Manila Supports Earth Hour

Saturday, 29 March 2008, 9:50 | Category : Events, News

Today we are going to celebrate the World wide EARTH HOUR campaign to raise awareness about global warming. It’s an event organized by the World Wide Fund for Nature Australia (WWF) which started March of last year. And it is also organized locally by the Dept. of Energy and The Philippine Chamber of Commerce [...]

Manila Cathedral

Tuesday, 18 March 2008, 4:53 | Category : Landmarks

Basilica Minore del Immaculada Concepcion is the official name of Manila Cathedral. The cathedral earned this title by virtue of a Papal bull or decree issued by Pope John Paul II in 1981 when the Pope visited the country. Manila Cathedral is located at Cabildo cor. Beaterio, Intramuros, Manila, Philippines 1002. For more info please [...]

Yeng Constantino’s Blogger/Chat Event

Sunday, 16 March 2008, 7:16 | Category : Events

I was invited by Yehey.com for the Yeng Constantino’s Blogger Meet & Greet. I wasn’t sure if I could attend the event but my friend Monique reminded me about it and she told me that we should go. So next thing I knew was that I was on my way to ABS-CBN with Monique. Anyways, [...]

Plazuela de Santa Isabel

Saturday, 15 March 2008, 5:07 | Category : Landmarks

MEMORARE – MANILA 1945
This Monument is erected in memory of the more than 100,000 defenseless civilians who were killed during the battle for the Liberation of Manila between February 3 and MArch 3, 1945. They were mainly victims of heinous acts perpetrated by the Japanese Imperial Forces and the casualties of the heavy atillery barrage [...]

Kalesa

Tuesday, 11 March 2008, 4:47 | Category : Travel

A kalesa (sometimes called a karitela) is a horse-driven calash (carriage) used in the Philippines. The word, also spelled calesa, predates the Spanish conquest and descends ultimately from an Old Church Slavonic word meaning “wheels.” This was one of the modes of transportation introduced in the Philippines in the 18th century by the Spaniards that [...]

The Bistro

Saturday, 1 March 2008, 2:18 | Category : Food

Earlier I was in Galleria with my sister to meet the daughter of our mom’s friend. Well, she’ll be going to the US this evening so my mom wants us to send her a Le Chic slippers and a Jose Mari Chan CD. After we hand it to her, we decided to have lunch and [...]

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