Kahapon, dahil walang kuryente, nagawi kami sa Lipa (ang normal na gawain kapag brownout at ayaw naming maburo sa bahay). Unang stop bago kami mag-segue sa Ms. Eco Gay pageant night sa SM City Lipa ay sa tiangge. Taon-taon, sumisikip ang mga kalye sa town proper ilang linggo bago ang …
Read More »Have You Heard of Batangueno Inventors Gregorio Zara and Maria Orosa?
Article contributed by Ken Michael Escamillas Perhaps we know Thomas Edison, Alexander Graham Bell, Henry Ford, and Benjamin Franklin as world-renown inventors. But did you know that Batangas boasts of famous inventors, too? Yes. And we should be proud of them. Batanguenos are also brilliant thinkers of new things which …
Read More »Backtrack on the Salagubang Pestebal of Tuy
Before the Mamang-os and Kambingan Festival, Tuy had another festival you should learn about. Er, “pestebal”, that is. Article contributed by Ken Michael Escamillas Batanguenos are really clever! We are fond of creating unique yet ingenious things which will surely create a mark to everyone. As I have searched about …
Read More »Miss Mataasnakahoy 2012 Pageant Night Crowns Honey Vanessa Ramirez of Brgy.IV
She may not have the most number of special awards but she outwit the other 13 candidates and bagged the title. Honey Vanessa Ramirez of Brgy. IV is the newly crowned Miss Mataasnakahoy 2012. Over-all, it was a good competition. All the girls were at their loveliest last night which …
Read More »Cesca’s Kitchen: From a Family’s Love for Food to a Growing Catering Biz
It was because of our team’s Christmas party in Cintai Corito’s Garden that we got to experience the delectable dishes of Cesca’s Kitchen, a catering business in Lipa City owned and managed by Ces Maralit-Lindog. We don’t want to give out too much information this early but sentences after this …
Read More »Selling WOWBatangas Tees (The 2011 Provincial Trade Fair Experience)
The Ala Eh! Festival 2011 which was held in Calaca had been very memorable for us. Aside from those events that our team had covered we also joined the Provincial Trade Fair. We did not waste the chance given to us with that trade fair. Since we are selling shirts …
Read More »Banderitas: The Colorful Lines that Spell Festival
Article Contributor: Jen Magtibay of First Asia Institute of Technology When you talk about festival, you would instantly quip about banderitas. And in Calaca, where the Ala Eh! Festival 2011 happened, they spelled F-E-S-T-I-V-A-L with a different fiesta banner. If you are to experience creating banderitas, you know it will …
Read More »Trip to San Juan, Batangas: The Home of Fine Beaches and the Lambayok Festival
This article is contributed by Ken Michael Escamillas, a senior Mass Communication student from Batangas State University – Lipa Campus. I define San Juan, Batangas in three words: popular, luxurious and festive. Those we’re the words that people would be certain to say after they have toured this place. Not …
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