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For breakfast, today, I had mazamorra and vegetable lumpia.

Visit my post, Mazamorra and Lumpia For Breakfast, for more pictures.

What’s your favorite day starter?

ENCHANTED IN CAMOTES

CEBU, Philippines – Northeast of mainland Cebu is a group of small islands safely tucked together, uninfluenced by the clutter of the modern world. Well, ok, not literally as they have a well-appointed wharf, a smooth road system and in the center of the towns, buildings and houses of modern architecture. Mind you, with the advent of satellite television, it won’t be hard for you to get CNN or HBO here. There are also cell sites all over the island, so you need not worry about losing touch with your colleagues. Better dismiss the thought of total seclusion. ATMs and credit cards, however, are not yet available, so better be ready with your cash.

Aside from these touches of modernity, the people, the culture, the atmosphere, I would say, is stuck roughly three decades behind from the rest of Metropolitan Cebu.

Last May 23 and 24 (2009), the Provincial Government of Cebu, headed by the province’s first lady governor, Ms. Gwendolyn Garcia, and her team at the Provincial Tourism Office (thanks to the amiable Titta Zosa and her reliable assistant McRonald Llerin), treated balikbayans, locals, and some members of Cebu’s media to a weekend in enchanting Camotes.

Read more of my post, Enchanted in Camotes, here →

Photo credit: A.N. Banaynal

Of politics, food, and rain…

Check my latest post on Xanga.

Intolerant hypocrite Bible-wielding Filipino youths protest Lady Gaga

Lady Gaga is coming to town, and what do we see? So-called Christian youths protesting over this wonderful artist because they say she is of the devil!

Now isn’t that ridiculous?

I am so intolerant when it comes to self-righteous people, who are so intolerant and unaccepting.

These are the people who are quick to judge, and what maddens me is that they fool us into believing that they are doing all these for Christ. Now ain’t that wonderful? Read more →

Of disputed islands and irresponsible media

As tension escalates in the disputed Scarborough Shoal, many Filipinos are fearful that this might end in a bloody confrontation that would eventually force the country into an unnecessary and unwanted war with imperialist China.

It is alarming to read the threats posted by state-run papers in China, and enraging to imagine the repercussions that fiery opinion on China in Philippine dailies would have.

One might ask, what would China lose if it finally breaks ties with the Philippines?

I would say, nothing.

The Philippines, on the other hand, would lose plenty. (Read more →)

Video courtesy of the Wall Street Journal.