[smartads] Previously known as the “Queen City of the South”, Iloilo was later renamed “City of Love” From all the pictures I have seen, I think I’d like to visit this place. It looks like it is pretty modern, or at least modern enough for me. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iloilo_City Useless Knowledge: It takes an average of 18…
[smartads] Since I do not have any new pictures to post and Titing and Neneng have my camera in Boracay, I will feature a different city in the Philippines the next few days until the camera returns with the Boracay pictures. Catbalogan is pronounced (caht-bah-lew-gan). It is the first, and really the only, major city…
[smartads] This looked pretty interesting but, I’m not sure they still do this pageant anymore. They do have a website at: http://missphilippines.us/html/index.php– but it doesn’t have anything since the 2007-2008 pageant. However they do mention something about it on a different site: http://www.pinoydirectory.com/calendar/viewdetail.php?id=4638 – so I’m not exactly sure whats going on. Since I am…
[smartads] I wanted to find something that was unique to the Philippines on Valentine’s Day, but they pretty much celebrate as in the United States. I did find this little site that has one difference and also lists a couple of other unique things from other Asian countries. http://socyberty.com/holidays/unique-valentines-day-celebrations-in-asia/ 13 Feb – Hits at 0250…
[smartads] The Philippines has many movie and TV stars, but there is only 1 true megastar. Sharon Cuneta. http://telebisyon.net/Sharon-Cuneta/artista/bio/ This is an interesting person. She really is a mega-star. She is a very friendly and an over all nice person. Take a short read and you’ll see for yourself. Useless Knowledge: From the 1850s to…
