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Time flies so fast no matter how hard you pull it to slow down, already we are approaching mid-year and amid all the calamities, quarantines, earthquakes, life, like time, continues to move.    2020 is really an eventful year, hopefully, it will take a respite; so that we can all take a deep breath and relax and be ready and braced for any onslaught of challenges again.  Whew...let's put bad things aside and let's be ready with something we have control of like celebrating Father's Day.  Yes, on June 21, 2020, it will be time to honor our fathers, tatay, itay, papa, daddy, dada, in whichever way we address him.  It always stumps me about what to give him every time this day arrives because we don't want to make a mistake of giving him the same gift we gave him last year or the year before or the year before, lest we be accused of not making an effort to buy him  a gift he truly deserves.  But enough of that, I made a research about how to say Happy Fat...

Lakad Pamana First off, what is Lakad Pamana?  Lakad Pamana is an organization that aims to encourage people to explore local tourist destinations, historical sites and discover other areas in the country worth visiting.  Lakad Pamana believes in the slogan, "Huwag Maging Dayuhan sa Sariling Bayan."  Lakad Pamana works closely with the LGUs in promoting local tourism.  During their previous activities, Lakad Pamana focused on visiting the northern part of the country, like the Ilocandia.   They have since included other parts of Luzon, such as the province of Bulacan. Lakad Pamana participants holding mushrooms taken from the Teodoro Farm Agri-Tour One of the activities that Lakad Pamana had organized was the Farm Tour in the municipalities of San Ildefonso and Bustos both located in the province of Bulacan last June 16, 2018.   Farm tourism is a new trend in tourism.  Farm owners have opened their properties to travelers and the...

Flower arrangement  currently on exhibit at the Hortikultura2018 Hortikultura is an annual ev ent organized by The Philippine Horticultural Society, Inc. an organization of people who are passionate about plants.  It aims to spread their passion and enthusiasm to other people in order to increase awareness about our very own plant species, discover new species and know the state of our plant and flower industry as well.    Hortikultura2018 is a Plant and Arts Fest featuring endemic species, indigenous species and Philippine hybrid plants.  Held at the Quezon Memorial Circle, it officially opened on February 2 and will be open to the public until Feb 11, 2018.    Landscaping at the Tropical Garden Aside from feasting your eyes on the abundant display  of flowers in different vibrant colors neatly arranged in a well-landscaped garden around you,  going to the Hortikultura is like taking a refresher in your biology subject.  ...

The Church of our Lady of the Rosary of Manaoag is a popular destination for the religious especially to the devotees of the Our Lady of the Holy Rosary.  Some people come over to also ask for guidance in their travels and I was one of them.  I was leaving for Cebu to spend a weekend before the beaches of Bantayan Island would become crowded, as you know, Summer 2017 was approaching and my companions would not hear going to Cebu without visiting the dear Lady. And what a time to visit the church of Manaoag as it was named a basilica minore by no less than Pope Francis, just three months before he would come to the Philippines to see the Yolanda victims and the people in Pangasinan are just so overjoyed and proud.  What happens to a church when it is declared a basilica minore? In 2014, construction of the Tarlac, Pangasinan, La Union Expressway (TPLEX for short) was finished. Because of this, traveling to the north part of Luzon, became fast and easy, with th...

Winners of the Binibining Pilipinas beauty pageant namely: Bb. Pilipinas Universe, Pia Wurtbach; Bb. Pilipinas International, Janicel Lubina; Bb. Pilipinas Supranational, Ms. Rogelie Catacutan, Bb. Pilipinas Intercontinental, Cristi McGarry; and Bb. Pilipinas-tourism, Lorraine Golis, are the current endorsers of Dairy Queen, the ice cream that we all associate with the iconic word 'blizzard.'  Blizzard is served upside down to prove the consistency of its components.    I remember that I consider eating Dairy Queen as a treat, it's not the ordinary run-of-the-mill ice cream.  It's more expensive yet, many times more delicious than most ice creams we all have gotten used to.    Pia and her entourage also are featured in the first thematic television commercial of Dairy Queen.  Incidentally, Dairy Queen International celebrated its 75th anniversary on June 23, 2015.  Imagine that, little do we know that Dairy Queen has already been around ...

25 visionaries are honored through an exhibit entitled “Chronicles of Visions” which is in line with the 25 th anniversary of Megaworld, one of the leading community developers in the country.    The said exhibit will first be viewed in Newport Mall at Resort World Manila on July 23 – 27.   Chronicles of Visions is a celebration of the journey of Megaworld’s 25 Visionaries, exemplary entrepreneurs, executives and other vanguards in their fields who have made Megaworld their home and whose stories have proven that anyone hardworking and dedicated to their craft can really turn their visions in life into a reality. Among these Visionaries are industry leaders like H.E. Asif Anwar Ahmad, British Ambassador to the Philippines; Ben Chan, Executive Creative Director of Bench; Anton Huang, Executive Vice President of Stores Specialist Inc.; Marvin Agustin, Ricky Laudico and Raymund Magdaluyo, leading restaurateurs behind SumoSam, Red Crab and other popular dining...