Seat Sale Alert: P499 Seat
A sale you should avail! P499 seats to select bus and ferry routes!
Here’s a sale you should avail! Grab the special P499 ‘Go Lite’ seat sale to select traditional bus and ferry routes from now until September 2, 2010 or until seats last, for travel this October 1 to November 30, 2010.
Guests traveling on the following routes can avail of P499 ‘Go Lite’ seats: Manila-Iloilo, Cebu-Boracay (Caticlan), Cebu-Clark, Cebu-Dumaguete, Cebu-Dipolog, Cebu-General Santos, Cebu-Iloilo, Cebu-Ozamiz, Cebu Pagadian, Davao-Cagayan de Oro, and Davao-Iloilo.
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Nuvali Needs To Be Green
Last Thursday, although it is our 10th being together anniversary (not our wedding anniversary since we were married March 2003), I was out the whole day. I was a part of a tour held somewhere South. After the tour, we were treated to a lunch in Nuvali in Sta Rosa Laguna. You won’t see people with briefcases here as the atmosphere of the place is laid back. I cannot say though that the place is a recreational place as I did not find much interesting things to do there.
I knew for a fact that kids can ride a small boat and feed the fish but aside from that, there is nothing else you can do. Based on what I read, the place encourage outdoor fun. The thing is, the place lacks the outdoor feel. It lacks on greenery. Maybe a few more trees and this place will meet my expectation.
More SLASH, less cash!
We have literally slashed the first number off our lowest year-round fares in a seat sale from now until August 16, 2010 or until seats last, for travel from June 1-July 31, 2011!
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Meteor Shower
As I child, I am always fascinated with meteors and anything astronomical. the whole universe is a very nice place to explore. And growing up in the province, makes this more romantic. The stars are seen clearly at night and meteor showers can be seen clearly too. At dawn, it was my favorite thing to do, watching the stars and all.
What are meteor showers?
An increase in the number of meteors at a particular time of year is called a meteor shower.
Comets shed the debris that becomes most meteor showers. As comets orbit the Sun, they shed an icy, dusty debris stream along the comet’s orbit. If Earth travels through this stream, we will see a meteor shower. Depending on where Earth and the stream meet, meteors appear to fall from a particular place in the sky, maybe within the neighborhood of a constellation.
Meteor showers are named by the constellation from which meteors appear to fall, a spot in the sky astronomers call the radiant. For instance, the radiant for the Leonid meteor shower is located in the constellation Leo. The Perseid meteor shower is so named because meteors appear to fall from a point in the constellation Perseus.
What are shooting stars?
“Shooting stars” and “falling stars” are both names that people have used for many hundreds of years to describe meteors — intense streaks of light across the night sky caused by small bits of interplanetary rock and debris called meteoroids crashing and burning high in Earth’s upper atmosphere. Traveling at thousands of miles an hour, meteoroids quickly ignite in searing friction of the atmosphere, 30 to 80 miles above the ground. Almost all are destroyed in this process; the rare few that survive and hit the ground are known as meteorites.
When a meteor appears, it seems to “shoot” quickly across the sky, and its small size and intense brightness might make you think it is a star. If you’re lucky enough to spot a meteorite (a meteor that makes it all the way to the ground), and see where it hits, it’s easy to think you just saw a star “fall.”
How can I best view a meteor shower?
If you live near a brightly lit city, drive away from the glow of city lights and toward the constellation from which the meteors will appear to radiate.
For example, drive north to view the Leonids. Driving south may lead you to darker skies, but the glow will dominate the northern horizon, where Leo rises. Perseid meteors will appear to “rain” into the atmosphere from the constellation Perseus, which rises in the northeast around 11 p.m. in mid-August.
After you’ve escaped the city glow, find a dark, secluded spot where oncoming car headlights will not periodically ruin your sensitive night vision. Look for state or city parks or other safe, dark sites.
Once you have settled at your observing spot, lie back or position yourself so the horizon appears at the edge of your peripheral vision, with the stars and sky filling your field of view. Meteors will instantly grab your attention as they streak by.
How do I know the sky is dark enough to see meteors?
If you can see each star of the Little Dipper, your eyes have “dark adapted,” and your chosen site is probably dark enough. Under these conditions, you will see plenty of meteors.
What should I pack for meteor watching?
Treat meteor watching like you would the 4th of July fireworks. Pack comfortable chairs, bug spray, food and drinks, blankets, plus a red-filtered flashlight for reading maps and charts without ruining your night vision. Binoculars are not necessary. Your eyes will do just fine.
direct copy from: http://stardate.org/nightsky/meteors/
Take A Break
Have you planned going out somewhere far to spend time for relaxation? Have you decided on where could be the best spot to have fun with your family? Why not try going to a place where you can experience living like the old times when no modern technology is available yet? That’s more of an adventure.
Taking a break from the usual routine is something which should be planned ahead. Better consider the things which you need to bring such as food, clothing, protective gear, other mechanical stuff like cell phone batteries to keep your communication just in case. And it would be best to research more about the location prior to going there so you will be able to adapt with the environment thus making your vacation even more worthwhile.
And oh, don’t forget to bring your camera too!
Cinnamon, Bulalo and Flowers
Most probably, that how our weekend will be. As mentioned, instead of me watching Salt with my friends, I ended up planning our weekend getaway (and my mom will be with us!).
Travel plan will include having a light breakfast at Bag of Beans, visiting the zoo there, letting the kids on bike and then having a bulalo brunch at Leslie’s. I have to put off our initial plan to look for vga cable with audio. For sure the kids will be tired after that. I am excite specially that I will be bringing two cameras, my DSLR and my new point and shoot. I missed having a point and shoot. And oh, this will be the first time my DSLR will experience Tagaytay. So yes, it’s been more than a year since we were there.
Salt & Sugar
Supposedly, I am to watch SALT today together with some of my blogging friends and my husband. For some reason (and more on being OCD), I just have to decline.
I knew I would feel envy when I see them enjoying movies together, but well, that’s how life goes. But in a way, it has a been a blessings too. Hubby and I decided t have our own date this Friday to watch the movie and since he promised he would treat us this weekend, I suggested we go to Tagaytay on weekends (Sunday maybe). This will be a great way to destress and to test the newest member of my electronics collections.Yup, I finally bought a point and shoot camera! Funny, I planned on buying the digital camera because of the special screening. I knew that DSLR are not allowed in cinema and I had to leave it on their package counter. And since the screening will be attended by my friends, where’s fun it it if we can’t take picture together? So there. And now I am not going to attend it! LOL but still, I am glad I decided to bought a camera.
Putting Things Off
One of my dream destination here in the country is Ilocos. I want to experience walking in the streets of Calle Crisologo and feel the Spanish era. I also want my kids to learn about history. I want them to see the ancestral houses and for sure they will be curious why the houses where built that way.
My mom would enjoy sight seeing St. Paul’s Cathedral. A Baroque cathedral built in 1790-1800 by the Augustinians. And after that, we can go straight to the North to for some beach experience..
Now, as much as I want to travel North, we still need to save up for our house. Hopefully next year we can have our own and by then we can start planning for some serious and long travel.
Human Navigator
I love buying maps, even though hubby doe not approve of it. He thinks it is a waste of money, to me it’s like reading pocketbooks. I am fascinated by roads and I love imagining traveling on those. And with my love for my maps, my family sometimes thinks I am a human navigator. They never fail to make fun at me. LOL
Anyways, since gps or Global Positioning System is not widely used here, a traveler cannot find much gps reviews on local websites or blogger’s sites. As you know we Filipinos still rely on the ask for direction as our navigator. Also one of the reason why we always tag my mother along, she serves us our navigator since she can speak most native language in North Philippines.
The Best Buko Pie
So I have posted about my cravings for Los Banos, which reminds me the best Buko Pie in Laguna. Some says it’s Collete’s but not to me. Must be the fact that the one I like is hard to find. The store selling the best Buko Pie in Laguna can only be located at Los Banos, Laguna, right after the bridge in Anos or so (oh forgive my memory, it has been years).
The Original Buko Pie is a bakeshop who started the buko pie craze. I heard that the owner of this shop is a former student of University of the Philippines Los Banos, took up Bachelor of Science in Food Technology (not quite sure with the info, but that was my fellow dorm mates told me) and the abundance of coconut prompt the need to create a pie out of it. It was a hit, obviously. And the bakeshop maintained its recipe from the time the bakeshop is built.
The bakeshop also maintained it’s original simplicity and as of now, they still have no any other branch. I don’t think they even have a website of their own so we won’t find any online coupons for the shop.I guess that is another reason why the shop is very alluring. And you can tell that it has so many patrons ad the shop is never out of lines.
