I really love eating vegetables and one of my favorite vegetable dish is Pakbet. Pakbet is a tagalog  tasty vegetable dish made-up of different fresh vegetables, pork, and shrimp paste. I know some guys out there hates it because of its one major ingredient is ampalaya or the Bitter melon. The reason why I love Pakbet is because of Ampalaya (bitter melon) and the Okra’t Kalabasa (Lady’s Fingers or gumbo and Squash), they give lots of benefits in our health. Its really hard to find a perfect vegetable dish like this especially the right bitterness of the ampalaya. Good thing I have found...

Hey guys! If you are planning for a budgeted trip to General Santos City in Mindanao, I just wanted you to make sure that you book your flight as early as 3 months ahead. I know most of you guys are adventurous yet budgeted as I am. Here’s a very good tip to all of you, there are lots of things to do in General Santos City and there are lots of places to go outside the city nearby. From adventure thrill to food! From zip line to tuna to be specific. You can have all these cheap at General Santos. However, there are lots of cheap and affordable places to stay in General Santos City especially if...

Dinagsa Festival of Muntinlupa City has gathered the most talented artisans and street dancers, to represent the best festive traditons from the different places in a much-awaited annual event. Dinagsa Festival started since 2004 and they’ve been doing this annually. This year, the grand parade takes place on February 26, traversing the length of Barangay Poblacion, and culminating in Sto Nino Plaza where contingents will perform their routines. Their theme for this year Photography Contest: The street dance competition has became a fierce of battleground where color, pomp, and extravagance...

Once again, it’s time for the Caracol Festival in Makati City, Philippines. See school children and Barangay residents dance on the streets and perform on stage wearing nature-inspired costumes that champion preservation of Mother Earth. In cooperation with Ayala Land, Ayala Malls, Department of Tourism, The Manila Bulletin and Mayor Jejomar “Erwin” S. Binay – everyone is invited to watch and experience this year’s official Festival of Makati City – the Caracol Festival 2011. This event happens on February 27 and starts by 4:00 PM along Ayala Avenue corner Paseo...

This is San Pedro’s week long festival which includes various activities ranging from cultural to sports, trade fairs, amateur singing contest, parades, historical exhibits, social & religious gatherings, tribal dance & sports exhibitions. San Pedro holds the record of laying the longest Sampaguita (flower lei) line spanning 3.6 km (2 mi), from Biñan City-San Pedro boundary to San Pedro-Muntinlupa City boundary on the National Highway, making them listed in the Guinness Book Of World Records in 2009. Here’s the final schedule of Sampaguita Festival town fiesta of San Pedro Laguna....

This blog post tells the story of my worst travel experience this year, courtesy of Zest Air. I decided to write about this because I think there really is a need for Zest Air to change how they do their business, specially in the area of customer service. I hope you will be patient enough to read through everything that happened that fateful night of October 18, 2010 in Bacolod. I attended the MassKara 2010 festival and it was time for me to go home. My flight schedule for Bacolod to Manila was originally on October 18, 7:20 PM via Zest Air. OCTOBER 18 7:00 PM: Intercom announces that Zest Air flight...