Legazpi, Ligao and Tabaco Cities, and Albay Province - Compiled Threads [Archive] - Page 13

Monsi

September 4th, 2006, 12:55 AM

before hitting the road...yesterday's leftovers.

Albay District and DWCL area (Washington) seen from Lignon Hill.
http://i82.photobucket.com/albums/j246/Monsigh/AlbayDistrict.jpg
http://i82.photobucket.com/albums/j246/Monsigh/Washingtonarea.jpg

PM seen from roofdeck of Legazpi City Public Market...
http://i82.photobucket.com/albums/j246/Monsigh/Dsc01381.jpghttp://i82.photobucket.com/albums/j246/Monsigh/Dsc01382.jpg
http://i82.photobucket.com/albums/j246/Monsigh/Dsc01383.jpghttp://i82.photobucket.com/albums/j246/Monsigh/Dsc01379.jpg
http://i82.photobucket.com/albums/j246/Monsigh/Dsc01384.jpghttp://i82.photobucket.com/albums/j246/Monsigh/Dsc01386.jpg
...and at street level, avoiding the sharp eyes of security guards.

Sunday traffic at Quezon Avenue... Public Market...
http://i82.photobucket.com/albums/j246/Monsigh/Dsc01374.jpghttp://i82.photobucket.com/albums/j246/Monsigh/Dsc01376.jpg

Mayon yesterday (Oli and Dex posted pix of the same)... and this morning.
http://i82.photobucket.com/albums/j246/Monsigh/Dsc01404.jpghttp://i82.photobucket.com/albums/j246/Monsigh/Dsc01409.jpg

OK, let's toil from morning till dusk...

six

September 4th, 2006, 01:01 AM

http://i87.photobucket.com/albums/k153/sixth2006/StGregorytheGreatCathedral_filtered.jpg

http://i87.photobucket.com/albums/k153/sixth2006/Altar_filtered.jpg

gurugeri

September 4th, 2006, 01:59 AM

Wow! I love the opening salvo for this thread!

Monsi, thanks for the Daraga picture. I love my hometown! Adun man ako diyan sa hill. When? Dai ko aram. Hehe!

Grabe, Six, atabunon ka nagduman sa hill. So was Matteo right when he said insomniac ka? Wahay! Anyway, I have already "PMed" you. Andun na rin contact number ko and school address. For those who didn't PM Six when he offered the brochures, BEH! Haha!

And congrats to the Legazpi forumers for the seventh thread. I actually wanted to create the seventh thread but I might offend those who've been here longer than I've been. And I thought a moderator was to evaluate what I was to create and I might not have authority.

Sige, back to work na ako. My students are now waiting for me. God bless and peace to all!

six

September 4th, 2006, 08:05 AM

http://i87.photobucket.com/albums/k153/sixth2006/PmallExpansion0.jpg
http://i87.photobucket.com/albums/k153/sixth2006/PmallExpansion2.jpg

Escalator connecting 2/F and 3/F:
http://i87.photobucket.com/albums/k153/sixth2006/PmallExpansion3.jpg

Going out...
(left is Greenwich; right is Biggs Diner)
http://i87.photobucket.com/albums/k153/sixth2006/PmallExpansion1.jpg

six

September 4th, 2006, 09:58 AM

http://i87.photobucket.com/albums/k153/sixth2006/93e91080.jpg
I purchased three tickets for my nephews at Gateway 21 Holidays (Tel. No. 820-5252/820-2121) located inside the Airport Canteen. The ticket costs P1,533.00 (each). Plus, I was asked to pay an additional P50 per ticket (para yata 'to dun sa papel at printing ng ticket nila). I also purchased an e-ticket on the net para sa 'kin naman. The cost is P1,532.12. Walang ng additional na P50... Ipriprint mo na lang yung e-ticket mo. But, I guess the card company will add 5% of the total item cost. Kaya mahal pa rin gumamit ng card. :dizzy:

I will try to get some interior shots of Cebu Pacific aircraft. :)

I wish there could be Cagsawa Airlines :soon: ... hehehe.

six

September 4th, 2006, 11:26 AM

http://i87.photobucket.com/albums/k153/sixth2006/SAA.jpg

[dx]

September 4th, 2006, 03:52 PM

Sunday traffic at Quezon Avenue...
http://i82.photobucket.com/albums/j246/Monsigh/Dsc01374.jpg

Ei Monsi, Do you happen to know what they're going to do with the center islands of Quezon Avenue?
@six, thanks for the pic, six. I miss SAA's parlor and that huge Sacred Heart image..hehe :)
@geri, this is our thread and no one would have been offended if you did create the seventh thread. It's great Monsi took the initiative, hehe. (nag PM pa si six, busy kasi ako, sorry..waa) . :lol:

olineil

September 4th, 2006, 05:27 PM

Ei Monsi, Do you happen to know what they're going to do with the center islands of Quezon Avenue?

Its good that they actually demolished the the center divider. They could have just made it lower or a planter during the roces times. I was really irked by that center divider when it was done. I mean what the heck was the city architect thinking?!!!! At least now they demo'd the thing... my hopes are they will make something that will be more aesthetically sound than the previous one.

yves188

September 4th, 2006, 06:32 PM

[dx]

September 4th, 2006, 07:26 PM

Great photo, as usual, Yves..:okay:
The fields near Tahao Rd looks dramatic with that golden glow and the faint lightning streak in the distance. :cool:
@olineil, Yeah, i hope they make the center islands more aesthetically pleasing just in time for Ibalong next month. :)

Matteo

September 5th, 2006, 01:06 AM

gurugeri

September 5th, 2006, 02:05 AM

hi folks.
i thought Ibalong was cancelled?

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Ibalong Fest 2006 postponed
By Florencio P. Narito
MAYOR Noel Rosal has announced the postponement of Ibalong Festival 2006, scheduled on Oct. 25-31, to May 2007 because the Executive Committee has decided to spend the funds intended for the festival for the rehabilitation and livelihood of Mayon evacuees.

Rosal further said they plan to integrate the Ibalong Festival with the Magayon Festival hosted by the Provincial Government of Albay. Definitely, the Ibalong street competition will be one of the main attractions of the Magayon Festival.

from bicolmail.com
-------------------------------------------

I really think it's proper that it be postponed. I cannot afford to see others having fun while some city folk are suffering. And I have to praise Gov. Gonzales as well for effecting some changes on Magayon Festival. While the fun-loving ostracize him (or Rosal, as the case may be), I praise them for being really pro-people.

Mond87

September 5th, 2006, 05:44 AM

Mostly Agnesians pala ang mga nandito... :)

gurugeri

September 5th, 2006, 06:43 AM

Mostly Agnesians pala ang mga nandito... :)

Yeah, I feel it.

Matteo

September 5th, 2006, 07:17 AM

i dont think you guys have met Olineil and drfeelgood17 yet.
theyre agnesians as well.
it used to be just the three of us in the early installments of this thread.
it was that time when none of us really had photos of legazpi to see and share other than what we manage to google online hehe.

thanks guys for making us feel we're closer to home through current photos.
you dont know how much that means to us overseas who really miss home.:cry:

legazpi and naga are both great places.
we shouldnt compete with one another, we should complete each other. :D
up to this time we havent had any problems like what some other neighboring cities are having. no need for city comparisons.
let's keep it that way.

them naga folks are awesome. kevin, nikki, garzland, sino pa ba hehe

let's just focus on the similarities that unites us, rather than looking at differences that divides us all

mr geri, alam ko teacher ka, pasensya na kung may mali sa sinulat ko.
mababa grade mo sa akin sa english class ni mrs casitas wahehe :lol:

note: my hs english teacher mrs casitas was hot :D

gurugeri

September 5th, 2006, 07:52 AM

mr geri, alam ko teacher ka, pasensya na kung may mali sa sinulat ko.
mababa grade mo sa akin sa english class ni mrs casitas wahehe :lol:

note: my hs english teacher mrs casitas was hot :D

I don't think there was anything wrong with what you wrote. Did you mean grammar or what? But I seem to get what you meant.

But this is what is wrong: mababa grade mo sa akin sa english class ni mrs casitas. I wasn't your student teacher that time. Yours was my female classmate. I handled I-Jupiter speech class, the group of Julius Rustia. We got along because another student teacher and I trained you and your sister for a poetry recital contest which you won. I still had pics of your recital but someone stole them. Secret na lang kung sino.

And it seems unexpected of me to say this, I agree with you on Mrs. Casitas.

Matteo

September 5th, 2006, 08:15 AM

gurugeri

September 5th, 2006, 10:42 AM

yun nga. grammar grammar stuff. im not good at those things hehehe
yung pics ba yune yung shirtless ako na may malong yata yun? :lol:
who stole it? i wanna see

you still teach at that science school?

Your grammar is all right. And I won't even say mine is perfect. But just the same, I would wish the Americans hadn't influenced you much with their rather erroneous English.

Yes, the pic is where you were shirtless (can't remember if you paired your shirtless "XD" with a malong. Can't tell you who took it from my photo album (I had a photo album of my student teaching pics). Can't afford to see myself in trouble. Wahaha! I shall leave you worrying about the whole thing.

And yes, I still am here at PSHS - Bicol Campus.

Mauli na ako. Sa aga naman.

Monsi

September 5th, 2006, 02:07 PM

hi guys, thanks for all the praises on my pics...I really appreciate them, i guess I'm like one of you guys,
out there taking time off to appreciate and show the whole world about Legazpi. Here's someting different to share with you guys...took this 7:18PM tonight
http://www.dphotography.org/gallery/albums/userpics/10001/IMG_3809.jpg

...standing on Alternate Road towards Taysan Hills with Bayantel Building right, and new structures that dot Tahao Road towards Vel-Amor
Subd., Yves here is a few meters to Alternate Road's intersection with Tahao Road to his left, and Philhealth ROV and GSIS Albay to his right.

Hi... In behalf of the founding fathers, Oli from the Lion City, Doc from Buckingham, Matt from MGM Grand, Dex from the Kingdom of Rawis
(their busts should be hewn somewhere akin to those on Mt. Rushmore), welcome, and we look forward to colorful threads ahead us.

By the way, our official protocol officer, Doc, is perhaps on a holiday in Manchester or Glasgow we have not heard from him a long while.
Other Legazpeeps include Tim from Waikiki, Sixtus Maximus, SMBigaa, and Mond87 and Geri from Daraga. Tigs and Tsinoy say a word
from time to time. We also have Sinjin from the Detroit of the Philippines answering technical questions.

We are all fans, every now and then visiting your blog and would "copy-paste" your work and post 'em here for others to enjoy the
visual feasts (of course with proper attributions). As you know, our Legazpeño, Albayano, and Bicolano compatriots overseas
need constant visual reconnection with their native land.

Your low-light pictures [if that's the correct term] are awesome. :) :cheers:

Pex, what happened to the 70's pictures? Busy are we?

I took these Sunday after sunset.
http://i82.photobucket.com/albums/j246/Monsigh/Dsc01400.jpghttp://i82.photobucket.com/albums/j246/Monsigh/Dsc01408.jpg
Silhouette of a Marian image up in Buraguis...

Matteo

September 6th, 2006, 03:17 AM

what up folks!
tanong ko lang, did LCC try to do something sa mga stores nila with this pacific mall expansion?
do they have any plans at all to open a branch in Sorsogon?

olineil

September 6th, 2006, 04:26 AM

what up folks!
tanong ko lang, did LCC try to do something sa mga stores nila with this pacific mall expansion?
do they have any plans at all to open a branch in Sorsogon?

I think meron na sa Sorsogon... Expressmart I believe, but as far as I know meron na LCC sa sorsogon please correct me if I am wrong. Tagal ko na talaga wala sa Pinas.

One more thing... I'm not Agnesian...hehehe...im from BU...Kindergarten to College...hehehe...

gurugeri

September 6th, 2006, 04:39 AM

Di ko alam if meron na sa sorsogon. Ang alam ko meron na sa Ligao meron na, pero expressmart lang.

Monsi

September 6th, 2006, 03:18 PM

stale picture of MY Esperanza...
http://i82.photobucket.com/albums/j246/Monsigh/MYEsperanza.jpg

Yep, LCC has an Expressmart in Ligao...
http://i82.photobucket.com/albums/j246/Monsigh/Ligaobusiness1.jpg
...no idea about Sorsogon. Hey! Some day I might go down there, the former capital of Partido de Ibalon (before our forefathers moved
the cabicera to Albay). Oops, large-format pictures...duwa man sana... hee hee hee. Call it a day...

six

September 7th, 2006, 02:45 AM

Shots taken a while ago:
http://i87.photobucket.com/albums/k153/sixth2006/daraga.jpg
http://i87.photobucket.com/albums/k153/sixth2006/dagospokamo.jpg
http://i87.photobucket.com/albums/k153/sixth2006/neon.jpg
http://i87.photobucket.com/albums/k153/sixth2006/drums.jpg
http://i87.photobucket.com/albums/k153/sixth2006/ROTC.jpg

Vehicles U-turn spot (infront of Camp Ola Headquarters):
http://i87.photobucket.com/albums/k153/sixth2006/uturn.jpg

papable

September 7th, 2006, 05:14 AM

"legazpi and naga are both great places.
we shouldnt compete with one another, we should complete each other. "

Parang love affair, touched ako.

Lili

September 7th, 2006, 05:36 AM

http://i87.photobucket.com/albums/k153/sixth2006/SAA.jpg

There are so many Agnesians in this thread. Is this the most popular school in the locale?

Monsi

September 7th, 2006, 06:41 AM

...deserted Sunday morning...
http://i82.photobucket.com/albums/j246/Monsigh/Dsc01373.jpg
http://i82.photobucket.com/albums/j246/Monsigh/Dsc01434.jpg
http://i82.photobucket.com/albums/j246/Monsigh/Dsc01435.jpg
Northbound lanes of Quezon Avenue become venue for street dining...and bike parking...

six

September 7th, 2006, 08:01 AM

http://i87.photobucket.com/albums/k153/sixth2006/Yves.jpg

------
Visit Yves Eli Yu's website at
http://www.dphotography.org/gallery/thumbnails.php?album=4
:master::master::master:

[dx]

September 7th, 2006, 09:14 AM

@lili, Not really the most popular, but it's quite prominent being one of the oldest Catholic schools for girls (but its been co-ed since the '70s yata) in the city. Established in 1912 by the Missionary Benedictine Sisters, it is the first branch of St. Scholastica's College outside Manila. :)

@six, parang Mordor ang Legazpi dyan and yung Mayon, parang Mt. Doom ..hehe.cool :cool:

[dx]

September 7th, 2006, 02:09 PM

http://i9.photobucket.com/albums/a79/olineil3/Mayon/cgs00008.jpg
I found this very old (1928) photo of an erupting Mayon Volcano while browsing Legazpi City thread 3 (http://skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=295531&page=1&pp=25). :) So cool.

Matteo

September 7th, 2006, 09:00 PM

so where do those food stalls go during the day?
nice pics monsi, as always
six, thanks for the daraga fiesta pics.
matt wants more heehee :D

anyway, whats happening over at the wharf?

Matteo

September 8th, 2006, 12:26 AM

a shot of the lagoon area, Albay Park & Wildlife.
i think Yves had a shot similar to this one...or was it Oli G...

http://i22.photobucket.com/albums/b332/MatteoMatt/wildlife.jpg
photo by lolay, flickr.com

yves188

September 8th, 2006, 05:28 AM

http://www.dphotography.org/gallery/albums/oldpics/DSC01420.jpg

More photos of albay wildlife here....

Albay Wildlife (http://www.dphotography.org/gallery/thumbnails.php?album=22)

Here's another pic I took, this one made it to Epson Epix 2005 top 200 images also taken in Albay Wildlife.

http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/3681/1372/1600/fairytaleland2.jpg

Try to figure out where I found that scene above..:)

olineil

September 9th, 2006, 07:25 AM

Monsi

September 9th, 2006, 08:10 AM

yves188

September 9th, 2006, 12:39 PM

Thanks guys:) Just trying my best..

hey Mons, are you using a digicam or your phone cam? just wondering:)

Monsi

September 9th, 2006, 05:40 PM

...in Albay District on my way home.
http://i82.photobucket.com/albums/j246/Monsigh/Dsc01464.jpg
http://i82.photobucket.com/albums/j246/Monsigh/Dsc01460.jpg
...familiar bookstore...and BPI Albay.

Matt... latest from the Basin...Mayon wannabe's are twin roofs of Tourist Info Center.
http://i82.photobucket.com/albums/j246/Monsigh/Dsc01470.jpg
http://i82.photobucket.com/albums/j246/Monsigh/Dsc01492.jpg
...Magallanes Street early evening.

^^Yves, VGA (640 x 480 pixels) pictures using my very amateurish 4.1 megapixels digicam.
If I can help it, I now avoid posting large format pictures as they take ages to download.

overtureph

September 9th, 2006, 10:22 PM

Monsi

September 10th, 2006, 05:14 AM

...good time to revisit old threads. Man...how Oli started Thread I with Doc and Matt immediately becoming mainstays...

Verdant Albay
Oli posted this one (Thread I, page 11, No. 219) (http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=175804&page=11&pp=20)...rice field somewhere in the Province; this, in Daraga, Geri?
http://i9.photobucket.com/albums/a79/olineil3/Albay/greeneries.jpg
http://i82.photobucket.com/albums/j246/Monsigh/Bacacayriceterraces.jpg
^^Rice field in Bacacay...I took this one January '06 on a gloomy late afternoon.

yves188

September 10th, 2006, 06:19 AM

http://www.dphotography.org/gallery/albums/userpics/10001/MayonF.jpg
here's one of my stock photo of Bacacay Rice Fields..

Here's a link to some of my Bacacay Photos..
Bacacay (http://www.dphotography.org/gallery/thumbnails.php?album=23)

hope you guys like them

I'm thinking of going around the city this afternoon to take pictures..wish me luck, I'll try to post them here first.

Matteo

September 10th, 2006, 07:57 AM

hey Monsi. thanks for the photo
yea, i wonder where Doc is now.
he had abandoned us here :cry:
oli too

Yves cant wait to see your shots, man :D

Monsi

September 10th, 2006, 12:13 PM

...he has just posted (No. 49)^^. It is Doc who's AWOL. But he's around somewhere in
England or Scotland, or across the Channel... What's up, Doc? :)

...my renditions of an Yves original (http://www.dphotography.org/gallery/displayimage.php?album=4&pos=10).
http://i82.photobucket.com/albums/j246/Monsigh/Dsc01536.jpg
http://i82.photobucket.com/albums/j246/Monsigh/Dsc01527.jpg
...perfect backdrop for Samuel Beckett's play "Waiting for Godot."

...thought about it while standing here taking frames aimed North...
http://i82.photobucket.com/albums/j246/Monsigh/Dsc01524.jpg
http://i82.photobucket.com/albums/j246/Monsigh/Dsc01519.jpg
...and South.

Hawayano

September 10th, 2006, 10:07 PM

^^ Gorgeous pics of the Bacacay rice paddies, Olineil (c/o Monsi's re-post)! These should be in the DOT ads--our country appears so idyllic, exotic and peaceful in these scenes!

Mond87

September 11th, 2006, 05:53 AM

Lotsa pictures of Albay... Does anybody here have pics of Sorsogon? I luv that province and since it was once part of Albay, i think it's okay to post some pics of it here... :)

Mond87

September 11th, 2006, 12:47 PM

...this time at Peñaranda Park...with Capitol Annex II in the background.
http://i82.photobucket.com/albums/j246/Monsigh/Ambulantfoodcarts.jpg
http://i82.photobucket.com/albums/j246/Monsigh/Ambulantfoodvendors.jpg
http://i82.photobucket.com/albums/j246/Monsigh/QueueforBamboo.jpg
http://i82.photobucket.com/albums/j246/Monsigh/Bamboo.jpg
What's all the fuss about Bamboo? (Queue at Astrodome last night.) The month-long ad helped.
Kamikazee held concert in June... Rivermaya at the Renaissance Garden Convention Hall come
September 30. Looks like we're not in the midst of a natural calamity...

...agree with Oli. Yves works wonders with his viewfinder.

How was the Bamboo concert??? I heard it was sold out. Everybody seemed to enjoy it... Hmmm... I might buy tickets for the Rivermaya concert since I missed the fun of the Bamboo concert. Btw, "DARK PINK 15" will be held on Sept. 22 at Albay Astrodome (?). Are there anybody here who is going? Tickets are priced only at 75 php...

gurugeri

September 12th, 2006, 04:46 AM

drfeelgood17

September 12th, 2006, 10:11 PM

Lotsa pictures of Albay... Does anybody here have pics of Sorsogon? I luv that province and since it was once part of Albay, i think it's okay to post some pics of it here... :)

There are some Sorsogon pics in the previous editions of the Legazpi thread - I remember posting some myself.
Welcome to Yves and any other newcomer I missed. Great pics as usual guys! :cheers:

Monsi

September 13th, 2006, 12:58 AM

...a sad note.

11 - [Obituary] Mayor Imelda Roces, 70
Monday, September 11 2006 @ 08:39 PM BST

Provincial
Imelda Roces, more popularly known in Legazpi City as "Nana Mely", died of a heart stroke while delivering her message at the National Crime Prevention Week celebration at the National Police Commission (NAPOLCOM) main office in Makati City last week. She was 70.

She was the vice chairperson of the Napolcom.

Roces was a high school teacher and college professor in Bicol College and Ago Medical and Educational Center in Albay before she joined politics.

She ran and won as councilor here in 1980 until 1988. In 1988, she again ran and won as vice mayor. When Mayor Benjamin Imperial died she succeeded as Mayor in December 1991.

In 1992, she was sworn in as the elected Mayor of Legazpi City. She was named also as one of the best local government leaders of Southeast Asia and the Pacific Rim during her incumbency as mayor of Legazpi City.

Roces had charisma in dealing with the people. She loved public service, the reason why she remained undefeated in her three cosecutive terms as City Mayor (1992-2001).

As City's chief executive, she had put up infrastructures and developed tourism activities that Legazpi has been christened as "City of Smiles".

Before joining the Napolcom, Roces also briefly served as representative of the Philippines to the UNESCO.

Nana Mely, whose husband Rodicendo died earlier, was survived by five children Avelino, a teacher; Ramon, a physician; Martin, a banker and politician; Angel, another doctor; and Bitoy, the youngest, who now connected with the Napolcom.

Interment will be on September 13. Mass will be said at 10:00 AM before she is finally laid to rest at the Albay Catholic Cemetery. (PNA)
(source) (http://news.balita.ph/html/article.php/20060911203920674)

Here's something I hope will make you feel good and keep the midweek blues at bay.
http://i82.photobucket.com/albums/j246/Monsigh/MayonVolcano.jpg
PhilHealth ROV (2-story bldg.) and GSIS Albay (5-story bldg.) along Alternate Road. Alert level lowered to III, decamping of evacuation centers starts today.

[dx]

September 13th, 2006, 02:44 AM

Ngayon pala ililibing si ex-mayor Mely Roces. Condolences to her family and to the City of Legazpi.

gurugeri

September 13th, 2006, 02:49 AM

I am sad to hear that former Legazpi City Mayor Imelda Roces had passed away. She was our director at the AMEC Science High School. She was good. And she, of course, was better when she became City Mayor. I was disappointed when she didn't win Albay's 2nd district seat at the House of Representatives--she lost to the ever invisible creature. May she rest in peace eternally.

[dx]

September 13th, 2006, 02:53 AM

Hello everyone! I've been quite busy too. :wallbash:
hey doc, glad to know you're still around. :)

btw, MBS Tek Corporation needs 100 copywriters/web content writers urgently, Call (052) 8205680 or drop by their office at Astillero Building, Quezon Avenue Ext., Oro Site, Legazpi City for details.

Mond87

September 13th, 2006, 03:24 PM

Condolence to Nana Mely... Her term was popularly known as the "Roses Years"...

Sinjin P.

September 14th, 2006, 08:09 AM

Dear SSC Forumers, please take note on our guideline on posting news articles: http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showpost.php?p=9944541&postcount=8
Do not mind what you have posted before for it will be very tedious if you will edit all of those. It'd be appreciated if you follow the guideline immediately upon your next posting of news articles. Thank You :)

Mond87

September 14th, 2006, 01:43 PM

http://images6.theimagehosting.com/Mayon on Bill 6.th.JPG (http://server6.theimagehosting.com/image.php?img=Mayon on Bill 6.JPG)
This photo here shows Mayon Volcano on a 20-peso bill circa 1940's issued during World War II under the Commonwealth of the Philippines/ It circulated for only at maximum of around 5 years...

Mond87

September 14th, 2006, 01:48 PM

^^^ It was so rare that I don't even think it exists till my dad showed it to me. It was given to him by his SWISS friend. It's kinda embarassing how a foreigner have a piece of it while Bicolanos like us have no idea at all...

PS, it's my first photo uploaded in this site! :D!!!

Mond87

September 14th, 2006, 01:52 PM

Hi, Guys! What's up with you? I've been quite busy lately.

I didn't know there was a Bamboo concert on Friday last week. I hadn't been home for four weeks. I could have watched iut had I known. Dark Pink? OMG! It's been ages since the last time I watched Dark Pink. Might it watch it though.

It's scheduled next week, on the 22nd at around 8 pm... Bad thing is, I forgot the venue...

PS, gurugeri, are u a prof at Phi-Sci Cam Sur??? Since when? I have friends there who graduated in 2004...

gurugeri

September 15th, 2006, 06:09 AM

It's scheduled next week, on the 22nd at around 8 pm... Bad thing is, I forgot the venue...

PS, gurugeri, are u a prof at Phi-Sci Cam Sur??? Since when? I have friends there who graduated in 2004...

Thanks for the info. Hehe! Bothering yung question marks. Sorry, just logged in eh. I've been here since SY 2003-2004, so inabutan ko mga friends mo, pero di ko sila na-handle except during the UP College Admission Test review classes, which were only for three meetings. Eon.

Mond87

September 15th, 2006, 10:33 AM

Thanks for the info. Hehe! Bothering yung question marks. Sorry, just logged in eh. I've been here since SY 2003-2004, so inabutan ko mga friends mo, pero di ko sila na-handle except during the UP College Admission Test review classes, which were only for three meetings. Eon.

So, may kaunting koneksyon pala tau aside from being townmates... Those friends of mine were my classmates in elementary na nag-high school sa Phi-Sci Goa. In fact, jan sana ako mag-hahayskul pero dahil sobrang layo, dito na lang ako nagpatuloy ng pag-aaral... sigh... what if I pursued Phi-Sci Goa? Kilala na sana kita dati pa!!!

gurugeri

September 22nd, 2006, 05:52 AM

So, may kaunting koneksyon pala tau aside from being townmates... Those friends of mine were my classmates in elementary na nag-high school sa Phi-Sci Goa. In fact, jan sana ako mag-hahayskul pero dahil sobrang layo, dito na lang ako nagpatuloy ng pag-aaral... sigh... what if I pursued Phi-Sci Goa? Kilala na sana kita dati pa!!!

If it had been the case, things would be different. Well, most of them (Batch 2004) didn't have anything good to remember about me. I was a newbie and rarely does a newbie get any attention.

Well then, what's up with everyone here? It's been a while since that database upgrade. Musta na kamo gabos?

Mond87

September 22nd, 2006, 10:33 AM

If it had been the case, things would be different. Well, most of them (Batch 2004) didn't have anything good to remember about me. I was a newbie and rarely does a newbie get any attention.

Well then, what's up with everyone here? It's been a while since that database upgrade. Musta na kamo gabos?

Call me a rare case... I talk to almost everybody who goes up my way... I like meeting new people and if I may seem lonely here in the messageboards (I practically don't know everybody here personally!), I still try to mingle... Hehhe... :D!!!

Mond87

September 22nd, 2006, 11:01 AM

RISE AND SHINE LEGAZPI!!!! =)

[dx]

September 23rd, 2006, 12:22 AM

wow..ssc's back na palan..hehe..musta na mga ssc peeps?!

Monsi

September 23rd, 2006, 02:45 PM

...read the streamers at the Airport. Looks like a warm up for the May 2007 polls...
http://i82.photobucket.com/albums/j246/Monsigh/Dsc02044.jpg
http://i82.photobucket.com/albums/j246/Monsigh/Dsc02037.jpg
http://i82.photobucket.com/albums/j246/Monsigh/Dsc02041.jpg
http://i82.photobucket.com/albums/j246/Monsigh/Dsc02043.jpg
http://i82.photobucket.com/albums/j246/Monsigh/Dsc02047.jpg
http://i82.photobucket.com/albums/j246/Monsigh/Dsc02036.jpg
Tit for tat...Air Philippines to/from Legazpi now daily... that would add up to THREE flights daily...

Mayon has now simmered down...View in Rawis...
http://i82.photobucket.com/albums/j246/Monsigh/Dsc01543.jpg
http://i82.photobucket.com/albums/j246/Monsigh/MayonatAlternateRoad.jpg
Mayon this morning...Buildings along Alternate Road...(forgot to switch-off date!)

before...
http://i82.photobucket.com/albums/j246/Monsigh/Dsc00279.jpg
http://i82.photobucket.com/albums/j246/Monsigh/Dsc01955.jpg
...après! 1227 Bldg. (Dex, is this for another call center?)

Antes...
http://i82.photobucket.com/albums/j246/Monsigh/Dsc01373.jpg
http://i82.photobucket.com/albums/j246/Monsigh/Dsc02082.jpg
http://i82.photobucket.com/albums/j246/Monsigh/Dsc02072.jpg
http://i82.photobucket.com/albums/j246/Monsigh/Dsc02075.jpg
http://i82.photobucket.com/albums/j246/Monsigh/Dsc02071.jpg
http://i82.photobucket.com/albums/j246/Monsigh/Dsc02073.jpg
http://i82.photobucket.com/albums/j246/Monsigh/Dsc02078.jpg
...despues! Quezon Avenue islands will be inaugurated October 1; will be replete with lamps akin to those along
Roxas Boulevard. When them Americans came in the early 1900's these six lanes used to be river waters...

BUHAY NA NAMAN KITA! (I hope Sixtus would post his pictures of A319 cabin, if not here, at least sa Airlines thread)...

If I heard it right, Yves is elected officer of a local chapter of Jaycees.

Mond87

September 24th, 2006, 03:36 PM

^^ Monsi, those improvements on Quezon Ave. islands are eye-pleasing... It totally blends well with a warm coastal city like Legazpi... Parang mediterranean ang drama...

I hope Rosal will win next year's elections... In just five years (2001-P), we've witnessed numerous infrastructural improvements in the city... The lights, the parks, the roads, etc... Meanwhile, total income has had double-digit growth rates for the past few years. I don't have any political connection w/ Rosal but hey, look at the huge difference the city now has compared with itself six years ago... Most of what we see now in the city are SPANKING NEW...

Matteo

September 24th, 2006, 07:11 PM

wonder why they don't use quezon avenue as a major thoroughfare?
its got six lanes...
thanks for the photos monsi :)

Sinjin P.

September 25th, 2006, 10:42 AM

The center island of Quezon Avenue looks good, what kind of stone was used?

tigidig14

September 26th, 2006, 11:55 AM

Monsi

September 26th, 2006, 03:35 PM

EY theres an EB happening for our BIGGY BOSS DEX this coming October 13 and everyone must go, must go, go go go. Mga gabi gaganapin, so everyone is invited even DEX. SO EVERYONE MUST GO, GO, GO AND GO. tanong nyo na lang sa kanya san magkikita.
oh ye sabi nya pala ang di pumunta pangit :)
Even if I go, go, and go, pangit pa rin moi:). With my treskaidekaphobia notwithstanding... What say you, Mond, Six, Geri, Dex? Dex, would Yves join? This must be tantalizing to Matt, Tim, Oli, and Doc:).

The center island of Quezon Avenue looks good, what kind of stone was used?
Sinjin; I looked closer--you can buy those per square foot in any home improvement center/hardware store...(my digicam is night-blind!)
http://i82.photobucket.com/albums/j246/Monsigh/Dsc02085.jpg
Ooops...South Ocean Villa... Nah...pricey...

...what do they call these on styro ice buckets... "night life" at the Basin.
http://i82.photobucket.com/albums/j246/Monsigh/Dsc02057.jpg
http://i82.photobucket.com/albums/j246/Monsigh/Dsc02056.jpg

yves188

September 27th, 2006, 02:24 AM

http://www.dphotography.org/gallery/albums/userpics/10001/panoramic2.jpg
Legazpi's Sunset..

monsi..where did you heard that?...PM me.:)

tigidig14

September 27th, 2006, 09:58 AM

^oy Yves punta ka ha, si Monsi pupunta :)

sandrin

September 28th, 2006, 02:44 AM

Any one got pictures of the tourist spots mentioned in this article?

Chili country
http://www.manilastandardtoday.com/?page=goodLife01_sept28_2006
By Adrian Carlo C. Velasco

Bicolanos are natural-born entertainers. They never fail to put on a show. This is probably why the spicy peninsula is home to celebrities like Nora Aunor, Celia Rodriguez, Eddie Garcia, Mirriam Quiambao, etc.

Last year, a total of 501,378 domestic and foreign tourists visited Bicol (a six percent increase from 2004), with a marked spike in visitors every September, when Naga City welcomes hundreds of tourists to the Peñafrancia festival.

Cultural and military parades fire up the city, while bazaars and exhibits add color to the fiesta. It’s also a respite from schoolwork for students, whose classes are suspended up to three weeks so they can practice their production numbers.

Families open their homes to guests and give them a sample of the infamous Bicolano cuisine (laing, Bicol express, gata dishes and pili delicacies).

Viva la Virgen!

Peñafrancia fiesta, held every third week of September, celebrates the feast day of Bicol’s patron saint—Our Lady of Peñafrancia. The celebration kicks off with Traslacion, where the image of Virgin Mary is carried from the shrine to the Naga Cathedral by a multitude of barefoot men. Ina, as devotees call her, is then returned to the shrine by fluvial procession along the Bicol river on the third Saturday. Thousands of pilgrims, as well as curious onlookers flock to the cathedral or wait along the riverbank to witness these processions.

In line with the Catholic custom, the Department of Tourism Region V, the city government of Naga and the Regional Development Council initiated an annual event, dubbed “Gayon Bicol Fiesta,” showcasing festivals from the region’s seven cities and six provinces. After being held in Intramuros for the past two years, the event was brought to Naga City last year, where the festivities were highlighted by a street dance parade competition, Peñafrancia fluvial procession and the Miss Bicol Festival Queen.

The province with an edge

One of the offshoots of the festival is a tour of less popular destinations in Camarines Sur. Just a few minutes away from Naga, the provincial capitol complex in the capital Pili promises edgy amusement. Among the attractions in the wi-fi-capable center, headed by Gov. Luis Raymund Villafuerte Jr., is the Camsur Watersports Complex. The six-hectare complex, with a six-point cable ski system, is the first of its kind in the Philippines and Asia. It features extreme sports like wakeboarding, kneeboarding, water skiing and wakeskating. The most popular is wakeboarding, where the rider stands on a single board with stationary nonrelease bindings for each foot, standing sideways.

Accomodation isn’t a problem if you plan to stay over the weekend. The Ecovillage, The Mansion Suites and the soon-to-open luxury villas and suites are all a stone’s throw away from the cable park and may be booked for very reasonable prices. The rooms are spacious equipped with cable-ready 29-inch TV sets, air-conditioning and other five-star services. Right in front of the mansion is the Information Technology Center, which houses a call center and animation studio—a first in the region. The complex also features the aviary, man-made caves and ampitheater, among others.

Nature trip

If you’re up for a good ‘ol nature walk, escape to the soothing sights of Consocep Mountain Resort, 15 minutes away from Pili. Experience the serenity of Mt. Isarog while camping out under the forest canopy. Bathe in the crystal clear waters of three waterfalls—Tumaguiti, Kawa-kawa and Bulalacao. Groups can dine on banana trunks at the center park or climb and view the woods on top of the treehouse. Drop by the deer farm, where you can pet and feed Australian deer.

Virgin paradise

Camarines Sur’s best kept secret is the white beach coast of Caramoan. The town is a 4,000 hectare limestone forest famous for its ecosystem, caves, untouched beaches and uninhabited islets. The Department of Environment and Natural Resources declared 380 hectares of Caramoan as a protected area in 1938. A nature-friendly resort is currently being developed in the area.

For inquiries, call (02) 523-8411, (054) 447-3159 or (6352) 820-3664 or log on to www.camarinessur.gov.ph or www.wowbicol.com.

attitude2win

September 30th, 2006, 06:57 AM

hello everyone..... hows legazpi na ba after "milenyo" i heard marami damages sa city natin??? hope ma restore agad nila power kasi ang hirap hirap jan pag walang kuryente...

hey ang ganda na pala ng aisle ng quezon ave ah.... one of rosal's nice projects right... galing ng mayor natin.... hope to see more projects in the future..tsaka pls post more photos para namn kahit nasa manila ako nakikita ko pa rin legazpi......

[dx]

October 1st, 2006, 05:47 AM

^^umuwi ka na lang dito...:colgate:
ei legazpi ssc, musta kamo gabos? i hope dai man kamo nagrabe

Matteo

October 3rd, 2006, 07:16 AM

wala lang. nakita ko lang to.

http://i22.photobucket.com/albums/b332/MatteoMatt/legsjeep.jpg
photo courtesy manilaessence, flickr.com

musta legazpeeps

WawaY[625]

October 3rd, 2006, 07:22 AM

OT..

paano sabihin in bicolano ang "thanks for the wonderful evening...it was a pleasure spending time with you" ?

Matteo

October 3rd, 2006, 08:06 AM

"thanks for the wonderful evening...it was a pleasure spending time with you" ?

salamat sa magayonon na banggi na nakasabay ta ka. nag enjoy ako na marhay.

try that. :D

WawaY[625]

October 3rd, 2006, 08:58 AM

thanks :D, ihave bicolano roots but i dont speak the language kasi..hehe

Matteo

October 4th, 2006, 05:38 PM

http://i22.photobucket.com/albums/b332/MatteoMatt/balong.jpg

so is Ibalong this year really cancelled?

-photo by Yves Eli Yu, dphotography.com

Matteo

October 4th, 2006, 06:02 PM

Bamboo's concert at Albay Astrodome

http://i22.photobucket.com/albums/b332/MatteoMatt/bamboo.jpg

http://i22.photobucket.com/albums/b332/MatteoMatt/bambootoo.jpg
photos by vamessedup, flickr.com

Matteo

October 4th, 2006, 06:10 PM

RDC resolves heated tiff over airport’s name
By Rhaydz B. Barcia

LEGAZPI CITY – What’s in a name?

A worsening verbal clash between Daraga Mayor Gerry Jaucian and Mayor Noel Rosal of this city finally came to a halt after the Bicol Regional Development Council chaired by Camarines Gov. LRay Villafuerte resolved to name a proposed multi-billion airport as the Bicol International Airport.

Rosal had opposed the naming of the airport as Southern Luzon International Airport and suggested instead that it be named Legazpi City International Airport.

But Jaucian did not like the airport to be named in Legazpi City’s honor alone. He warned that if Rosal insisted on his proposal, the town of Daraga would retaliate by compelling Legazpi City to pay taxes for 1/3 of the present Legazpi Airport’s runway which is actually located in the town of Daraga.

:lol: to this story ^^ hehehe

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in other news:

Still from other sources, it has been floated about that former governor and currently Phil. Ambassador to Lebanon Al Francis Bichara is preparing for a comeback to his post at the capitol, making a possible three-way battle among Gonzalez, Salceda, and Bichara.

hmmmm... what do you guys think?

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all articles from www.bicolmail.com
just go there for full versions of these stories

Mond87

October 6th, 2006, 04:40 AM

^^We were one of the worst hit but luckily electricity came back in a matter of few days in Tiwi, Tabaco and some areas in Legazpi. Just yesterday, electricity came back to Daraga's poblacion. In Cabagnan, where some electric posts fell down and electric lines were blocking some of the residents, was the worst hit by the typhoon. Until now, wala pang kuryente sa ibang bahagi ng Legazpi especially Cabagnan and surrounding areas (St. Agnes, Iglesia, etc)... :(

The typhoon was so terrible, pinakamalala na daa since 1987 (Bagyong Sisang) sabi kan mga gurang digdi... Sabi man kang iba, sa northern portions kang Sorsogon, ini na an pinakamalala... Many of Legazpi's beautiful streetlights have been destroyed...

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Bicol International Airport??? Mas magayon pagdangugun ang 'South Luzon International Airport' pero at least, mas lalong mapopromote ang Bicol Region... Kung ako kuta ang aapoton, mas gusto ko ang Legazpi International Airport tapos ibalik na lang ang Daraga sa Legazpi... Heheh, in this way, magiging "Highly-Urbanized City" na ang Legazpi ta kaipuhan lang tlga kang Legazpi ning 200,000+ population para ma-categorize na as "Highly-Urbanized City." Total Population kang Daraga asin Legazpi equals 260,000+ pero kung Legazpi sana, around 160,000+. Buda, mas pamusong pangaran ang Legazpi kaysa Bicol... Or if not, MAYON INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT na lang... heheh... :)

kevinb

October 6th, 2006, 09:36 AM

Mond87

October 6th, 2006, 11:44 AM

RDC resolves heated tiff over airport’s name
By Rhaydz B. Barcia

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in other news:

Still from other sources, it has been floated about that former governor and currently Phil. Ambassador to Lebanon Al Francis Bichara is preparing for a comeback to his post at the capitol, making a possible three-way battle among Gonzalez, Salceda, and Bichara.

hmmmm... what do you guys think?

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all articles from www.bicolmail.com
just go there for full versions of these stories

Go Bichara!!!! I personally like Bichara much better than Gonzalez... During his administration, revenue had increased steadily in Albay. Tourism grew fast as well... He eventually beautified the Capitol, the Penaranda Park and the Capitol Annex... Go Bichara!!! :)

Mond87

October 6th, 2006, 12:06 PM

Mas maganda kung Bicol Int'l Airport na lang. Sa Bicol lang ang honor. Hindi buong South Luzon. :lol:

kUng sabagay, dakulaon ang South Luzon tas ang magaramit man sana mga taga-Bicol... heheh... Pero I still prefer kung Legazpi IA or Magayon IA or Mayon IA... But, any name will do basta maging successful lang sana ang operations nito and will bring more tourists to the Bicol region especially to its tourist spots. Hopefully, investments and businesses will grow as well...

Mond87

October 6th, 2006, 12:10 PM

wala lang. nakita ko lang to.

http://i22.photobucket.com/albums/b332/MatteoMatt/legsjeep.jpg
photo courtesy manilaessence, flickr.com

musta legazpeeps

kelan ba to? Penaranda Park looks spanking new? O baka masyadong magaling lang tlga ang resolution... heheh...

Mond87

October 6th, 2006, 12:14 PM

Hey guys,

kelan na pala ang Parokya Concert? Na-postponed baga yun last week ksi nagka-bagyo... Hmmm...

kevinb

October 7th, 2006, 03:52 AM

http://i22.photobucket.com/albums/b332/MatteoMatt/balong.jpg

so is Ibalong this year really cancelled?

-photo by Yves Eli Yu, dphotography.com

Talaga? How true is this?

drfeelgood17

October 7th, 2006, 04:45 AM

^^Why did they cancel it? Lack of funds??

yves188

October 7th, 2006, 06:19 PM

http://www.dphotography.org/gallery/albums/newpics/normal_IMG_3894.jpg
more here (http://www.dphotography.org/gallery/thumbnails.php?album=35)

olineil

October 7th, 2006, 06:43 PM

:ohno: I am in tears... look at all those trees... those are gonna be gone forever... Our beloved city is in turmoil... I hope Legazpeeps will rise up to this challenge with steadfastness and tenacity.

This scenes really remind of SISANG....

sandrn

October 8th, 2006, 02:11 AM

[dx]

October 8th, 2006, 03:50 AM

Ei guys, Tigs is coming over for a visit on Oct. 12-13. I think its also the best opportunity for us to meet the people behind the usernames. SSC friends from Naga City and other nearby places are also invited. Here are some places suggested by the other SSC Legazpi forumers, where we can hang out on Oct. 12, probably at 7pm onwards, Can anyone help me choose the best one? thanks, hehe

1. Restaurants at Capitol Annex:

Gasthof, Chick ‘N Sombrero: Accessible, great food, close to landmarks

2. Other Restos within the Albay District:

Colonial Grill, Chili Pepper's, Small Talk Cafe: Accessible, close to landmarks, prices are also reasonable.

3. Restos within Legazpi Port District:

Kanzo Hall, La Roca, Waway's, Swaisi, Tago-Tago, BokLan

Then afterwards, if you want, maybe we can transfer to another place for inuman sessions :lol::

Guys, tell me the best choice from the following:

Champion's Bar
Ninong's
South Road at Pepperland Hotel
Smoke N' Grill, Airport Road
Mingles
Bar 101

P.S.: I'm really not sure about the prices, quality of the place and the food, etc., so guys, kayo na bahala, help me choose the best na sana. Libre daa ni Tigs...ahahahaha., joke lang. Just post your replies or PM me. I'll give you my contact details via PM. Hope you can all come. :)

attitude2win

October 8th, 2006, 04:12 AM

hey dex..... hope maka join man ako sa oct 12-13 gathering nyo...waaaa i really miss legazpi city ... in addition, yung parkwoods sa washington drive baga ok man mag gimik duman... reasonable man price duman..... if dinner lang namn i'll go for the establishments jan sa albay district or sa gogon like swaisi and la roca....

mas magayon gayod kung MAGAYON INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT ang ipangaran sa airport na gigibuhon sa bicol...its time not to use mga places like mactan IA, subic, manila etc etc... di ba? what do u think guys? kung yan magiging name kang airport bicol na bicol hehhehe

[dx]

October 8th, 2006, 04:22 AM

^^yeah, sana talaga makaiba ka :)

Hmm, about sa pangaran kang airport, ok na man ang Magayon, pero knowing politicians, baka aloy kaan, pangaran ki politiko na ang pangaran kaan..:lol:

Tsaka, sana ang design kang airport terminal, tige reflect man ang Bicol. Check 'nyo airport terminals kang Zamboanga and Davao International Airports. Ok sinda. :)

Monsi

October 8th, 2006, 07:27 AM

...I sigh with envy at houses below our humble abode
They are enjoying the trappings of electric current,
While I detest the romantic ambiance of candlelight!
One thing good, though... I was able to read...
...and read a lot. Now I am rereading Ethan Frome,
and will finish the last three chapters tonight!

Part of Albay District below our house, at night is aglow with lights.
http://i82.photobucket.com/albums/j246/Monsigh/DSC02370.jpg
http://i82.photobucket.com/albums/j246/Monsigh/DSC02459.jpg

Saint Agnes' Academy, the alma mater of Doc, Dex, and Matt...
http://i82.photobucket.com/albums/j246/Monsigh/DSC02162.jpg
http://i82.photobucket.com/albums/j246/Monsigh/DSC02132-1.jpg
http://i82.photobucket.com/albums/j246/Monsigh/DSC02131.jpg

PGMA leaving for Manila after visiting worst-hit Sorsogon last Saturday, September 30.
http://i82.photobucket.com/albums/j246/Monsigh/DSC02283.jpg

Pacific Mall a few hours before Milenyo hit Legazpi...
http://i82.photobucket.com/albums/j246/Monsigh/DSC02092.jpg

Here's a Cebu Pacific A319 I had taken at the Airport Cafe yesterday...
http://i82.photobucket.com/albums/j246/Monsigh/DSC02465.jpg

Tim, here's something to remember your granduncle Luis Los Baños...
http://i82.photobucket.com/albums/j246/Monsigh/DSC02491.jpg
http://i82.photobucket.com/albums/j246/Monsigh/DSC02495.jpg
I "discovered" this stairway up the northern side of Kapuntukan Hill at about noon today as I visit the Basin...

My climb is rewarded with this spooky tree (reminds of that willowy tree up MIH).
http://i82.photobucket.com/albums/j246/Monsigh/DSC02494.jpg
This would sure look good in Yves' viewfinder.

Below is the sheer rock side of Kapuntukan Hill (I hope Yves would look into the subject). Yonder's breakwater.
http://i82.photobucket.com/albums/j246/Monsigh/DSC02490.jpg

Mond87

October 9th, 2006, 05:03 AM

^^great pictures, Monsi!!!

Hopefully, SSC Legazpi will succeed!!! Kahit di ako makapunta, bka mailing ko man lang kamo siguro okay na... may finals kaya kami digdi sa BU... :(!

I agree w/ most of you, it sounds better kung MAGAYON IA ang apod... Kung Bicol IA kasi, people often perceive "Bicol" as something that is so laid-back and so far-away...

attitude2win

October 9th, 2006, 06:25 AM

hey monsci alma matter ko rin SAA pero grade 1 lang hahahaha... mag take kayo pictures sa gathering nyo ha then pls post it here para makilala namn namin kayo...

[dx]

October 9th, 2006, 06:42 AM

^^ nag st agnes ka man? hehe
mag iba ka na mond87, para finals, igwa pa man kaan next sem...ahaha :jk:

attitude2win

October 9th, 2006, 10:05 AM

iyo dex nag SAA man ako pero grade 1 lang.... under Mrs martinez ako kato lily ata yun heehee... si mrs labalan rose and redrico daisy... o ebidensya na iyan hhahahaha

ano na palan na mga places ang may kuryente na jan? sana sa gathering nyo meron nang kuryente

gurugeri

October 11th, 2006, 10:12 AM

Hay. I miss home. And I'll miss the meet tomorrow night. Have fun, guys!

gurugeri

October 11th, 2006, 10:17 AM

Hay. I miss home. And I'll miss the meet tomorrow night. Have fun, guys!

Matteo

October 13th, 2006, 12:51 AM

what up guys
natuloy ba meet nyo with Tigs?

attitude2win

October 13th, 2006, 05:07 AM

hey matt...oo natuloy daw sila with tigs sabi ni dex.... buti pa sila nag kita kitz.... waaaaaaaa sana nakasama rin tayo...di bale next time marami na tayong magkikita kita...hey dex... inasikaso mo bang mabuti mga bisita natin jan? hahaha

tigidig14

October 13th, 2006, 06:13 AM

what up guys
natuloy ba meet nyo with Tigs?

nand2 ako sa pacific mall waiting for Kevin
date daw :lol:

anyway had a great time meeting with Prof. Monsi :)

kevinb

October 14th, 2006, 03:23 AM

^^ Pasensya na kung naghintay ka kahapon ng sobrang tagal. Hehe. Anyway, I had a super great time yesterday. Hehe. Salamat. :D Pati kay Dex. Salamat man sa Pilinuts. :D

Sinjin P.

October 14th, 2006, 03:28 AM

Photos please (in Samahan) :D Hahay, ako nalang ang walang namemeet :D

Matteo

October 14th, 2006, 03:44 AM

^^ e sa nagsusuplado ka e
be nice, tingnan mo makikipaginuman ka na nyan with waway

kevinb

October 14th, 2006, 04:05 AM

^^ Baka nga akitin niya din si Tigs 'pag nag-meet sila sa Cebu eh. :lol: :jk:

[dx]

October 14th, 2006, 05:16 AM

SSC Legazpi City Meet Pictures ---> Just go to the Samahan threads :):)

[dx]

October 14th, 2006, 05:26 AM

Check out the new streetlights on Quezon Avenue..

http://usera.imagecave.com/dexpix/100_3943.jpg

http://usera.imagecave.com/dexpix/100_3944.jpg
Shaped like a coconut tree

http://usera.imagecave.com/dexpix/100_3945.jpg

http://usera.imagecave.com/dexpix/100_3946.jpg

http://usera.imagecave.com/dexpix/100_3947.jpg

http://usera.imagecave.com/dexpix/100_3948.jpg

I don't know, but i think the lights are a bit too extravagant. Plus, they're a target for vandals; I hope Legazpeños will preserve these new additions to the city's infrastructure.

http://usera.imagecave.com/dexpix/100_3949.jpg
Mayon early this morning.

http://usera.imagecave.com/dexpix/100_3950.jpg
The Muslim community in Legazpi has a new mosque. Hotels on Peñaranda Street at the background.

Mond87

October 14th, 2006, 06:11 AM

Sayang... di ako naka-attend ng meet... heheh... busy sa finals... grabe, dumugo ang utak ko!!!

Mond87

October 14th, 2006, 06:12 AM

Those lights!!! buti nga tapos na ang Milenyo kundi... sayang lang ng mga yan...

Mond87

October 14th, 2006, 06:37 AM

Photos please (in Samahan) :D Hahay, ako nalang ang walang namemeet :D

Hey, meet tau... ;)

WawaY[625]

October 14th, 2006, 07:02 AM

^^ e sa nagsusuplado ka e
be nice, tingnan mo makikipaginuman ka na nyan with waway

at bakit ako nadamay? :lol:

whoa, nice lights sa center islands huh! are those pemanent o for christmas lng.. i hope i maintain yan ng mabuti

gurugeri

October 14th, 2006, 10:10 AM

Ganda ng pics! Yes, I agree na medyo may pagka-extravagant yung lights. Sana lang walang sumira ng mga yan. By the way, I tried to combine some Legazpi pics last night. Ewan lang pero cute kasi sabi nung boardmate ko kaya post ko rito. Sorry that I cannot give credit to whoever credit is due. I need help on whose pics these are.

http://www.image-upload.net/files/5672/Beautiful%20City%21.JPG

tigidig14

October 14th, 2006, 10:18 AM

^galing kasi ng camera ni Dexboy e

anyway ito muna ha, view pala sa hotel Magayon :)

http://i17.photobucket.com/albums/b84/tigidig14/sanfrancisco%20roadtrip/IMG_26561.jpg

gurugeri

October 14th, 2006, 10:22 AM

Inggit ako sa mga nag-meet. Monsi, ngilala ko palan ika. Hehe! (Apparently, this post had been edited)

Sinjin P.

October 14th, 2006, 10:28 AM

^ You posted a thumbnail, here is the photo's normal size

http://img88.imageshack.us/img88/8749/beautifulcityye1.jpg

I suggest that you try using ImageShack (http://imageshack.us), no registration needed

gurugeri

October 14th, 2006, 10:30 AM

^ You posted a thumbnail, here is the photo's normal size

http://images6.theimagehosting.com/Beautiful%20City!.JPG

I suggest that you try using ImageShack (http://imageshack.us), no registration needed

Okay na, I needed to upload it to another site. Thanks!

[dx]

October 14th, 2006, 11:12 AM

http://usera.imagecave.com/dexpix/100_3965.jpg
The Albay Provincial Capitol, early this afternoon.

Monsi

October 14th, 2006, 01:11 PM

Rather, love 'em, hate 'em...you decide.

Quezon Avenue islands this morning...
http://i82.photobucket.com/albums/j246/Monsigh/DSC02684.jpg
http://i82.photobucket.com/albums/j246/Monsigh/DSC02775.jpg
...late afternoon, I happened to be there when they tested the lights for a while.
http://i82.photobucket.com/albums/j246/Monsigh/DSC02780.jpg

http://i82.photobucket.com/albums/j246/Monsigh/DSC02779.jpg
http://i82.photobucket.com/albums/j246/Monsigh/DSC02783.jpg
http://i82.photobucket.com/albums/j246/Monsigh/DSC02786.jpg
The circus is in town...

habagatcentral1

October 14th, 2006, 04:01 PM

^^ And all was quiet again. Magayon has hushed, or is it?

olineil

October 14th, 2006, 05:54 PM

...you decide.

Quezon Avenue islands this morning...
http://i82.photobucket.com/albums/j246/Monsigh/DSC02684.jpg
http://i82.photobucket.com/albums/j246/Monsigh/DSC02775.jpg
...late afternoon, I happened to be there when they tested the lights for a while.
http://i82.photobucket.com/albums/j246/Monsigh/DSC02780.jpg

http://i82.photobucket.com/albums/j246/Monsigh/DSC02779.jpg
http://i82.photobucket.com/albums/j246/Monsigh/DSC02783.jpg
http://i82.photobucket.com/albums/j246/Monsigh/DSC02786.jpg
The circus is in town...

My Honest opinion... those are ugly street lights... parang Patente sa Patay! Dont you guys agree?! I would rather they opted for a more modern looking version of the regular street lights... say the one used in Putrajaya Malaysia. Modern and sleek but still functional.

Hawayano

October 14th, 2006, 06:49 PM

Tim, here's something to remember your granduncle Luis Los Baños...
http://i82.photobucket.com/albums/j246/Monsigh/DSC02491.jpg

To our intrepid photojournalist Monsi: Thanks very much for the pic of this obscure piece of 1960s memorabilia! It really brought back such memories of our tiyo. You can't imagine how much we overseas pinoys worry and fret whenever the international news reports on massive typhoons headed into our beloved Philippines. I hope all's well for you. Thanks again, bro Monsi!

Monsi

October 15th, 2006, 04:45 AM

My Honest opinion... those are ugly street lights... parang Patente sa Patay! Dont you guys agree?! I would rather they opted for a more modern looking version of the regular street lights... say the one used in Putrajaya Malaysia. Modern and sleek but still functional.

Those lights!!! buti nga tapos na ang Milenyo kundi... sayang lang ng mga yan...

I don't know, but i think the lights are a bit too extravagant. Plus, they're a target for vandals; I hope Legazpeños will preserve these new additions to the city's infrastructure.

Yes, I agree na medyo may pagka-extravagant yung lights. Sana lang walang sumira ng mga yan.

...heheh, tilting towards disfavor. Le me see... my first impression when I took the early morning shot was... "What were they thinking? The avenue now looks like a drag race track! Another is that as someone mentioned earlier, would these lamps withstand typhoons of Milenyo strength; and if not, could they be easily dismantled and stored in short notice?

Inggit ako sa mga nag-meet. Monsi, ngilala ko palan ika. Hehe!

Based on the clues you had been giving Mond, early I figured, "it must be he who took up MA Lit at BU...who teaches in PSHS in Goa..."
Here's your town from Lignon Hill with PHIVOLCS observatory below, along the lower slopes of the hill.
http://i82.photobucket.com/albums/j246/Monsigh/DSC02807.jpg

Albay district and MIH viewed from on top of AUH...
http://i82.photobucket.com/albums/j246/Monsigh/AlbayDistrictfromAUH.jpg
http://i82.photobucket.com/albums/j246/Monsigh/DSC02774.jpg
...and AUH from MIH.

http://i82.photobucket.com/albums/j246/Monsigh/DSC02772.jpg

PR 278 takes off on runway 24; here's the last 737-400 on PAL's fleet.
http://i82.photobucket.com/albums/j246/Monsigh/DSC02804.jpg
http://i82.photobucket.com/albums/j246/Monsigh/DSC02580.jpg
Cebu Pacific it is not...

http://i82.photobucket.com/albums/j246/Monsigh/DSC02772.jpg
http://i82.photobucket.com/albums/j246/Monsigh/DSC02574.jpg
http://i82.photobucket.com/albums/j246/Monsigh/DSC02773.jpg
Saint Agnes' turns yellow...

Light traffic along Airport road this morning...Lita Ago's expansive place left side.
http://i82.photobucket.com/albums/j246/Monsigh/DSC02809-1.jpg

Matteo

October 15th, 2006, 09:44 AM

as always, all these photos brings back memories of home.
thanks much guys, really appreciate the time and effort you guys put into taking all these shots.

keep em coming :D

yea, matt dont like them lights either hehehe. i dont get it
so whats up with ibalong festival this year?

gurugeri

October 15th, 2006, 12:30 PM

Monsi: Based on the clues you had been giving Mond, early I figured, "it must be he who took up MA Lit at BU...who teaches in PSHS in Goa..."

Tumpak! Pero di pa ako graduate. On thesis writing daw. Wahaha! Ika? Dai na ako nagduman-duman sa BU. Ugakan na ako. Baad dagit na sako si Madam ta dai na ako nagpahiling-hiling saiya. Might go home on Saturday. If I don't, I might not be able to see traces of Milenyo's wrath. Sayand, I could have joined you in the meet. Nata man kaya ta weekday nagduman su bisita ta? Haha!

gurugeri

October 15th, 2006, 12:45 PM

...heheh, tilting towards disfavor. Le me see... my first impression when I took the early morning shot was... "What were they thinking? The avenue now looks like a drag race track! Another is that as someone mentioned earlier, would these lamps withstand typhoons of Milenyo strength; and if not, could they be easily dismantled and stored in short notice?

Based on the clues you had been giving Mond, early I figured, "it must be he who took up MA Lit at BU...who teaches in PSHS in Goa..."
Here's your town from Lignon Hill with PHIVOLCS observatory below, along the lower slopes of the hill.
http://i82.photobucket.com/albums/j246/Monsigh/DSC02807.jpg

Albay district and MIH viewed from on top of AUH...
http://i82.photobucket.com/albums/j246/Monsigh/AlbayDistrictfromAUH.jpg
http://i82.photobucket.com/albums/j246/Monsigh/DSC02774.jpg
...and AUH from MIH.

http://i82.photobucket.com/albums/j246/Monsigh/DSC02772.jpg

PR 278 takes off on runway 24; here's the last 737-400 on PAL's fleet.
http://i82.photobucket.com/albums/j246/Monsigh/DSC02804.jpg
http://i82.photobucket.com/albums/j246/Monsigh/DSC02580.jpg
Cebu Pacific it is not...

http://i82.photobucket.com/albums/j246/Monsigh/DSC02772.jpg
http://i82.photobucket.com/albums/j246/Monsigh/DSC02574.jpg
http://i82.photobucket.com/albums/j246/Monsigh/DSC02773.jpg
Saint Agnes' turns yellow...

Light traffic along Airport road this morning...Lita Ago's expansive place left side.
http://i82.photobucket.com/albums/j246/Monsigh/DSC02809-1.jpg

Beautiful pictures! Buti na lang Matt sa Goa lang ako. Hehehe!

gurugeri

October 15th, 2006, 12:48 PM

Napansin ko lang parang nagmukhang very urbanized ang Daraga. Should I be thankful to Milenyo for uprooting and/or felling trees?

Matteo

October 16th, 2006, 08:34 AM

do they not have anymore plans for that MIHotel?
how's the wharf?

WawaY[625]

October 16th, 2006, 10:36 AM

Ive read before na ang site ng magayon hotel is the site kung saan ang Ritz Hotel nakatayo before? anyone have a pic of ritz hotel?

kevinb

October 16th, 2006, 11:06 AM

Isn't Ritz Hotel a hotel somewhere in Europe or the US? :?

Monsi

October 16th, 2006, 12:41 PM

My first... too bad it's on VGA! I forgot to set to to at least 1 megapix...
http://i82.photobucket.com/albums/j246/Monsigh/DSC02815.jpg

Yes, Kevin. Magayon Hotel used to be called Hotel Ritz--of course it WAS a poorer copy of the original in Paris (it used to be a two-story wood and concrete building).

Gerry, I'm enrolling again second semester, my last chance.

Matt, will post pix of the project at the Basin; I saw barges beside the Kapuntukan/Sleeping Lion apparently to reclaim land; the bridge is now getting widened form work in place for concrete girders...

jundeleon

October 16th, 2006, 03:57 PM

Is the albay convention center and sports coliseum and the albay astrodome the same structure?

of are they two different buildings?

WawaY[625]

October 16th, 2006, 06:59 PM

Isn't Ritz Hotel a hotel somewhere in Europe or the US? :?

there was a ritz hotel in legazpi..i should know kasi sa lola ko yun before, then my lolo died and they sold it, our only remebranc are the towels and sheets na may nakalagay na ritz hotel and a few old photos..

ive been there once lang, i think i was 3 then (mga 1983) and my only memory of being there was me throwing/banging the phone at the front desk..:lol:

since im davao-based and my relatives are in manila/tarlac i havent any photos of the old building (which is my only Bicol connection) :D

BTW, my lola is a garcia from legazpi..marami bang garcia sa legazpi?

Matteo

October 16th, 2006, 09:22 PM

Amalfi Condo, Misibis Residential Resort

http://i22.photobucket.com/albums/b332/MatteoMatt/cond1.jpg
http://i22.photobucket.com/albums/b332/MatteoMatt/cond2.jpg
http://i22.photobucket.com/albums/b332/MatteoMatt/cond3.jpg
http://i22.photobucket.com/albums/b332/MatteoMatt/cond4.jpg

photos from and more info at http://www.islandsproperties.com/properties/condos-townhs/alb-bac-cd-840/index.htm

gurugeri

October 17th, 2006, 02:03 AM

Is the albay convention center and sports coliseum and the albay astrodome the same structure?

of are they two different buildings?

I haven't heard of Albay Convention Center and Sports Coliseum, just Albay Astrodome, which has also served as venue for various sports events.

yves188

October 17th, 2006, 03:05 AM

http://www.dphotography.org/gallery/albums/newpics/normal_IMG_3990.jpg

http://www.dphotography.org/gallery/albums/newpics/normal_IMG_3985.jpg

I think the Lights look good..:):):)

kevinb

October 17th, 2006, 04:07 AM

I haven't heard of Albay Convention Center and Sports Coliseum, just Albay Astrodome, which has also served as venue for various sports events.

I think he's just referring to Albay Astrodome.

BTW, What building was with a super ultra mega big yellow streamer saying something about the closure or boycotting of the Lafayette mine in Rapu-Rapu? Is it an unfinished something?

Sinjin P.

October 17th, 2006, 04:08 AM

^ I love the lights. They give vibrance to Legazpi's M. L. Quezon Avenue

[dx]

October 17th, 2006, 04:43 AM

BTW, What building was with a super ultra mega big yellow streamer saying something about the closure or boycotting of the Lafayette mine in Rapu-Rapu? Is it an unfinished something?
^^ That's the AQ Dome of Aquinas University of Legazpi.

^ I love the lights. They give vibrance to Legazpi's M. L. Quezon Avenue
^^ I am disappointed by the streetlights. I agree with Neil, a simpler, sleeker design would have been much better aesthetically. I think the ones behind these new lights didn't give much thought about the designs. Gari pinakyaw su gabos na design kang streetlights duman sa kinuhaan ninda. Dai na nagpili kang marhay, hehe. But i like, the palm-tree shaped lights. Iyo na lang kuta gabos. :)

Sinjin P.

October 17th, 2006, 05:14 AM

^ I agree, the designs are too grand, I hope they were simpler so that more will be able to appreciate it but now that it's there, I hope the government will be able to maintain those streetlights :yes:

[dx]

October 17th, 2006, 08:48 AM

Last Saturday, Oct. 17, 2006, one of the most prominent names in the Filipino blogosphere, Mr. Abe Olandres, also known as "Yuga" of www.yugatech.com (http://www.yugatech.com/blog/?p=1265), gave a free seminar on "Web Copywriting for Fun and Profit".

Basically, Abe encouraged everyone who attended the seminar to start their own blogs - which not only provides an avenue for self-expression but can also be a means to earn a living. Despite a short power interruption, the event was a success - with Abe giving a lively, informative and very interesting talk on what web copywriting is.

http://usera.imagecave.com/dexpix/100_3998.jpg
^^
Here's Mr. Yuga right before he talked about web copywriting and blogging. Pardon the fuzzy picture, I don't have a steady hand. :lol:

gurugeri

October 17th, 2006, 10:37 AM

Here's Mr. Yuga right before he talked about web copywriting and blogging. Pardon the fuzzy picture, I don't have a steady hand. :lol:

Dex, beautiful hands are those that do.

I think it was a nice seminar. Nice topic.

Monsi

October 17th, 2006, 12:55 PM

...the lamps indeed look ugly daytime, but they lend an air of festivity at night.

The man behind design and architecture of Legazpi City LGU projects is Archt. Rey Acosta.
These nine lamps were imported from Shanghai, China...
Reputedly, these are the very first ever installed anywhere in the Philippines...
These cost P3,000,000.00, excluding maintenance cost and cost of power.
Due to the loads of electric juice these lamps require, lights will be switched on till 10:00 p.m. only.
They were inaugurated yesterday evening, coinciding with the opening of the Legazpi Port District Fiesta...
Quezon Avenue had become a pedestrian mall of sorts, what with the temporary Carnival put up at the burnt market site. There is a beer plaza and temporary stage with bands to entertain the revellers.
Some decry that the P3M should have been spent in livelihood projects...the ambulant chicken-skin chicharon and peanut vendors had sold out their stuff yesterday. An ugali ugaring kan satuyang mga kababayan is that we are "nali." I hope the novelty will not wear out very soon.
Looks like the demise of Ibalong Festival in October, although there are plans to revive it in May next year, as part of the Magayon Festival.
http://i82.photobucket.com/albums/j246/Monsigh/DSC02843.jpg
http://i82.photobucket.com/albums/j246/Monsigh/DSC02845.jpg

I hope Yves would go up Lignon Hill and update his nighttime pictures of the City... I'm sure these lights would help define the city's night skies...

Sinjin P.

October 17th, 2006, 01:32 PM

^ Maintenance of that would surely be difficult. Kapag may isang lamp lang na hindi gagana, hindi na kumpleto tingnan. :yes:

[dx]

October 18th, 2006, 05:31 AM

I see, imported from Shanghai pala. Yung ilaw ng spotlight ng isang street lamp tumatama dito sa office building namin. Hindi kaya annoying yung ilaw na yun sa mga nasa graveyard shift? :dunno: :lol:

Matteo

October 18th, 2006, 06:55 AM

saan ang office building nyo dex? yung may south ocean villa?

[dx]

October 18th, 2006, 07:01 AM

^^ hindi, pero nasa quezon avenue din, a few meters away.

Matteo

October 18th, 2006, 07:19 AM

you should take a photo of your office and post it here :D

Mond87

October 18th, 2006, 09:04 AM

Those pics are really grand... Hmmm... okay man para sakuya kaso lang, madadagdagan na naman ang expenses kang Legazpi LGU... Last year, Legazpi ang pinaka-magastos na ciudad sa Bicol...

Mond87

October 18th, 2006, 09:30 AM

Mond87

October 18th, 2006, 10:19 AM

Mond87

October 18th, 2006, 10:40 AM

This news is 2 months-old but with the end of Mayon 2006 eruption, we can take a sneak peek of what has happened in local tourism then:

Legazpi City turning Mayon menace into tourism windfall

By Mynardo Macaraig
Agence France-Presse
Last updated 09:46am (Mla time) 08/13/2006

LEGAZPI CITY, Albay - Ominous posters around this city show the nearby Mayon Volcano, erupting forcefully, shooting fiery sparks into the sky with blood-red lava dripping from its mouth.

But the words on the poster are cheerful rather than frightening: "Visit Legazpi: Mayon Eruption 2006."

The posters are part of an impromptu campaign to find some benefit from a looming disaster that has already forced the evacuation of nearly 40,000 people from their homes on the rumbling volcano's slopes into overcrowded evacuation centers.

While initial estimates of tourist revenues are not available, officials say the volcano, which began oozing lava on July 15 and is on high alert for a full eruption, has helped bring in more local and foreign tourists to this city of about 400,000 people on the poverty-stricken Bicol peninsula.

The posters are the brainchild of Legazpi City councilor Cerilo Chan who realized over a week ago that the tourism potential of the volcanic eruption was not being fully exploited.

He printed up the posters and had them placed in different parts of the city and also personally stuck copies at airports, hotels and at the tourism districts in Manila where potential visitors might see them.

"I just noticed many foreigners were arriving," but that there were not enough people attending to them, he said.

Since then, Chan has been getting many inquiries. He has been successful in attracting some 120 employees of the central bank to vacation here in late July where they personally got to see Mayon put on a fireworks show at night -- from a safe distance.

The 8,070-foot (2,460-meter) high volcano has long been a tourist attraction, thanks to its near-perfect cone, its symmetrical slopes and its history of being the most active volcano in the country.

But it has been overshadowed by other tourist attractions in recent years such as diving with whale sharks in the nearby coastal town of Donsol.

Many of the tourists who pass through Legazpi City just use it as a jumping off point to some place else but the eruption of the volcano has revived interest in Mayon.

While government volcanologists warn people not to enter a six to eight kilometer (four to five-mile) danger zone around the crater, Legazpi, located some 15 kilometers away, is well out of danger.

Sightseers can watch the volcanic unrest while sipping drinks in the safety of their hotel rooftops.

Bernadette Peralta, president of the Legazpi City Tourism Council, a private association, says there is some reluctance to exploit a disaster that is hurting their neighbors.

"We have to be prudent. An eruption would also mean destruction," she says, remarking that some people had criticized the effort to use the eruption to attract tourists.
Ironically, the dangerous image of a volcanic eruption has also scared some tourists away.

"There is a perception of fear from other regions," of the Philippines, says Peralta, saying there had been some hotel cancellations.

Despite this, Maria Ravanilla, local director of the national Tourism Department says there has already been a marked rise in tourist arrivals since the volcano roared into life.

A survey of the five top hotels in Legazpi found they had a 62 percent occupancy rate since mid-July, a time of the year when such hotels usually have a 20 percent occupancy rate, Ravanilla said.

The survey also found that there were 1,683 foreign tourists who checked in from July 18 to August 7, the off-peak season, compared with 2,638 foreign tourists in the entire first half of the year.

Clouds obscure the mountain top on some days, but foreign tourists are generally pleased they made the diversion here.

"At first, I was afraid to come because when you see the volcano on the TV, you get the wrong idea," says German Michael Lichtinger, sipping a beer at an open-air restaurant on a government-built viewing station.

"I like it well enough but I wish it wasn't this cloudy."

Copyright 2006 Agence France-Presse. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.

kevinb

October 18th, 2006, 10:58 AM

^^ That's the AQ Dome of Aquinas University of Legazpi.

What's an AQ dome?

Those pics are really grand... Hmmm... okay man para sakuya kaso lang, madadagdagan na naman ang expenses kang Legazpi LGU... Last year, Legazpi ang pinaka-magastos na ciudad sa Bicol...

Okay man lang na magastos basta nahihiling. ;) I like Legazpi's infra projects. In full swing na maray. :okay:

Mond87

October 18th, 2006, 11:12 AM

What's an AQ dome?

Okay man lang na magastos basta nahihiling. ;) I like Legazpi's infra projects. In full swing na maray. :okay:

AQ Dome!!! That means, "Aquinas Quotient." AQ kasi pinagsabay "daw" na IQ at EQ... Wehehehe, from Aquinas Science High kasi ako... :D

Legazpi's infra projects may be good but it is also the reason why Legazpi's got a lot of expenses... However, it at least improved tourism in the city and many folks who have not visitted us in more than five years were always shocked of the many betterments the city have undergone from 2001 to present.

[dx]

October 18th, 2006, 11:17 AM

ei mond! kumusta ang finals? hehe.
@matt, cge, i will.

Monsi

October 18th, 2006, 12:13 PM

With Mond's finals in BU over, he has no reason not to join any mini-meet, hopefully we have one during the sem-break; e.g., October 31, which is a common holiday to us all. BTW, are you 18? Show me some ID's...:jk: And you're from SHS! I'm sure it would be great to have Yves taking our pix... Can we bombard him with our PMs until he relents? Heheh...

"Deal or no deal," it's up to you guys. I could be your 'proctor' (for lack of a better word)!
Suggestion: Four Seasons @ Magallanes, Dutch treat; then a short walk towards the Carnival and Quezon Avenue for photo ops, and if you like, a round of lager at the beer plaza. This could entail about two, at the most, three hours. But I bet you're of the same age as Dex's, so you have better and novel ideas and suggestions on how to have wholesome fun.

It's my turn to get busy... final exams...

Mond87

October 18th, 2006, 01:08 PM

Matteo

October 19th, 2006, 12:20 AM

so what happened to pacific mall's expansion over there?
any new shops and stuff?

Mond87

October 19th, 2006, 02:55 AM

^^ we saw some bookshelves in one of the spaces in the mall... I think they'll be having National Bookstore. There are rumors that there will be!

kevinb

October 19th, 2006, 03:01 AM

^^ Oh goody! NBS! :cheer:

@Matt: Sabi daa magkakaigwa man ng Smart, KFC, Pizza Hut, etc. But when I went there during the tigsmania, I haven't seen them. Some stalls are already being constructed, but still no signages or whatever.

drfeelgood17

October 19th, 2006, 03:16 AM

From Monsi's earlier post:

By Mynardo Macaraig
Agence France-Presse
Last updated 09:46am (Mla time) 08/13/2006

LEGAZPI CITY, Albay - Ominous posters around this city show the nearby Mayon Volcano, erupting forcefully, shooting fiery sparks into the sky with blood-red lava dripping from its mouth.

But the words on the poster are cheerful rather than frightening: "Visit Legazpi: Mayon Eruption 2006."

The posters are part of an impromptu campaign to find some benefit from a looming disaster that has already forced the evacuation of nearly 40,000 people from their homes on the rumbling volcano's slopes into overcrowded evacuation centers.

While initial estimates of tourist revenues are not available, officials say the volcano, which began oozing lava on July 15 and is on high alert for a full eruption, has helped bring in more local and foreign tourists to this city of about 400,000 people on the poverty-stricken Bicol peninsula.

The posters are the brainchild of Legazpi City councilor Cerilo Chan who realized over a week ago that the tourism potential of the volcanic eruption was not being fully exploited.

He printed up the posters and had them placed in different parts of the city and also personally stuck copies at airports, hotels and at the tourism districts in Manila where potential visitors might see them.

Kudos to this Cerilo Chan!:cheers2:
I will buy him some drinks when I next go home to Legazpi.
He's a genius. We need more entrepreneurial people like him. :)

Clouds obscure the mountain top on some days, but foreign tourists are generally pleased they made the diversion here.

"At first, I was afraid to come because when you see the volcano on the TV, you get the wrong idea," says German Michael Lichtinger, sipping a beer at an open-air restaurant on a government-built viewing station.

"I like it well enough but I wish it wasn't this cloudy."

Ok, either Michael should come back between March-May or Mayon should limit her activities within that period. :)

drfeelgood17

October 19th, 2006, 03:21 AM

http://www.dphotography.org/gallery/albums/newpics/normal_IMG_3990.jpg

http://www.dphotography.org/gallery/albums/newpics/normal_IMG_3985.jpg

I think the Lights look good..:):):)

wow I can't believe this is Quezon Avenue?! The lights are nice and cheerful, Ok maybe a little bit OTT, but it does bring some life back into that area. It was looking a bit delapidated. Any daytime pics of the lamps?

Mond, so who took those harbour pics of Legazpi? They're wonderful.

Mond87

October 19th, 2006, 03:27 AM

^^ I don't know... Guru got it somewhere... You gotta ask him, he knows...

I agree they're wonderful. It makes me think Legazpi's got some of the best aerial pics in the nation... :)

Mond87

October 19th, 2006, 03:35 AM

drfeelgood17

October 19th, 2006, 03:45 AM

[QUOTE=dxpsycho;10105318]Check out the new streetlights on Quezon Avenue..

http://usera.imagecave.com/dexpix/100_3943.jpg

http://usera.imagecave.com/dexpix/100_3944.jpg
Shaped like a coconut tree

What's this - Metro-Manila comes to Legazpi?!

I don't know, but i think the lights are a bit too extravagant. Plus, they're a target for vandals; I hope Legazpeños will preserve these new additions to the city's infrastructure.

They also look much better at night, don't you think?

http://usera.imagecave.com/dexpix/100_3950.jpg

We even have a mosque now - I'm impressed!:)

QUOTE]

[dx]

October 19th, 2006, 04:29 AM

hey doc steve! glad to see your green light's on again. we missed ya. hehe

drfeelgood17

October 19th, 2006, 04:36 AM

maray an aldaw Dex! Or is it hapon already?
Glad I was missed hehehe

So what's been happening while I was on my sabbatical? Any new developments? Í'm happy that Legazpi wasn't too badly damaged by that typhoon. So how are you guys?

[dx]

October 19th, 2006, 05:10 AM

kevinb

October 19th, 2006, 05:48 AM

^^ @Doc Steb: Yeah. I was there. I was there. I was there! :lol:

WawaY[625]

October 19th, 2006, 01:28 PM

pa post lang ng davao ad..baka pala may kilala kayong pupunta ng davao..

here's my bar..(not mine..hehe ako lang architect)

the party place to be..

the Aquarium@Avenida Santos..

Located @ Avenida Santos, NOva Tierra Village, Lanang , Davao City

(200m from the Nova Tierra Gate)

Let's PARTY!!!

http://i58.photobucket.com/albums/g261/waway625/AQuALOGO2copy.jpg

http://i58.photobucket.com/albums/g261/waway625/Bar1.jpg

http://i58.photobucket.com/albums/g261/waway625/Bar2.jpg

http://i58.photobucket.com/albums/g261/waway625/Bar5.jpg

http://i58.photobucket.com/albums/g261/waway625/Bar7.jpg

http://i58.photobucket.com/albums/g261/waway625/Bar4.jpg

http://i58.photobucket.com/albums/g261/waway625/Bar3.jpg

drfeelgood17

October 19th, 2006, 04:09 PM

Udto pa lang..hehe, lunch break na. Ok man ang Legazpi, madali na mag piyesta. hehe.

And if you haven't heard yet, we've just had our first SSC meet here in Legazpi with Tigs, Monsi, Kevinb. hehe. Just visit the Samahan threads for pics.

Yeah, thanks Dex, I finally saw the pics in Samahan! Looks like you guys had lots of fun. I can\t wait till my next trip home. :)

Mond87

October 20th, 2006, 01:29 PM

Mond87

October 20th, 2006, 01:31 PM

Sinjin P.

October 20th, 2006, 03:00 PM

May nagshopping ba na isa sa inyo sa Metro Gaisano Legazpi nung nagSALE dun last week? :D

Doc: Glad to see you posting once again :okay:

Monsi

October 21st, 2006, 12:46 AM

you (Dex) should take a photo of your office and post it here :D

Some 100-200 meters before the Mosque in mOro Site, there's Dex's office building, before I turn right to T. Alonzo towards
ABSEC onto Peñaranda Street on my way to work...
http://i82.photobucket.com/albums/j246/Monsigh/Dsc03078.jpg

Ei, Dex... May kuryente na saindo? We had had October 18, pero nakisa'bit lang; thus I could not use my home PC.
We are now connected to the mainline early this morning, this is my first post done at home after Milenyo...

drfeelgood17

October 21st, 2006, 01:37 AM

^^I'm glad you guys have your electricity restored at last!! I remember how long it used to take after typhoons. I only hope they restore power to local residents before those extravagant streetlights! I think the record longest period of no electricity goes to the post-Sisang period. Judging from the pics, Legazpi doesn't look too wrecked, thankfully.

drfeelgood17

October 21st, 2006, 01:41 AM

^^ Drfeelgood, are you going to join the next ssc meet? I hope I can join u guys next time... It might be my first night drinking beer! I was not allowed since like 2 years ago, I think I might be allowed now...

Mond87, I don't even know when the next SSC meet is? Will it be in Legazpi? If it happens to be in March next year, then I'll be there. :)

drfeelgood17

October 21st, 2006, 01:44 AM

[QUOTE=drfeelgood17;10157084]

DFG, I think that mosque has been existent for decades... I think they just repainted it...

Really?! I must have been asleep all those years! :dunno:

[dx]

October 21st, 2006, 04:55 AM

^^ actually its a new dome, concrete na, dati kasi GI sheets lang yata na kinorteng dome. pero the mosque has been there for ages.

@Monsi. thanks for the pic of our office bldg..hehe. kita mo ko? kumakaway :jk: :lol: maray pa saindo igwa na ilaw, kami naga kapkap pa sa diklom..:gaah:>(

gurugeri

October 21st, 2006, 05:36 AM

^^ I have turned 19 last September... Gurang na ako!!!

Heheh, I hope I'll be free on that date ->Oct. 31. PS, how much would I spend if I ever get to join?

Ideas and suggestions? I'm normally not the one you can depend on when it comes to fun... I'm not even allowed to drink beer! Hahahah...

Magtaga-inom-inom ka naman ta you're not getting any younger. Hehe! Anyway, I would love to meet with you, guys!

Yeah, Monsi, sembreak would be fine choice. Pero kamo man sana igua kaan. Kami sa Goa (I'm here in Legazpi right now), Oct 31 to Nov 1 lang mayong laog. Hay inda! Grabe an pagpapatali kan mga taga-Pisay! The students will be out on a break pero kaming mga kaguruan ay magmumunimuni sa aming eskul. Hehe!

I am happy to be back after four weeks. Medyo hindi na halata yung devastation caused by the typhoon pero parang matamlay ang ating lungsod. Maybe, if I go out tonight, baka maramdaman kong fiesta na.

Yung di naka-text sakin kasi smart daw sya: kuripot mo! Hahaha!

Uy iyo na magirilingan giraray kita. I like Monsi's idea. Naiimagine ko an pagraralakawlakaw sa Quezon Ave, gari man sana kita kaan mga inda.I haven't done anything of that sort. PM nyo ako ha?

Gotta go!

gurugeri

October 21st, 2006, 05:38 AM

Sabi kan student ko, may National Bookstore na daw sa Gaisano? Ay hilingon ko daw. Pero dai pa man daa bukas. Update ko kayo when I get there.

Monsi

October 21st, 2006, 01:49 PM

@Monsi. thanks for the pic of our office bldg..hehe. kita mo ko? kumakaway... maray pa saindo igwa na ilaw, kami naga kapkap pa sa diklom...

Nah! That's you behind them curtains, heheh. What's up? Too bad power is not yet restored in your area--in what Aleco calls lateral and not mainline. Better work the graveyard shift... Besides, you're earshot away from the makeshift stage at Quezon Avenue...

Quezon Avenue early this evening, too early for revellers...
http://i82.photobucket.com/albums/j246/Monsigh/Dsc03200.jpg
I passed Rizal Street early this evening on my way home and it was all ablaze like it was pre-Milenyo, even in the hardhit INC area.

Sorry for the blur (I switched off the flash to sneak this shot as I clamber the escalator) Level one of PM
with expansion and front entrance yonder. It's alway this full of people early evenings.
http://i82.photobucket.com/albums/j246/Monsigh/Dsc03203.jpg

New bank inaugurated at Landco Business Park...
http://i82.photobucket.com/albums/j246/Monsigh/Dsc03205.jpg

Yup, Gerry...there's National Bookstore, don't know if it's the first in Bicol... Racks still empty.
http://i82.photobucket.com/albums/j246/Monsigh/Dsc03202.jpg

kevinb

October 21st, 2006, 05:22 PM

^^ Uy meron na rin palang Asia United Bank sa Legazpi. :)

I hope maganda NBS dyan. Pero mas gusto ko Power Books. Pwede ka magbasa kahit ubusin mo lahat ng libro dun. :lol: Basta wag lang buksan ang packed books. :D Tsaka meron silang space for reading pleasure. :)

Matteo

October 21st, 2006, 08:35 PM

Some 100-200 meters before the Mosque in mOro Site, there's Dex's office building, before I turn right to T. Alonzo towards
ABSEC onto Peñaranda Street on my way to work...
nice.
which floor is yours dex?
hey Monsi, picture din ng work mo :D
salamat sa pics ng quezon ave.
wala pa rin bang plano para dyan sa sunog na market site?
ano pang bagong stores sa pacific mall?
hows the wharf?

gurugeri

October 22nd, 2006, 03:33 AM

Yup, Gerry...there's National Bookstore, don't know if it's the first in Bicol... Racks still empty.

Yeah, I saw it, too, before I left for Nabua where there was cheaper revelry. Hehe!

I think, it is the first NBS in Bicol. I am in Naga right now. Andiyan lang ako kahapon. I am looking for a copyreading book. Rex Bookstore in Legazpi doesn't have any stock of the book I bought there last year. And Rex Bookstore here in Naga is closed. Sunday kaya! Hay, mapa-Goa na ako. Gari ako tigsasanlag--from Goa to Pili to Daraga on Friday then from Legazpi to Nabua to Naga to Goa today! Malangtanglay!

kevinb

October 22nd, 2006, 06:43 AM

^^ Ang hectic pala ng sched mo Sir Jerry. :colgate:

[dx]

October 22nd, 2006, 07:55 AM

[QUOTE=Matteo]nice.
which floor is yours dex?
[QUOTE]
2nd Floor..hehe, hala ang mga fans ko alam na kung saan ako mahahagilap. :jk: :weirdo: :lol:

Mond87

October 22nd, 2006, 01:48 PM

what do u guys think of this:

Review International Airport Project

Wednesday October 18, 2006
NAGA CITY – Expressing apprehension that huge amount of taxpayers’ money would go to waste, topnotch city councilor John G. Bongat called on his colleagues to come out with a resolution urging the Regional Development Council to take a second look on the planned Bicol International Airport, which he said may not actually address the more urgent economic needs of the Bicol Region.

In a privilege speech delivered during last Monday’s session, Bongat said the RDC, which incidentally is chaired by Camarines Sur Gov. LRay Villafuerte should instead reconsider its position and conduct a regionwide public consultation to determine Bicol’s priority projects.
He wanted the RDC to look into these more urgent areas: of a) infrastructure; b) tourism; c) agriculture-industrialization; d) improvement of existing airports in Naga, Legazpi, Virac and Masbate; e) strengthening of major economic centers like Naga on the northern part of Bicol and Legazpi which is part of southern Bicol, and; f) strengthening of livelihood programs in the region.
“In other words, the P1 billion or so pesos that will be spent for only one gigantic project can be used wisely to benefit all the six provinces of the Bicol Region,” the Naga city councilor said.

Bongat explained that Bicol is not yet ready for an international airport. He said the present volume of tourist arrivals or air traffic in the region is not sufficient to justify the establishment of an international airport.
Secondly, he said, the region has underdeveloped tourist facilities and infrastructure “that should be developed first before training our sights on more ambitious projects like an international airport.”
Because of low traffic, the proposed international airport that would gobble up huge amount of government money may end up as an oversized domestic airport that could deprive Naga, Camarines Sur and Camarines Norte of an accessible transport facility, he said.
Buttressing his argument, Bongat took the case of the Laoag international airport in Ilocos which turned out to be a white elephant as it could only muster two to three flights a week from Taiwan.

Prescribing that the money should better be spent for projects that will lay the foundation for speedy development of the region, which desperately lags as the third poorest of the country’s 17 regions, he said: “The unfinished Pantao International Port which is fast turning into a white elephant should serve as an example.”

And then he rued on the fact that the government poured in a lot of money for Pantao’s construction instead of appropriating the same to develop existing facilities in various ports that are serving their purpose in different points of the region.

Mond87

October 22nd, 2006, 01:49 PM

^^ I have had discussed this w/ Naga folks, w/c is originally posted by kevinb in Naga's thread...

Mond87

October 22nd, 2006, 01:50 PM

Yeah, I saw it, too, before I left for Nabua where there was cheaper revelry. Hehe!

I think, it is the first NBS in Bicol. I am in Naga right now. Andiyan lang ako kahapon. I am looking for a copyreading book. Rex Bookstore in Legazpi doesn't have any stock of the book I bought there last year. And Rex Bookstore here in Naga is closed. Sunday kaya! Hay, mapa-Goa na ako. Gari ako tigsasanlag--from Goa to Pili to Daraga on Friday then from Legazpi to Nabua to Naga to Goa today! Malangtanglay!

Typical Daraguenyo humor! I like what you've said... It reminds me of my neighbors and other Daraguenyos! Wehehehhe...

Mond87

October 22nd, 2006, 01:52 PM

Mond87

October 22nd, 2006, 01:53 PM

[QUOTE=Matteo]nice.
which floor is yours dex?
[QUOTE]
2nd Floor..hehe, hala ang mga fans ko alam na kung saan ako mahahagilap. :jk: :weirdo: :lol:

Aba, big time na pala to si Dex... heheh... What job nyo? Mejo interesado ako... Ba't nga pala tayo naparito??? Ako, naging curious lang...

Monsi

October 22nd, 2006, 02:50 PM

...I have reached 1000 limit. Photobucket caps further uploads...
I POSTED 1000 PICTURES ALREADY? WOW! Ok, here's the pix leading to my first thousand...

...my bike...
http://i82.photobucket.com/albums/j246/Monsigh/Dsc03220.jpg
http://i82.photobucket.com/albums/j246/Monsigh/Dsc03226.jpg
Hotel Venezia this morning.

New construction at Landco... this is low rise, but the steelframe reminds me of the late WTC...
http://i82.photobucket.com/albums/j246/Monsigh/Dsc03241.jpg
http://i82.photobucket.com/albums/j246/Monsigh/Dsc03312.jpg
Evening shoot...

Worst hit part of Rizal Street now again ablaze with lights...
http://i82.photobucket.com/albums/j246/Monsigh/Dsc03242.jpg
http://i82.photobucket.com/albums/j246/Monsigh/Dsc03243.jpg
Widening of bridge to the Basin, form ready for pouring of concrete...

I hope I could catch Yves taking the same focus...
http://i82.photobucket.com/albums/j246/Monsigh/Dsc03296.jpg
http://i82.photobucket.com/albums/j246/Monsigh/Dsc03277.jpg
...of course he will have better exposures. Preparing tables for tonight's first rounds of lager.

Dex's office building just earshot from the blare of Quezon Avenue...
http://i82.photobucket.com/albums/j246/Monsigh/Dsc03267.jpg
Ei, Dex... It's your turn to post pix of my office... you pass by it everyday... Mine's on the third floor... I'll wave at ya... heheh.

I'll post the rest (interior shots of PM) next time... I will have a long day tomorrow; I hope it's not stressful.

gurugeri

October 23rd, 2006, 01:45 AM

^^ Ang hectic pala ng sched mo Sir Jerry. :colgate:

Correct. Schoolpaper naman tinatrabaho ko ngayon. But I am so used to this.

Beautiful pics, Monsi! I am to upload some pics later. Di kagandahan pero pwede na rin ata. Hehe!

kevinb

October 23rd, 2006, 03:39 AM

^^ :colgate:

I like 'Erehwon,' they have a wide variety of books to read, mostly pa yung mga rare-type at medyo weird...

Uhm. What's Erehwon? :D

@Monsi: Nice pics! :okay: Ano palan yang bago sa Landco? Any idea?

[dx]

October 23rd, 2006, 04:15 AM

@gurugeri. I used to be a school paper staffer :)
@kevin. I think Erehwon ("nowhere" backwards) is one of the most famous bookstores in Manila back in those days.
@monsi. Aquinas University, right? :)

gurugeri

October 23rd, 2006, 04:19 AM

@gurugeri. I used to be a school paper staffer :)

Then be my co-adviser. Would you know when the Nat'l Bookstore's opening is? I told my co-teachers about it.

[dx]

October 23rd, 2006, 04:38 AM

gurugeri

October 23rd, 2006, 05:35 AM

^^haha. I'll leave that to my Mom. She's a school paper adviser - a job that has brought her to different parts of the country for press conferences. Latest one was in Kalibo with a side trip to Boracay. hehe.

Ganon? I was there, too! Our first time to join in the press conference took me there and two students. Boracay was, well, mas gusto ko pa rin sa Dreamland. Hahaha!

[dx]

October 23rd, 2006, 06:10 AM

Nyahaha..dreamland...maski panarayon oks na..haha :lol:

[dx]

October 23rd, 2006, 06:12 AM

http://i82.photobucket.com/albums/j246/Monsigh/Dsc03267.jpg

^^nakasabay sa pic su pirmi ko tigabakalan ki isaw, kwek-kwek tapos iba pang streetfoods...:lol:

gurugeri

October 23rd, 2006, 10:47 AM

Daraga on a Saturday morning...
http://i20.photobucket.com/albums/b214/freaky_jerry/PA212626.jpg

St. Raphael Church viewed from ABSEC...
http://i20.photobucket.com/albums/b214/freaky_jerry/PA212631.jpg

Magallanes Street...
http://i20.photobucket.com/albums/b214/freaky_jerry/PA212630.jpg

Chowking at a distance...
http://i20.photobucket.com/albums/b214/freaky_jerry/PA212628.jpg

Rizal Park
http://i20.photobucket.com/albums/b214/freaky_jerry/PA212629.jpg

Monsi

October 23rd, 2006, 04:00 PM

post-Milenyo...

Evangelical church Sunday evening service...
http://i82.photobucket.com/albums/j246/Monsigh/Dsc03326.jpg
http://i82.photobucket.com/albums/j246/Monsigh/Dsc03332.jpg
Reverse of the streamer announces the daily flights of Air Philippines to/from Legazpi... my bike...

Matteo

October 23rd, 2006, 06:03 PM

St. Raphael Church viewed from ABSEC...
http://i20.photobucket.com/albums/b214/freaky_jerry/PA212631.jpg

hey mr geri what is that gray building with a blue roof, top right of the photo?

Matteo

October 24th, 2006, 01:12 AM

is there a place where we can also view Mayor's State of the City reports and stuff like that?
Like in the Naga website?

gurugeri

October 24th, 2006, 05:07 AM

I don't know. I think it's St. Raphael's Academy.

As for your next question, parang walang ganon. I can't even understand why Legazpi, despite its progress, doesn't have a working website.

Mond87

October 24th, 2006, 06:20 AM

^^ That is not the St. Raphael's Academy. I think it's something else...

I agree w/ gurugeri, we also need an official website for Legazpi. But the whole province of Albay had once. Only until when Bichara was still the governor...

[dx]

October 24th, 2006, 08:31 AM

Albay's official website is still up and live --> www.albay.gov.ph

Monsi

October 24th, 2006, 11:01 AM

http://i20.photobucket.com/albums/b214/freaky_jerry/PA212631.jpg
St. Raphael Academy is that off-white building behind the church. That gray building with blue roof is Cine La Trinidad, now closed.

Inside PM...looking towards Metro...
http://i82.photobucket.com/albums/j246/Monsigh/Dsc03321.jpg
http://i82.photobucket.com/albums/j246/Monsigh/Dsc03320.jpg
http://i82.photobucket.com/albums/j246/Monsigh/Dsc03323.jpg
(In Saudi Arabia, this frame ^^ would spell trouble, heheh...) and towards western entrance...

Second floor, food court...see the metal strip? That means I am already standing on the floor of PM expansion.
http://i82.photobucket.com/albums/j246/Monsigh/Dsc03316.jpg
http://i82.photobucket.com/albums/j246/Monsigh/Dsc03317.jpg
^^last frames of my first 1000 pictures @Photobucket...that means I could upload no more pictures.
Now I have to open a new album... I'll figure it out...

Gerry... you are everywhere in so short a time, heheh. You've earned a lot of mileage you must be enrolled in PALsmiles... sayang ang miles...

Mond... good to hear from you again...

Happy fiesta, Dex, heheh... May ibos lamang dyan sa indo? Sentrohonon baga kamo...

PBA fans out there: definitely maybe, November 11 at the Albay Astrodome, Red Bulls versus Air 21 (per Ariel Ayque of DWZR). The last time they'd been to Legazpi and Bicol for that matter--eversince, most (if not all) PBA games were held in air-conditioned venues in Legazpi--was in 2001. The teams could charter a Cebu Pacific A319; we don't expect them tortured at Andaya Highway, do we?

Iyan na lang kaya an gibuhon tang mini-meet...
Trouble is with enrolment and all, we really need to tighten our belts. Anyway, bahala na, may paagi, nagigibuhan ki remedyo. Or we can always watch the replay, heheh.
Like the last time at the ICR, expect SRO with scores of desperate fans still eager to get inside the gym.

gurugeri

October 24th, 2006, 01:18 PM

St. Raphael Academy is that off-white building behind the church. That gray building with blue roof is Cine La Trinidad, now closed.

Hay, sorry! Di ko ata naintindihan sabi ni Matt na top right. Hahaha! Oo nga, sorry for the ignorance. I've never gone there for quite some time now. Hehe!. It's Cine La Trinidad, now closed.

Gerry... you are everywhere in so short a time, heheh. You've earned a lot of mileage you must be enrolled in PALsmiles... sayang ang miles...

Ah oo. I am so used to it. This Friday, I am going home again. I am to see my ma who is confined in a Daraga hospital. Yet. I hope that she will have been well by then. Of course, despite that, I can still afford to smile.

Happy fiesta, Dex, heheh... May ibos lamang dyan sa indo? Sentrohonon baga kamo...

Suman sako, Dex. Hehe!

Iyan na lang kaya an gibuhon tang mini-meet...
Trouble is with enrolment and all, we really need to tighten our belts. Anyway, bahala na, may paagi, nagigibuhan ki remedyo. Or we can always watch the replay.

Correct. As if di pa kita nakita Monsi, ano? Hehe! But we can't afford to talk about MA stuff. It's has bombarded me excruciatingly.

I don't know, but the more I see pics of Legazpi, the stronger the desire :) for me to get employed there. Quite unlikely, though. Sige, the more intense my Albay pride is. Yun na lang muna. Speaking of Albay pride, I have three co-teachers from Naga who would like to settle in Albay--para raw kumpleto pagka-Bicolano nila. Weird di ba?

Haba na ng post ko.

[dx]

October 25th, 2006, 01:41 AM

@gurugeri. Get well soon to your Ma.
@Monsi and gurugeri. Bako man kami sentro..hehe, miss ko na ang ibos.
Lol. Cine La Trinidad. D'yan gayud ako inot nakailing ki sine..:lol:
Ei Legazpi forumers, nuarin kita ma mini meet? :D

Monsi

October 25th, 2006, 02:23 AM

Ei Legazpi forumers, nuarin kita ma mini meet? :D

I thought you'd never ask-- now WHEN? I heard October 31 is NOT a holiday... November 11, we have PBA. February or March we have the Good Doctor's repat.
Come on Dex, say when... (if only Yves would be our official photographer but he is very silent these days, heheh.:) Maybe he got disappointed with what he saw in the Samahan? 'Hope not...)

gurugeri

October 25th, 2006, 09:06 AM

@gurugeri. Get well soon to your Ma.

Thanks. She has dengue. Stage 1. I hope it doesn't worsen.

This forum has quieted. What's up with you, guys?

Belated happy fiesta sa mga taga-Legazpi Port!

Mond87

October 25th, 2006, 09:09 AM

Thanks. She has dengue. Stage 1. I hope it doesn't worsen.

This forum has quited. What's up with you, guys?

Belated happy fiesta sa mga taga-Legazpi Port!

God bless sa mother mo, guru!!! Sana makarahay man ta bata nagmamarahal na mga presyo ngunyan... ;)

Mond87

October 25th, 2006, 09:13 AM

http://i20.photobucket.com/albums/b214/freaky_jerry/PA212631.jpg

PBA fans out there: definitely maybe, November 11 at the Albay Astrodome, Red Bulls versus Air 21 (per Ariel Ayque of DWZR). The last time they'd been to Legazpi and Bicol for that matter--eversince, most (if not all) PBA games were held in air-conditioned venues in Legazpi--was in 2001. The teams could charter a Cebu Pacific A319; we don't expect them tortured at Andaya Highway, do we?

Iyan na lang kaya an gibuhon tang mini-meet...
Trouble is with enrolment and all, we really need to tighten our belts. Anyway, bahala na, may paagi, nagigibuhan ki remedyo. Or we can always watch the replay, heheh.
Like the last time at the ICR, expect SRO with scores of desperate fans still eager to get inside the gym.

Great idea!!! heheh... saturday yan, ano??? Hmmm... kaso madedelay na naman kita for 11 days... Pero, pagkadangug ko po, both Oct 31 and Nov 2, mga holidays... Hmmm... I wonder kung ano na mga tiga-gibo nindo ngunyan... ;)

bonixx

October 25th, 2006, 09:17 AM

Thanks. She has dengue. Stage 1. I hope it doesn't worsen.

This forum has quited. What's up with you, guys?

Belated happy fiesta sa mga taga-Legazpi Port!

just visiting Legazpi Thread to be fair,,, God bles sa mother mo...

What a co incidence is it a fiesta of all port here in RP"? Dalahican Port here also celebrates Fiesta yesterday

gurugeri

October 25th, 2006, 09:30 AM

just visiting Legazpi Thread to be fair,,, God bles sa mother mo...

What a co incidence is it a fiesta of all port here in RP"? Dalahican Port here also celebrates Fiesta yesterday

Hehe! You're always welcome here. Thanks for your concern. Is Dalahican Port's patron saint St. Raphael? If it is, then parehas talaga ang fiesta. Or baka meron pang ibang santong may piyesta ng Oct. 24.

Monsi, nata man ta ma-disappoint si Yves kun nahiling man nya si mga pics duman sa samahan thread? Basta, kung sabado iyan, fine with me. Wag lang weekday ta imposible talagang maghirilingan kita. Uy Mond iba ka ha? Tanganing makainom ka man. Wahehe! Sige na gibuha na pipagibo ni Papa mo. Search pa ako ng Pisay-Bicol pics.

Mond87

October 25th, 2006, 10:52 AM

^^ I agree w/ guru, bongga mga pics ni Yves... Totally da best ngani kung ikumpara man sa iba... Hmmm... nasusupog lang siguro si Yves... Teka, lalake ba siya??? Una ko, babayi!

Monsi

October 25th, 2006, 10:54 AM

Ei Legazpi forumers, nuarin kita ma mini meet? :D

How about it, Dex, Mond... Gerry is available Saturday... PM me guys if you come up with something definite. I'll be your kodaker.

Mond87

October 25th, 2006, 11:00 AM

How about it, Dex, Mond... Gerry is available Saturday... PM me guys if you come up with something definite. I'll be your kodaker.

I think Nov 11 is a Saturday kasi Nov 9 ay huwebes... Gotta watch Amazing Race Asia kaya alam ko!

Monsi

October 25th, 2006, 02:44 PM

Goodbye, Monsigh...hello Legazpeep... Hahah! Nainutan ko kamo... Legazpeep@photobucket's first two frames...

This evening...National Book Store just days from welcoming first booklovers...
http://i146.photobucket.com/albums/r244/Legazpeep/Dsc00115.jpg
http://i146.photobucket.com/albums/r244/Legazpeep/Dsc00113.jpg
Sneaky me took these whilst them guards ain't lookin' heheh... This early signs of Christmas already pervades the malls...
Matt, Doc, Oli, Lili...Four you (pardon the pun). Eheheerhmm...

"Iiiiiiiiii'll be hoooooome for Chriiiiiiistmaaaaas... If oooonlyyyy iiiiiin myyyy dreeeeam....
If oooonlyyyy iiiiiin myyyy dreeeeam.... :bow:

Excuse me po... medyo sintunado...

Kuta bako kita labi kakidit, heheh... magtaga-ngirit-ngirit!:)

Jerry... What Saturday is it? This Saturday, October 28, or on November 11?

Dex... it's your shot, being the original Legazpeep... we're waiting for your marching orders... Mond's might be at your beck and call... aren't you, Mond? Don't forget to bring your cams as mine's starting to show tantrums it might not last till the next 1000 uploads @photobucket.:)

Now the serious part... I hope even with the Johnny-come-lately, Lucky, Rex, Libro, Ibalon, and Prieto would survive, along with Expressions, and LCC's and Gaisano's school/office supplies.

Monsi

October 25th, 2006, 04:01 PM

dot the base of Mayon... Here's one of 'em.
http://i146.photobucket.com/albums/r244/Legazpeep/Dsc03141.jpg

bonixx

October 25th, 2006, 07:30 PM

Hehe! You're always welcome here. Thanks for your concern. Is Dalahican Port's patron saint St. Raphael? If it is, then parehas talaga ang fiesta. Or baka meron pang ibang santong may piyesta ng Oct. 24.

Monsi, nata man ta ma-disappoint si Yves kun nahiling man nya si mga pics duman sa samahan thread? Basta, kung sabado iyan, fine with me. Wag lang weekday ta imposible talagang maghirilingan kita. Uy Mond iba ka ha? Tanganing makainom ka man. Wahehe! Sige na gibuha na pipagibo ni Papa mo. Search pa ako ng Pisay-Bicol pics.

it takes a day for me to confirm that San Rafael is the patron saint of Dalahican Port aheheh

Congrats!!! Legazpi City have its own National Book Store!!!

Matteo

October 25th, 2006, 10:35 PM

Matt, Doc, Oli, Lili...Four you (pardon the pun). Eheheerhmm...

hey MOnsi, thanks again for them photos.
really appreciate the effort you put into taking all those shots, even if it means you might get chased out by security :lol:
but yea its cool, such a treat for bicolanos who's not there
thanks.
looking forward to your next set hehehe

Lili

October 26th, 2006, 12:06 AM