Articles in the Hot Spots Category
Posted in Hot Spots on 29 October 2008
A few days before the 2nd Mindanao Bloggers Summit, I decided to drop by the Gen. Santos City Gym (formerly called Lagao Gym) after learning that it is now ready for the National Cooperatives Teamshop’s 2,000 delegates.
For three months, it underwent some major improvements to the tune of P5,000,000, funded by the office of City [...]
Posted in History, Hot Spots on 22 October 2008
I was joyriding onboard my partner’s motorbike the other night when I saw a streamer along the corner of Lagao National Highway and Tiongson Street, which caught my eye.
Hey! It’s an announcement about an upcoming branch of Mercury Drug!
The following day, I went back to the same place and took these pictures.
Now people from this [...]
Posted in Hot Spots on 15 October 2008
Every time I pass by the site of the P2billion peso- Robinsons Place-General Santos (yes, that’s the final name) along the Lagao National Highway, I am amazed at the speed of the ongoing construction.
A few weeks back, the portion of the 8-hectare lot was just a field of steel cables jutting from the ground. Now, [...]
Posted in Food Trip, Hot Spots on 8 October 2008
I love Balut! Yes, the fertilized duck egg with its nearly developed embryo intact inside is included in my list of comfort food.
Here in GenSan, I usually buy it from the balut vendors standing at the road corners with their tin cans full of warm, freshly cooked balut.
The other week though, while travelling along the [...]















