nice shots and stories...the same things my friends and I are doing just wandering around manila if we can't go out of the big city. Was planning to re-visit some places you mentioned here to take pictures as i'm also trying to learn how to shoot better pics...
TITO: Sounds wonderful! Kakainggit. I normally go out alone. :-) I thing to remember in taking photos at night especially if lights are on all over the place anyway, put off your flash. Allow the mood to be captured as it is :-)
LIW: Thanks! I'm doing the same today.
ALEQ: Thanks po! I always visit your site and leave comments via my film blog PINILAKANG TABING.
No, no mistake at all. Since I do not know how to make my welcome entry remain up there ALL THE TIME, i thought maybe i'd post it using a future date. As with all the entries below it, everything's up to date :-)
Hi, really nice blog. Thanks for explaining why you have it dated march 2006. My friends and I put up our collective blog with pictures of places we eat, travel to. Been doing that for three years, but this is our first year to post pics. Adds a new dimension for sure. Love the tshirts by the way, pity that they're sold out on some of the designs and phasing out the otehrs.
Hi Dylan, my first time here. I enjoyed reading your posts. Boy, I miss Philippines! Each one of your pictures tells a story by itself. It has so much to tell about our lives. I like it!
P.S. May Cheding ka pa ba? Pahingi naman... miss ko na peanuts ng native land ko. Maayong adlaw! :-))
Greetings from OC, Dylan! Been reading Pinoy travel blogs and stumbled into your blog! Read most of them and thanks for pointing out Rustan's from your previous post.
Dylan, OC is Orange County in Southern California. Anyway, I enjoy your blog. I grew up in Paranaque and spent my childhood years in Makati. By January, I'll be able to come back home and explore the Philippines. Any tips/info you could give me about Pampanga?
John, hey! Thanks for that info re OC. Didn't occur to me the first time. Pampanga is best visited during the Holy Week. If you're not into bloodshed, you can always view the ship-like carrozas of San Fernando. We've lost a lot of food institutions because of the opening of SM (they haven't moved into it) but I suppose there are still places you can visit in the provincial capital. Museums? There's one in Clark and Angeles City. You can also opt to refresh yourself in the cool streams of Mount Arayat (if they still flow, that is). Old houses are still everywhere - very grand and very lonely, waiting for a good photographer to record their stories. :-)
Dheena: Thanks for visiting! I hope to post new photos within the week. :-)
Hey, dude. I am using an ordinary point-and-shoot camera, a Casio Exilim EX Z750. At 7.1 megapixels, it is something you might want to bring along on your trips (and you seem to have many).
I already saw the 10 megapixel version. Very slim!
god, we are using the same cam but mine is only 5 megapixels. no wonder my photos do not come out as good as yours. anyway, i should be keeping a tab on your blog for those photos. :) ciao bella!
Nice blog, Dylan. Was it the great Nick Joaquin who dubbed Manila as the City of Our Affection? Nice pics, too. Feast for the eyes. Your pics make me miss Manila all the more. Keep it up.
hi there! stumbled upon your blog and boy, am i glad! you take really good interesting photos - showing us what we see but don't actually look at in the rush of our daily lives. keep up the good work! ;)
Hey Dylan. Thanks for visiting my blog. And thanks for the kind words. Did you see my first two posts re. my favorite films? Please do take a look and tell me what films I missed. BTW, Do you like the works of Nick Joaquin (a.k.a. Quijano de Manila)? I had a strange encounter with him several years ago. I'll probably write about it one of these days.It's within your territory because it happened right at the heart of Nick's beloved city of Manila: on Rizal Avenue.
Hi Dylan! Nice blog! I really miss that place so much! I remember 15-20 years ago that my late mom and I always go to that place every Thursday afternoon.
hey, salamat sa pagbisita sa travel blog ko. thanks sa mga nice words. dami mo na palang posts sa blog mo. one year pa lang akong nagboblog. marami akong pictures since i was using my dad's slr camera (bata pa ako), and also videos. kaya lang masyadong marami to post. kaya puro new stuff na lang. :) i enjoyed visiting your blog. i hope you enjoyed visiting my blog too.
You are most welcome.You made it finally in Singapore,and we are happy for you. Good to learn from Traveling, and sightseeing cultures, arts, Museums,..into food indulgence..chilli crab? Tiramisu from Canele Pastry shop? Chicken Rice/ KOpitiam?hahaha.. Keep up the well-inform blogspot. Hugs, ate jops
Hi Dylan, It's Karina. We met in Cebu a long time ago while we were still medical students. This is a beautiful blog you have. Anyway, I am a contributor for this e-book advocacy blog based in Washington,DC called teleread.org. A non-profit. We have readerships all over the world and the contributors are from diverse backgrounds. My bottomline is this: to bring attention to bringing more books to the Philippines especially now with the boom of e-books. My entries will be introduced soon, just finalizing some specifics. I am now based in Houston, TX. I'd like to write about the presence (if any) of e-books in the educational systems in the Philippines (and/or the possibility ), including the usability of these books esp. in schools, and I am now starting to do "online informal interviews" with people who may have something to say on this. Be it the presence, possibility of using e-books with K-12 education over there. Upon reading on your background with science books for grade schoolers, I would really like to know what you think? If you're up to it, you may email me at thestoryofhealing (at) mac (dot) com. And we can start from there.
I've joined lomomanila over the internet but I'm not a very active member yet.. I'd love to be a better lomographer.. ow.. but as of today, I still suck.. haha. I guess more practice would do me good. About the graphics, do you mean the emoticons? I got them all over the net.. just type "kawaii" and the websites where I found them would pop up..
promising menu. i am excited to see these. galing naman. goodluck on the new DSLR. lomo? oh wow, now you are really surprising me, haha. galing, galing!
Hi Dyls, Im back! :D How are you?! Your blog is getting nicer and nicer... how do I link this into mine? I kind of forgot the works already. Superpasyal!!! -jesy
I'm Elmer and I work at pacificadvance.com, a company interested in blog advertizing. I found your blog superpasyal.blogspot.com engaging and I'm contacting you to ask if you are interested in blog post sponsorship.
If you are interested, kindly mail back (elmer@pacificadvance.com) and I'll send you pricing details, guidelines and processes. Looking forward to doing business with you.
dyl! it was just like yesterday that we were swirling our fingers into our brain just to scrutinize humungous pile of "studies" just to get ready for our revaleda at some coffee shop in ortigas,midnight ...and here you are now...i am so proud of you...
hey Dylan, nice to see that your still wandering and blogging.
already dropped hungrytraveller blog. i'm maintaining a new blog ---> http://focalstudios.wordpress.com (will link you again soon). got hooked in photography, another reason to travel. hehehe.
Oh wow! Thank you so much for putting me in your recent entry! What an honor indeed! Thanks for dropping by this site!
ReplyDeleteDylan
Hi Dylan, you should be commended for writing beautiful and informative entries...and thanks for posting as well on my blog...
ReplyDelete~el cineasta
Hello Dylan. Bumisita lang po. I love your pictures. You make Manila beautiful, nakaka-homesick tuloy...
ReplyDeleteLIW
hey!
ReplyDeletenice shots and stories...the same things my friends and I are doing just wandering around manila if we can't go out of the big city. Was planning to re-visit some places you mentioned here to take pictures as i'm also trying to learn how to shoot better pics...
tito
Dylan,
ReplyDeleteThanks for the compliments. Regarding the link, sure bakit hindi? I'll do the same.
LIW
TITO: Sounds wonderful! Kakainggit. I normally go out alone. :-) I thing to remember in taking photos at night especially if lights are on all over the place anyway, put off your flash. Allow the mood to be captured as it is :-)
ReplyDeleteLIW: Thanks! I'm doing the same today.
ALEQ: Thanks po! I always visit your site and leave comments via my film blog PINILAKANG TABING.
dylan, i really like your web log!!! hey, fix your date. i dont think its showing properly :)
ReplyDeleteThanks, iFred. Never mind the date. The space is constrained by the template itself. I might move it somewhere where it fits.
ReplyDeleteNice blog(s)!
ReplyDeleteI linked "eat and run" to my blog.
(filipino blogs)
Sidney! Ha ha ha! I totally enjoyed your photos! Will link your blog as soon as I am able. :-)
ReplyDeleteCheers!
I think there is something wrong with the dates in your blog.
ReplyDeleteEntry of March 28, 2006 ?
I get a bit confused :-)
I accept the challenge to run, eat ... and drink !
No, no mistake at all. Since I do not know how to make my welcome entry remain up there ALL THE TIME, i thought maybe i'd post it using a future date. As with all the entries below it, everything's up to date :-)
ReplyDelete...and drink, huh? That can be arranged, :-)!
Muy buen blog.
ReplyDeleteFelicitaciones
Es un placar poder visitar y comentar en tu blog.
ReplyDeleteBesos
Hi, really nice blog. Thanks for explaining why you have it dated march 2006.
ReplyDeleteMy friends and I put up our collective blog with pictures of places we eat, travel to. Been doing that for three years, but this is our first year to post pics. Adds a new dimension for sure.
Love the tshirts by the way, pity that they're sold out on some of the designs and phasing out the otehrs.
Eden, Marcela, C. Jordan and Mila Tan, thanks for dropping my blog. will update as soon as i am able!
ReplyDeleteCheers!
Happy new year!
hey. nice one. can i link you up in my blog? thanks.
ReplyDeletejeff,sj
nice photos... nice angles... :D
ReplyDeleteThanks Paul! fr Jeff, it is my honor to be linked to your wonderful blog :-)
ReplyDeleteso this is the blog that gets updated :-)
ReplyDeleteIt does gets updated more often than the Radioactive Adobo, he he!
ReplyDeletehi citizen, interesting posts! i'm bloghopping and just checking your blogsite. Keep the blogs rolling!
ReplyDeleteHi Dylan, my first time here. I enjoyed reading your posts. Boy, I miss Philippines! Each one of your pictures tells a story by itself. It has so much to tell about our lives. I like it!
ReplyDeleteP.S. May Cheding ka pa ba? Pahingi naman... miss ko na peanuts ng native land ko. Maayong adlaw! :-))
Welcome, Ms Joy from Paris! Thanks for visiting. Naku, wala na pong Cheding, hehe! Sa Paguwi nyo na lang po! :-)
ReplyDeleteEu-leh: Thanks for dropping by!
hi! i like your blog. :) can i link up with you?
ReplyDeletedylan, sensya na nag reply ako sa comment mo sa blog ko ha.
ReplyDeletemore power sa mga blog mo!
that's me: JOVE btw. sorry
ReplyDeletethe picture is cute... it definitely depicts manila as a great melting pot of cultures...
ReplyDeletethe lion statue (chinese) and the street's name (spanish)
so foreign.. yet soo manila... soo pinoy..
i cant find were i should put my name... there might be something wrong with my server... im monmon by the way... www.monmon.wordpress.com
JOVE: Okay lang po. Honor po talaga na mapansin man lang yung comment ko ng isang Jove Francisco :-) Salamat po sa pagbisita.
ReplyDeleteTintin: I LOVE your blog's overall design! Amazing. Mag-Word Press na rin kaya ako? hehe!
Monmon: Welcome po. Salamat sa pagbisita. Yes, i made a ffup comment on your comment sa blog ni Jher :-)
namiss ko yan
ReplyDeletereading (looking) ur blog made me miss pinas more... waaaaaaaaaaahhhh!!!!
ReplyDeletei learned that spanish version of lupang hinirang bk in hs. hahahaha
ur blog's making me feel nostalgic ha. will link u up. ;)
hey Dylan, I linked you up already! extra pogi points for you ha kasi kapangalan mo hubby ko, he he. he's also from las pinas :)
ReplyDeleteha ha! Ako pala si Mr Pasyal, ha? Thanks po!
ReplyDeleteGreetings from OC, Dylan! Been reading Pinoy travel blogs and stumbled into your blog! Read most of them and thanks for pointing out Rustan's from your previous post.
ReplyDeleteThis is a blog that every Filipino is proud of.
ReplyDeleteKeep up the good work!
Thanks, John! Btw, where is OC? :-)
ReplyDeleteThanks for that Anonymous! I am not worthy...
Dylan
Dylan, OC is Orange County in Southern California. Anyway, I enjoy your blog. I grew up in Paranaque and spent my childhood years in Makati. By January, I'll be able to come back home and explore the Philippines. Any tips/info you could give me about Pampanga?
ReplyDeleteHere's my email - OCjpr@yahoo.com
MANY THANKS FOR THE WONDERFUL PICTURES. IT MAKES ME REALIZE HOW UNIQUE AND LOVELY THE PHILIPPINES IS. MABUHAY ANG MGA PINOY MABUHAY!!!
ReplyDeleteJohn, hey! Thanks for that info re OC. Didn't occur to me the first time. Pampanga is best visited during the Holy Week. If you're not into bloodshed, you can always view the ship-like carrozas of San Fernando. We've lost a lot of food institutions because of the opening of SM (they haven't moved into it) but I suppose there are still places you can visit in the provincial capital. Museums? There's one in Clark and Angeles City. You can also opt to refresh yourself in the cool streams of Mount Arayat (if they still flow, that is). Old houses are still everywhere - very grand and very lonely, waiting for a good photographer to record their stories. :-)
ReplyDeleteDheena: Thanks for visiting! I hope to post new photos within the week. :-)
- Dylan
nice blog here. very interesting, especially the photos. what type of camera are you using?
ReplyDeleteHey, dude. I am using an ordinary point-and-shoot camera, a Casio Exilim EX Z750. At 7.1 megapixels, it is something you might want to bring along on your trips (and you seem to have many).
ReplyDeleteI already saw the 10 megapixel version. Very slim!
god, we are using the same cam but mine is only 5 megapixels. no wonder my photos do not come out as good as yours. anyway, i should be keeping a tab on your blog for those photos. :) ciao bella!
ReplyDeleteThe megapixels don't really matter much. Higher mp take up so much of your memory space.
ReplyDeleteMy shot of the fu dog in Sta Cruz was taken uding a 2 mp camera, but it was a Canon.
Just right lighting, know when to or not use yoour flash, and finally, befriend this guiy called Photoshop :-)
I like your blog tsong. Nice... nakaka-home sick :)
ReplyDeleteSeñorito, maraming salamat po! I enjoyed reading your new entries!
ReplyDeleteyou take great photos! i like your blog :o)
ReplyDeleteChistine, thanks so much for dropping by! Pareho lang tayong taga LP :-)
ReplyDeleteNice blog, Dylan. Was it the great Nick Joaquin who dubbed Manila as the City of Our Affection?
ReplyDeleteNice pics, too. Feast for the eyes. Your pics make me miss Manila all the more.
Keep it up.
hi there! stumbled upon your blog and boy, am i glad! you take really good interesting photos - showing us what we see but don't actually look at in the rush of our daily lives. keep up the good work! ;)
ReplyDeleteRibbitus, you are more than welcome to share my images and experiences of Manila.
ReplyDeleteDo visit often!
Dylan
p.s. I cant seem to open your blog.
Toto, yes you are correct. Dear old Nick. Hey, loved your blog. Makes me want to resurrect my film review blog.
ReplyDeleteDylan
Hey Dylan.
ReplyDeleteThanks for visiting my blog. And thanks for the kind words.
Did you see my first two posts re. my favorite films? Please do take a look and tell me what films I missed.
BTW, Do you like the works of Nick Joaquin (a.k.a. Quijano de Manila)? I had a strange encounter with him several years ago. I'll probably write about it one of these days.It's within your territory because it happened right at the heart of Nick's beloved city of Manila: on Rizal Avenue.
Toto:
ReplyDeleteOh, wow! I can't wait to hear (read) that story. :-)
Dylan
Hey Dylan. Thanks for your comments on my blog. I've already responded to your two comments (re. Scariest Fims and Tokyo Story posts). Check them out.
ReplyDeleteHi Dylan! Nice blog! I really miss that place so much! I remember 15-20 years ago that my late mom and I always go to that place every Thursday afternoon.
ReplyDeletenice blog, great pics, makes me HUNGRY!!!
ReplyDeletekalagu ning blog mu!
ReplyDeletespanx!
(a TH ditak/bagya half-breed cabalen!)
Spanx! Kumusta?
ReplyDeleteThanks po sa pagdalaw!
Nice shots! but wait...bakit March 2007... :-)
ReplyDeletethanks for dropping by and leaving a comment, dylan. nice to know there are actually people who read my blog, hahaha. pasyal ako uli sa blog mo soon.
ReplyDeleteOggie, thanks for reciprocating the visit. Will link you up.
ReplyDeletegaling talaga ng mga photos!
ReplyDeletemaigas i miss home! these are amazing pictures!
ReplyDeleteYou really have a good eye for photography! I love the pix that you take the exposure and composition are mostly dead on !
ReplyDeleteI was wonderin if one can tape the flash unit with a magic tape (white/translucent) to diffuse the harsh flash lighting ? I try ko din ito. :)
You have a good eye for pictures talaga. And you seem to know how to use your camera rather than leave everything to 'auto mode' :)
ReplyDeletesalamat salamat sa post! cheers!
ReplyDeleteok dito ah.. baka may matutunan pa ko sa maynila pag dumalaw ako dito.. probinsyano kase akong wala masyadong alam kung hindi edsa.
ReplyDeletehey, salamat sa pagbisita sa travel blog ko. thanks sa mga nice words. dami mo na palang posts sa blog mo. one year pa lang akong nagboblog. marami akong pictures since i was using my dad's slr camera (bata pa ako), and also videos. kaya lang masyadong marami to post. kaya puro new stuff na lang. :) i enjoyed visiting your blog. i hope you enjoyed visiting my blog too.
ReplyDeletehttp://biyahengpinoy.blogspot.com/
nice photos...dami comments a
ReplyDeletehi, would you mind checking your year/date? its 2008.
ReplyDeleteWelcome back, Estan.
ReplyDeleteGanyan talaga yang 1st entry. I did it para nasa itaas lagi :-)
Cousin Dylan :-)
ReplyDeleteYou are most welcome.You made it finally in Singapore,and we are happy for you. Good to learn from Traveling, and sightseeing cultures, arts, Museums,..into food indulgence..chilli crab? Tiramisu from Canele Pastry shop? Chicken Rice/ KOpitiam?hahaha..
Keep up the well-inform blogspot.
Hugs,
ate jops
Hello.. Nice Blog...
ReplyDeleteLove Adventures so much
Hi Dylan,
ReplyDeleteIt's Karina. We met in Cebu a long time ago while we were still medical students. This is a beautiful blog you have. Anyway, I am a contributor for this e-book advocacy blog based in Washington,DC called teleread.org. A non-profit. We have readerships all over the world and the contributors are from diverse backgrounds. My bottomline is this: to bring attention to bringing more books to the Philippines especially now with the boom of e-books. My entries will be introduced soon, just finalizing some specifics. I am now based in Houston, TX. I'd like to write about the presence (if any) of e-books in the educational systems in the Philippines (and/or the possibility ), including the usability of these books esp. in schools, and I am now starting to do "online informal interviews" with people who may have something to say on this. Be it the presence, possibility of using e-books with K-12 education over there. Upon reading on your background with science books for grade schoolers, I would really like to know what you think? If you're up to it, you may email me at thestoryofhealing (at) mac (dot) com. And we can start from there.
Thanks and all the best!
Karina
Hi!
ReplyDeleteI so envy you in your adventures and travels around the world! Hope you could visit and contribute travel stories in the Philippines here too:
www.travelinphilippines.com
Cheers!
Hi Karina! Sorry of the supe late reply. I've been so busy lately! Will find time to write you, promise.
ReplyDeleteJoie, I've been to your blog before. You should get paid doing all that work!
hi! love your blog.. i'm linking you.. hope it's ok. loove the photos! :)
ReplyDeletehey, great travel blog you have here. Do you mind if I'll link you up?
ReplyDeleteI've joined lomomanila over the internet but I'm not a very active member yet.. I'd love to be a better lomographer.. ow.. but as of today, I still suck.. haha. I guess more practice would do me good. About the graphics, do you mean the emoticons? I got them all over the net.. just type "kawaii" and the websites where I found them would pop up..
ReplyDeletei got here thru ferdz.
ReplyDeleteand i was intrigue by this entry's date but you later explained, kaya naman pala. hehehe.
you make Manila look like its old glory. great job with the camera.
ReplyDeleteAt 5:51 PM , my gulch said...
ReplyDeletepromising menu. i am excited to see these. galing naman. goodluck on the new DSLR. lomo? oh wow, now you are really surprising me, haha. galing, galing!
At 3:18 AM , Ferdz said...
ReplyDeleteWow! Excited din ako sayo for 2008! I hope you get that DSLR and Lomo cam of yours. Looking forward to your trips as well.
Merry Christmas Dylan! Have a joyous celebration!
seems to be an exciting year for you. looking forward to your stories, photos and trips.
ReplyDeletegreat blog from another manila lover :), will link you up
ReplyDeletethis is a one nice blog can we exchange links?
ReplyDeletehey dylan,
ReplyDeleteI just started blogging this year. thanks to people like you, senor enrique, sidney, ivan and pusang maganda I found a new interest.
the images you've posted are great. keep on posting. I will link you up.
please remove docchef.blogspot.com from your link list.. the site and email was hacked and is currently being used by a evil person... thankyou
ReplyDeleteSo would you opt for lomo now? I'm interested myself.
ReplyDeletehello... long time no hop here. how's life going on?
ReplyDeleteHi Dylan How are you? I haven't read your blog for a really long ass time! anyways, I do miss our Manila Days - Liza
ReplyDeleteExcellent! Napasyal lang po...
ReplyDeleteHi Dyls, Im back! :D How are you?! Your blog is getting nicer and nicer... how do I link this into mine? I kind of forgot the works already. Superpasyal!!! -jesy
ReplyDeletei'm baaaaaaaaaaaaak!!!
ReplyDeletebaket ka nagpipichure sa divisoria?! e kung iisnatch yang kamera mo, ha?! ha?!!
ReplyDeleteHi,
ReplyDeleteI'm Elmer and I work at pacificadvance.com, a company interested in blog advertizing. I found your blog superpasyal.blogspot.com engaging and I'm contacting you to ask if you are interested in blog post sponsorship.
If you are interested, kindly mail back (elmer@pacificadvance.com) and I'll send you pricing details, guidelines and processes. Looking forward to doing business with you.
Sincerely,
Elmer
Pacificadvance.com
dyl! it was just like yesterday that we were swirling our fingers into our brain just to scrutinize humungous pile of "studies" just to get ready for our revaleda at some coffee shop in ortigas,midnight ...and here you are now...i am so proud of you...
ReplyDeletemj
hey Dylan, nice to see that your still wandering and blogging.
ReplyDeletealready dropped hungrytraveller blog. i'm maintaining a new blog ---> http://focalstudios.wordpress.com (will link you again soon). got hooked in photography, another reason to travel. hehehe.
keep on blogging.
Hi there! Nice blog. I'll link you ha. Thanks and more power!
ReplyDeletewe love you!!! keep up the good work! i want to see some lomo shots!
ReplyDeletejess @hotels in manila
Hey Dylan! :) I added you to my links. If you have time, visit my new site:
ReplyDeletehttp://bitchygayblog.i.ph
Mizya frend! :)