Happy birthday to my favorite city. Bacolod City celebrates the 39th MassKara Festival with the following schedule. Rummage through your baul and take out your cherished mask and relive the happy days and exciting nights of our annual fiesta. What is MassKara Festival without the vibrant colors and the Latin beat? Kari na kamo kay […]
Author: Betsy Gazo
Heritage conservationists will be happy to note that the existing old structures at the former Bacolod-Murcia Milling Company compound will be incorporated into the design of a P500,000,000 luxury boutique hotel to be completed in 2022. Renowned heritage architect ad conservationist Dominic Galicia, who was also tasked to undertake the formidable project of redesigning the […]
Vietnam has gorgeous physical features that are never-ending. There are the famous Halong Bay with its over 2,000 karst islands shrouded in mist, charming Hoi An Ancient Town, Hanoi’s Old Quarters, the Cu Chi Tunnels, lakes, temples, pagodas, colonial buildings, their caves and mountains, the farms and countryside, the parks, the ancient tombs, Hue’s beautifully […]
As I write this, I am enjoying a hot cup of high mountain oolong tea. It comes from a set of six kinds of teas that will assure me of a month of sipping pleasure. There are also the classic black and green teas, rose green tea, jasmine green tea, and chrysanthemum pu-erh tea grown […]
Yehliu is a cape on the north coast of Taiwan. This is also known by geologists as the Yehliu Promontory and is part of the Taliao Miocene Formation. This means that the rock formations are very, very old. Yet they are ever-changing because of the continuous erosion of the limestone, exposure to the elements, and […]
Mom’s favorite travel tale is that forty years ago when she and Daddy travelled for two months around the world, one of the Asian destinations was Taiwan. In Taipei, she saw a food stand selling piping hot dumplings and she wanted to buy some. Out came the cook in his dirty, greasy, and sweaty singlet. […]
When I think of Vietnamese cuisine, my mind is always filled with all those wonderful green things that were served me in Vietnam. These wonderful green things were handed to me either as a mound on a small platter, or in a pile in a small basket. Healthy herbs and fresh vegetables are staples in […]
At Hoi An, huddled on one of the tables, Aidine and I are slurping on our fruit shakes and I’m nibbling on my banh mi when a plaintive male voice soared over the din of the street crowd. It was the full moon and the Lantern Festival and the crowd was unbelievable everywhere in the […]
Big thanks, bigger perks on Globe 917 Day! Globe says “Thank you” to its customers with a celebration that begins this weekend! “Thank you for loving 917 as your prefix. We hope that you will continue to support us for many more years to come as we strive to deliver a beautiful digital lifestyle for […]
If you want to be a millionaire, try your luck in Vietnam. Chances are, with a regular budget of P35,000 for a visit to our Southeast Asian neighbor just 2 ½ hours away, one will have 10,000,000 in Vietnamese dongs in cold, hard cash. It is easy to feel rich in Vietnam whether you’re in […]
