Real Splendor of the East

Philippines an archipelago known as "Pearl of the Orient

Sea" for its fascinating natural views and rare beauty attractions

bounded with a large body of water . This is a perfect place to

satisfy all transients and visitors to sail, travel, live and even

settle an ease , quiet enjoyment and great deal of pleasure.

There are indeed countless places to travel in the Philippines.

Mountains, caves, rivers, lakes, waterfalls, volcanoes and other

natural overlooking and adventurous place to discover. On the

other hand, numerous white beaches for families and romantic

couples to stay enjoying until for the sun sets on the west.

Behind the natural splendor of the Philippine Archipelago are

the real beauty of the people living here. The heart of the

Filipinos are the real jewels that maintains the splendor and

brightness of the pearl of oriental beauty.



Diving from a cliff of mountain to a deep blue sea enjoying together with your friends, families even and adventure date with your partner........ Experience the wonderful nature in Cebu- the central part of Visayas region. ......................................................................................................................

Feel free to visit LA UNION located at the northern part of Luzon. Learn to swim and enjoy the surfing lesson while experiencing the beauty of sea water nature . ......................................................................................................

An amazing experience of sailing on the lake at the crate of the volcano. A wonderful experience which is also overlooking on the lowlands with a free fresh air on Taal Lake Tagaytay near Cavite located on the southern part of Luzon miles away from Manila .................................................................................

An overlooking to the lowlands where you can enjoy mountain climbing and hiking and experience breath-taking views very helpful to unwind and lessen stress from works having vacation away from a busy, noisy city and quiet dirty air. A stairway to heaven for us to relax and see the wonderful creation of nature.　 .............................................................................................................

FILIPINO LIFESTYLE CULTURE AND IDENTITY..

The truth about "Filipino Culture, Identity and History" is most often misunderstood.

From the colonization of Spanish to the Philippines lasted for over three hundred thirty- three years influences most in religion specially Christianity gave great impact to our civilization including Philippine folk music, folk dance, language, food, and art and even government and laws..

Pre-Hispanic indigenous Filipino culture had also cultural influences from India, through the Indianized kingdom of Southeast Asia particularly the Srivijaya Empire and the Majapahit Empire, in what is now Malaysia and Indonesia. This includes the customs, Filipino psyche and Philippine mythology has been influenced by Hinduism and Buddhism.

The Philippines was a U.S. Colony from 1898 until the Second World War. American influences are evident in the use of the English Language and in contemporary pop culture, food, music, movies and basketball.

The Chinese been settling in the Philippines since pre-colonial times and their influence is evident in the popularity of noodles (locally known as Mami) and the respect from elders in kissing the hands. Gambling games of mahjong and jueteng are also imitated from them.

The various Muslim Filipino in Mindanao, the southern island of the country, also celebrate their own centuries-old customs and traditions, such as concepts of local law (Agamat) and personal honor (Marabat), which are related to both Islamic, and native concepts. The martial art of Kali emerged from Muslim Mindanao.The Kulintang gong-chime ensemble, which is still played by various groups in the south, is a celebrated icon of surviving ancient Philippine culture.

A Professor once said; "The Filipino true identity lies on the diversity of their culture." The culture of the Philippines reflects the complexity of the history of the Philippines through the blending of cultures of diverse indigenous civilizations with characteristics introduced via foreign influences.

- from Wikipedia, free encyclopedia




An overlooking to the Center of Trading. Makati is consider as the heart of the Philippines in terms of trading and economy. A place where you can find the high rise building, finest commercial establishments, great department store, boutique, jewelry shops and even to the most expensive subdivision or villages. Elite, powerful and wealthy families build their homes here. ...........................................................................................

WAY OF TRANSPORTATION....

Places I spent last weekends....

Black Nazarene Celebration is always be an historical event in Manila where about millions of Catholic devotees attended just to kiss and touch the image of Black Nazarene. Devotees don't mind standing outsides a very sacrificing event where devotees have the longest procession, some walking barefoot. Though celebration is over, still there are lots of people attended mass last weekends and even some stay standing outside .




"Kung Hei Fat Choi! ". Black Nazarene Celebration is already over, people are now busy preparing for Chinese New Year. We try to visit Binondo known for Chinese town in Manila where people enjoyed shopping to a big sale on Chinese malls. Many also Filipinos find fun an exciting in celebrating Chinese New Year there are parades together with the Millennium Dragon and the two more small dragons. Many people also believe on Chinese horoscope and even wear red to scare ghosts, give more luck and use firecrackers to drive bad luck away. Giving Tikoy food and money on a red envelope is already a habit.



After a long hour of roaming around the Chinese town, we have decided to celebrate the birthday of my Japanese business partner on a Spanish-Filipino century-old restaurant just a small restaurant located near the corner of C. Recto and Florentino Torres Street. This attract us maybe because it was featured in GMA7 as an old-timer restaurant. It's quite simple-old restaurant and as we enter, struck us two very old snoring boars and quite strange fish on the collective room on 2nd floor and the attractive Spanish portaits posted on walls. We try to order some of their menu and we observed one of the Spanish manners like maniana habit where it takes almost hour to wait for the order and as we started to eat its mushy, actually not disappointing but maybe it does not gratify us as what we have seen on TV. It's quite unsatisfactory service which time span of restaurant is not guarantee for a well-good restaurant. Maybe if you need a navigating and adventurous eating which needs to leave your culinary expectations outdoor, Ambos Mundos would be one but still I prefer to eat on modern restaurant because sanitation and clean ambiance matters me much which gives appetite in eating. But maybe there are reasons why Ambus Mundos survive that long as an historical restaurant.
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