Vagoneta (Bagoneta) Ride in Silay City

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If you pass by Silay-Hawaiian Central, just meters ahead is a corner on the left. Get off there and hop on a vagoneta or bagoneta for the ride of your life. Well, it might seem like a lifetime to get to the end of the tracks; this stylized railway car with a broad bamboo seat [...]

Wamba’s Bistro: Home-Cooked Spanish Inspired Cuisine

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Ratings Location Cleanliness Service Food & Beverage Value for Money Overall Average Let me tell you a secret. If you want to taste the best Negrense cuisine, don’t go to the restaurants in Bacolod. Just get yourself invited to lunch at a Negrense home and you’ll surely be served with the best-kept family recipes. Of [...]

Bulgaria: A Guide to Ski Resorts

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For Negrenses in Europe, here are possible ski-resort destinations for you. France, Austria, Italy and Switzerland continue to thrive at the top of the leader board when it comes to European ski resorts, but that doesn’t mean that they are the only countries available. What’s more is, that for considerably less money, you can enjoy [...]

Travel Essentials: Airport Parking

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To our readers who often travels, these tips will come in handy.  If you need airport parking, whether it’s parking at Bristol, Edinburgh or perhaps parking at Gatwick, there are a number of different parking types to suit various requirements and budgets. One of the most budget-friendly is off-site airport parking. This involves driving to [...]

The SM Store Bacolod Has it All and More

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What’s New at the SM Store Bacolod? The new three-level SM Store Bacolod surpassed everybody’s expectations when it opened on April 2013. What everybody was expecting was the generic SM department store design but what greeted the shoppers was a modern and hip SM Store that exudes an aura (pun intended) of fun. A lot [...]

Mingo: Negrense Blend of Nutritious Baby Food

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I am already starting to feed Gabrielle with solid food and aside from the fresh fruits and vegetables, I tried feeding her with Mingo, a locally produced organic instant baby food. She loves it and knowing what’s in Mingo and how it is produced, I’m confident to give it to my baby and will be [...]

Indian Restaurant: We Like it Hot

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Ratings Location Cleanliness Service Food & Beverage Value for Money Overall Average In local parlance, to “make Indian” means to never show up at an appointment.  My girlfriends (Carmen Algara and my Team Tikim teammate Glady Reyes) and I set a date to have dinner but we did not make Indian. The reason was that [...]

Bacolod Named Center of Excellence for IT-BPM

Receiving plaque in behalf of the Bacolod-Negros Occidental Federation for ICT (BNEFIT) for Bacolod City as a Center of Excellence of Information Technology- Business Process Management for 2012 with DOST Secretary Mario Montejo. With Bacolod Mayor Bing and Roy Balicas, representative for Negros Occidental Governor Freddie Maranon. (From Atty. Batapa-Sigue's FB Page)

Bacolod City has moved up from the list of the Top 10 Next Wave Cities in BPO  and elevated as a Center of Excellence for Business Process Management joining the ranks with Metro Manila, Metro Cebu and Metro Clark. Next wave cities are judged by ICTO-DOST and the Information Technology and Business Process Association of [...]

Discover Goa in India

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A lot of readers of this blog are well-traveled that’s why I want to share another holiday destination which is Goa in India. What can you expect from a holiday in Goa? Sun-soaked beaches for one thing, a friendly welcome and a long list of heritage sites. You can be sure of many new and [...]

A Day at The Quiet Place: A Diary Inspired by Nature

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Ratings Location Cleanliness Service Food & Beverage Rooms & Amenities Value for Money Overall Average 1:00 p.m.:  I’m standing at the check-in counter of The Quiet Place in a full-skirted floral sundress looking like I was on my way to Capri only to be waylaid by the lush green ricefields of Brgy. Tabunan in Bago [...]