A Promdi Blogger's musings on the Philippines, Filipino Life & Culture
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I never thought I’d find uhong (wild mushroom) while cleaning my backyard. There’s only one mature and another sukol (young mushroom). I know it’s edible because back in Iloilo we have them from the farm or sometimes buy them from the farmers and mushroom gatherers.
The rainy season is usually the time when wild mushrooms germinate. [...]
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Her answer may have cost her the Miss Universe crown but the tables have turned unexpectedly in favor of Venus Raj. It’s her that the media are talking about thanks to her “major, major” answer. More than the proclaimed Miss Universe Ximena Navarrette of Mexico. It gave us something to talk about other than the [...]
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This promdi does go the big city every now and then. Every occasion to do so is a test of my surviving skills in the concrete jungle that is Metro Manila. One thing I’ve learned in order to get around the metropolis is to bring loads of cash for taxi cab or bring a friend [...]
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We woke up the next day from the chirping of the birds. It was all you could hear and the lapping of the waves at the shore. Had we slept at Typhoon Beach Camp, Tatay Ruben told us that we would be woken by a pair of White-Breasted Sea Eagle that’s nesting [...]
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The bus ride from Bacolod City was four hours but nobody complained. The three of us have been waiting for this chance to visit Danjugan Island for quite some time now and the Araw ng Kagitingan Holiday gave us the right opportunity.
Imelda of Next Stop Negros Tours told us to ask the Ceres [...]
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The sugar barons of Negros Occidental lived in an era long forgotten. They lived in mansions in the middle of sugar plantations, attended by their servants and money seem to be overflowing. It is a life that most of us can only dream of. Thanks to Imelda Tinsay of Next Stop Negros [...]
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Last December 2, 2009 was the first time I set foot on Mindanao soil. Even though Davao City is far from Maguindanao where the Ampatuan Massacre happened, I was still a little apprehensive. I did not tell my parents that I will be going there for a business trip lest they’d be worried.
I did not [...]
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The National Geographic Adventure Magazine has included the Philippines in the list of 25 Best New Trips for 2010. The article noted that the Philippines has as many islands as the Carribean and has many spectacular reefs but only a fraction of tourists visit the country compared to Thailand. All this due to all the [...]
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It’s Halloween again. A lot of spooky things seem to happen on Halloween and a lot of scary creatures come out at night like ghosts and our favorite mythical figure, the aswang. Of course these are just stories. Or aren’t they?
When you grow up in the province, you hear a lot of folklore stories and [...]
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