Playing slipper game along the white beach of Panglao Islaad

Posted on January 6, 2012 by Macky

Just today (January 6, 2012), Department of Tourism (DOT) launched their campaign with the new slogan “It’s more fun in the PHILIPPINES”. This event is now trending in Twitter. Filipinos shared their own opinions by tweeting criticisms, praises and sarcastic remarks aimed at the DOT. Having read a lot of comments, I still choose to support this campaign. It’s more fun in the Philippines! I can testify why I support this campaign.

On the first day of 2012, my church mates went to Panglao Island. Many would go to Panglao Island to swim in the beaches. But us, we went there not just to swim but to play slipper game. More fun! One of my churchmates has a relative who tends an undeveloped beach located in between the famous and luxurious Bohol Beach Club and Eskaya Resort. Thus, our accommodation was free! The place is quiet and you can truly appreciate the beauty of nature!

The whole cast

At first glance, it is a white sand beach!

Others who did not play, they collected sea shells.

Now, let's play Slipper Game.

Strike and run.

Let's get assemble and never let Jason run the home base.

Exciting! The slipper in the end was catched by Ralj!

The striker, the pitcher and the catcher.

Ralj's team is a great catcher!

By seeing these pictures, didn’t we have fun? We perfectly had fun! What was more was that we used the place for free! If you observed, our age bracket ranged from 13 years old to 26 years old. We didn’t have much income but we still managed to enjoy luxurious amenities like this.

So… after playing slipper game, we continued to eat the snacks we prepared. And right at that moment, the sky created itself a magnificent sunset right in front of our eyes. It was so wonderful! Beautiful! Perfect! We enjoyed taking pictures of ourselves with the beautiful sunset.

Panoramic view of the beach.

Beautiful panoramic view.

How great is our God that He created this masterpiece?

And how blessed is our country that we have more than 7000 views of sunsets

Happy Tisay!

So romantic!

Most of us are still young (not me LOL) yet at this early age, we already appreciate how beautiful the country is. For now while we don’t have much budget, travelling in our very own province is a good start! Yeah, let us travel the whole Philippines! Who can appreciate the beauty of the Philippines more than anyone else but us, Filipinos! Let us support this DOT’s campaign, It’s more fun in the Philippines! Developed tourism means more jobs for Filipinos. More jobs for Filipinos means rising Philippines! Okay. Thank you for reading!

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Merry Christmas everyone!

Posted on December 24, 2011 by Macky

I wish everyone a joyful Christmas! Let there be peace on earth. I will be spending my Christmas tonight in the office. So I thought to write a quick post!

Merry Christmas! I stood on the street somewhere in Gorordo while waiting for a 17B jeepney to pass by and I noticed this simple lantern. It shines the small corner of the street. I gazed at the lantern and was mesmerized. It has a spell that gives joy to anyone who looks at it. I smiled for a moment just in time I stopped a jeepney that brought me to the office.

We bring an offering of worship to our King
No one on earth deserves the praises that we sing
Jesus, may you receive the honor that your due
Oh Lord we bring an offering to you.
We are an offering to you!

Christmas Offering – Casting Crowns

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Revisiting the Taoist Temple in Cebu City, Philippines

Posted on December 23, 2011 by Macky

Almost three years ago, I visited the famous Taoist Temple in Cebu City as one of the itineraries of our educational tour in college. That was my first time to visit the place. During the tour, I learned a lot about the culture of Chinese people who still practiced Taoism (though most of them are now Christians), well thanks to our tour guide, but now, it seems that all those things I learned are gone.

CompE 5 Class 6, during our educational tour in Taoist Temple

For a person who now lives and works in Cebu City, revisiting the place is not a priority but suddenly, cousins from Iligan City came. I do not know where else I can bring them except for malls. So one thing that came into my mind is the Taoist Temple.

Seeing the entrance gate makes you feel that the place is unique from any others. This is the first scene we saw right after the taxi driver dropped us.

If Catholics have bells in their churches, Taoist Temples also have theirs. I do not know if this thing serves its purpose but the Yin Yang symbol intrigues me.

Cousins posed for a picture. Noticed what you see on the background? Do you see a replica of the Great Wall of China? *smiles*

The Taoist Temple with multi colored paint. The structure made you think you just landed in China.

A lot of Cebuanos took a picture of this dragon with themselves.

The spacious area beside the temple.

The higher elevation of the temple

The spacious area of the temple. On the left is the replica of the Great Wall of China, that is the passage from the entrance gate.

I just love the lanterns at the ceiling.

The dragons ready to breathe fire on the roof

The dragons ready to breathe fire on the temple's roof

The dragon structure on the roof

The lamps

My cousin with the mini temple found on the highest elevation of the temple.

The fisherman? A lot of coins on the pond. But I read a sign not to throw any coins. Just confusing!

The tiger. They said that dragons and tigers symbolize the yin yang. Maybe this explains why the temple has a lot of dragon and tiger structures.

The famous spot. We did took a picture with my college buddies at this angle one time. So I said this is the famous spot.

Cebu City Taoist Temple. I just love the tigers, the dragons and the multi colored hues of the temple.

The exit gate. I remember when we had our tour, the bus parked here.

So our tour of the Taoist Temple stopped there. To experience it differently, it would be more awesome if you try and visit the place sometime. The place is free and open to the public. Though it is open, you need to observe silence and follow the signs while in the said temple. The management is strict especially if you are noisy, they won’t stop reprimanding you.

The Taoist Temple is located in Beverly Hills, Lahug, Cebu City. The temple is also a good place to see the aerial view of Cebu City. You can ride a taxi to go there but if you are familiar of the whereabouts of Cebu City, you can ride in jeppneys 17B/17C/17D/04C/04L/04B/04H and just stopped by in Sudlon, Lahug (tell the driver, Sudlon is near JY Mall) and then ride a habalhabal /motorcycle from Sudlon to the Taoist Temple or hike if you have enough energy.

Thank you guys for reading!

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