July 21, 2010
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By Kristine Roa in Vacationation
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April 2010 – Camotes Island is exactly what we imagined it to be: quiet and full of white sand. It was just sheer luck that we went there on a festival-less weekend and I did not really have any part of the planning which was entirely a good thing because I hardly get to enjoy a vacation that does not require me to run to the reception for billing inquiries or even freak out about the itinerary.
Heading to Camotes Island was almost an hour drive away from Cebu City to Danao which is North of Central Visayas. You can always get on a public vehicle for P20 or van for more. The boat ride, however, took two hours and at P180, the entire trip provided us a movie shown in their flat screen tvs and amazing views of flying fishes and jellyfish if you head out to the deck. Read the rest of this entry »
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July 6, 2010
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By Kristine Roa in Cebu City
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Hey, everyone! Some of you might have noticed but I am no longer maintaining an old site that I don’t own. Sad but it was definitely for the best. Cheers to new beginnings, shall we? I have decided to set out on my own and built a new Cebu blog site for Cebu fashion and lifestyle - InstyleCebu.com.
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July 1, 2010
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By Kristine Roa in Vacationation
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Save for the huge crowd that milled around the island and beaches during Holy Weekend this year, Bantayan Island is without a doubt a person’s best choice to be at when you want to celebrate Easter and reflect on your spiritual growth. This is said with poetic honesty, mind you. I guess this is perhaps one of the reasons why we also decided to go around the island and escape the merriment of the beach to coalesce a province that is dubbed as the Lenten Capital of the Philippines.
We missed the procession that usually takes place near the large colonial-era church of St. Peter and Paul but it is more reverent to visit this old church sans the people, the noise and the festival. There were stories of epic real live performances of the crucifixion and people actually nailing themselves until they hemorrhage but I couldn’t just bear to see that. I would like to remember the passion of Christ as a serene, peaceful and obeisant moment no matter how appalling Christ had to go through to make us remember that day year after year. Read the rest of this entry »
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June 30, 2010
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By Kristine Roa in Vacationation
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April 2010 – From Marvin’s place in Bantayan, we had to walk a good five minutes to get to the beach and hang out there. On Good Friday, Sugar Beach was not allowed to turn on their sound system because it was the holiest night of holy week after all. We stayed pretty much at one place that had good iPod music and was far away from Sugar Beach as possible.
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June 30, 2010
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By Kristine Roa in Vacationation
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April 1, 2010 – Backlogging seems to be me nowadays. Thank you for those readers who still keep coming back even if my stories are somehow past current times. March, April and May have been a blur, too, and lately, we have been seeing beaches, sand, corals, pump boats, unlimited SPF 30, and lycra. Last holy week in April, we were in Bantayan Island.
For someone who just got there for the first time, I felt like I’ve already been in Bantayan Island. Don’t you sometimes have that feeling whenever you are in ANY province in the Philippines? Except for Vigan whose photos that I see make me want to go there and be transported into time, Bantayan gives you THAT kind of feeling and no, it isn’t sad, it is actually familiar. The island does treat you kindly yet the sight of small streets that you know you’d always end up going back to or beach shores that will forever stick to your toes will already make you feel that you no longer need to bring home sand like you used to do. Read the rest of this entry »
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June 24, 2010
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By Kristine Roa in Cebu City, Food Porn
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It isn’t because the owner happens to be otato Anton and that he claims his food is super healthy. It is about the novelty of the entire dining experience that makes me love shabu-shabu or dining in the Shabu Way. People would scoff at trying too hard at looking like a know-it-all and sneer at all that effort to cook your own food but hey, I’m having fun and I’m eating all these healthy food and if that is a problem, shoot me.
Brought some of my bestfriends here, too and celebrated my birthday dinner here
Check out their menu. Some of these photos are on it: Read the rest of this entry »
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June 16, 2010
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By Kristine Roa in Vacationation
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We had to visit the Forest Camp in Valencia, Dumaguete and try to see what made this place so famous. Or infamous. After lunch at Lab-as Restaurant, my friends wanted to see nature and all its glory in a small town in Dumaguete and I have to say that, normally, the smaller towns would have the best parks or forest camps.
In Valencia, Negros Oriental, approximately 11.5 kilometers (says Google) from the provincial capital of Dumaguete City lies the Vicuñas Family pride – Forest Camp.
Check out these major vintage military truck and vehicles.
Above is the family picture and below is the pre-nup hahah!
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