LP: Tulay

April 30, 2009

naghanap ako ng mga tulay sa picture files ko and naalala ko na may kuha pala ako ng tulay ng nagpunta ako sa Baliuag at Batanes.  Eto ang lahok ko.

 

Ito ang tulay papuntang Angat Dam sa Bulacan (kuha ko ito ng nag photo walk ako sa Baliuag at nai-sali ko na din sa Photohunt)

 

Ang mga litrato sa ibaba ay kuha sa Batanes.  Ito ang Ivana Bridge (Tulay ng Ivana) sa Batan Island, Batanes

 

Ang tulay na ito ayon sa aming tour guide ang naiwan na lang mula nuong panahon ng kastila

 

Bag-A-Thon Project

April 29, 2009

A good friend of mine just posted a blog for their project in her community.  It’s for a very good cause and i would like to share this and maybe you may want to help.  Just let me know.

 

 

 

2009 Aliwan Festival / WW April 19-25

April 26, 2009

I was fortunate to be able to watch the 2009 Aliwan Festival last April 25, 2009.  Thanks to Litratong Pinoy  (separate post on this one) for using this event as the venue for the EB.  The Aliwan Festival is an annual event which show cases the artistic forms (dancers, musicians, and artisans) of the Filipino.  This event starts at the stretch of CCP Complex  and this year, the awarding ceremony took place at the Quirino Grandstand.  Massive contingents of streetdancers are accompanied by gigantic floats along with their respective muses.  The parade depicts the most popular festivals that are celebrated within the Philippines.

 

Here are some pictures during their rehearsals.

Floats:

 

 

Third Place in the Float Design Competition

 

 

 

 

 

 

First Place in the Float Design Competition

 

 

 

 Streetdancers:

 

 

 

 

      

 

 

 

  

 

 

Tribu kasag, Municipality of Banate - 2nd Place in the Street Dance Competition

  

 

 

 

Tribu Paghidaet, Iloilo Dinagyang - 3rd Place in the Street Dance Competition

 

 

 

 

  

 

 

 

 

 

 

More photos of the 2009 Aliwan Festival can be viewed here:

http://marianiperalta.multiply.com/photos/album/36/2009_Aliwan_Festival_Floats

http://marianiperalta.multiply.com/photos/album/37/2009_Aliwan_Festival_Streetdancers

http://marianiperalta.multiply.com/photos/album/38/Faces_of_the_2009_Aliwan_Festival

You can check out the winners at the Aliwan Fiesta website.

PHOTOHUNT: Protect (ion)

April 25, 2009

  

These are my entries for this week’s theme:

What can PROTECT us?

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

LP: Gusali

April 23, 2009

Mag ta-tatlong taon na ako dito sa lugar ng Salcedo St. at nasanay na din ako sa mga simplemeng gusali na makikita dito.  

  ang harap ng opisina:  makikitang dito ang ibat-ibang bangko at mga kainan

  likod ng opisina:  matatanaw ang Medical Plaza, Makati

 

   At ito ang mga gusali na makikita sa Ayala, Makati

 

 

 

Live in This Land Called Paraiso

April 22, 2009

 

dead river

  

Paraiso

Return to a land called Paraiso,
a place where a dying river ends.
No birds there fly over Paraiso,
no space allows them to endure.
The smoke that screens the air,
the grass that’s never there.

And if I could see a single bird, what a joy.
I try to write some words and create
a simple song to be heard
by the rest of the world.

I live in this land called Paraiso,
in a house made of cardboard floors and walls.
I learned to be free in Paraiso,
free to claim anything I see.
Matching rags for my clothes,
plastic bags for the cold.

And if empty cans were all I have, what a joy.
I never fight to take someone
else’s coins and live with fear
like the rest of the boys.

Paraiso, help me make a stand.
Paraiso, take me by the hand
Paraiso, make the world understand
that if I could see a single bird, what a joy.
This tired and hungry land could expect
some truth and hope and respect
from the rest of the world. 

 

 

Let’s do our share now for a better world…

 

 

  

HAPPY EARTH DAY

 

 

PHOTOHUNT: Purple

April 18, 2009

 

Here are my purple photos.  They were taken during my food trip at Binondo Manila, Philippines. 

 

Purple Fire truck

 

 

 

Sabtang Island, Batanes - An Ultimate Summer Escape (Day 2)

April 17, 2009

continued from Batanes - An Ultimate Summer Escape

Day 2 of our Batanes adventure will be a visit to Sabtang Island.

Sabtang Island is undisturbed and unspoiled island with lots of natural attractions guaranteed to satify even most sophisticated nature lovers.  It is located South-West of Batan Island and is accessible by a 30 minute boat ride from Port Ivana.   

 

Palm sunday at Batanes

 

Our boat ride to the island was a little bit rough that i felt bad during the trip.  We arrived there at around 9am.  We registered first to their Municipal Tourism Information Center. 

Municipal Tourism Information Center

 

The Map

  

 

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LP: Hardin

April 16, 2009

 

Ito ang Prayer Garden ng Davao na matatagpuan sa Eden Nature Park, Davao.  Isa ito sa mga dinadayo ng mga turista sa Eden Park.  Ng nakapagbakasyon ako kasama ng aking mga pinsan sa Davao nuong Disyembre, pinuntahan namin ang Eden Park at dito namin natagpuan ang isang malaking hardin.  Tahimik ang lugar na talagang tamang tamang puntahan kung ika’y gustong mag-reflect sa buhay. Madaming kakaibang bulaklak akong nakita dito at ilan dito ay ang mga ito:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Weekly Winners April 5-11

April 12, 2009

 

These pictures were taken inside the Fort Santiago, Philippines.  Fort Santiago is located in the northen part of the walled city, Intramuros.  In pre-Spanish times, this was the site of Rajah Sulayman’s “Kuta” or fort.

 

 

 

the fountain