Bariles is a Filipino word for “Tuna”, the primary source of income of the people of General Santos City which hosts 6 of the Philippines’ 8 tuna canneries and more than 80% of its tuna processing plants.
The city boasts of the only “Tuna Festival” in the world celebrated every September 5 in commemoration of its charterhood anniversary.
Bariles is also the alias of this blog's author who would like nothing than to write about his beloved city by the bay and share it with his kababayans from all over.
Aside from being a blogger, Bariles is a Google Map Maker enthusiast, the Convenor of the annual Blogfest Soccskargen, the organizer of the SEX Tour for Bloggers and the co-founder & self-proclaimed mother hen of the Soccsksargen Bloggers. His daytime job? Media Affairs Officer of the highest office of the city.
humankind03/24/2010 at 2:05 PM
handang handa na ako…
orman03/24/2010 at 2:05 PM
sali talaga ako!
maryo03/24/2010 at 3:36 PM
mukhang ok to ah… sali rin ako..
saan to banda?
ache03/24/2010 at 4:36 PM
Tamang tama yan sa init ng Gensan!!!
Toinks03/24/2010 at 4:55 PM
hmmmmmmhhh…where could this be?…mala Ski Dubai ba ito? amidst the power crisis in Mindanao generals are going to experience an Ice Castle? woooooooooo XD
Josephvergara03/24/2010 at 5:13 PM
sali rin ako,hehe.kaso malayo ako jan.musta n kuya orman at c kuya avel???
BrAvO SiX03/24/2010 at 6:47 PM
it’s a castle made of ice……. i doubt na parang Ski Dubai ito ng Mall of the Emirates…i pwede pa parang Chillout café ng Time Square shopping mall in Shiekh Zayed Road.. are you here in Dubai toinks?
buknoy03/24/2010 at 11:39 PM
Ano ito kainan? theme park? o skating rink? clue naman dyan =)
Fahdingding03/25/2010 at 7:11 AM
Hmmmm! Ano kaya ‘to? Looks very exciting… Tamang – tama sa INIT NG GENSAN!
Fahdingding03/25/2010 at 7:17 AM
WOWOWEE!
Fahdingding03/25/2010 at 7:21 AM
Theme Park? With ICEY Theme? hahahahaha!
Fahdingding03/25/2010 at 8:44 AM
Hahahaha! Nice work Kuya AVEL… We are all puzzled here perhaps with the exception of Kuya ORMAN! lOL
Magandang GENSAN!
ead03/25/2010 at 9:43 AM
unsa kaya ni
vic ongasis03/25/2010 at 11:08 AM
Franchise naman yan sa Cebu ata yung Ice Castle, “The Best Halo-Halo in Cebu” sarap din mga desserts nila and pinipilahan talaga sa Ayala ito. Mang Avel asan po location nito and when mag-open?
Jay03/25/2010 at 2:20 PM
Yup, ito yata ung ice cream and halo-halo station sa cebu… Pinaka gusto ko sa mga desserts nila ung Banana Split… ummmmmmm
vic ongasis03/25/2010 at 3:48 PM
Sana mag-open na before holy week…. takam na takam na kami!
Toinks03/25/2010 at 7:14 PM
@BrAvO SiX: Im no longer there in dubai and I don’t want to be there anymore. neverrrr..hehehe
Toinks03/25/2010 at 7:15 PM
Ice Castle halo-halo station? wowowoww!!! just perfect for summer! XD
Fahdingding03/26/2010 at 7:10 AM
So Ice Cream and Halo – Halo Station pala ito? Nice! = )
BrAvO SiX03/26/2010 at 4:18 PM
@Toinks: for whatever reasons…shhhh! na lang ako hehehehe
rico03/26/2010 at 10:48 PM
baka ice cream store yan..
Toinks03/27/2010 at 8:41 AM
@BrAvO SiX: sabi?!! weh!…hahaha maayo eh!.LOLS but nothing can ever change my decision even if they bring me back that reason you are saying.
BrAvO SiX03/28/2010 at 12:05 AM
@TOINKS: i never mentioned any reasons why you won’t come back here when in fact my “shhhh’” means no comment na lang…pero kay ngano di naman ka ganahan mubalik dinhi? hahahahhahaha! kulit!
TOINKS reply: ‘la lang…di lang ko ganahan na…..masakitan lang ako heart…! hahaha!
peace toinks..! komedya ra ni huh?
bogs04/14/2010 at 7:03 PM
Meron pa ba ito? Saan location and when mag-open?
macpogi04/28/2010 at 10:30 PM
ICE Castle!? hmmmmmm……????? from the word “ICE” and “CASTLE” hehehehe… ganda cguro dito kuya avel no?
bariles04/29/2010 at 8:37 AMAuthor
@macpogi, secret…heheheh! Malapit na!
fahdingding04/29/2010 at 5:22 PM
hehehe! Ano kaya ‘to? It will launch its own website soon…so I think… its more than just an ICE CREAM and HALO2x Parlor…. Hopefully….
Excited na!
Ala Enchanted Kingdom or Disneyland with an ICE! hahaha! I wish! = )
bariles04/29/2010 at 5:30 PMAuthor
@Fahdz, patience, my dear, patience. Hehehehe!
fahdingding04/30/2010 at 7:57 AM
I know it is really something BIG! Maloloka na ako! Whaaaaaah! hehehehehehe1
tttooo06/06/2010 at 8:03 AM
haha Hotel or franchise sa mga halo halo etc.? hmmm
bariles06/06/2010 at 1:57 PMAuthor
@tttooo, malapit mo nang malaman. Hehehe!