Everyday Life Around The World: Fire

Taal Lake and Volcano @ mirandablue

No actual fire in this photo, but this volcano is one of the active volcanoes in the Philippines, and part of the Pacific ring of fire.  About 50 kilometers south of Manila, Taal Volcano is an island in Lake Taal, situated within a caldera formed by an earlier, very powerful eruption. The last major eruption was in 1977 but alert status level was raised to 2 in June this year which indicates the volcano is undergoing magmatic intrusion which could eventually lead to an eruption.  As the crater lake temperature increased, with hot ground and steam emissions, the area was declared off-limits to the public and high-risk area for residents.


This photo was taken from the Tagaytay ridge along the highway.

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Everyday Life Around The World: Air

Bangui Wind Farm @ mirandablue

The first wind farm in the Philippines and considered to be the biggest in Southeast Asia.  The Bangui Windmills are the first power-generating wind farm located in Bangui, Ilocos Norte.  The site, at the northwest tip of Luzon, faces the South China Sea from where the wind blows towards the land.  It is a 9-kilometer stretch of sea shore, undeveloped and uninhabited, making it an ideal site for this project. 

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Everyday Life Around The World: Water

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Waves crashing on the white sandy shores of Blue Lagoon in Pagudpud, Ilocos Norte.

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Everyday Life Around The World: Earth

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Looking down on earth a few minutes after take off from Mactan International Airport in Cebu. Above photo is an aerial view of a part of Bohol and below is the tip of Mactan island.  The two sky-scrappers are the Hilton Hotel.

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Everyday Life Around The World: Transport

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Our means of transport at the Caramoan Peninsula.  

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Everyday Life Around The World: Friendship

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A friend is a gift you give yourself.  ~ Robert Louis Stevenson

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The greatest good you can do for another is not just to share your riches but to reveal to him his own.  ~ Benjamin Disraeli

Everyday Life Around The World: Light

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 A soft and warm morning light teased my sleepy eyes on that first morning in Caramoan.  My first sunrise in a long, long time.

Turn your face to the sun and the shadows fall behind you.  ~a Maori Proverb

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Theme Day: Night [Everyday Life ATW]

Theme:  Night

This was taken at 7:32 in the evening from the deck of the Manila Ocean Park overlooking the Port of Manila.  

Starbucks in Harbor Square at 10:13 PM

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Theme Day: Animals [Everyday Life ATW]

 Theme:  Animals

Ostriches and goats at the Zoobic Safari 

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Theme Day: View [Everyday Life Around The World]

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Theme:  View

View of Malingay Cove, popularly known as Blue Lagoon, in Pagudpud, Ilocos Norte.

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Street Shot [Everyday Life ATW]

A late afternoon street shot at Calle Crisologo in Vigan, Ilocos Sur

Taken on 28 August 2010

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Signs [Everyday Life ATW]

Taken during a red light near the intersection of Julia Vargas and Meralco Avenue 

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Reflections [Everyday Life ATW]

Theme:  Reflections

Sunset at Manila Bay

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Yellow Door [Everyday Life ATW]

Theme:  Door

When you follow your bliss...doors will open where you would not have thought there would be doors; and where there wouldn't be a door for anyone else.  - Joseph Campbell

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Everyday Life: Local Food

Theme:  Local Food

Gising-Gising, a spicy dish made of sauteed swamp cabbage (locally known as kangkong) stalks, shrimps and green chili peppers, simmered in coconut milk.

I cooked this dish at home inspired by the delicious Gising-Gising I had at Abe-Serendra.

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