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NEW DELHI: Chinese company Xiaomi and HRX, India's first home grown fitness brand have signed a strategic business partnership to boost the fitness wearable category in India. The two brands are co-launching Mi Band – HRX Edition.
Mi Band – HRX Edition will be on sale at a price of Rs. 1299, starting from September 18th on Mi.com and Mi Home stores. Following that, from September 20th it will also be available across Flipkart, Amazon, and Myntra.
Mi Band HRX Edition will also be available for a special preview sale at our fitness partner in Bangalore – Curefit, on the Curefit app and all Cult fitness centres between 18 to 20 September.
The blue color strap will be available at a price of Rs. 299
Mi Band – HRX Edition is an adaptation of Xiaomi's successful Mi Band 2 for its Indian Mi fans. Mi Band 2 is the world's leading fitness wearable with 3.5 million units being sold globally in Q2, as per IDC. Xiaomi is the #1 wearable vendor worldwide with 13.4 percent as per IDC Q2 report.
The business partnership between Xiaomi and HRX is a step forward in fostering fitness as a part of lifestyle by making the wearable category affordable and accessible to Indians.
Both brands share a common vision, which led to a promising business partnership. Xiaomi believes in bringing innovation to everyone and making high end technology affordable so that everyone can enjoy it. HRX also believes in creating an inspiring and motivating people to become the best version of them. Mi Band – HRX Edition is a utilitarian and innovative fitness device that is in perfect sync with both brand philosophies.
Mi Band – HRX Edition boasts over 23 days of usage on a single charge, thanks to the low-energy Bluetooth 4.0 chipset, and a power efficient OLED display. It can monitor your steps, calories burnt, and sleep patterns, as well as display notifications including incoming calls or text messages.
Manu Jain, Vice President, Xiaomi and Managing Director, Xiaomi India: "Mi Band 2 was an extremely popular product for Xiaomi in India and with Mi Band – HRX Edition, we decided to invest in the product further to take our vision of innovation for everyone' one step ahead. With Indians becoming more fitness conscious with each passing day, Indian fitness category is at an extremely dynamic stage and we believe the partnership between HRX and Xiaomi for Mi Band – HRX Edition makes it a perfect fitness device for all."
Hrithik Roshan, Founder, HRX: "I always envisioned HRX to be a platform that could inspire people to be the best version of themselves. Partnering with Xiaomi to launch the Mi Bands – HRX Edition is an opportune decision as they are in sync with our philosophy. In today's fast paced life a lot of commitment is required while keeping up a healthy regime therefore a fitness tracker is the first step that can help in maintaining discipline. I believe that this will be the next Best Buy for all fitness enthusiasts."
Afsar Zaidi, Co-Founder, HRX: "Our aim at HRX is to expand our presence across the realms of fitness and wellness ecosystem. The partnership of Xiaomi and HRX is a key part of our strategy as we work towards inspiring people who want to become the best version of them. HRX has established itself as a leader in the home-grown space with its competitive price points and quality which we will continue to offer with this very special collaboration. We are building a culture and this product is a facilitator"


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We've moved to a pod structure at work. This means we're working in smaller teams on like features. Our team was getting quite big, so communication was getting lost. This is actually much more effective, just more work on the producers to manage multiple smaller teams.
We voted on naming our pod and Cat Gang somehow passed. Though I wasn't super excited about it, the thought of being able to make us cute little cats was the highlight. I'm working on our kittycatures now but been sketching cute little roundups of the Cat Gang.
Here we are at Cat Camp to mark the beginning of summer.

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text: Dynamo Dash is a champion, and member of the Bizarro X-Men, a supergroup consisting of himself, Maros, and Scrub Club Records alumnus King Pheenix. An avid fan of various anime and sci-fi shows, Dynamo Dash has a varrying range of musical taste stretching from death metal, video game soundtracks, and even to j-pop. Dynamo Dash enjoys rpgs, classic console gaming, and Taco Bell.


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Easy Television Access
Easy Television Access is a browser extension that changes browser settings and adds a toolbar below the browser's URL address box. After analyzing the application, malware researchers categorized it as a browser hijacker. The category already suggests that the Easy Television Access program should be removed from the computer. The program can be spread alongside other free programs and installed without your permission, which may cause a lot of changes and difficulties. More important, Easy Television Access promotes the search provider Search.searchetan.com, which may retrieve malicious search results in an attempt to cause harm. Because of all these features, it is highly advisable to remove Easy Television Access from Internet browsers and consider implementing a reliable antimalware program to prevent similar issues in the future.
Easy Television Access, also called Easy Television Access Now, may seem a regular browser extension as it has the official website Easytelevisionaccessnow.com. The website gives users basic information about the software, including the major feature allowing users to access favorite TV streaming websites with one click. However, no specific websites offered by the extension are mentioned, which means that the user can find them out only after installation. Moreover, the official website does warn visitors that the startup page of new tabs will be changed to easytelevisionaccessnow.com after installing the program. Once you click on the button to download the Easy Television Access program, a pop-up notification asking your permission to install the program and access your browser settings appears on the screen. The program wants your permission for managing your extensions, themes, and other settings, which is quite typical to such applications. Nevertheless, you may not like the changes implemented by this application.
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The toolbar added to the browsers offers quick access to several websites, including the news website news.mynewswire.co and TV streaming website search.searchofva.com. According to the privacy policy and terms of use, Easy Television Access is not oriented towards revealing your identity or obtaining valuable information. It is claimed that it does not collect personal information, but some identifiable information may be collected when you interact with the Easy Television Access team or on certain websites storing your credentials. Like the majority of browser extensions, Easy Television Access collects information about your browsing behavior and may sell the information obtained to third parties.
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What is really needed, in South Africa and Africa in particular, is a currency that is trustworthy and cannot be manipulated by corrupt government institutions to feed themselves and their families. There must come a time where we eliminate the state altogether and transect among ourselves with a currency whose value can only be determined by us. I am not saying SAFcoin is that currency but there surely must be such a currency in future.


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As I have described before, I find my own visage reminiscent of something squiddish. Or at least I did. Some peculiar change has taken place recently in the face that lives in the ocean at the bottom of the mirror that cannot entirely be explained by my all too tardy discovery of eyebrow pencils. No, there is something inexplicably different and almost, human about the overall mask. It's uncannily like I am simply Homo sapiens like you and not a demon-spawed sea-creature abomination. Could it be that I've transformed through some cephalopodic adolescence into my mature form? A flood of aquatic hormones that has flushed out the adolescent obsession with facial paranoia? A transition where dysmorphia is displaced by clarity.
It's funny how a slight change in perspective can alter perception so vastly. The monster under the bed retreats into its former scarf and slippers form with the flick of a switch but I'm left wondering which switch got flicked this time, and how do I keep the light on?
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The Walk is an adaptive fitness app from the makers of Zombies, Run! and the NHS. With over three month's worth of super immersive story telling, and hundreds of miles of walking, it helps to establish long term fitness habits. Broader in its appeal than the aforementioned Zombies, Run! The Walk begins with a terrorist attack at Inverness Station. You must escape the city and walk the length of the country, deciding who to trust along the way. The app tracks your steps, how long you've walked for, and rewards you with adventure to keep you moving.
Why we love it:
- Gameplay adjusts its difficulty based on the individual.
- Motivates long term activity habits.
- Packed with maps, collectible items and engaging characters.


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Begag, Azouz: "Mai 1945 à Sétif. Genèse d'une bande dessinée." In: Contemporary French and Francophone Studies 17.1 (2013), S. 99–116.
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Keywords: "Leçons coloniales", Begag. Azouz, Defali. Djillali, Frankreich, Historische Themen, Memoria, Postkolonialismus, Schaffensprozess
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This article discusses the origins of the bande dessinée [comic] album Leçons coloniales (2012), for which the author wrote the script, with illustrations by Djillali Defali. The album focuses on the build-up to the massacres that took place in May 1945 in and near the Algerian town of Sétif in response to nationalist demonstrations in favor of independence from France. The author's parents lived at that time in the nearby village of El Ouricia, where they worked on the farm of a French settler before migrating to France a few years before independence. In the course of researching the historical context for the book, the author made contact with a grandson of the farmer for whom his parents had worked and arranged a meeting in the course of which his elderly mother and the descendant of the settler for whom she had worked reminisced over their childhood memories of El Ouricia.
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In winter, Park City, Utah is a popular destination for snow sports, and in the summer it's popular with hikers and bikers. But more than 145 years ago, people rushed to Park City seeking silver. This small town's 300 silver mines were some of America's most productive and longest lasting. The first mining claim was […]
Calico Lives Again
Part living-history museum and part family-friendly tourist attraction, Calico Ghost Town Regional Park in the Southern California desert is anything but dead. Thousands of visitors come to this western town every year to tour the underground Maggie Mine, ride the narrow-gauge Calico & Odessa Railroad, pan for gold, shop, and attend special events. A large campground makes it convenient to stay awhile. The town's identity comes from the surrounding Calico Mountains, so named for their multi-colored rocks and minerals. It was this patchwork of color that enabled a few fortunate miners to strike it rich over a century ago.
Rise and Fall of the Mighty Argo
The Argo Gold Mill and Tunnel in Idaho Springs, Colorado, made quite an impact on the state's mining history. From its completion in 1913 until a fatal accident 30 years later, many miners were able to strike it rich thanks to the technology and efficiency provided by the mill and the tunnel. The best way to learn about this significant time in the Centennial State's past is to visit the Argo Gold Mine and Mill, now a national historic site.
Renovated and opened to the public in 1978 as an educational tour, the site has retained most of the original equipment used for processing gold ore. A visit includes a self-guided tour of the Double Eagle gold mine, and a gold panning lesson. But the main attraction here is not a mine tour, but rather a mill tour with a history lesson thrown in. The bottom level of the five-story mill serves as a museum filled with mining relics and interesting old photographs.


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30,000 pounds of Red Bull spill onto Florida highway
ROCKLEDGE, Fla. - Thousands of gallons of Red Bull spilled onto Interstate 95 in central Florida after two tractor-trailers collided.
The Florida Highway Patrol says the crash happened Monday evening near Rockledge.
Troopers say the truck hauling more than 30,000 pounds of Red Bull was heading north when the driver tried to move over to the center lane because another truck was disabled on the shoulder of the road.
The driver told troopers his attempt to move over was made impossible by traffic in the lane next to him, reports CBS affiliate WKMG in Orlando.
When the driver swerved back into the outside lane, his truck sideswiped the parked vehicle. The trailer on the first truck ripped open and the energy drink spilled onto the road.
The driver of the truck was ticketed for failure to maintain a single lane. No injuries were reported.


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Canadian payroll providers take note; the minimum wage in Alberta increases as of September 1st.
Most Alberta employers must pay their employees, including students and youth, at least the minimum wage. The minimum wage in Alberta is set out in the Employment Standards Regulation and is as follows:
- an hourly minimum wage of $9.75 ($9.95 effective September 1, 2013) for most employees;
- an hourly minimum wage of $9.05 for employees serving liquor as part of their regular job;
- a weekly minimum wage of $389 ($397 effective September 1, 2013) for many salespersons, including land agents and certain professionals; and
- a monthly minimum wage of $1,854 ($1,893 effective September 1, 2013) for domestic employees.
However, certain categories of employees are exempt from the minimum wage requirement in the Regulation.
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On 200 pristine acres, this is no ordinary property and no ordinary barn! Rustic AND elegant, the 2 story barn offers 3 horse stalls, tack room, horse shower, 1/2 basketball court, batting cage, exercise room as well as living space with 3 bedrooms, 3 full baths, custom kitchen and great room. With wood floors gleaned and imported from a tobacco factory, custom cabinets, granite counters, you will not believe you are in a barn! The property also offers a corral, 2300+sf shop with additional equipment storage, a 2 bedroom cabin w/woodburning fireplace and game room, hunter's bunkhouse, oversized 3 car garage, and 2000sf hay barn. Annual and perennial food plots, multiple deer stands, 2 ponds, year-round creeks, rifle/hatchet/archery targets, and trails throughout allow for hunting, fishing, horseback riding, four wheeling, etc.. An unbelievable outdoor paradise with custom details too numerous to mention... you have to see this property in person to truly appreciate it!
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Today, a great world mystery was solved by Mike Isaac, a writer at tech news site AllThingsD.
Isaac unmasked the owner of Boo, "the world's cutest dog."
No, really. Boo is the world's cutest dog. Google it. Or check out the book that came out last year.
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According to Isaac, Boo belongs to Irene Ahn, a finance lead at Facebook. She joined the company in 2008 from Yahoo.
Ahn's identity as Boo's "mom" has never been revealed before. She's used the stage name J.H. Lee to keep the spotlight on her dog.
Boo is known around the world with nearly 5 million Facebook fans. We spoke to Boo's publicist at Chronicle Books, April Whitney, to get some more color.
Whitney says not many people get rich publishing books, but according to her, Boo's first book was "pretty successful."
The $12.95 title went to market last summer and has since been published in ten languages—Portuguese, Finnish, French, German, Norwegian, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Turkish, and a Chinese-language edition sold in Taiwan.
Thanks to the success of Boo's first book, he has a second that will be released soon called Boo: Little Dog In The Big City. It's about Boo and his friend Buddy talking on their city, San Francisco, and it will also retail for $12.95.
Chronicle Books has also released a calendar for Boo, which sells for $13.99. In addition, Boo has a line of Gund stuffed animals coming out and an A-B-C book for children.
While Whitney didn't confirm Ahn as the owner, she did talk a little bit about Boo's owner. Boo and his owner live in San Francisco. She also says Boo's owner never sought fame or fortune.
"She didn't contact us, we contacted her when Boo only had 60,000 Facebook fans," says Whitney. "It might appear to people like she's creating all these things for Boo, but the only online presence she's made for him is his Facebook page."
Whitney says everything else that's online about Boo, including his Twitter account, his YouTube videos, and his website, are fake.
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The Alabama House and Senate versions of the Local Control School Flexibility Act are both lined up for final passage in the Senate.
The House passed H.84 by a 65-37 vote last Thursday. On Feb. 20, the Senate Education Policy Committee approved H.84 (Fincher), the House version of the Local School Flexibility bill without any amendments. This marks a significant change from last week when the same committee added an AEA amendment to the Senate bill, S.54 (Holtzclaw). That amendment restricted options that are still available in the House version. Now, bill sponsor Sen. Bill Holtzclaw has both versions of the bill to work with for final passage in the Senate.
The Senate committee rejected an amendment Feb. 20 that listed 36 items to exclude from the waiver process. Many of those items are already excluded, either because they are listed in a specified statute exception, a federal requirement exception or within a health and safety exception. The committee chairman closed the door to amendments after discussion of the first several amendments noting the individual amendments can be offered on the Senate floor. The committee approved H.84, without amendment, by a 5-3-1 vote.
Voting YES in favor of the bill: Sens. Bill Holtzclaw; Gerald Allen; Dick Brewbaker; Del Marsh and Shadrack McGill.
Abstaining: Sen. Trip Pittman
Voting NO: Sen. Figures, Ross and Sanders.
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The year the world is supposed to end is about to end. A year which filled my memory vault almost to a full. Something I will look back in earnest disbelief (and bragging rights) that I've experienced it all in a span of one year. In between the struggles of everyday living, I am proud to sandwich days and nights, in the company of friends and other nameless strangers who've all been a part of my over-all literal and figurative journey. From rushing to pack my backpack, chasing time of departures, hopping from one bus to another, getting starved in the middle of an outstanding scenery, falling in love and then some. 2012 definitely is one for the books.
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Saturday, December 22, 2012
Nomadic Experiences of 2012: From the Halifax Airport Lounge Until a Long December
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Sunday, December 16, 2012
[Insert Adjectives Here] at Tinago Falls in Iligan
Like a miracle pill, Tinago waterfalls presents a soothing cure for any hangover, it washes away each unsavory tendencies with its strong current. In the drunkenness of life, how each sways and falls drives anyone to search, find and eventually marvel at a place like this, only to realize that nature at its finest is bullshits' alter ego. As the white water spew out from the river above and cuts through the tiny cracks of the high rise rock formation. The blue colored water surrounded by the lush vegetation, forms an inviting pool. Notwithstanding the embarrassing attempt by men to construct un-necessary infrastructures around, while threatening the waterfalls, one can still describe the place in all favorable adjectives.
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Labels: Iligan, Lauren Denoga, mindanao, Tinago Falls, waterfalls
Monday, December 10, 2012
Eyeballing Maria Cristina Falls in Iligan
I've already heard about Maria Cristina Falls as early as when I was still focused on toys and playground noise. I'm pretty sure my Sibika and Kultura teacher hasn't seen it up close then. But, the way she described it while reading from the book, sounded like it was a sight to see. It was one of those moments at school when my mind would travel far and wide and beaming with rich imagination, I would paint a picture of the Maria Cristina in my head and wonder if ever matches its real image. I find it fascinating now that I grew up and had this opportunity to visit the places I once learned in grade school. I finally had my chance of eyeballing Maria Cristina Falls up close. Part of the Agus river in Mindanao, the towering waterfalls standing 321.5 feet, stares back at me with only the blitzkrieg sound enveloping the surrounding. I directed my eyes back in a locked stare-down. Unlike a pair of prize fighters looking at each other with bad intentions, mine was injected with nothing but pure admiration.
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Labels: Iligan, Lauren Denoga, Lumineers, Ma. Cristina Falls, mindanao, waterfalls
Sunday, November 25, 2012
Post End of the World Travel Plans
If I were to believe the Mayan prophecy then there's no need for me to make travel plans beyond 2012. However, since I'm already penciling out destinations for 2013 - that means the hell with the world crumbling and those end of times murmurs in 2012. I expect my feet to walk over new grounds next year from the far bending corners of the Philippines to Indonesia to Myanmar, Laos, India and to far away Montreal in Canada. There's a satisfying sense just thinking about it all. But, playing the idea in your head is different than making it happen. That's where all the heist-like planning comes into place. This early I've been scouring the world wide web to find budget friendly hotels and booking plane tickets at a bargain price. I already got lucky with a very cheap round-trip ticket I scored to Jakarta later next year, so I must remain like a CIA-trained shadow surveying for more great deals.
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Labels: Blog Carnival, Canada, Epic Potato, India, Indonesia, Laos, Montreal, Myanmar, thailand, travel plan
Friday, November 23, 2012
Greens and Sierra Madre as Far as the Eyes Can See.
A couple of months back, while me and Lauren was in the midst of what we call as epic moments construction phase as friends, we always find ourselves opting to take an out of town trip as opposed to hanging out on smokey bars. The most recent was our 6-day Mindanao trip which took us to the provinces of Maguindanao, Lanao del Norte, Zamboanga del Sur and Sultan Kudarat. During the early stages of our timeline as best friends, we went to this place situated in Tanay, Rizal. Lauren discovered it about a year ago when she was looking for affordable travel deals online. Sierra Madre Resorts at first glance looks like the rough and tumble, long forgotten and abandoned resort - protruding in a low-key appearance beside Marcos Hi-Way in Brgy. Mayagay.
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Labels: Epic Potato, Lauren Denoga, reviews, Rizal, Robin Padilla, Sierra Madre Resorts, Tanay
Thursday, November 15, 2012
Sultan Kudarat: No Danzig, But Us at Kalamansig
After a couple of hours of ragged joyride along the scenic Upi-Lebak National Hi-way, we finally reached the town of Lebak as darkness starts to take a bite of the remaining sunlight. We were there for enough time to stretch our legs, because as quickly after we shook off our cramps we boarded a tricycle for a six kilometer trip to the next municipality of Kalamansig. As the beautiful scenery we encountered on the way to Lebak wasn't enough, we saw the sun as it slowly fades away in the horizon as we passed by the vast green rice fields. Rolling smoothly on the highway I saw the towering trees deeply rooted at both sides with branches extending and touching each other at the center of the road. Looking up I could see the welcoming party already.
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Labels: Epic Potato, Kalamansig, Lauren Denoga, Lumineers, Sultan Kudarat
Sunday, November 11, 2012
Chapter 3: The Lightness of Meeting an Old Romantic Tagbanwa Couple
Under gloomy skies and over calm waters, our boat threaded the stillness of the sea unto a place not frequented by tourists. Passing through tiny islands dominated by edgy limestone cliffs, to which our boatman Russell points to, as some of the treacherous path leading to hidden lakes, where the people of the Tagbanua tribe collects their supply for the birds' nest trade. I imagined a scenario of what it feels like being transported back in the 1950's and instead of going to Coron Island, we are heading to the mysterious Asmat region in Papua New Guinea.
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Friday, November 9, 2012
Sultan Hassanal Bolkiah Masjid: The Golden Mosque of Cotabato City
Mere minutes from stepping out of an AirPhil Express' flight to Cotabato City, a different kind of smoldering excitement stuttered up my veins. I've heard a lot about this city, mostly negative ones. The kind that warns you not to go out walking on your own and other paranoia fed by mainstream media. As Lauren and I got out of the small airport terminal, we were greeted by dozens of marines manning their positions, armed with long rifles, standing on guard with an alert set of eyes, hidden behind their dark rip-off Oakley sunglasses - the kind of gaze that makes you feel it at the back of your head. I nodded at one of them and a few of them smiled back. I said to myself, here we are now, in the city most often mis-understood and I wonder if I will go home with a new found understanding of this city, or be just one of those who'll say "I told ya so - the place is dangerous". I remember that moment, as we flagged a tricycle driver to take us to the Golden Mosque, the feeling of fear is in a wait-and-see situation.
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Labels: Airphil Express, Cotabato City, Golden Mosque, Lauren Denoga, mindanao, Sultan Hassanal Bolkiah Masjid
Monday, November 5, 2012
Film Pirates & Surfers of Dahican Beach in Mati, Davao Oriental
After a hot day under the sun, of breaking rocks proportion and enjoying the ardent mood of Kadayawan Festival in Davao City. I joined a small group of avid film photographers; Lauren, Master Erick and Surfer Kara, right off the bat early the next day, on a journey to the city of Mati - the capital of Davao Oriental. Our mission was to find some waves and shoot some outstanding scenery, either digitally-in my case and on old school film. If there's any indication of what their bag of film cameras suggests, the trio are indeed armed to their teeth. Lomography speaking.
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Labels: Dahican Beach, Davao, Davao Oriental, Lomo, Mati, Surfing
Tuesday, October 16, 2012
Chapter 2: The Pre-Drench Chain Gang on a Hula-Loop of Coron
The alarm clock sounded pass 5:30 am, I saw a tinge of natural lighting accompanied by the sound of rain seeping through the small gap of the curtain inside our room at Coron Eco Lodge. It rained hard the previous day and throughout the night. I've left the thought of a sunny incursion around Coron inside the cold case filing cabinet in my head. Well, how could I complain at how things were shaping up to that point. Although, still unknowingly - we both were at that time. A Lumineer moment was taking place all along and this particular day was just about to get even better.
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Labels: Coron, Coron Eco Lodge, Flip N Travels, FlipTravels, Lauren Denoga, Lumineers, Palawan, Pandelicious, Twin Lagoon, twin peaks
Wednesday, October 10, 2012
The Kids of Gubat, Sorsogon Decides To Read
"So many books, so little time."
― Frank Zappa
In the case of the students of Rizal Elementary School in Gubat, Sorsogon. It used to be the other way around. There were no books because there wasn't a library in the first place. All that has changed now. Remember this Book Sharing Project a couple of months ago? well, people heeded that call and donated large sums of money and used books. The end result is a brand new library with painted walls, newly-constructed bookshelves and more importantly, books that will make any kid beam with delight and whisper to him/herself "So many books.."
|the new library
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Labels: book project, gubat, Library, Sorsogon
Sunday, October 7, 2012
Dante Varona Unchained at San Juanico Bridge
I remember when I was growing up in our old neighborhood in Paranaque, there was this tricycle driver whom everybody calls "King". He has disheveled features: long black beard and a semi-handlebar mustache that matches to a thick hair that appeared to haven't felt the sweep of a comb for years. He has an air of a mysterious man who doesn't talk much, but was widely known for having a short temper--especially if you pay him a 20 peso bill for a 1 peso tricycle fare. There were murmurs going around, probably made up by adults to scare off kids like me, that he was the mysterious stuntman named Dante Varona. Urban legend says that after Dante Varona jumped off from the highest point of San Juanico Bridge, blood flowed out of his eyes, ears and nose and was almost feared dead. Afterwards, he vanished into a recluse under the guise of a new name and profession.
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Labels: Blog Carnival, Dante Varona, Leyte, Samar, San Juanico Bridge
Monday, October 1, 2012
Chapter 1: Pre-Lumineers' Arrival in Coron
This has been my third time in Coron, Palawan. If any, I should be writing this in a routine manner with eyes closed and using only one hand, while the other one makes a salami sandwich. Narrating the 'I did this, we did that, went there and ate at this place, stayed at Coron Eco Lodge'. However, this trip wasn't anywhere near average. It was in fact, a 'some kind of wonderful happened' kind of trip. We agreed to be better of as friends post Palaui trip. It culminated when Lauren and I finally realized we'd be living our life more amazingly by traveling with friends. And a song by the Lumineers, listened on a pair of earphones shared between us two, while waiting for our plane back to Manila, has opened our eyes to this wonderful awakening.
|Farting wont make the water any less hotter
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Labels: Coron, Coron Eco Lodge, Epic Potato, Flip N Travels, Lauren Denoga, Lumineers
Sunday, September 30, 2012
Lake Bulusan: Where Bad Folks Don't Go
According to the Meat Puppets, bad folks end up in a lake of fire. The good folks, though end up in some scenic lake elsewhere. I have reasons to feel like we were a bunch of good folks heading to Bulusan Volcano Natural Park that day. Accompanied by the humble Mayor Ronel Lim of Gubat, Sorsogon and a day removed from kick starting the book sharing project. We set foot and gazed our eyes at this body of water covered by a lush forest. The calm presence of this lake presents a stunning contrast to a force of nature situated beside it. Lake Bulusan is located at the foot of Mount Bulusan, a still active volcano which stands 5,135 feet and last erupted in February 2011.
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Labels: book project, Bulusan Lake, Sorsogon
Monday, September 17, 2012
In Pursuit of Biliran's Waterfalls
On the first sight of light, I disembarked from my plane resting on the tarmac of Daniel Romualdez Airport in Tacloban City. My mission were loud and clear, like a shimmery disco ball, circling at the every beat of a Bee Gees song "Staying Alive". If I wanna come back alive, I've to fulfill the top secret orders bestowed upon me. One by one, every single one of em, I must hunt them down. The most wanted waterfalls of Biliran Island province. Lock and loaded with a 4 gig memory card I walked past airport security and into a waiting jeepney into downtown Tacloban. From there, I rode a van-van for a two and a half hour journey into the land of fast flowing waters.
|Tinago Falls (There's also a Tinago Falls in Iligan)
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Labels: Biliran, Tinago Falls, Ulan Ulan Falls, waterfalls
Wednesday, September 12, 2012
Spyder Surge: Biking Around Marikina Semi - Gangnam Style
I always wanted to buy another bike since my last one was stolen at our then home in Pasig, by a member of the "Spiderman Club" a few years ago. (sings Queen's "Bicycle Race") One of my best friend, Don is an avid biker and I am itching to join him on one of his biking jaunt around the Metro and nearby provinces such as Rizal, Laguna, Batangas, Bulacan, Pampanga and Zambales. While my stamina is 500 miles away from being back to tip top shape, I tried going around the island of Siquijor on a bicycle in February of this year. I lasted a few miles before my legs gave up on me. That experience though, reminded me of the joy of riding a bike en route to anywhere, whether its in a bustling city like Marikina and Makati or a scenic countryside like in Siquijor. For good or ill, I will save up for a bicycle in the neccesarily near- future. As the lady from the office of the Marikina Bikeways aptly says "A bicycle on the road is one less car off the road". You can't get any eco-friendly transporting from one place to another than that.
|Photo credit: Jun Reynales of http://photographedbyjunreynales.blogspot.com/
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Labels: Biking, Marikina, Spyder, Spyder Surge
Saturday, September 1, 2012
Go Hotels Dumaguete
During my first trip to Dumaguete early this year, I stayed at a budget hostel - the kind of place a traveler would just sleep on, take a shower and that's it. That's why my second trip to Dumaguete, also of this year was like Mr. Chow and an average Joe apart. I got the chance to stay at GoHotels Dumaguete, it is advertised as 'a place for every Juan' but without the torturous state of accommodation, because in actuality, the place can really compete among the priciest hotels all over the country. It is best described as a boutique hotel - fancy looking, neat, stylish and most of all very affordable.
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Tuesday, August 28, 2012
Enchanted River: Unearthly Basin of the Deep Blue
"♫♪♫ I belong with you, you belong with me you're my sweetheart
I belong with you, you belong with me you're my sweet (Ho!) ♫♪♫"
Sings the fairy as he moves his wings in rapid flipping, unseen by the object of his desire, a beautiful girl staring, jaw dropped in fascination at the blue colored waters of what everyone now calls "Enchanted River". The male love-stuck fairy dishes a magical spell but everytime he points his wand towards the girl, a sound of "pfffft" is created. The other fairies laughed at him in jest unison. The earthly woman took off her outer clothing revealing a two piece suit that further outlines her vivacious curves. The Romeo wannabe fairy meanwhile, all resigned to the fact that his world can never become one with that of the woman, sat idle on a little stone, tears flowing down his eyes wondering how it feels like to be a human of the Earthly world.
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Labels: Enchanted River, Hinatuan, Surigao del Sur
Friday, August 24, 2012
For Whom the Tinuy-an Falls
I am no drifter recruited to blow up a bridge in a Hemmingway novel. I am though, stunned at the massive force of the rampaging waters of Tinuy-an. It spans 95 meters wide, like fronting an aircraft on the runway about to ran you over, the sound of the water falling from its 180 feet top mimics a roaring engine. Moving slowly towards it, cutting distance in slow and careful strides, the more enthralling it becomes. Soon you feel splashes of water being drooped over you as if a dog was shaking its dripping wet coat. Just when I thought I've seen it at a none better perspective from where I was standing, I noticed a rainbow planted near the foot of the waterfalls. Wow, it must be how the hippies felt when they saw Hendrix performing at Woodstock in 1969. Alright, enough of pop-culture references.
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Labels: Bislig, Mangagoy, Surigao del Sur, Tinuy-an Falls
Monday, August 13, 2012
A Woodstock of Pebble Rocks in Mabua
In the not so far outskirts of Surigao City, a throng of edgy, colliding rockers lies unusually subdued, well rested and only head bangs against each other when stepped upon. These are the pebble rockers of barangay Mabua, simply known as "Pebble Beach". The place defies the popular belief, same way as this madame defies the logic that thin women are the only sexy vixens on Earth - that a beautiful beach, to be considered as such, should constitute only fine granule of sands. As this shingle beach shows, these smooth, oval shaped sedimentary rocks are making a strong case against the prevailing concept that only sandy beaches are worth visiting.
|view from a nearby Hill
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Labels: Mabua, Pebble Beach, Sayongsong, Surigao City
Sunday, August 5, 2012
Romblon: Looting Scenery on a Day Hike to Gomot Falls
Still reeling like a junkie who just smoked a bundle of weed from the previous night's "Bikini Open", I woke up from a dream where I found myself trapped in an island along with the eleven other bikini clad contestants. Only to find later on that "number 3" was really an alien from outer space intent of killing me while I elope with "number 2" and "number 4". To understand what I'm talking about, you can read the background story here. The sun was up early and birds were chirping by the window of the guest room of Barangay Kapitan Bibo Porras' home. I stood up from my bed half wishing my dream was real, I went outside and saw our two guides Inggo and his cousin Wladimir already waiting for us at the porch.
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Labels: Gomot Falls, Romblon, Sibuyan Island
Wednesday, August 1, 2012
Postcard Series: Pebble N' Rolla
My feet aren't planted over fine white sands, rather it labored walking over multi-sizes of pebble rocks. West of Surigao City in the seaside town of Mabua, a different kind of beach awaits travelers used to drawing stick figures on beach shores. A friction factory of banging rocks, many of which bigger than the human hand, of various shapes but equally lethal when thrown at ya. It's rock n' rolla, its breaking rocks under the hot sun indeed. Keep on rocking in the free world, this time, in this place. It's Pebbles and roll!.
|You don't make sand castles on this beach, rather you build stone houses.
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Labels: Mabua, Pebble Beach, Postcard series, Surigao City
Sunday, July 29, 2012
Nomadic Video 6: Romblon
The music of the Clash's "Police on my Back" provides the necessary beat to this random video footage I shot during our trip to Romblon last May. There were no police chasing us, just us hot on the trail of new places to see and experience. From the long 10-hour sea journey, toploading and island hopping from Romblon, Romblon to Sibuyan and back to Tablas island, eye popping scenery were the normal things to be seen. Judging a bikini open contest, festival food coma and spelunking in the beautiful island of Cobrador, meeting the friendly locals and some members of the indigenous tribe, made it a lock in maximizing my five day trip to this wonderful province - also the hometown of my friend Dazzle, who continued to incursion around the province for the next 20 days together with another travel blogger and photographer Josiah Strong.
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Labels: Bikini Open, Music Video, Romblon, Sibuyan Island, The Clash
Friday, July 20, 2012
Cinema Leonardo: A Silent Hill Retreat in Baguio
It was nearing midnight of a Friday and as I sat at Victory Liner's Cubao terminal, a man being chased by a cop ran beside the post near from where I was sitting. He embraced the post like his life depended on it, to avoid being cuffed by the policeman. With all the reports of summary execution by cops, he might have a reason to hug for dear life. The cop's reasoning was, the tattooed bum was suspected of an attempted bag snatching. My friend, the hipster mum Gaye arrived to witness the end of the low key stand-off, and as the cop dragged the uncooperative suspected thief to the police headquarters, I kind of wish him a day in court and a smooth journey into the usual process of our justice system.
|Spacious ground
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Labels: Baguio, Cinema Leonardo, reviews
Monday, July 16, 2012
Romblon: The Island of Dr. Cobrador
Five-six or even seven hundred years ago when sea explorers approach a strange island, meeting a bloody resistance is a foregone conclusion. Drum rolls of war beat will accompany the sounds of shrieking bayonet and spear armed warriors running across the shore to meet the men aboard the incoming ship. The brutal battle that often ensues transforms the crystal clear blue waters into a sea of red. To the victors, a hell-raising cheer fills the air. To the vanquished, their decapitated bodies and pieces of flesh, reduced to an offering of feast for the lucky sea creatures. Fortunately, for myself, Dazzle, Josiah and voluptuous Pam, we were aboard a little passenger boat in the present day and the only drum roll we heard upon arriving at Cobrador island, was the one that accompanied a festive welcoming party composed of dancing kids in "Ati-Atihan" costumes.
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Labels: Cobrador Island, Dazzle, Josiah, Romblon, Voluptuous Pam
Wednesday, July 11, 2012
Book Sharing Project in Gubat, Sorsogon
The room the kids call as their own "library" is a 40 square meter of empty space. The walls are untidy and dark, the windows are almost broken to shards. The lone table lies almost deserted by time, unused and nevermore. The only reminder that the room is the school's library was the two small bookcases, that is almost rotten to the core and on the verge of collapse. Dusty and dog eared copy books, about a couple of dozens are placed almost glued together on the two shelves. It wont take a rocket scientist to know, that these books are of no use anymore. That the library itself, in its sad current state is incapable of becoming a room of knowledge for the kids of Rizal Elementary School in Gubat, Sorsogon.
|This is it! We're the library! - With your help, this is about to change
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Monday, July 9, 2012
Romblon: The Bombs of Bikini Atoll
I was sitting there at the judges table with a pencil and a bunch of papers in front of me. What am I doing here? I ask myself. I've never scored anyone wearing a bikini before, In my eyes, anyone who sports a bikini automatically gets a perfect 10 from me (yes, even the singer Adele). I was worried the hometown crowd might not like our "scoring" and might shower us with a resounding "boos" like what the three blind judges of the recent Pacquiao - Bradley bout got. Whatever doubts I had were quickly shattered to smithereens, when contestant number 1 walked above the platform. I ended up staring at her with my 20/20 eyesight and all of a sudden thanking heavens for this gig of staring at these bikini clad women for the rest of the night without having to blush. Things reach fever pitch when Contestant 2 came out and I melted briefly when she made eye contact with me.
|The stage is set..by the beach in Brgy Marigondon
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Sunday, July 8, 2012
A Piece of C in El Nido, Palawan
Like a porn star working on a scene (this time with Sasha Grey) for the third day in a row. Wait, let me rephrase that. Like an experience, equalling a porn star reporting for duty at the tail end of a three day shoot, we took another boat ride early morning of our fourth day in El Nido, still dazed and hang-over from the drinking game with Inah and the three crazy Dutch guys the previous night.
|view from the Matinloc Shrine
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Labels: El Nido, Matinloc Shrine, Palawan
Monday, June 25, 2012
Gulag-like Coldness of Mount Pulag
I woke up in the middle of the night shivering from the cold. I can see my feet covered with my gray socks, but I could not feel it, but its shaking like a live turd out of water. I ask myself what I am doing here, as thoughts of sleeping soundly on my warm bed at home buzzed my head. As the temperature hovers around from 10 to 6 degrees Celsius, every minute becomes colder. It was a moment which I questioned my desire to be there, which expectedly lasted for only a minute.
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Labels: Benguet, Camping, hiking, Mount Pulag, mountaineering, Teacher Ditas, USTMC
Tuesday, June 19, 2012
El Nido, Palawan: Tour B-Hop a Dope
It's already our third day in El Nido and it seems I am getting a good grasp of the place. I'm getting used to the vibe of the town. Who wouldn't be? you walk a little bit further and you'll end up in rows of bars and restaurants fronting the sea. The place itself seems like a stone encapsulated by the towering edges of limestone peaks. It is crawling with tourists who seem to always be in a friendly demeanor, that striking up a conversation is expected for everyone. The locals picks up the hospitality to another level by greeting everyone with a smile, while tour proprietors offers island hopping packages to everyone who walks around town, ready to hit the beach, but never in an imposing manner.
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Labels: couchsurfing, El Nido, Palawan, Tour B
Sunday, June 17, 2012
2012 Globe Tatt Awards Finalist for "The Visualizer"
About a month ago, a former workmate of mine Tess Roldan asked permission if she could nominate me for the upcoming Globe Tatt Awards. Of course I said 'yes' she can, not expecting that it would produce a stunning result like it did when I opened my email a week ago. The email I got informed me that this travel blog has been shortlisted as among the five finalists for the "Visualizer Category"
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Friday, June 15, 2012
A Slow Motion Incursion to Basey, Samar
I woke up with runny nose and a slight chill brought upon by a night lacking in oxygen, reduced to inhaling the cold fake vapor of the air conditioner inside the small room I rented. I thought about sleeping till early afternoon, I felt weakened by a virus I caught somewhere. The urge to cross San Juanico Bridge into the province of Samar seems like a decision that has already been decided. For good or for ill, I must make the crossing, as I have planned it many times, walking back along the whole 2 kilometer stretch of the bridge from Samar and back again to Leyte.
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Labels: Basey, Samar, Spanish Colonial Churches
Wednesday, June 13, 2012
El Nido, Palawan: 25th - 48th Hour
If our first day in Palawan was spent on overdrive en route to El Nido from Puerto Princesa, that has us sapped and left with only enough energy to meet new people that night, while a cover band plays live Pink Floyd and Sublime songs at "Sea Slugs". The second day, energized by a six hour sleep, was spent in a more affable manner while sharing a boat with the same people we met the previous night. This time a couple of French and German students from Hong Kong and a Chinese couple joined our group making us a party of ten about to have a slice of paradise in the "Tour A" island hopping package which costs us only 700 pesos each. (fixed rate)
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Thursday, June 7, 2012
El Nido, Palawan: Paradise Momentarily Disturbed
On our second day in El Nido, Palawan something happened that has me thinking whether I should write it here or not. I realized that I need to take the bad ones along the good ones, knowing the ripe fruits far outweighs the rotten ones. This is one of those moments one hopes will never happen again, a short burst of terror that disrupted paradise. Momentarily.
Me and my friend Pam has just finished our "Tour A" island hopping along with the new friends we met the night before. On our way back to El Nido Plaza Inn, I stopped by a store to buy a pair of slippers. It was then that we heard a loud thud. We shrugged it thinking it was a sound of thunder coming from the direction of the towering limestone cliff covering this scenic town. Unknown to us that time, it was in fact an explosion that happened in front of Entaula Resort, which is located just across the place we're staying for the duration of our trip.
Me and my friend Pam has just finished our "Tour A" island hopping along with the new friends we met the night before. On our way back to El Nido Plaza Inn, I stopped by a store to buy a pair of slippers. It was then that we heard a loud thud. We shrugged it thinking it was a sound of thunder coming from the direction of the towering limestone cliff covering this scenic town. Unknown to us that time, it was in fact an explosion that happened in front of Entaula Resort, which is located just across the place we're staying for the duration of our trip.
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Labels: El Nido, El Nido Plaza Inn, Palawan
Friday, June 1, 2012
Exploring Khao Phanom Bencha National Park in Krabi, Thailand
Yes, southwest Thailand is known for its gorgeous coastline, and I'll admit that the vast majority of my time in the town of Krabi was spent relaxing on the sand. However, my most memorable experience of my holiday in Krabi was exploring Khao Phanom Bencha National Park. Lush and beautiful, the park showed me an entirely different side of Thailand, taking me beyond the beautiful beaches and deep into a truly wild jungle ecosystem.
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Labels: Guest Post, Khao Phanom Bencha, Krabi, thailand
Thursday, May 31, 2012
El Nido, Palawan: 0-24 Hours
Our first day in Palawan can be described as a rough patch for many people in terms of traveling. Not in my case though, part of the joy of traveling are the in-between going from point A to B to C and so on. I was eagerly anticipating the seven-hour bus trip from Puerto Princesa to El Nido. As driven as I am to be a road warrior, I never expected the cruel stretch of dirt road at the last 50 or more kilometers of the trip. It's the part of the journey made tougher by being aboard an ordinary bus. Looking back though, it was one of the best bus moments of my life. The awesome scenery, grinding bumps and near defecating dust made it all memorable and in a crazy way, fun experience.
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Labels: El Nido, El Nido Plaza Inn, Palawan, Puerto Princesa
Sunday, May 27, 2012
Nomadic Video 5: Mount Pulag, Benguet
I used to do a lot of hiking way back during College years, when my knee joints and legs muscles are still in top notch condition. Lately, all the climbing I do are on the LRT and MRT stairs, I even curse everytime I come across a busted escalator. But that's about to change since I now have my own tent, cookset, an ever improving stamina and a desire to chill in ultra cold peaks. I was re-introduced again to hiking when Christine, an avid climber and runner pitched the idea of a weekend atop Mount Pulag. I hurriedly said yes, since I missed out an opportunity to climb Mt. Pulag at least thrice during my hiking days, for reasons varying from lack of allowance money, conflict with university class schedule and other factors. It was an awesome weekend spent together with fellow travelers Gay, her husband Sherv, Izah, her boyfriend Joseph, master photographer Erick and Olay, with special mention to our pretty guide, Ditas - who will be wrapping up her education course at the University of Baguio in the coming university year. Here is a music video I created from the limited material I shot around Mount Pulag. The song is "Umagang Kay Ganda", which was covered by the band Bamboo. (click the wheel button to set the resolution to 480 for better viewing)
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Labels: Bamboo, Benguet, Camping, hiking, Mount Pulag, mountaineering, Music Video
Thursday, May 24, 2012
Liliw, Laguna: "Mang Kulas Pabili nga ng Tsinelas"
After our crypt incursion in Nagcarlan we proceeded to the "Tsinelas" town of Liliw, Laguna. The place is filled with stores selling the weapon of choice against cockroaches and other bugs, shopaholics like my friend Cathy will have a grand day choosing from the thousands of pair of shoes and slippers here. She was like "I'll end up buying three pairs a day here". Okay, from that rate, she'll become the next Imelda Marcos in 3 years.
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Monday, May 21, 2012
Notes from the Underground Cemetery in Nagcarlan, Laguna
It was raining when we woke up and the skies remained gloomy when it ceased spilling left-over fresh spit. The drizzle left the numerous plants and trees around Villa Sylvia resort dripping and the grass slippery and muddy. We left Abigail's unopened Tanduay rum and Fundador to one of the caretakers as token of niceties. Abigail left the previous day after concluding our lake hopping trip in San Pablo to attend a family gathering. That left me and Cathy to finish off the weekend by checking out the Underground Cemetery in Nagcarlan.
Travel and Backpacking Narrative by Unknown at 9:24:00 PM 1 comments
Labels: Laguna, Nagcarlan, Spanish Colonial Churches, St. Bartholomew the Apostle Church, Underground Cemetery
Friday, May 18, 2012
Best of Travel Photos: My 7 Super Shots
Like a virus swept by the reckless winds in all four directions of our world, this blog tagging game originated from HostelBookers has reached me through a few people whom I shared the same passion of traveling and photography. I was first tagged by Paul of WALK FLY PINOY - an avid backpacker who just concluded a long term backpacking trip in Asia. Then, the world-blogosphere famous writer of "Date a Girl Who Travels" Aleah of Solitary Wanderer tagged me again just to make sure I join in on this awesome way, of telling readers how a photograph can relive memories of travels long after the trip itself. These photographs lingers on in our memories and eventually plays a part in how we see the world, think back and reflect from the places, people, traditions and varying cultures we've experienced. Still, after sitting on this post for quite a while, having difficulty choosing my own photographs I decided to let it linger, until another two kindred souls Catherine of Seeking Felicity and Ding of The Pinoy Explorer double tagged me with finality.
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Labels: Blog meme, Photography, Travel
Monday, May 14, 2012
Take a Lake at San Pablo City, Laguna
At the dawn of Saturday me and Cathy were already at the JAC liner terminal in Buendia in Taft, waiting for our another traveling companion Abigail - who unknown to us that time was spent on a drinking spree a few hours before. Still, Abigail managed to be late only a few minutes after six am. It was my first time to meet her and soon awkwardness became like a familiarity, like we've known each other for quite some time, especially after she took out the Tanduay Rum from her bag when we're having breakfast at Cafe Lago.
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Labels: 7 lakes, Laguna, Lake Pandin, Lake Yambo, Sampaloc Lake, San Pablo
Tuesday, May 1, 2012
Looking at the World Through a Firmoo Eyeglass
Sometimes too much sun exposure can cause your eyes to tear or redden, like I do when I find myself in prolonged staredown with the bright blue skies. As a traveler, I've grown fond of just looking outside the bus window and amaze myself at the wonderful scenery. By a beach, a mountain or at the side of the road, looking at the Earth's colors sometimes takes a beating on my eyes. While, I am not really comfortable with wearing tinted eyeglasses. I decided to try out a non-tinted eyeglass from Firmoo to at least put some kind of protection on my eyes from nature's elements.
|Quickly transforms a terrorist looking man into a bespectacled University Professor
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Labels: accessories, eyewear, Firmoo, reviews
Sunday, April 29, 2012
Nomadic Video 4: Laguna Lakers (San Pablo, Liliw, Nagcarlan)
Since I started traveling around the Philippines three or four years ago, I've been to Mindanao, Visayas and the edge of Northern Luzon, doing so I was able to overlook nearby provinces like Laguna. Because of that realization, along with a couple of cool friends, Cathy and Abigail, we set out on a trip to a menage a trois of cities and municipalities in Laguna. Our first stop was San Pablo, it is known for its seven crater lakes found around the city. We started our day by having breakfast at Cafe Lago which is located beside Lake Sampaloc, it was here where Abigail first brought out her Tanduay rum. After which, we took a swim at the scenic Lake Pandin and had lunch aboard a floating bamboo raft before heading out to Nagcarlan for some church hopping and going on a creepy tour of the "underground cemetery", after which, we dropped by the "tsinelas" capital of the Philippines in Liliw and had a feast at Arabel. Here is a music video of our trip, as compiled from the very few video footage I took accompanied by the music of Sneaker Pimps' "6 Underground". I will soon write separate posts about the places we visited on that trip.
Travel and Backpacking Narrative by Unknown at 7:40:00 PM 0 comments
Labels: Laguna, Lake Pandin, Liliw, Music Video, Nagcarlan, San Pablo, Sneaker Pimps, Underground Cemetery
Sunday, April 22, 2012
Patrocinio de Maria Church in Boljoon, Cebu
Right off the bat of our whale shark experience in Oslob and after a night spent in the quaint town of Santander, we made a quick stop at the scenic municipality of Boljoon. We got off the bus just in front of the Patrocinio de Maria Church, the oldest remaining stone church in Cebu. The church was originally founded in 1599 by the Augustinians. Subsequent attacks by Muslim raiders destroyed most of the original structures and the rest of the town. The jurisdiction over the church was then relinquished to the Jesuits in 1737. Due to lack of resources and manpower, the Church was again put under Augustinian's administration in 1747. In 1783, Father Ambrosio Otero spearheaded the construction of new church highlighted by a stone fence, which adds to its fortress-like appearance.
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Labels: Boljoon, Southern Cebu, Spanish Colonial Churches
Thursday, April 19, 2012
Postcard Series: Green Tinted City
The view of Intramuros and nearby parts of Manila as seen from the Presidential Suite of Manila Hotel, conjures a green tinted image, where trees, old buildings, the walled city, the fine golf course and small man-made lake blends well altogether to provide an attractive cityscape. It's the city I've learned to love and hate. One that I'm forever proud regardless of the batterings of daily living and the urban challenges that awaits each day I pass by. Sure, there are 100 things to hate about Manila, but more things to love about it in return.
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Labels: City, Intramuros, Manila, Manila Hotel, Postcard series
Wednesday, April 11, 2012
Santander Dubs and No Lightning
It won't be called as such if I didn't ended up at the southernmost tip of Cebu. Santander was the furthest destination I had on my southern Cebu trip last month. Right after my quick dip at the fine white sand beach in Tingko, Alcoy, I waited at the side of the road, with my shorts dripping wet, I motioned to an incoming ordinary bus bound for Barangay Liloan in Santander, it halted with semi-screeching tires and the conductor let me climbed the bus and I sat down on a seat by the window at the back, with pure intention of taking a nap.
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Labels: beaches, cebu, Santander, Southern Cebu
Wednesday, March 28, 2012
Quickie Dip Stop at Tingko Beach in Alcoy, Cebu
After the habal-habal ride and a very short hike to Osmeña Peak, I took a quick brunch by the side of the highway. I envelop each bite of the "torta bread" I bought with gradual images running in my head of the places I've yet to cover that day. It consists of Boljoon, Oslob and Santander. My friend Gael then texted me that they won't be able to make it that day, thus we will be meeting up at Oslob the next day. I proceeded with a plan to go straight to Santander when my friend Kissy told me through SMS about a spectacular white beach in the town of Alcoy.
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Labels: Alcoy, cebu, Southern Cebu, Tingko Beach
Thursday, March 22, 2012
Habal-Habal Express to Osmeña Peak
My hiking days are long gone now. My legs will be the first one to stage a protest at the Tiananmen Square if I took em to another long ass hike, like I did during my UST Mountaineering Days. However, I'm working on getting back in fine shape as I've yet to climb Mt. Apo and Kanlaon. On this day though, I reckoned hiking to the highest point of Cebu, the Osmeña Peak - a relatively easy hike when started at the Mantalongon Market, and a bit more difficult if traversed into Badian and climaxing at Kawasan Falls, should be the easiest way possible. So I cheated my way by hiring a habal-habal driver to take me directly to the foot of the 1,100+ feet Osmeña Peak.
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Labels: cebu, Dalaguete, habal habal, Osmeña Peak
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Suffern, NY
Ruth V. Scarr of Suffern, NY, passed away on Wednesday, March 25, 2009 at the age of 69.
She was born April 1, 1939 in Suffern, NY to Anthony and Ruth Vilord.
Ruth was Vice President of Scarr Funeral Home, Inc. in Suffern, NY.
She was predeceased by her husband, Leonard A. Scarr in 2005, and is survived by her three loving children: Deborah A. Manganiello of Suffern, NY, Anthony J. Scarr of Hamilton, NJ, and Leonard A. Scarr II and his wife, Laura of Warwick, NY. She was Nini to her three adoring grandchildren: Stacie DiDomenico, Louis Manganiello III, and Leonard Scarr III; her brother, Theodore Vilord and his wife, Carol of Idaho Falls, ID; two sisters, Maryann and her husband, Frank Galvin of Melbourne, FL, and Joan and her husband, Joseph Arcuni of Sloatsburg, NY; her sisters-in-law: Margaret Lippiello of Airmont, NY, Dolores Mendolia and her husband, Arthur of Suffern, NY, Gilda Mottola of Sloatsburg, NY, and Rita Gannon of Sloatsburg, NY; numerous nieces and nephews.
Friends and relatives are invited on Saturday, March 28, from 7-9 p.m. and Sunday, March 29, from 2-4 and 7-9 p.m. at the Scarr Funeral Home, Inc., Route 202, Suffern, NY.
A Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated on Monday, March 30, at 10 a.m. at Sacred Heart Church in Suffern. Entombment will follow at the Cemetery of the Ascension in Airmont, NY.
Arrangements by Scarr Funeral Home, Inc.; 845-357-1137. For directions or to sign Ruths guestbook, please visit www.scarrfuneralhome.net.
Ruth V. Scarr
Suffern, NY


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"I Want" comes Before "How Can I"
What are dreams . . . if not blueprints of what is possible?"
A dream is like a house plan. You can't live in it, but you can use it to
Imagine what it would be like to live in it.
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It seems to be random in low light conditions, like during sunsets. Can't say I noticed the actual in game time, but I'll try to remember to pay attention if I see it again. It doesn't happen all the time, and in fact had righted itself when saving and reloading my game, as I closed Cemu in order to post that screenshot. Maybe after playing for a few hours causes something to get corrupted? That said, when I loaded my save back up, the time of day was different, so maybe that's why it vanished rather than simply closing and opening Cemu again. But it seems to have the potential to show up anywhere depending on lighting, which in turn will be linked to the time of day. This particular one was outside Gerudo Canyon Stable, and the other was near Hetano Beach. Removing the shader cache entirely won't do much either, since it's not regular enough to replicate it, even closing and opening Cemu again cleared it up it seems.
I've just seen V1.5.0 is now out, so I've updated it and replaced my new graphics packs with even newer ones released only three hours ago, and I'll see if the issue returns.


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Perhaps the most beautiful sight on the prairie is a field of blooming sunflowers. Farmer Fred didn't plant sunflowers this year, but Farmer Scott did, so I went to visit his field.
Above: Sunflowers follow the sun from east to west while in early bloom, then stop to face the rising sun as their heads mature.
Above: Each flower seem to be bowing to the sun as it rises in the east. The tilt increases as the oil rich seeds mature.
Above: Blackbirds are a common problem in sunflower fields.
A bird has eaten the missing seeds from the head. The bird eats from the outer edge to feast on the plumpest seeds in the flower.
Above: Petals on the maturing flowers dry down and will soon fall off as the seeds in the head continue to grow and ripen.
Above: Some petals have dropped from this flower and hundreds of seeds are set and growing in the remaining center.
Above: This head is easily as big as your dinner plate.
Above: With napkin sized leaves.
Above: These sunflowers look great today, but still need weeks of summer weather and vigilance in order to result in a bumper crop.


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Homemade Dog Biscuits/
I swear I haven't lost my marbles. Well, I don't think I have.
I'm now making my dog homemade dog treats. And then photographing them with Kraft paper and Baker's twine.
Ok, fine. I have lost it.
But look at that cute face. You'd make him his favorite homemade dog treats as too. And you'd probably wrap them in Baker's twine. Don't lie.
Ike's aunt made him these dog treats for Christmas. He's been begging for the recipe ever since. I get a little nervous with homemade treats because Ike has a pretty sensitive stomach. He LOVES these treats and tolerates them well.
Homemade Dog Biscuits
- 1 1/4 cup flour
- 1/2 cup Old Fashioned oats
- 1/2 tablespoon baking powder
- 1/2 cup creamy peanut butter
- 1/2 cup milk
- 2 tablespoons applesauce
Preheat oven to 350 degrees. In a medium bowl, mix together all of the dry ingredients. Add the wet ingredients. Mix thoroughly. Place the dough onto a piece of wax paper and then add another sheet on top. Roll the dough out so that it is about a 1/4 –1/2 inch thick. Remove the top layer of wax paper and use a cookie cutter to cut out shapes. Use a spatula to help remove your shapes to a cookie sheet for baking. Continue reforming and rolling the dough until it is all used. Bake for 15-20 minutes or until golden brown. Allow to cool and serve.
He keeps following me around wanting more dog cookies. I've created a monster.
Have I officially lost it? Do you make your dog treats?
I randomly posted on Saturday about a flower display I made. I kind of like it so be sure to check it out if you missed it….right here!


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Used to be, beer was this or that—one style or another. Anymore, though, the in-between is becoming the everyday. Belgian IPAs, India Pale Lagers, and Imperial Milds are less known as interesting one-offs and more regularly considered part of a core lineup. So how does a brewery create something distinct in an ever-blurring landscape? Screw the rules and focus on flavor.
That's what Nick Nunns and TRVE Brewing Co. are doing in Denver, one of the world's most populated and competitive beer markets.
"We brew some beers really well to style," Nunns says. "Our Stout is a really great Stout. Our Farmhouse is a really great Farmhouse. But our Gose? It's our interpretation. Our American Table Beer? Who knows what the fuck that is."
That Table Beer, Hellion, would probably be classified as an American ESB. Probably.
"Hellion is the beer we make for us, and everyone else is just along for the ride," he says. "Technically, it fits within the ESB category. But it uses a bunch of American hops. It uses a shit-ton of oats to give it some heft. It's kind of an ESB. It's kind of an Amber. It's kind of something else."
That "something else" approach pervades TRVE, beer makers who self-describe as "style blasphemers and category agnostics." They're also a heavy metal brewery, which is a well-defined aesthetic in craft beer in these post-FFF times, but those nonconformist ideals have deep cultural roots that help distinguish them from other breweries in the rather straight-laced Denver scene.
Clad in all black, with a black beard and closely shaved head, Nunns is as careful with his words as he is his color scheme. What some might perceive as mild arrogance is more of a supreme self-awareness, a comfort in his own skin. He knows what he's doing with TRVE is different—in both flavor and approach—than anyone else in the area.
"It's not a conscious effort to set ourselves apart," he insists. "It's just an inherent ramification of our mindset. It's so ridiculously outdoors-y here, it's almost infuriating. But I think that's something that makes us different. We haven't touched that lifestyle with a 10-foot stick. Everybody else can be the outdoors-y brewery, and we'll just do what we want to do."
Another distinction from their peers is TRVE's focus on restraint. That's right, the skull-adorned, pentagram-plastered, Loki-channeling brewery, pumping the heaviest of the heavy rock 'n' roll through their taproom speakers at 100 decibels, wants to hone in on subtlety.
"We want to make sure nothing is overpowering any other character in the beer," Nunns says.
It's an exercise in balance, and the resulting nuances are the common thread running through TRVE's wildly varied lineup. Roasty, light, crisp, tart, earthy. All in moderation and all with a counterpoint. This is no small task with offerings like MMXIV-IV, an utterly unique Imperial Gose that's Brett-fermented in tequila barrels, or Grey Watcher, a beautiful and haunting kettle-soured Grisette that clocks in somewhere around 4%.
Sours, especially barrel-aged sours, have been a focus for the brewery since it opened in 2012. And they've put TRVE on the map in a big way.
"It's been fucking bonkers," Nunns says. "From day one it's been out of control. We were just running out of beer all the time. Every weekend, we'd be wiped out entirely. If we were lucky, we were open four days a week."
It got to the point where they had to limit growler sales to club members only, just to keep things steady. But that was back when they were on a meager 3-barrel system at their taproom. Earlier in 2015, after about a year of planning, TRVE opened their brand-new, 10-barrel production facility, dubbed The Acid Temple. And though the name suggests the building is exclusively for sours, they're transitioning production of their full lineup to the new space as well.
"We thought, 'Why brew 3 barrels at the taproom when we could do 20 here?'" Nunns remembers. "So we're shifting our plan a little bit to turn the Temple into our main production area, and have the Broadway location be what it really should be, which is a pilot system."
Not only will this allow Nunns and his crew the ability to outpace demand at the bar and experiment along the way, it will give them enough surplus to start distributing throughout Denver.
"We're sniffing butts with a few distributors right now," he says. "It just makes sense to find somebody who wants to build this up with us, and not run ourselves ragged self-distributing."
And with the way they've built out The Acid Temple, they have plenty of room to expand. The 5,000-square-foot space is Spartan—patched drywall, exposed rafters, a completely raw floor. But it houses TRVE's 10-barrel brewhouse, a pair of 20-barrel fermenters, a 20-barrel brite tank, 8 puncheons for oaked primaries, and more than 50 wine and whiskey barrels for aging. Somehow, it still feels like acres of empty floor space remaining.
The other thing you'll find at The Temple, amongst the tools and equipment being used to build out the cold storage, is a set of drums.
"The kit's been collecting a lot of dust these days," Nunns admits. "I don't really have a lot of time anymore."
Nevertheless, it serves as a reminder of the role music plays in the creative process of the brewery, and the brewery's place in the Denver landscape. Nunns has a knack for describing beer in musical terms—deep, piercing, high-pitched, fast, slow, loud. His expressions become exaggerated and his voice jumps up a half-octave or so when he talks about it.
"All these things have different tonal ranges to them," he says. "Thinking about beer through music is just kind of how I wrap my head around flavor."
This is the thought process that drives TRVE's ethos. Whether you're listening to grindcore or smooth jazz, music is all about harmony of disparate elements like rhythm, tempo, pitch, volume. It's easy to see how that sort of approach, filtered through Nunns' mindset as a former electrical engineer, results in the delicate, carefully constructed balance of chaos and order when developing flavors.
That combination of disparate elements extends even to the people frequenting TRVE's taproom in downtown Denver. The metal theme paired with the unexpected beer styles—or lack thereof—has resulted in a converse amalgam of bar patrons. The tatted-up, patched, pierced, and hirsute mingle with the Polo'd-out, clean-cut, and vanilla.
The metal crowd comes in for the vibe, and is exposed to a bevy of new flavors. The beer hunters show up, and are exposed to sounds they might not normally experience. The heavy and the light pony up to the bar, all the same. It's a symbiotic relationship with TRVE at its center, resulting in fans from all walks. Nunns doesn't take that for granted.
"I have a bunch of metal friends who didn't even know what sour beer was until they came in," he says. "Now, they're hooked. It's just really cool to be able to open people's eyes to what shit can be. That's the job of craft brewers, to expose people to new things. To new beer. To better beer."
Helping Nunns craft that better beer is a former-patron-turned-head-brewer, Zach Coleman.
"Zach started coming into the bar on day one," Nunns remembers. "He was a regular. We got to talking and we just knew that, eventually, he'd have to be part of we were doing here."
Coleman joined TRVE in 2013 and made an immediate impact, brewing their first barrel-fermented beer, Eastern Candle, a Pale Wheat Bretta aged in white wine barrels.
"From that first beer, Zach's done so much to bolster our reputation, and perfect the beers I laid the groundwork for," Nunns raves. "He's really elevated all our flavors."
Like Nunns, Coleman is also a drummer. That shared mindset goes a long way to creating a common language when they talk about flavor. Like good songwriting partners, the two seem to bring out the best in each other, enriching the final product in the process. And much like any great musician, Nunns is quick to cite those that influence him.
"Our whole sour program is because of Jason Yester at Trinity Brewing," he says. "No joke. He told us to try this, this, and this. We did, and were like, 'Fuck, this is awesome.' That's what really set us on our path."
But for as much as TRVE's sour program is at the heart of what they do, Nunns is quick to caution that "sour beer is getting so hoity-toity these days. That's something we're really trying to rail against." They want to keep the beers approachable while still testing the limits of what exactly sour means.
A technique they're currently piloting at The Acid Temple involves primary fermentation with saison yeast inside puncheons, treating them almost as mini-foeders, but without any funk. Once primary fermentation is complete, they transfer the beer into the wine barrels and add Brett, and fruit. Montmorency cherries, for example.
The result is, not surprisingly, nuanced. The flavors meld together more, and create less distinction between the fruit's contribution and the yeast's. "It's oak the whole way through, so you get a different profile than doing primary in stainless," Nunns says.
The beer has a few more months left in barrels before it'll be ready to serve, but early nail-pulls are encouraging. And if everything goes according to plan, the all-oak process will be one that's used moving forward as TRVE starts to bottle more and more of its beer.
In addition to larger format, limited releases of their barrel-aged beers, Nunns and company are also looking to start packaging their stainless beers.
"We want to start bottling up some stuff in 4-packs, like the Grisette and the Gose, and get those out into the market," he says. "We're just getting production ramped up and the recipes 100% dialed in."
In doing so, TRVE will carve out an even larger footprint in the Denver area, and get their beer in front of more metalheads and discerning palates. They'll continue to live in the gray stylistic area while staying true to their headbanger roots.
"The barriers between music genres are getting blurrier, similar to what we're doing with our beer," Nunns says. "We're taking these concepts and scooting them this way or that to see what happens. We're coming up with end results that are new and interesting, because you wouldn't think to put those things together."
You know, just like metal and subtlety.


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Three bomb threats in early January left parents being served by the Roth Family Jewish Community Center in Maitland torn between their appreciation for the center and the safety of the children.
Should they stay or should the leave?
The bomb threats led to no physical harm and the March arrest in Israel of the suspect led to the conclusion the threats were more harassment than terrorist in nature. But it wasn't as if the wake-up call wasn't seen as serious and critical. The Roth JCC had received a bomb threat last year, too, and stands as always as a potential target for waves of anti-Semitic hatred, even though almost half the children served there are not Jewish.
U.S. Rep. Stephanie Murphy recognized that already when she authored a letter signed by 150 other members of Congress in February urging federal authorities to take swift and sure action and to assure the safety and security of Jewish centers nationwide.
On Monday the Democrat from next-door Winter Park got a chance to tour the Roth Family JCC, through the pre-school and school programs, the athletic, arts and other facilities, and hear first-hand some of the parents' stories about the fear and terrible dilemma they went through deciding whether to stay when someone was threatening to murder the children there.
The Roth Family JCC and affiliated offices and facilities are undergoing major security changes, some completed, some in the works, some still needing money. And officials there sought to impress upon the congresswoman that the threats remain real, the need for stronger security measures prudent, and anything more Murphy can do to help would be beneficial to a community far greater than the Jewish community.
Keith Dvorchik, chief executive officer of the Jewish Community Center of Greater Orlando, said the community was able to come together swiftly and strongly to upgrade a number of security issues. However, consultations with the Maitland Police Department and others has led to a few more and the center remains about $200,000 short of the minimum it needs, and much more than that for some broader precautions being considered.
"To me, I always call that a hidden tax of being Jewish. Because you don't see the YMCA having the security costs … let alone having police and armed security," Dvorchik said.
Murphy, whose Florida's 7th Congressional District includes Maitland, pledged that her office would do whatever it could to help.
"The threat has always been very personal for me because I also a mom of two small kids and I drop my children off. And I know there is not a more important decision than who's taking care of your children when they're not in your company," she said. "And so seeing this was wonderful because I get an opportunity to see what an incredible asset the JCC is to this community. But I think the human piece has always been there."
Murphy has joined fellow Democratic U.S. Rep. Val Demings' effort to pursue more Homeland Security anti-terrorism money for cities such as Orlando.
"Our office is committing to assure that everyone in the community feels safe and secure. We stand by to be ready to ensure that's the kind of community we all live in," she said.


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Sunday, 16 March 2014
It's Always Greener
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I only own a mint green and a kind of a turquoise green nail polish and as I don't really even wear green clothes, I guess I've never felt a huge need for green nail polish either! Perhaps I should give it a go though, the shades you posted here are all quite lovely!ReplyDelete
I love your greens, my favourite is defiantly the opi one :)ReplyDelete
- Dahlia Nails16 March 2014 at 23:56
Mint green is our ultimate shade but we HAVE to try the L'Oreal one in your pic -it's amazing! E&J.xxReplyDelete
I love mint green as well (as you can probably tell by the colour scheme of the blog LOL) but I love lime green as well as dark hunter greens.ReplyDelete
The colour scheme is the blog can tell you that I'm a fan of mint green LOL but the l'oreal colour is STUNNING. It's a great pistachio green that's just on the edge of being neon, you can see it here in this post - http://flailsandnails.blogspot.co.uk/2013/07/loreal-colour-riche-wasabi-hint-with.htmlReplyDelete
Greenwich Village was actually the first OPI polish I EVER bought so it has a special place in my heart LOLReplyDelete
I adore Greenwich! I did a New Years mani with it, loved it.ReplyDelete
My all time, ever, ever favourite colour is a green Inglot! ; )
Do people really say greens are hard to pull off? Maybe mint greens and pastels...


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Juvederm in Biloxi, MS
JUVÉDERM® is a popular dermal filler that fills in lines and wrinkles and adds volume to smooth folds between the nose and mouth. In Biloxi, MS, Michael Diaz, M.D., F.A.C.S., a board-certified plastic surgeon, uses JUVÉDERM® on people living in or around Mobile, Ocean Springs, Gulfport and the surrounding communities of Mississippi who want to restore a younger appearance.
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JUVÉDERM® is ideal for people who have lines and wrinkles in the midface. It also adds volume to wrinkles and folds to smooth the complexion.
Planning for JUVÉDERM® Treatments
Before getting JUVÉDERM® treatments, we recommend you schedule a consultation with Dr. Diaz so that he can evaluate your skin and the imperfections you want to correct. Following this evaluation along with gathering your medical history and making sure you have no underlying conditions, he recommends whether JUVÉDERM® or another filler is the best option to achieve your desired look.
Administering JUVÉDERM®
When administering JUVÉDERM®, the gel filler is injected into the targeted areas of the face. The filler may be massaged to evenly spread in the area to add volume to wrinkles and folds. With JUVÉDERM®, there is no discomfort with the injections; however, a numbing agent may be applied to alleviate any anxiety. Each session takes about 30 minutes to perform. JUVÉDERM® is often used in combination with other treatments.
After JUVÉDERM® Treatment
Once the treatment session is complete, people return to their normal activities. There may be some slight swelling or redness at the injection site, but this quickly resolves itself within a few days. Most people require several sessions to achieve their desired look.
How Much Do JUVÉDERM® Treatments Cost in Mississippi?
The cost of JUVÉDERM® treatments varies with each patient as it depends on how many injections are needed, how many sessions are required and whether other treatments are performed during the same time. We can discuss the costs with you during your consultation as well as our payment options including financing through CareCredit®.
Your New Look
The results from JUVÉDERM® are somewhat noticeable following the treatment and continue to improve over the next few weeks. The filler attracts moisture and boosts collagen production, revealing a younger, rejuvenated appearance. JUVÉDERM® usually lasts between nine and 12 months.
If you live in or around Mobile, Ocean Springs, Gulfport and the surrounding communities of Mississippi and are looking for a board-certified plastic surgeon that offers JUVÉDERM®, contact Michael Diaz, M.D., F.A.C.S. in Biloxi, MS, today to set up an appointment.
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Michael Diaz, M.D., F.A.C.S.
936 Tommy Munro Dr.
Biloxi, MS 39532