ayala lights and sounds - a symphony of parols at ayala triangle

 the ayala lights and sound show at ayala triangle gardens - a symphony of parols

Symphony of Parols, a Lights and Sound show started last November 17 and will run until December 23, at 6:00pm to 8:00pm (every 30 minutes). There will be a special weekend shows on December 18 and 19.

Official list of activites from Ayala Land event site:

Christmas At The Ayala Triangle Gardens 2010

November 17, 5:30pm - Beginning of Symphony of Parols, a Lights and Sound show and formal launch of restaurants at the Ayala Triangle Garden

November 17 to December 23, 6:00 - 8:00pm - Beginning of Symphony of Parols, a Lights and Sound show (every 30 minutes): Weekdays with special weekend shows on December 18 and 19.

November 23, 6:00pm - Holiday dance fusion at the gardens. Free dance lessons from professional insttructors

December 1 and 8, 6:00pm - Christmas Serenade at the gardens. Free concerts by renowned performers.

December 15 to 23, 6:00pm - Anticipated Simbang Gabi

Own a piece of Manny Pacquiao!

Congratulations Manny Pacquiao!!! You truly are the  best boxer in the whole world! Beating Antonio Margarito in a unanimous decision getting his 8th world title.

Be a champion like Manny Pacquiao! Project PEARLS is doing an Auction for a Cause. We are auctioning Pacquiao's autographed training boxing gloves benefiting the Ulingan Kids' Outreach Project. Bid now and be a champion of the children at Ulingan. Bid at www.ebay.com - Item # 130454794993!

Andrew wrote: My armoire smells like the Pambansang Kamao—the Philippine "National Fist"—and I wants to know how much that's worth. Seriously. I have a pair of Manny Pacquiao's boxing gloves, both of which he signed after training in them—*vigorously*. They emanate without end, these gloves; my underwear, socks, T-shirts and jeans all carry the Champ's glorious musk. Manny gave these gloves to the photographer, Mark Seliger, who shot the portrait that ran with my GQ story earlier this year. Seliger, who brooks no musk, champion or non-, turned them over to the mag, which sent them along to me (as if my underwear didn't already carry a Champion's Eau). I can't do anything with these gloves, ethically or athletically so, as with all my shoes and all my glasses, I just...have them. But now I'm giving them to a charity that helps impoverished children in the Philippines; they'll auction them off.

Andrew Corsello wrote a very beautiful story about Manny Pacquiao for GQ magazine, dubbing the "pambansang kamao" "The Biggest Little Man in the World"

sagada: sumaguing cave

christmas is here!

christmas is just around the corner, so let me be the first to greet you all a merry christmas! :D

Christmas decoration and themes already hit the philippine malls and stores as early as september, and tv and radio stations are playing christmas songs and doing the daily countdown till christmastime. last week the makati business district lighted its street with christmas light and decors (an annual celebration and preparation) and just last saturday, sm mal of asia lighted it's giant christmas tree (50 feet tall) with a bang - with fireworks and circus acts to the delight of kids and young at heart.

P.S. photo taken by Maureen Jaramillo

sagada burial cave

The Sagada Burial Caves is an ancient burial ground full of coffins piled one on top of the other and can be found at the entrance of Lumiang Cave (the start point of the 4-hour cave connection trekking where the exit is the Sumaguing Cave).  Unfortunately, some tourist found a liking to getting some 'souvenirs' from these coffins hence the warning sign you see in the last photo.