Lakbay Philippines

Convergys in Maribago Blue Waters Resort

fetus — Sat, 04 Sep 2010 00:55:15 +0000

Convergys Perks Being an employee of Convergys Cebu, one gets to enjoy the company’s flamboyant display of wealth, literally and figuratively. I’m about to go five years this coming November, and I have been to three summer outings and about four Christmas parties, each event trying to outdo the previous one. Who gets to enjoy? [...]

Be Fit For Travel

fetus — Fri, 03 Sep 2010 22:46:52 +0000

Manginabuhi sâ ta. One of the frustrations I have had is when I engage in strenuous lakbays most especially climbing up mountains and those trekking activities. I can not seem to be prepared physically to involve myself on those arduous undertakings. I get to be mentally prepared, yes, but physically, I doubt. My legs would [...]

Hong Kong Travel Advisory Against Philippines

fetus — Fri, 27 Aug 2010 13:11:19 +0000

Reports lately are saying that Hong Kong is issuing travel advisories for their nationals against traveling to the Philippines. This was right after the hostage-drama that resulted to the death of 7(?) of their citizens. They felt that the Philippine government, specially the National Police did not handle the crisis efficiently and effectively. Well that [...]

Weather Update and Travel Advisory

fetus — Sat, 21 Aug 2010 09:13:43 +0000

Cebu is experiencing scattered rainshowers, thunderstorms, and jejemons! August, the Start of Habagat I don’t quite understand when the shifts start, or whether there really is a definite time where the winds would replace each other. So far, if you plan to travel to Cebu, it won’t be much of a hassle as of this [...]

Papers and Reports

fetus — Sat, 21 Aug 2010 08:18:10 +0000

Papers, papers, papers. And tons of papers. Well that is Political Science is all about. You would have to elaborate on the epistemological and procedural discourses of theories that do not make sense to me, but makes sense to those erudite thinkers. Thanks to them, I am burdened in dissecting their mental crap and whatever [...]

A Student Blue (Or Pink?)

fetus — Wed, 18 Aug 2010 01:33:28 +0000

A momentary break in travel blogging. Let me rant. Coupled with my seven AM to four AM work, I barely could rest and sleep. By five AM I am supposed to be asleep because by eight AM I should be up and be ready for a class by nine. By eleven either I will study [...]

UP Cebu Cookout 2010

fetus — Thu, 12 Aug 2010 06:53:54 +0000

the most awaited opening portion that has something to do with MAG! TV! Line Divides! Sefyla! and of course RAMPAHAN! For the past nine years, I had attended about six of them or seven, and I had colorful if not violent memories. The last Cookout I attended was last 2008 when Slapshock played for about [...]

Convergys Cebu Call Center Application

fetus — Wed, 11 Aug 2010 09:48:03 +0000

The one two three steps in applying in Convergys Cebu, or generally with any call center for that matter. How to Apply There are different ways to apply. There are Job fairs, Walk-in application, Referrals of current employees of the call center and lastly, Online submission of your résumé via email (shoot me an email [...]

Magayon Mount Mayon

fetus — Sat, 07 Aug 2010 09:04:36 +0000

When the plane was approaching Legaspi city, I saw on my right window the enormous and gigantic mound of land that protrudes from the otherwise relatively flatlands. I then said, “oooohhh, aaahhhh, aaamaaaziiinggg!!!” and my seatmate looked at me with asking eyes. He looked like a local there so he’s unfazed with the sight. But for [...]

I, Credit Card

fetus — Sat, 07 Aug 2010 06:42:08 +0000

I really wondered if it would benefit me to get credit cards? I know it will be useful here in Cebu as most establishments and especially restaurants accept credit cards already. But will it be useful when I travel around the Philippines? What about if I go to mountain places like Sagada, Baguio, or remote [...]

Benefits of a Paid Hosted Service

fetus — Sat, 07 Aug 2010 06:17:55 +0000

Before, I started in the Blogger world where everything was free, everything was spontaneous, and personal. Then my blogging evolved to means of raking in more dada, as the gay lingo goes. Thanks to my dear friend Weng, she gave me this site to manage and earn from. As in literally, she gave this to [...]

Manila Word Camp 2010

fetus — Sat, 31 Jul 2010 07:03:53 +0000

All Social Media Agency should be advertising this as I found it difficult to look for information about this event. Tickets are ready, and emotions are hyped up. This coming October second day of the year Twenty Ten (October 2, 2010), me and a bunch of Convergys Cebu peeps as well as Ex-Cons (and [...]

A Wannabe Review on MacBook Air

fetus — Sat, 17 Jul 2010 23:55:57 +0000

My brother was contemplating on buying a MacBook Pro or a MacBook Air. I checked the prices and golly, they are indeed pricey. My close friend has an old MacBook Pro, and my other friend has a MacBook Air. I was salivating for that MacBook Air, and he only bought it half the price from [...]

Philippines’ Habal-habal

fetus — Tue, 13 Jul 2010 14:20:03 +0000

One of the common transportation in the Philippines is the Habal-habal. It translates to motorcycle-for-rent-including-the-driver-and-you-the-passenger. Etymology, Epistemology, and other Ologies The etymology of the word comes from the local dialect term for animals mating: habal. It must be the position of the people on the motorcycle that is why it is called so. Interestingly, [...]

Waves Update!

fetus — Sat, 10 Jul 2010 01:08:30 +0000

It looks like the Habagat season is taking over. My friends all over Cebu and Bohol alerted me that we are getting big waves together with the “unos” or wind gusts. Waves are getting stronger in Liloan for the past few weeks, but is still relatively flat in Argao. Now I am stowing my skateboard [...]

How Letchon Baboy Came About

fetus — Tue, 06 Jul 2010 12:28:05 +0000

Cebu is said to have the best tasting letchon baboy in the Philippines. If you don’t know what a letchon baboy is, it is a pig roasted over charcoals in a pit until it’s skin color turns reddish brown. Legend has it that this succulent dish started in China. The Legend A long time ago,there [...]

Your Choice of Car

fetus — Sun, 04 Jul 2010 22:49:49 +0000

Cars cars cars. Lately I have been obsessing on cars. I just made a ford explorer review a few posts ago and I got one comment giving me a link to lookup the local price of the Ford I was planning (dream on) to buy. I checked if there was volvo s40 review a but [...]

My Dream Vehicle

fetus — Sun, 20 Jun 2010 20:23:35 +0000

One of the probably coolest thing I would ever do is a non-stop road trip for a week. I will tour the entire Cebu with a dream vehicle, a Ford Escape Hybrid. Look at this beauty. It has a 133 horse power four-cylinder engine linked to a 70-kilowatt electric motor which results to a 155 [...]

Road, Country, and A Bike

fetus — Tue, 15 Jun 2010 00:04:59 +0000

My buddies at work invited me one day to join them in one of their biking adventure in the outskirts of Cebu City and beyond where perhaps a biker meets the countryside scenery; free from smoke and pollution from the city. The only problem is, I do not have a bike. It just crossed my [...]

Lakbay Philippines Author Going Back to School

fetus — Mon, 14 Jun 2010 23:42:39 +0000

June 15, 2010 Cebu City – The author of the gay-themed travel site lakbaydiva.com recently got approval from the University of the Philippines Cebu College to extend his stay and study. That is, waiving the Maximum Residency Rule of 6 years in college and extending for another year more. The author is currently in his 9th [...]

Lakbay Philippines, Lakbay Site

fetus — Mon, 07 Jun 2010 15:05:20 +0000

Did I make any introductions? Or all of a sudden you just noticed this blog coming from nowhere? As a backgrounder, this site was originally maintained by a gay-friend of the author, and since he/she/it can not update his/her/its site anymore, decided to give up his/her/its rights to this site. Thus the site was delegated [...]

TFC

fetus — Wed, 02 Jun 2010 15:24:26 +0000

Lonely? Feeling home sick? Wanting to enjoy again the carefree and tension-free atmosphere in the Philippines? A TFC subscriber but missed your favorite shows because of work? I have news for you! If you are a subscriber of the pinoy channel TFC and missed some of the shows, you can actually watch it in tfcnow! [...]

Mantayupan Falls, Barili Cebu

fetus — Wed, 02 Jun 2010 14:59:40 +0000

This travel blog may posts more of Cebu’s tourists spots as my funds are declining. Hehe. Also, and hopefully, I will get back to school and finish my Bachelors in Arts, Political Science. That would limit me here in Cebu and I can not easily go out of the province. Might as well be featuring [...]

Ramblings

fetus — Sun, 30 May 2010 11:06:16 +0000

One of the games I found amusing in the city I live is the video carera machine. It is a horse betting game wherein you would bet on the most probable horse that will win. It is an electronic horse racing betting though, so I don’t exactly understand why a lot of the tambays get hooked to it.

Entrecard A Droppin’

fetus — Wed, 26 May 2010 14:14:01 +0000

My 300 a day Entrecard dropping drove me crazy. It sometimes gave me nightmares — waking up in the middle of the night because in my dream I have not completed the 300 drops that day. So I started just reciprocating those people who dropped their cards on my blog but later on, I found [...]