tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-84593070369337445972012-01-28T19:50:02.531+08:00accountant by day... blogger by night... and foodie/traveler on weekends and holidays and whenever i feel like it!charmie tambahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06038170814387000671noreply@blogger.comBlogger1741100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8459307036933744597.post-84266248838640624662012-01-28T12:25:00.000+08:002012-01-28T12:25:12.049+08:00

this is to remember not the accident.... but the selfless act of Ciudad Medical Zamboanga's staff... that spontaneous, with urgency but without panic act of bringing all the patients out to safety...  ------------------------ i'm sure it had been an unforgettable nightmare for anyone who was there when the 4 blasts happened... it's like being in the middle of gory news you only get to watch...

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laway kisses from paopao :Dmmmmmmwuah!!! ******just realized i wasn't taking photos of mamang with pao or papang with pao... wala tuloy akong magamit halos.... so starting tomorrow, prepare! haha :-)

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first fishpond trip and first lakwatsa in general!!! he was very observing the entire walk.... pero naman! ambigat!!! hehehehe he's more than 6kilos already...love the fresh air nung nasa kubo na kami, he's game for some camwhoring tuloy. :D this is my little dude's initiation sa mundo ng paglalakwatsa! :D

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last time i did a post with this title we only have uno and chuchay... now i have pao, my own little addition to the gang!!! hehehe :-)  guess who's who!!! :D ate chuchay @ 4months & 3days old (Sept2009) pao @ 2months & 23days old (Jan2012) kuya uno @ 4months & 1 day old (March2010) notice the similarities??? suuuuuper looooove!!! :-) i love how smart these kiddos are, and how pilyo at

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i excitedly waited for the launch of the new campaign... and indeed was not disappointed when i first saw the first few photos and the website.... that was friday morning, and then over the weekend hundreds of memes came out... i was really itching to do mine too but to be honest i was taken aback by the "Switzerland" issue... but then the memes kept on coming and i am convinced, this is one good

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(post is still part of my 2010 Tacloban trip series with ezra... now na lang tatapusin, at least tatapusin! hehe) -------------------------------4th resto that we get to visit that's on our Tacloban foodie adventure list. We initially planned to have our breakfast here but we can't seem to find it and only to find out it opens around 10am once we did (that's why we end up with Dream cafe for day1

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finally, i'll be able to continue my Tacloban series.... ----------------------------------- we were on this part of Tacloban where our intention was to see the Sto Nino Shrine... and to our delight, we discoverd Kyle's and then this... we asked around and they told us this place is called The People's Center and Library. It's just beside the Sto Nino Shrine. it's a function hall on the ground

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this picture tells everything about my 2011. :-) **********got myself a husband and the cutest little dude ever this year. super love!so cheers to 2011!!! and hello 2012!!! :-)

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my little dude's about to turn 2months in 2 days and i have not blogged about him... well actually i haven't blogged about anything at all during my 2months maternity leave! yeeha! just wanted to spend most of the time smelling, playing and cuddling with my new little man hehe :D meet my little dude... :-) he was born really small... only 4.9lbs and just around 49cm... but then who cares, he's

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Malacanang issued Proclamation No. 295 declaring the regular holidays, special non-working days, and a special school holiday for 2012.  Here is the list of holidays and long-weekends of the Republic of the Philippines for 2012: January 1 (Sun) - New Year's Day January 23 (Mon) - Chinese New Year (three-day long weekend from January 21 to 23) February 25 (Sat) - EDSA Revolution Anniversary (

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first heard about this place last March, when the kaladkarins  told me they had lunch there after their fire brigade competition.... i'm not really a chicken BBQ fan so i did not bother to try it... but when my dude wanted to have some BBQ one day, i suggested that we check out Mang Paeng's. I'm not sure if i heard it right that there are several Mang Paeng's already in zamboanga... but what we

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been on a hunt for a good gourmet resto in zambo... there's just a few to consider but there's only 2 that i favor... Lantaka Hotel's resto (though i'm not totally impressed still) and Country Chicken. I am no stranger to Country Chicken because this had been my family's go-to resto during special occasions when we were still little.... i can remember their bilao and clam soup... that's what we

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we were supposed to go to Sta Cruz island that day.... but just that weekend, weather's bad for zamboanga city... major fail for the planned trip to the pink island... big waves that the small boats that would take us there even backed out (although there was one group who still dared the waves)... i cant take the risk, i have this little buddy inside me.. too sad though, it would have been

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it's nice to have friends come over and visit me here in zamboanga... although i know their ulterior motive is to go to Sta Cruz island... hehehe just kidding... they're my travel buddies back in Manila. This is ezra's 2nd time and first for Ryan & Ray (naiwan sila ng plane last time), Dianne (marami kasing excuses dahil takot pumunta ng Zamboanga) and Etz. Last time i have friends over, my

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i'm not really a huge fan of Colette's buko pie... i was actually turned off when i cut the first and only colette's i bought during one of my Laguna trips before was only half filled with buko... but last month an officemate brought a colette's at the office and told us that it's already availble in zamboanga. i took one slice and surprised to see a different version of colette's... it's buko

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i have days when i would think of something to cook out of nowhere... most of the time trying to mix different food ideas i get from all my food trips... for this, i combined the idea i got from that unforgettable butterscotch banana we had during our Pagudpud trip (had it at Kapuluan Beach Resort) plus that "orgasmic" (according to my friend ezra) deja vu crepe of Cafe Breton... :-) months ago

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this is a nice foodie find for me! after trying the nice veggie resto in Tacloban last year, I was really hoping there's also a veggie resto here too... when i told my friends about this they recommended VG Queen to me. We've been planning to go there since last year but...well at least finally we get to try it now! :-) I was told that you are required to finish everything that's on your plate.

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another part of the wedding which i completely entrusted to hubby.... i'm into a lot of different types of music but we both agreed that our wedding songs will be mainly acoustics... his fave and mine too... (was actually thinking also of reggae if only the wedding singers can do it...). he told me he's getting Allan, his friend who regularly sings in Kape Zambo (one of our fave hangouts here in

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just one of those random foodtrip fridays ng kaladkarin. :-) found a way to dodge my grounded status and joined them since they've been craving for isaw the whole week already. They've been raving about how good the isaw  is at Paseo... so despite the little rain, we headed to that crowded place.... for now i think there's only one resto selling isaw in Paseo. It's at the end part of the

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for a city that is very much a meat-lover a barbeque stand will surely be a hit... but this Bibing's BarbQ stand flourished and had grown bigger... i was told that they had been selling barbeques for years already but i only get to try them back in 2009, my dude introduced me to their barbeque... there's nothing really extraordinary about it but it's very filling and tastes just perfect, not too

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i can't remember what drove me to go through my stuff last February... probably the wedding preparation did... and i encountered my old letters.... most of these were sent to me by highschool friends, kuya and mamang when I was in 1st year college in UP.... the internet was just beginning to take over the Philippines at that time, it's not as accessible now as it was back then (i remember paying

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i'm only 6months pregnant during the shoot thus the not so big tummy yet.... perfect timing that my GE buddy Ezra had already a planned trip to zamboanga since last year (thanks to Airphil's tix sale), i was so sure she would be my perfect photog for an underwater shoot (because my hubby's so worried being in the pool's not good for the baby hehehe).... all photos here were taken and edited by

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another fave find! when we were preparing for the wedding, i didn't bother myself with the lights and sounds and asked my hubby to do the search instead... he happen to know Twight for several events already (i guess including our homecomings).... when he told me we're getting Twight, I was a bit hesitant at first because they're charging us half of the price our office paid for the lights and

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i'll be wearing these lovelies soooon! :-) thanks to Denise Katipunera and Yllac (for his magic hands made me win these pretties! hehehe)  visit denise's Shoe Etiquette online shoe shop and if you're a shoe lover you'll definitely drool with all the shoes available there... :D 

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I just have to say that our wedding vid is one of the highlights of our wedding... it captured exactly the character of how we wanted the whole event to be remembered... not typical, with all the fun and wackiness in it, cool, no fuss, no drama... i'm sooo glad i found them! Cinesur I mean.... Leo and Charm from Cinesur Films on Vimeo. our videographer hunt story: i was trying so hard not

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here's to start my already 2months delayed plan to blog about my wedding suppliers... :-) the whole concept of the wedding started with the kind of veil i had in mind ... that's why I really have to start my wedding blogs with THE Wedding Gown. :-) I want a non-typical wedding, i've always despised the drama of long veils so i opted to go for a more chic birdcage veil! while trying to look for a

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i am always teased in the family as papang's favorite... but i cant tell for sure hehehe... 'coz he's not the type of papang who would talk much... but you will feel that he cares so much... :-) and here's to my daddy dude who's trying so hard not to show his excitement! :-) huggggssss for your first father's day honey! next year paulo will

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oh yes, im very pregnant! :-) and we're having a baby boy!!! this is something i can not contain anymore... i have tried to keep it mum for sometime (although not totally because i cant stop myself from telling my friends hehe), but now i'm definitely back to my "over-eager-to-tell-the-world-about-good-things-im-experiencing" self again... :-) i'm done with the hellish first trimester...

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there's something that i've been wanting to tell the whole world for some time now... i'm usually the kind who squeals right away when something excites me.... but this time, although a lot of my friends know already.... i still choose to find the perfect time.... :-) so no squeling for today.... not now...not yet... :-)

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i was feeling disappointed when i saw that i was given an "F" seat which is on the east side of the plane going to manila.... i was disappointed because i particularly asked for a window seat on the left side which will be the sunset side of the plane (i was travelling between 530pm-7pm).... but my mood changed when i looked out my window to try taking photos of clouds during twilight... because

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oh bloglust... please visit me now na!

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definitely no photos on this post... confidentiality and all.... but i would like to commend all the staff of Ciudad Medical Zamboanga for doing a really good job in ensuring patients were safely taken out of the building during the disaster yesterday.... got to commend Max's as well for allowing us to use their grounds as initial evacuation area for patients awaiting to be transported to other

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A little warning... i'm an employee of the hospital so don't expect any negative comments around here... hehehe if ever I experienced any, I already communicated with the right people and were dealt with. :-) -------------------------------------------- For the past 3 years December had always been bad to me... with all the stress from work (oh yeah, that yearend thing), add to that the

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i've been aching to blog about this new discovery right after I saw the new stores in downtown zamboanga this afternoon... well I know it's not much of a big deal for the Metro people, but yes something as small as this is already worth blogging down here hehehe.... I was on a hunt for something that's why i found myself in downtown Zambo (which I suppose I haven't been to in a while because I

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last night i joined some of my officemates to attend some sort of an informal meeting initiated by the Centrist Democratic Movement. I can actually remember Dr. Calma inviting us about this last year. Politically apathetic that I am I did not show interest. But last night I decided to be there and hear what it's all about. The Centrist Democratic Movement in the Philippines was organized

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pardon my stage-tita mode.... i just can't let these videos left unposted in my blog.... look how they've grown!!! am excited when they can start talking endlessly! hehehe :-) unopots' "not so serious laugh" moment.... chuchay's dance moves ("sabay pa-cute!")

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....continuation from Promding Chamimay's 2010 bests (1 of 2) 12.) Davao trip with my dude! our first real trip together. :-) i love the Samal Island exploration part! he was able to meet my cousins from Sultan Kudarat who were also in Davao that time. 13.) Chuchay's 1st Zambo visit! my kuyapots baby... and on some instances my look-alike... hihi. she's just one year and 2 months old when

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warning: major photo dump! :-) been wanting to blog a little summary of my fave trips/events of 2010 since after christmas last year but work keeps getting in the way... although i still have a lot to do in the next 2weeks, just want to make sure this blog lust is covered... hehehe i thought of coming up with a top 10 or something, but i just simply love all of the things that i was a part of

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O holy Child of Bethlehem, Descend to us, we pray; Cast out our sin and enter in. Be born in us today. Amen. *******I will honor Christmas in my heart, and try to keep it all the year Charles Dickens

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Through Proclamation 84, the Philippine government proclaimed the following dates as regular and special non-working holidays in the country for 2011: A. Regular Holidays New Year’s Day – January 1 (Saturday) Araw ng Kagitingan – April 9 (Saturday) Maundy Thursday – April 21 Good Friday – April 22 Labor Day – May 1 (Sunday) Independence Day – June 12 (Sunday) National Heroes Day – August 29 (

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met up with astrosoc friends on my first day in Manila... we were supposed to watch a play but cancelled it because i was late... :D hehe i underestimated my travel time... i was telling them how much i wanted to see christmas lights in the Metro, i'm not feeling christmas in Zamboanga because of the lack of it.... and so they decided to show me the "City Lights"! hehe We went to Ayala Triangle..

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i'm a huge shawarma fan... i remember my sunday groceries back in Manila... i would usually end up not just carrying my grocery bag but also that irresistable Baba Shawarma back home. :-) i haven't seen any shawarma in Zamboanga City since I got back last year (oh yes I didn't notice the stall inside Mindpro hehe)... so just imagine my excitement when my dude told me that his officemate

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it's nice to know that lately Zamboanga City had been experiencing sprouting of nice restos... eversince I got back here last year i've been on a hunt for a perfect foodie place... but so far there's only 4 that i'm very willing to go back to, mainly because of the ambiance... food-wise, still needs a lot of improvement...:D at this point, i'm still in the level where i would prefer to just go

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woke up one day and found myself in San Ramon Prison and Penal Farm... hehe just kidding... we went there to check on some items for our Christmas party and office decor this year.... growing up in Zamboanga City, the San Ramon Penal colony was actually an obscure fact for me, and I suppose for many residents of the City.... i think the first time I heard about it was when I was in highschool...

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this is an old building that is just across Zamboanga City Hall... i was initially horrified when I saw that its roofs were gone.... i thought it was being demolished.... but then realized that it would probably be impossible for the local government to tear it down considering it's one of the few old buildings left here and it's just neighbor with the city's main

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it's a bit sad that this area is perceived dangerous... although at times it may be... i for one wasn't able to do this trip all my life except early this year... and i'm just happy i'm able to have my 2nd time this year too! this side of the world is blessed with awesome sunsets everyday (well except when weather's not good which is quite rare down here).... it's more awesome to actually watch

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my not so new baby! :-) i was actually thinking of getting myself a beetle.... just because i know how good it'll be in photos... hehehe but still i ended up with a vintage car.... he's a Mitubishi Lancer... first generation more or less... way older than me!!! hehe i opted to go for vintage for 3 main reasons:  it all boils down to good effect on photos hehe  i dunno how to drive yet so im

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Day after the 4th Mindanao Bloggers Summit, the organizers included a mini tour around the city specially for the participants from other parts of Mindanao.... say free tour and promding chamimay will definitely be there.... hehe ;D First stop: Yakan Weaving Village. It was also my first time there, although it is just right outside the La Vista del Mar beach which is quite near the city's main

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i've lost my bike pendant while taking photos in Tumaga Footbridge last month.... I thought i've also lost my necklace fettish along with it.... but i found myself on a hunt again for a pretty necklace... it's difficult to do that here in Zamboanga since we have really few options.... but i'm ecstatic to find Mr.Owl!!! top: from Mamang Mr.Owl necklace: some shop in Mindpro red ballet shoes:

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first heard about Mindanao Bloggers Summit last year from my friend Grace... i cant remember how our conversation started but her mentioning of the bloggers summit she attended in CDO got me intrigued... and all the more giddy when she told me it'll be in Zamboanga this year. :-) i just started to blog last year.... and this is my first time to go to a blogger's event... i did't know what to

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i used to be not an ukay fan... mainly because i don't have the patience to shop & dig! even in malls, when i buy clothes i only get attracted to those on display... it takes a while for me to get attracted to pieces just part of the many on the racks...but when Cherry, my highschool friend & housemate back in Makati, helped me find good pieces in ukay i began to get hooked.... last July, i made

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i'm sure almost all of us had gone through a stage where we begged our parents to buy us a balloon when we saw a manong with all those colorful floaters.... :-) but when did these shaped and printed balloons replaced those good old round ones in parks? i cant remember.... just woke up one day to see these everywhere and the simple round ones are just being used in parties and motorcades, no more

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our family usually spends the whole day in a cemetery during all saint's day... for several years it's always in Forest Lake in Tumaga, Zamboanga City. Forest lake is the first memorial garden in Zamboanga and is the nearest to the city's town...no wonder on its 2nd year November1 in Forest lake is like one big picnic party already.... we still go to a public cemetery... we still keep our

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***my other blog won: charmietambaphotography.blogspot.com, not this one... hehehe i think i've confused some of my friends... :D weeeee!!! look what i got.... a Philippine Blog Awards (Mindanao division) jeepney!!! :-) here's the rest of the winners for each category: beauty and fashion: Get Prettified food: Kusina Maria lifestyle: Minadanaoan personal: Ganda Ever So Much photoblog:

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all i ever wished for is to have fun runs in zamboanga... when runs and marathons became so common in Manila after I left I really envied my friends who were able to join.... i've heard of around 3-4 runs organized in zamboanga city this year, and i was only able to join one, Rotary's Stop TB Run... then planning came for CMZ's 7th anniversary celebration, i was really ecstatic when it was

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my first time to go to a bloggers event... :-) am excited to see the faces of the bloggers i stalk... hehe

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finally!!! after many attempts... we were able to push our pretty asses to start jogging! we went to good ol' zamboanga grandstand... good thing it's a bit lighted already since sun sets earlier this time of the year... or probably we were just lucky that there's a group who paid for the lights... :-) we did 8 rounds!!! 3 rounds straight jog and 5 rounds walk... hehehe it's been 7months

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i am here... NOW. i may have been in denial that i had gone through some withdrawal syndrome after abruptly changing my life last year... but right now I can happily say that i am moving out of it... :-)  new ties... new connections.... I didn't know I would easily establish them again... after all the excitement of moving back settled, I had realized I have not much down here except for my

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My Sto Nino Shrine posts are a product of a combined effort by me and my Tacloban trip buddy Ezra. She was the one taking photos, and I was assigned to take down notes during the Shrine tour. :-) ---------------------- you've seen the guest rooms and the Marcos family rooms... here's the rest of the Sto Nino Shrine. :-) The common areas, grand ballroom, dining areas are scene stealers too!

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My Sto Nino Shrine posts are a product of a combined effort by me and my Tacloban trip buddy Ezra. She was the one taking photos, and I was assigned to take down notes during the Shrine tour. :-) --------------------- as if the lavishly designed guest rooms were not enough, our eyes were treated with more extravagant rooms of the Marcos family at the 2nd floor. I didn't expect that the Shrine 

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My Sto Nino Shrine posts are a product of a combined effort by me and my Tacloban trip buddy Ezra. She was the one taking photos, and I was assigned to take down notes during the Shrine tour. :-)------------while preparing our itinerary for the Tacloban trip i have seen photos of visitors in the Sto Nino Shrine showing it's facade only... 2 bloggers mentioned about the Shrine and that they opted

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Fiesta Pilar happened so quickly this year... we didn't get to go to other activities lined up by the City Gov't since 1st of October, but I cant afford to miss the procession on the feast day.... The procession seems shorter this time, and with lesser people compared to last year... we were already at the Fort Pilar shrine before 5pm. And while editing pix for this post...I just realized we

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im going to dwell on a cliche.... what you choose will always have an effect on everything around you.... we might keep on forgetting that.... that's my take home lesson for the past weeks... happy weekend! happy fiesta pilar weekend! :-) blouse: bought online bracelets: gifted eyeglasses: gifted :-) all photos taken by Leo Dalguntas *** i finally got my dude to take my outfit photos

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this is definitely one of the reasons why i love travelling... because when i do, i would usually turn the net upside down to find what's not to be missed in whereever im going... the most "off the beaten path" as possible the better... :-) and far far better is stumbling on something so interesting that's not even on your list.... :D one of our target places to cover is the Sto Nino Shrine (

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3rd stop of our Tacloban foodie adventure.... We initially planned to have our breakfast on our first day in Sunzibar... we left our hotel quite late than originally planned (almost 9am) and it took us more than 30min just to locate Sunzibar only to find out it's still closed and opens 10.30am.... We ended starving and a bit lost on where to have breakfast... i ended up asking where Guisuppe's

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2nd stop of our foodie adventure in Tacloban! :-) I didn't expect Jose Karlos would end up as one of our favorite place in Tacloban... I almost scrapped it out of our list because after having a quick run through of the materials we got from the net on what we can find in Tacloban, Jose Karlos didn't stick with me... probably because they don't have free Wifi... hehe im bias like that.. :D good

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First stop of our Tacloban Foodie Adventure! :-) Calle Zaragosa Cafe or better known to locals as Calle Z is one of the best local hangout place in Tacloban. It is a cafe-restobar. They are known for their bulalo, but we failed to try it (huhu)... we were too overwhelmed with the choices and we were too hungry to check our list of what's not to miss in Calle Z hehe. The owner Gerry Ruiz is a

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 know yourself. love yourself. develop an understanding of who you are, how you are and what your strong & weak points are... never lose touch of yourself.... because when everything and everyone around fails you... at least you have yourself to pick you up.... dress: Landmark (2008) brown bag: from my sis scarf headband: Zamboanga barter sandals: Grendah -------------------------------------

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This is Tacloban's surprise #1. :-) I did not bother making any hotel reservations before the trip because i was confident that we would be able to find a decent place to stay on the spot... I made a list of possible hotels to consider. I've scrapped out Leyte Park Hotel because it's just simply too expensive for a backpacking trip... I have 3 hotels on my list based on the reviews and rates i

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beyond McArthur and San Juanico bridge... I am surprised I enjoyed our quick trip to Tacloban! :-) i've been worried it would end up like another typical tour so until the last minute iv been scourging the net for anything interesting about the place... i was even suggesting to Ezra that we should try going out of Tacloban and probably try Ormoc or go to Samar and we might probably find something

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There's 2 major change in my life that happened in the past 3years.... both really changed the direction of my monotonous life... :-) lost 40lbs in 3months! i didn't expect i could lose so much fat so quickly... the weight loss wasn't planned or anything... although my roommates kept on telling me then that iv become so big...no, not big..HUGE already hehe i still keep on denying that i am...

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i started blogging because i was inspired by Anton Diaz's travel/food blog (Our Awesome Planet)... I just thought of sharing my travel experiences rather than just dumping all photos with little kwento in my multiply account. :-) but last April i discovered Denise Katipunera's blog and then later discovered other chic bloggers... their kind of blogging seems fun! specially with all the ukay finds

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i've been noticing this yogurt shop in Mindpro since last year...with the current yogurt war in Manila (a lot of shops sprouting all over) it's a treat for me to know there's one shop here in Zamboanga City too!:-) although i'm a yogurt fan i just don't have the craving yet to really try RedBerry Yogurt in Mindpro and it took me a year to really check it out... :Di was craving for sweets with

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although i had included Samal Island in our itinerary but I didn't expect it would be the best part of the trip... :-) and the whole experience was a revelation to me... hehehei've always though of Samal Island as an island... a small patch of land with real nice beach... i didn't even bother to look it up... good thing we decided to spend a night there.... :-)nice roads in going around (although

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here's one Samal Island point of interest that i had almost scrapped off our list... but after talking with our habal-habal driver, we decided to give it a try... it was a really long drive from the bat cave... but it was a good place to end the Samal Island tour... :-)this had been famous to Samal Island locals as the White House only... but based on our habal-habal driver's story, this was

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here's another treat from Samal Island... at first i thought we will really be going inside a cave... but good thing we can just view it from a cleaner area hehe :-) it's a private land but the owners decided to open the area to the public...they had setup a gallery with lots of information about different species of bats... and a guide is available to give more information and guide guests

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here's my most fave part of the trip!!! it was a nice discovery hehe... good thing there was not too many people at the time we were there.... Hagimit falls is a must stop place in Samal island.. i enjoyed it more than the beach resorts... :-) it's a breather from the usual beach trips... i fell in love immediately with the place... :-)you need to head all the way down to get to the river...but

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it was a backpacking trip... initially we didn't have plans to spend the night in Samal Island (since it's just 15minutes away by RORO), we just thought of going there real early, head to the places of interests in the island then go back to Davao even after sundown....but last minute we looked for a place to stay. we chose the one that's accessible to the places we want to go... i particularly

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There are several ways to get to Samal Island from Davao City. The first time I went there we took a banca that brought us directly to Paradise Island resort. I think other resorts also have similar arrangements. But to do a really backpacking trip to Samal Island, taking the RORO adds to the thrill! ;-) Specially, since we decided not to stay in Paradise Island and other pricey resorts. We chose

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the only place in our Davao City itinerary that we were able to visit (aside from the malls and hanging out with my relatives)... :-) The tunnel was constructed during Japanese occupation (that's in the 1940s), but this was discovered only in 1962. The Japanese had forced their Filipino prisoners to the digging....the walls are stone-like (hehe im not a geologist so i cant tell what type)....

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this is how i learned to play bowling before i encountered the 10-pins in Manila... this is how we've known bowling down here... :D makes me think of the Flintstones! hehehe but mind you this duckpins are more difficult to play...no options for the weight of the ball... you've got to have a good grip so you wont let go before you've hit the lane... :Dmanual scoring.... manual reinstallation of

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i grew up knowing this place is called only as "Lupong". Since this is somehow near our house before, my family would usually go to this place very early in the morning to jog...and even during times we have relatives visiting us here in Zamboanga City, as far as i can remember this seems to be one of the "tourist spots" we would usually take them...when you're somewhere near the city, you'll

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The trip to Cabatangan (a barangay north of zamboanga city - somewhere along the mountain ranges of the city) was planned because we decided to invade Mam June's house for her birthday. She told us about hiking around and we all agreed... I didn't do any research on what we can expect during the hike. After the lamonfest we decided to push through with the hike....we walked through paved roads...

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my latest chavacano word learned! hehehe :-) initially i thought it refers to kamanting (cassava cooked liked suman ). later i've found out that it's a general term for all filipino delicacies/kakaninit was mam june's birthday so we invited ourselves to her house... hehehecontent of this blog is all about food... :-) i'll share some cooking secrets here...she cooked ginataan! i don't know how to

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i've been looking for tofu/tokwa here since last year... even Chowking Zamboanga rarely have tofu to serve! just imagine my reaction when i saw these lovelies in Mindpro groceries!!! hehehe although i was being told that i can find tofu in the main public market downtown, i was also informed that it runs out fast...well, that place is too far from home and i might need to go there real early just

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this is still part of the 2-day trip of sol & gie here in zambo... the primary reason sol really came back... she missed going to Sta Cruz Island during her last trip here. :-) i've invited officemates as well... i didn't expect we would reach 20 headcounts! :Done of my fave shots naming tatlo. :-)this is my 3rd time to go to the island.... but this is the first time that the banca used was

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dati pangarap ko lang makainvite ng friends sa zamboanga.... eversince college pa...but i would always get an eyebrow-raise for a response.... who wouldn't be scared of zamboanga if all the not so good news (including basilan's) are being reported from here... but eversince i was able to had ezra and the gang here last year a lot of friends from manila also became interested to come over. :Dthis

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it's been almost a year... kahit uber busy lately i remembered my plan to blog about my last month in Manila (May2009) before moving back to Zamboanga. :-) let me start with my last quarter recs with team COE... been doing this every quarter since i've joined GE (well at least after the Water project).... i miss the countdown im doing to pressure my team hihihi.... these photos were taken 2

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as if the Bajada durian stuffing was not enough, we went to Blugre cafe to experience durian-flavored coffee. they're serving coffee with bits of durian! :D i know im not gonna like it because its durian so i ordered white mocha instead. :-) but one of these days, il bring someone who would let me have one sip to check out how it is... i just find it impractical to buy one cup then not finish it

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***apologies for the yellowish photos... these were all taken at night and the only light source were the streelights of davao. :Di'm never a fan of Durian... i just cant get myself to try it... hehehe i really cant take the odor.... but this is my 2nd trip to Davao where my companions really made sure that buying and eating fresh durian is part of our itinerary.... :DDra. Tan's relatives brought

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had a very quick trip to davao end of april... we spent the whole day in the conference (dami naming napulot!!! vg!), but since one of my davao buds are as kaladkarin and as camwhore as me (despite the age mind you! hehehe) we were resolved to still enjoy the rest of the day...and night... before we head back to zamboanga. :-)with so little time (we spend a big part of it in the malls...) we

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i am not a registered voter for this year's election... i know i should be ashamed for that... i have regrets... but anyways i still tagged along my parents when they went to their precincts to vote. :-)weeks ago i already checked for the precinct numbers of my parents on the Comelec's website...but for some reason after telling them about it nobody thought of writing it down...in short we got

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mmmmmmwuah!!!! laaabbb!!! :D

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i've been follower of this voyage eversince i've read about this in Anton Diaz's blog, specially since i've found out that zamboanga city is one of their stops! (perfect timing since i've moved back in zambo too!)....i was in Dipolog when they first reached zamboanga city last Feb2010... i was really happy after finding out that they will be staying for a few more days pending repair of Diwata ng

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this is uno's 2nd trip to our fishpond... the first one he was only with mamang so no photos... this time me and mommy duday made sure we're with them so we can have photoshoot galore! :-) good thing we did... we got gazillion good photos with uno... kakagigil!!!we set him up in one of the benches inside kuya charlie's bahaykubo... we particularly love this spot because of the good supply of

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my 2nd pamangkin!!! his first time to travel.... his first time to be in zamboanga! last time i spent time with him he was just 9days old... look at what 4months can do! he's suuuper stuffed hehehe sooo gigil!!!papang had no idea duday and uno will be coming... we were able to trick him to join me and mamang to have halohalo in chowking (fave nya!) then pass by airport so i can pick up something

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i had been to Pagadian twice... but it's always a less than 4hrs pass-through. :D the first was some 12 years ago when we were on our way to Cagayan de Oro, we stayed in Pagadian for a few hours while waiting for our boat going back to Zamboanga City. I remember how i hated riding their tricycles because it was soooo uncomfortable (specially if you're the one riding on the backseat hehe)... it

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i had been blogging my fave photos... all of them were taken using my Canon Digital Ixus 70 or my Zeke! (Olympus 1030SW) --- all point-and-shoot cameras only! :-) i am editing my photos through Canon Software or Picasa 3.0 only. :D no real PP hehehehere's link to my photoblog: charmie tamba P&S Photography

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well... not really a party hehe... yun lang ang tinawag ko sa activity na to... :D it was supposed to be my birthday celeb/treat sa mga officemates ko sa Ciudad Medical Zamboanga... but since we got into an accident last HolyWeek we moved it a weekend after...the plan...? fishing galore in the morning, lunch and videoke galore after!here's the gang... in one of the 10shots we had...made them walk

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I just want to explain the music used in the vid... hehe we were all tired after the 3003 steps in Linabo Peak during the first day... but our IT says we have to wake up early so we would still have time to go around Rizal Shrine before heading to Dakak... we all agreed to set alarm at 5am... but Kathy set hers at 4am!!! and with this song!!! funny thing nobody even tried to turn it off...it

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