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Where to go for your early Christmas shopping!

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Making your Christmas list, this early, is fun. Looking for a one-stop-shop to get all you need is another. Why not try 168 Shopping Mall located in Divisoria. (Trivia on the ‘168’ name: In Cantonese, 1-6-8 is “Yat-Luk-Pat” which sounds like “Yat-Low-Fat” that translates to “road to luck!”) 168 Mall is an air-conditioned building that houses almost everything and anything (except appliances) you may need for your Christmas shopping and everything not. The place is tidy with comfort rooms and a fast-food center. Set-up is ‘tiange’ style with extensive choices of merchandise.
Prices are cheap, the usual “presyong divisoria.” To give you an idea of how low can prices go, a friend described it as “pinamimigay ang mga gamit doon!” How to get there: Commute: take a ‘jeepney’ from Recto to Divisoria and get down in Abad Santos Avenue. Cross Recto to get you to Reyna Regente Street; walk down the street (pass by Soler Street/Caltex Gasoline Station/Felipe II Street/Meisic Mall – they are few steps away from each other); turn right and you’ll see 168 from there. The walk is very short, trust me.
By car: take Recto going to Divisoria; turn right at Abad Santos; take the first U-turn slot; cross Recto going to Reyna Regente Street; pass bv Soler Street/Caltex Gasoline Station/Felipe II Street/Meisic Mall, all to your right and all are beside each other (you can already see 168 from here, but no right turn allowed); go straight and take the first right turn after Jose Abad Santos Elem. School; just follow the road and you’ll be guided by signs going to the mall. PARKING: If you see an available parking slot when you get to Reyna Regente Street and anywhere along the way going to the mall, take it, you may not be lucky enough to get a slot in the very limited parking space of the mall.

Nagtahan Bridge: Colorful by Night!

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Ilocos King!

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I took this image in one of the streets of Sta. Mesa, Manila, one Sunday morning:
It was my intention to feature the 'jeepney' because I was sure it belongs to an Ilocano but I never thought the man on the foreground is so imposing, which made me think, which is Ilocos King? Is it something you ride on to? Or something you hold on to? Aniamet!!!

Awan Laeng: Is it the Sun or the Moon?

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I took these images a couple of days ago, wondering if it was the sun or the moon that I saw. It was about 4 p.m. and I know that the sun is still up that time, but I also know that the moon may become visible even at high noon! Tulungan dak man la!

(See the same 'picture cube' on darker background for better effects here.) Here is a still picture for better inspection:

KOI VILLAGE: You'll keep 'koi-ming' back!

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Spelunking Callao Caves: The Video

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UST Growling Tigers Wins UAAP 2006 in Overtime!

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In this year's season of the UAAP, there is no contention that the Ateneo Blue Eagle's are, no doubt, the most formidable team in the league. From the start, they seemed to be very invincible and poised to become the next UAAP Champions until last night when the UST Growling Tiger's played with all their hearts, and eventually proved many, including me, wrong. The Tigers won 76-74 in overtime! I have recorded videos of the the last seconds of play in the "main game" and in "overtime" direct from a TV screen, which I have uploaded on Youtube. You may want to see it but be patient with the black streakes in the monitor; can't do so much about it. Click link below to see the last actions before overtime and watch the "victory video" I have uploaded here. "Last 24-seconds to Overtime!" ___________________________________________________________ 8:45 P.M./Today: I posted my main entry (above) at 3:31 a.m. today, but as of this writing, (8:45 p.m.), the video I have uploaded on Youtube, "Last Minute to UST's Victory" is slowly becoming a favorite.Here it is:
A heartbreaking loss for Ateneo Blue Eagles, but it's over. There is another UAAP next season!