Sunday 5th February 2012

Bacolod City

Bacollywood: Cinema Rehiyon 2012 to Showcase the Best of the Regions

February is the Arts Month and this year, Bacolod City will host Bacollywood: Cinema Rehiyon 2012, , a National Independent Film and Video Art Festival, a project of the National Commission of Culture and the Arts (NCCA) on February 8-11, 2012. Bacollywood has featured films in Negros and other provinces in the Visayas since its [...]

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Real Estate

Reviving Capitol Shopping Center as Bacolod Chinatown Center

The Bacolod Capitol Shopping Center is known as the Chinatown of Bacolod City because of the numerous Chinese business establishments in the area. Perhaps, only a few Bacolodnons, especially the younger generations, knew that it is a tragedy which gave birth to Shopping. In 1955, a big fire gutted the area bounded by Araneta, Gonzaga, [...]

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Featured

Bacolaodiat 2012 Schedule of Activities

The Bacolaodiat Festival 2012 will be celebrated on January 20-23 and this year will be the 7th BacoLaodiat Festival which will usher in the Year of the Dragon with the theme “A Majestic Spirit in a Challenging Year.” Bacolaodiat which was coined from Bacolod and Lao Diat (Fookien word for celebration), is Bacolod City’s celebration [...]

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Arts, Culture & Heritage

Virgen Sang Barangay Chapel

I believe the Virgen sang Barangay Chapel is one of the most beautiful churches in Negros Ocidental. In fact, I find it so beautiful I got married there. Located inside Sta. Clara Subdivision, considered as the Forbes Park of Bacolod City, the chapel is quiet, intimate and with no unwanted observers. If you’re planning to [...]

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Featured

Fresh Start Organics Store at Robinsons Central Citywalk

Fresh Start Organics will be inaugurating their Organic and Natural Store today December 14, 2011 at the Robinsons Central Citywalk coinciding with the birthday of the owner Chin Chin Uy. Organic consumers will now have a place where they can buy organic fresh produce, rice, coffee, fruit jams, and personal care products of Fresh Start [...]

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Meet the Chefs of the Organic Cookfest 2011

The 6th Negros Island Organic Farmers Festival is no doubt the most anticipated organic event of the year. You don’t get to see all of these world-class chefs and restaurateurs in one event very often. Don’t miss to attend the various lectures on different topics on organic lifestyle and see various cooking demo by the [...]

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Bacolod City Enjoyed a Full View of the Total Lunar Eclipse

My friends and I were hanging out t the Robinsons Central City Walk when my friend Weng commented how beautiful the moon was. Indeed, the sky was cloudless so we get to enjoy the full moon. It was only when I got home and logged in at Facebook that I learned that we are also [...]

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Comer.Cio: A Bacolod Food Market Soon!

Christmas is the time for bazaars where you can get big discounts and hard-to-find items. However, aren’t you tired of the usual fashion bazaars? Bacolod is a haven for the foodies yet there’s no food market where you can find great-tasting, artisanal food in a venue where you can also enjoy great meals with friends. [...]

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Caido del Cielo: Heaven Sent for Our Enjoyment

Before they wore the hat of restaurateur, they were already engineers, educators and inventors. Caido del Cielo was not in their immediate plan but as the name suggests, it’s a blessing in disguise sent from heaven for a purpose. The space at Sta. Isabel Bldg. in Yakal St. was initially rented by a friend of [...]

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Sports, Entertainment & Lifestyle

Up Close and Personal with Kapuso Stars

I’m not a loyal Kapuso, Kapamilya or Kapatid. I channel surf among the few channels on my TV and sometimes the TV serves as a background to keep me awake while I blog. I have to admit though that I’m quite familiar with the Kapuso Stars with Telenovelas on primetime. If not by name, at [...]

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Coffee Shops

Kaffe Sadtu: No Frills Coffee

Way before fancy coffee drinks were introduced to us, we drank coffee plain or with milk and sugar. We Filipinos drink a lot of coffee since we’re the only Asians who drink more coffee than tea. Just like tea, coffee drinking is a social thing that’s why local kapehan flourished where you get to drink [...]

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