country," said Fr. Jett Villarin, science adviser of the Manila Observatory based at the Ateneo de Manila University and team leader of the inventory report.
The figure represents a significant drop of 81 per cent from the previous figure of 100,740 kilotons of greenhouse gas emissions in the previous report submitted in 1999, based on 1990-1994 data.
Isagani Serrano, president of the Philippine Rural Reconstruction Movement (PRRM), described the results as “counter-intuitive" for bucking the trend in other developing nations, where carbon emissions are increasing along with economic growth.
The DENR commissioned the PRRM and the Manila Observatory to prepare the report, which was presented at the Asian Institute of Management in Makati.
According to the report, the Philippines is a “net sink" of 35,113.5 kilotons of carbon dioxide, the main greenhouse gas coming from human activities that scientists have deemed responsible for global climate change. This means the country absorbs more carbon dioxide than it emits into the atmosphere.
Not comparable
The report represents the 2nd national communication of the Philippines as part of its obligation as a member country of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), which is holding a landmark conference in Copenhagen next month.
Fr. Villarin cautioned against making comparisons between the two reports however, saying “in 1994, the initial report was used with old data, and old emission factors. That’s why we’re comparing apples and oranges. In fact, we may have been a sink then also, once we apply what we've done in 2000 in 1990."
The latest figures are consistent with previous findings from the Forest Management Bureau (FMB) of the DENR that the country’s forest cover is growing due to the establishment of tree plantations and the substantial decrease in the area covered by logging concessions.
According to FMB statistics, the Philippines had a forest cover of 10.5 million hectares in 1969 when the first forest inventory was done. The figure dropped significantly to 6.5 million hectares in the second forest inventory in 1987, mainly as a result of commercial logging activities during the Martial Law years. In the latest forest mapping activity in 2003, however, the country’s forest cover had risen slightly to 7.2 million hectares.
“Many things were underestimated in the initial communication, I think agro-forestry, upland farms," said Fr. Villarin, adding that many grassland areas had been replanted to coconuts and other trees in 2000. “When you do that you bring in carbon," he noted, resulting in higher absorption of carbon dioxide emissions.
“When I see the 2000 inventory, I see that as the main driver-- the conversion of what used to be wasted landscape now being used for economic reasons, for business. But this is not necessarily reforestation," he added. “There can be deforestation happening, I'm sure there is, that's also offset by these other things that are regrowing." – Pia Faustino and Yasmin Arquiza, GMANews.TV
Sunday, February 21, 2010
Taal Volcano, Philippines
Climbing the one of the smallest. deadliest, most active volcanoes in the world.
35th Las Piñas Bamboo Organ Festival, Philippines
Celebrating the music of the one and only bamboo organ in the world.
Monday, February 15, 2010
Please Vote for my photo! A Million Different Journeys Photography Competition
http://www.pngphotojourneys.com/?source=conf#/Vote/5172
Hey guys. Help me out and vote for my Manila Bay Sunset pic in the PNG photography competition here
Please vote for my pic in the PNG photography competition.
http://www.pngphotojourneys.com/?source=conf#/Vote/5172
Hey guys. Help me out and vote for my Manila Bay Sunset pic in the PNG photography competition here
Please vote for my pic in the PNG photography competition.
http://www.pngphotojourneys.com/?source=conf#/Vote/5172
Sunday, February 14, 2010
Tuesday, January 19, 2010
Help Kalibo Ati-Atihan make it to the top 10 of The World's Top Festivals! Vote now!
http://www.theworldstopfestivals.com/?Article=ati-atihan
lease help make Kalibo Ati-atihan make it to the top ten of World's Top 10 Festivals. It's the only Philippine festival on the list: Vote 5 out of 5 here - http://www.theworldstopfestivals.com/?Article=ati-atihan
lease help make Kalibo Ati-atihan make it to the top ten of World's Top 10 Festivals. It's the only Philippine festival on the list: Vote 5 out of 5 here - http://www.theworldstopfestivals.com/?Article=ati-atihan
Sunday, January 17, 2010
798th Kalibo Ati-atihan Festival, Philippines
Scenes from the 798th Kalibo Ati-atihan Festival (Jan. 15-17,2010).
The oldest Philippine festival where instead of choreographed dances like in other Philippine festivals, it is a mighty free for all dancing- it's Mardi Gras, Halloween, Christian and pagan celebration mashed all together to create this wild Philippine festival. At 798 years, Kalibo's version is the original and the oldest Ati-atihan festival which traces its roots back to the year 1212 AD.
Hala Bira! Pwera Pasma! Viva kay Señor Sto. Niño! Viva!
Thursday, January 14, 2010
Mt. Mayon and Donsol Trip!
| Start: | Mar 6, '10 10:00a |
| End: | Mar 7, '10 |
| Location: | Albay and Sorsogon, Philippines |
Friday, January 8, 2010
Cebu Pacific Air - Your Airline From Hell
http://www.cebupacificairlines.ph/told-to-address-complaints-vs-service/comment-page-1/#comment-4558
Cebu Pacific has a nonexistent Customer Service. I am still waiting for my refund for a REFUNDABLE Manil-Hong Kong flight I booked and paid for and which I cancelled back in July 2008. Every time I called their hotline, I always got told that that it was fbeing processed with their Accounting Department. When I asked for a number of their Accounting Department, I got at least three numbers with nobody picking up the phone. Either they have a lousy Accounting Department, or that Lance Gokongwei;s company is one big thief.
Not only that, I got my flights delayed for more than 1 hour countless times, flights moved for no reason and being subject to unnecessary rudeness by one flight attendant on a flight from Cagayan de Oro to Manila last September 2009. One time, my flight dates to Naga was messed up by Cebu Pacific and instead of being compensated, we have to pay an additional fees which was more than the price of what we originally paid.
One of my close friends was charged twice on her Credit Card because Cebu Pacific’s site f*cked up and she had to literally go to their office after following through it for four months with no results. Another friend had to wait in the airport for 8 hours – the reason – bad weather conditions; which was strange because Philippine Airlines flights were landing and taking off on schedule.
That’s what Cebu Pacific is – an airline from hell.
PS. The Commission on Human Rights expressed dismay over the discrimination of that mother and her child by the staff of Cebu Pacific. It was on a Hong Kong flight bound for Manila.
Cebu Pacific has a nonexistent Customer Service. I am still waiting for my refund for a REFUNDABLE Manil-Hong Kong flight I booked and paid for and which I cancelled back in July 2008. Every time I called their hotline, I always got told that that it was fbeing processed with their Accounting Department. When I asked for a number of their Accounting Department, I got at least three numbers with nobody picking up the phone. Either they have a lousy Accounting Department, or that Lance Gokongwei;s company is one big thief.
Not only that, I got my flights delayed for more than 1 hour countless times, flights moved for no reason and being subject to unnecessary rudeness by one flight attendant on a flight from Cagayan de Oro to Manila last September 2009. One time, my flight dates to Naga was messed up by Cebu Pacific and instead of being compensated, we have to pay an additional fees which was more than the price of what we originally paid.
One of my close friends was charged twice on her Credit Card because Cebu Pacific’s site f*cked up and she had to literally go to their office after following through it for four months with no results. Another friend had to wait in the airport for 8 hours – the reason – bad weather conditions; which was strange because Philippine Airlines flights were landing and taking off on schedule.
That’s what Cebu Pacific is – an airline from hell.
PS. The Commission on Human Rights expressed dismay over the discrimination of that mother and her child by the staff of Cebu Pacific. It was on a Hong Kong flight bound for Manila.
Tuesday, January 5, 2010
Batchoyan sa Banwa (2000)
A short film I worked on as a Cinematographer (with Rhods Solis) back in 2000. The film is one of the first Ilonggo films ever made in 35 mm format in the history of Philippine Cinema.
Director: Eileen Ocampo
Made possible through the MOWELFUND Film Institute, Cultural Center of the Philippines, National Commission for Culture and the Arts, Kodak Philippines.
Saturday, January 2, 2010
Kalibo Ati-atihan Trip 2010
| Start: | Jan 15, '10 06:00a |
| End: | Jan 17, '10 |
| Location: | Kalibo, Aklan, Phililppines |
Puerto Princesa City, Palawan, Phlippines
Honda Bay, Sabang, Puerto Princesa Subterranean River National Park - the longest navigable underground river in the world
Vote Puerto Princesa on http://www.new7wonders.com/n7w
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