La Union, how do I love thee? Let me count the waves… The moment we stepped foot in La Union, I instantly fell it love with it. And what’s not to love? The endless expanse of
Yay! In my 10+ years of existence in the blogging world, this is the first time I’m having a guest blogger (hopefully, not the last) ^_^ My friend Jinbei is here to write about our
Earlier this month, the University of Santo Tomas (UST) received the official confirmation from the Guinness World Records on the largest human cross in the world. UST achieved the feat
The Pahiyas Festival will not be complete without the kiping – colorful leaf-shaped sheets made of ground rice used as decoration. How are these ubiquitous decorations made? It is a
During a recent trip to Baguio, Japinoy.com moderator and my pseudo little sister Lara-chan introduced me to other Japinoy.com members living up there. I finally got to meet one of our
At the mention of Vigan, one can easily imagine himself riding on a calesa, passing along a cobblestone street lined with perfectly preserved ancestral homes. Vigan is a lot of things,
This post is….STALE! 😀 I have perfectly good excuses (yes, plural) but I won’t enumerate them all 😛 Anyway, the 11th Bon Odori Festival was held at the Manila Japanese
For this disgruntled Manila ‘native’, Vigan is just a sight to behold – beautiful old houses, clean streets, majestic churches, idyllic lifestyle. So you can just imagine