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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 [...]
Our Lady of Peace and Good Voyage Parish which I featured here a couple of times (CLICK HERE and HERE) is celebrating her 50th birthday on October 13, 2008!!!!
The theme for the momentous event chaired by Parish Priest Fr. Edward Loberiano, CP is: OLPGV at 50! Journeying with Mary.
The Golden Anniversary Poster (click on it [...]
NEWSFLASH!
General Santos City is once again the center of the universe as young nine-year old “general” Philip Nadela won as the first Pinoy Dream Academy Grand Little Dreamer in an exciting Gala Show less than an hour ago, this night of Sunday, October 5, 2008.
Philip who was a student of the SDA Elementary School in [...]
Finally, the General Santos Park, formerly known as the Carlos P. Garcia Park across the City Hall building will be improved and renovated starting this month, according to Mayor Jun Acharon.
This was after the winning bidder to the P22.5 million project was announced by the Bids and Awards Committee, the Dellosa Design Build Services, which [...]
Finally, Bariles Republic is releasing the room rates of some of GenSan’s hotels and inns for the benefit of the bloggers from out of town who are attending the 2nd Mindanao Bloggers Summit from October 25-26, 2008 and have no place to stay.
Since the summit starts early at 8am on the 25th, we suggest [...]
I was at the Mindanao State University High School Campus in downtown GenSan early this morning just in time to greet some of my Muslim friends and Alpha Phi Omega (APO) brods and sisters who were just coming out of the gym after their morning prayers marking the end of the fasting season.
To them and [...]
Immediately after posting the announcement on the start of the Registration Process for interested participants to the 2nd Mindanao Bloggers Summit in GenSan here at Bariles Republic and at the official Mindanao Bloggers blog, I started receiving a barrage of messages informing me that they have complied with the required individual posts already.
Wow! That was [...]
A few hours from now, my only brother Orman will be celebrating his birthday with his closest friends, office staff and church “disciples”.
How old is he? Let’s just say, his age is still smaller than his waistline. :)
Before my greeting gets lost in the flurry of text messages and email wishes he sure will receive [...]
Check out East Asia Royale Hotel’s weekend buffet dinner at its newly-expanded resto!
I was at the KCC Mall of GenSan supermarket yesterday, doing my grocery when I came upon some familiar chichiria or what people now call as “junk food”.
These are the home made pinoy snacks, AMPAO and POP RICE, two of my favorite snack foods during my youth which I could easily buy at the neighborhood [...]
With still a month and four days to go before the biggest eyeball of Mindanao Bloggers on October 25-26, 2008, we are now opening the registration for those interested to join it.
This is the 2nd Mindanao Bloggers Summit which will be held at the Family Country Hotel and Convention Center.
Who are eligible for joining and how does one register?
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I was on my way to the Netopia Internet Cafe at the Gaisano Mall of GenSan when I chanced upon this mini billboard at the junction of the National Highway and Santiago Boulevard.
The signboard announces the start of the installation of the “Traffic Signal System with Intersection Configuration” at two of the city’s choke points: the National Highway-Santiago Boulevard Junction [...]
Heart pounding, hands shaking but with a smile plastered on his face, on the afternoon of September 19, 2008, Bariles Republic finally signed the Letter of Agreement designating the ABS-CBN Regional Network Group as a CO-PRESENTER of the 2nd Mindanao Bloggers Summit.
Signing in for the station was ABS-CBN GenSan Admin Officer Myra Muñoz-Barrientos, subbing for Station Manager Annie Solon-Gacayan.
This partnership is a big boost for the MBS2 since a 15-seconder Advertisement for the summit will be aired at ABS-CBN’s Regional Stations not only in Socsksargen but also in the major cities of Mindanao like Davao, Cagayan de Oro, and Zamboanga!
Cassandra Alicia C. Santos may only be all of 16 years but she has already been causing a stir in the playoffs for the Women’s National Collegiate Athletic Association (WNCAA).
A 4th year high school student of the San Beda College Alabang where she is a member of the school’s girls basketball team, Cassandra who stands [...]
For this post, not only am I re-introducing the person who redesigned this blog for me but also casting my vote for his blog in the “Bloggers Choice” category of the Philippine Blog Awards for 2008.
The guy is Winston Almendras.
The blog is Batang Yagit.
It’s very easy to come up with reasons why I chose Winston’s [...]
Fresh from her successful celebration of the week-long 10th Tuna Festival, General Santos City is once again giving locals and visitors alike another reason to go out and have fun with its conduct of the “National Tourism Week“.
Running from September 22-27, 2008, the National Tourism Week will be held mostly at the Gaisano Mall of [...]
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