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Hi, guys!

My pc is currently in the operating room. LOL. So, sorry if I wouldn’t be able to post pictures. I hope my pc will be fixed before the 4th of January.

In the mean time, let me wish you guys a very Happy New Year. Wherever you are in the world, I hope you’d greet this new year the traditional cebuano/filipino way. Layat mo inig twelve para mutaas mo. And don’t forget to stuff your pockets with coins! Place some coins in your windows, too, to welcome, prosperity and luck. Remember to fill the rice dispenser with rice and water containers with water. And most importantly, pray for a safe, peaceful, and kick-ass new year!

Have a safe one guys!

Merry Christmas!!!

To all readers of MCPB and to all Bisdaks all over the world, may you have a happy, meaningful, and peaceful Christmas! From me, my family and the whole Cebuano community, Maayong Pasko!

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Christmas display at the Northwing. Looking nice!

Fuente Is Rising

Robinsons Cybergate Cebu opened its doors to the public last December 8, 2009. The place was still a bit dusty when I went there last night to take some photos. 

Considering its size and location, I would have to say that it is a very gorgeous mall. If you’ve seen the area before this building was built, you would never in your lifetime think that something very pretty would eventually ‘grow’ there.

Definitely, the construction of the mall has given Cebuanos more reasons to come back to the Fuente area. And hopefully, the completion of the entire building will attract more future projects which could help fuel midtown Cebu’s steady rise to the top.

Check out some photos of the mall below:

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Welcome to Robinsons Cybergate Cebu!

Christmas In A Box

Wow! Big thanks to Therese, Petit, and the rest of the Kusina Habana peeps for another surprise gift! Hahahah. This time, it was a box of Santa cupcakes with fondant icing. Line and I got one box each! Big thanks!!!

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Santa Cupcakes by Kusina Habana

Teaser

This was presented by Sir Nigel Villarete during the BRT Seminar in Taptap a few weeks ago. I, however, was not able to get a copy of the photo. So, I would like to thank twIco of SSC-Cebu for finally posting it.

Ladies and gentlemen, this is what you should expect – when and if the Cebu City BRT proposal is given a go signal.

What do you think?

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Dedicated BRT bus lanes in Jones Avenue.

No jeepneys! (edited by @corcern!)

We Own Mantayupan!

Last week, me, Satchmo, and some of our friends from Skyscraper Community of Cebu (SSC-Cebu) went to Mantayupan Falls in Campanga, Barili for our friend Rey’s last Cebu swim. Hahaha. He’s now in Manila preparing his papers for Malaysia. We’ll miss you, Rey and your great, great love for Cebu!

We gathered at the Elizabeth Mall at around 9 in the morning and we got on a mini-bus thirty minutes later. The bus ride was, as expected, mind blowing and nerve wrecking. What is up with mini bus drivers wanting to break their own speed records? LOL. Anyways, we arrived in Barili around eleven in the morning. We went to the town market where we got two habal-habal drivers who agreed to take us to the falls for 20 pesos each. I heard that it’s normally 25 pesos so I guess we got a good deal. There were lots of people when we arrived. Luckily, we found a good spot with a nice table and an excellent view of the first and second-level falls. We spent the whole day swimming and just having an awesome time. Around 3 pm, the people started leaving (most of them were probably from the city). And by 4:30, we were the only ones left. We grabbed the opportunity and just had a grand grand time. For one full hour, we felt like we owned Mantayupan Falls! Hahaha. Good times!

Total damage (without food): P195! Woohoo!

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The super gorgeous Mantayupan Falls! 98 feet, baby!

Pasko Sa Sugbo 2009

Last Tuesday, December 1, a short program was held at the Fuente circle to officially start the Pasko sa Sugbo 2009 celebrations and to light the 2009 giant Christmas Tree. Present during the event were Cebu City Vice Mayor Mike Rama, Michel Lhuillier of M Lhuillier and other city officials. The multi-awarded Lumad Basakanon was also there to perform one of their award-winning routines. Here are some shots of the Fuente Osmeña circle during the event.

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Merry Christmas, everyone!

Changing Gaisano

When you hear the word Gaisano, you think of a popular chain of stores run by a very rich family. The stores, although usually lacking in any aesthetic merit, are almost always filled to the rafters from the moment they open til the salesladies are forced to act rude just to shoo shoppers away. LOL. When you go to a Gaisano store, people expect you to do your groceries, buy the relatively cheaper brand, or eat at a communal dining hall where you can get something to eat for just twenty pesos.

But times have changed, I tell you! And that’s exactly what I learned when I visited the spanking-fresh Gaisano Grand Mall in Basak, Lapu-Lapu City this afternoon.

You find it hard to believe? Check out the photos below.

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The Gaisano Grand Mall in Basak, Lapu-Lapu City.

Kris is Mr. Cebu 2009

22 year old Kris Nimrod Cabigas of Zapatera, Cebu City was crowned Mr. Cebu 2009 last November 28, 2009 at the Waterfront Hotel in Lahug, Cebu City. Kris, who stands 5′10″ tall, upstaged 14 other contestants during the pageant.

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Mr. Cebu 2009
Kris Nimrod Cabigas

Yet Another One!

Two years ago, the first LED screen arrived in Cebu. A year later, two more ad screens were put up in the city (one in ACT tower and one in Ayala access road in Mabolo). Just before this year ends, a new one will be made operational by no less than the owner of the biggest mall in the island. Compared to the first three screens, this one is huge. I don’t know the exact dimensions but I’m pretty sure that it’s twice the size of the screen in Fuente and about four times the size of the screen in ACT tower.

I hope Metro Gaisano would realize that the facade of their store in Colon would look great with a huge ad screen like this one!

The huge LED screen in SM City Cebu.

3 Years Old!

MCPB will turn three this Monday!

Thanks a lot, guys! Payt Bisdak!

The Pacquiao Effect

 

We Filipinos can easily find something to fight about. We fight about TV networks, political figures, or just any random issue we find interesting. Strangely, whenever we see Manny punching or getting punched,  we become one and we forget our differences and misunderstandings. Hahaha. We’re funny like that.

The Pacquiao-Cotto fight was such a huge deal in Cebu City (and in almost all Philippine cities, I believe. LOL). Like all other Pacquiao fights in the past, this one, as expected, was a phenomenon. Non-gamblers were placing bets, the streets were empty, and people were huddled around their TV sets at home. And more importantly, for a few short hours, we were on the same side and were shouting one name. Don’t you just wish Manny’s fights were on primetime TV every single night? LOL.

Here are some photos that I took during the Pacquiao-Cotto fight telecast.

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Escario Street. Where’d everybody go? Hahaha.

Are You BRT Ready?

Last Saturday and Sunday, the Skyscraper Community of Cebu (SSC-Cebu), together with selected youth leaders of Cebu City went to the Cebu City Resource Management and Development Center (CREMDEC) in Baranggay Taptap for the Are you BRT Ready? Seminar. Representatives of five major youth groups - Clean Air Youth Alliance, Aboitiz Leaders of Excellence, University of Cebu Law School , UC Council of Presidents, and the JCI joined the said event which was organized to educate the youth sector about the benefits of the Bus Rapid Transit.  Together with the Mayor’s Management Team, the members of SSC-Cebu acted as faciliators.

 

SSC-Cebu posing outside the session hall in CREMDEC, Baranggay Taptap, Cebu City. Nice!

A Wedding In Davao

An OOC (Out of Cebu) Post

A few weeks ago, my good friend Ramesh of Davao Photo Blog announced that he was finally tying the knot. And he said that he hoped to see me and his other friends (Vet of VetLongWalks, Yum of Bored&Crafty, and Line of Gastronomic Adventures) during that very special day. I told Ram that we wouldn’t miss it for the world. We’ve put off all plans of visiting him in Davao in the past and we thought that this was the perfect moment that we’ve all been waiting for. We’d be hitting three birds with one stone, I realized. We’d be able to visit him, check out Davao City, and attend a traditional muslim wedding. In other words, Ram made us an offer we couldn’t refuse. Hahaha.

                

The couple and the entourage. Congratulations Ram and Jeehana!