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Sky Walk Adventure in Cebu

By admin On November 25, 2011 No Comments

Crown Regency Hotel and Towers Sky Walk Adventure in Cebu City.

All one need is a courageous heart and an adventurous soul to try walking literally at the edge of the building with just a safety harness. The Sky Walk Extreme is at the 37th floor of the tallest hotel tower in Cebu City.

Those suffering from claustrophobia (fear of being closed in small spaces or rooms) and acrophobia (fear of heights) could not imagine themselves going inside an elevator pushing the 37 button. It is unbearable to try but with a presence of mind, the elevator will take you in just a snap. No need to fear that you can no longer breathe because the next thing you know the elevator has taken you to your destination.

The sky walk will take about 15 minutes including the fun shots. But this may be the longest 15 minutes of your life ever

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Cebu Provincial Capitol

By admin On April 21, 2011 No Comments

The seat of the Cebu Provincial Capitolis one of the province’s heritage structures. It was designed by Juan M. de Guzman Arellano, a Filipino architect who trained in the United States. Construction started in 1937 during the incumbency of Governor Sotero Cabahug and was finished one year later during Governor Buenaventura Rodriquez. It was inaugurated on June 14, 1938 by Philippine Commonwealth President Manuel L. Quezon.

Cebu Provincial Capitol

Cebu Provincial Capitol bldg

Cebu Provincial Capitol bldg

Strategically located at the foot of a hill, the graceful capitol commands a dramatic setting. Classic elements contribute to the sedate beauty of the structure. Its concave facade links two wings of the capitol forming a u-shaped plan. The facade leads to a tall foyer capped by a dome. Inside the dome is painted the history of Cebu. The foyer leads to the wings

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Cebu City – the Queen City of the South

By admin On April 21, 2011 No Comments
Cebu City Hall

Cebu City Hall

Cebu City is being called the “Queen City of the South” and the seat of Christianity in the Philippines, this is the oldest city in the country. If you are exploring Cebu City, you can encounters a rich historical past. Cebuanos are extremely proud of their cultural and historical heritage, a legacy that has endured through the centuries. From Zubu, the busy commercial port in 1521, it has become a highly urbanized metropolitan center who now serves as a focal point for growth and development in Southern Philippines.

With its nine cities: Cebu, Danao, Bogo, Lapu-Lapu, Mandaue, Toledo, Talisay, Naga and Carcar, and its 44 smaller towns, Cebu has more than kept pace with the progress of the nation. Today the island province leads in traditional and non traditional exports and has

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Manny Pacquiao Win vs Clottey

By admin On March 15, 2010 No Comments


Jubilant crowds in public and private venues throughout Visayas and Mindanao cheer boxing champ Manny pacquiao as he threw solid blows to Ghanian Joshua Clottey, but they could not hide their disappointment over the lack of knockdowns usually dished out by Pacquiao in his previous fights.

In Iloilo City, although disappointed that their idol failed to knock down his opponent, thousands of Ilonggos cheered and celebrated on Sunday after the win by a unanimous decision of the Filipino boxing champion.

Sweat-drenched fans flocked to public gymnasiums in plazas were giant screens were set up for free by the city government. Many fans waited for hours before the Pacquiao fight and bore the heat with some already shirtless by the time the fight started at noon.

Those who can afford to go to restaurants, hotels, cinemas and bars were the boxing match was shown live for a fee ranging

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Cebu Delicacy Otap

By admin On August 19, 2009 2 Comments

Otap is an oval shape puff pastry, which is approximately four to six inches and a length of about two inches in width. The surface of otap looks crumpled and sprinkle with sugar, which is a little hardened to otap. The crumpled look otap what makes it very brittle and easily break into pieces when the pieces of his bite.

As a native delicacy especially prevalent in the province of Cebu, where he was born. But otap also popular as snacks and in other provinces of Negros in the Visayan region, such as East and West Negros.

As a native delicacy, usually created by a combination of flour, shortening, coconut and sugar. In order to achieve a distinctive texture otap, it usually takes place in two stages of the process of baking. The first step is to partially cook the dough, and then after that, at the top of

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The doctors are sick

By admin On April 25, 2008 No Comments

Last New Year’s Eve, Jan-Jan (not his real name), a 39-year-old gay man in Cebu City, was going home after a drunken revelry. On the streets he met a male sex worker, whom he brought home. The next day, when he woke up, there was pain inside his rectum, and the sex worker was gone.

He asked his sister to bring him to the Vicente Sotto Memorial Medical Center, a government-run hospital. The doctor examined him, sneered, and told him he needed surgery for a perfume canister embedded in his rectum. He was made to quickly sign papers he was not given the chance to read. He was sedated before the operation, and he did not know that while the perfume canister was being extracted from him, the doctors and the nurses and a whole menagerie of medical practitioners were recording everything with their cell phone cameras.

Anti-gay jokes

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