- remarkable things

In one of the usergroups of Yahoo (Filipino-American_Network usergroup) someone posted a nice overview of the Presidential Candidates for the coming Election in the Philippines. I am not much interested in the Philippine politics, but I follow this election a little. Read for yourself, I publish the complete article here: If you were buying a used...
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Last week we were in a restaurant overlooking Manila: Cloud9 at Antipolo along Sumolung High Way. In this large place a painter found a place to have his atelier (studio) and his galery. I am a admirer of good art especially painting. That’s the reason I paid a visit to this atelier and had a...
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When you drive your own car in the Philippines, but also when someone visits this country, you might notice that several cars have double license plates. Usually a foreign plate and a local plate on top. Having something IMPORTED is very important in the Philippines.
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Lots of people in Europe and America are spending their vacation in a warmer and sunnier region than the one they are living in. People in northern Europe for example, like to spend their vacation in southern European countries like Spain, Italy and Greece. In America they like to go to Florida or California...
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On YOU TUBE several nice small movies about Manila can be found. When I was surfing on YOU TUBE some time ago I came accross this funny traffic enforcer in Manila. You should realy watch this.
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It’s Christmas time. In colder countries this means snow and cold weather. Not in the Philippines. It’s warm as always with temperatures around 30 degrees Celsius every day and lots of sun. Yet I spotted a snow man in the street in Marikina. “How is that possible?”, would you ask.
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source: CNN.com Efren Peñaflorida, who started a “pushcart classroom” in the Philippines to bring education to poor children as an alternative to gang membership, has been named the 2009 CNN Hero of the Year. His main tool: A pushcart classroom. Peñaflorida, who will receive $100,000 to continue his work with the Dynamic Teen Company,...
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Written: September 26 around 6 PM. Due to heavy and continue rainfall from typhoon Ondoy (or Ketsana as it’s called international), the Philippine government declared the state of emergency in Metro Manila and surrounding provinces. Big parts of the metro and surrounding provinces are flooded because of heavy rainfall and flooded rivers and canals. The...
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You, your whole clan, and all the people you know are invited to visit the mini-exhibit at the Rockwell Powerplant Mall of the coffee painting artist Sunshine Plata, the coffee artist. I wrote an earlier post about her and her art. See HERE
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In my earlier post about Filipino advertising signs I have deliberately forgotten a picture. I did it because it was worth writing a separate post.
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