Posts Tagged ‘pangasinan’
Way Back to my Hometown
My trip to Dagupan City the other weekend is quite productive even if I only spent four days there. Now I appreciate the importance of going back to your hometown and revisiting some of the important people who you were with while growing up. I went back to Binalonan, my mother’s hometown after three years of not visiting my relatives there. I am not proud of my sort of negligence of visiting them, but I think they do understand.
Tigpi-pisong tsitsirya sa munting tindahan sa Binalonan
A lot of things have changed: Some of my cousins are now devoted parents to their kids and our ancestral house has a sari-sari store installed on it. I bought a lot of junk foods that cost around one peso per pack. I spent Php15 all in all =P It is also nice to visit and appreciate the simple and relaxed provincial life in the Philippines.
It is also nice to exchange views with my older female cousins. We were there just updating about what happened to our lives in the past three years. They asked me about my former job at a controversial medical clinic, the Pinoy celebrities I met, my Pinoy Parazzi articles (they bought some copies yehey!) and about my non-existing lovelife. I am already twenty four and people are expecting me to settle down. Settle Down? Not now, I guess. With whom? That is yet to be revealed soon.
Pangasinan Bloggers’ Tour Day 1 – Exploring Dagupan, Calasiao and Lingayen
I was born and raised in Dagupan City. I started out blogging when I was in high school but i started blogging publicly in college (through my .i.ph blog). As a student, i kept on blogging about my whereabouts including my dream of working in Manila. I wanted to pursue a careeer in IT way back, and going to Manila is the only solution that i saw. Although I’ve been working in Manila since 2008, i can say that nothing compares to the place you call home <3
Dagupan Boneless Bangus from Plato Wraps Restaurant
Here’s the summary of our First Leg – Photo and Puto walk in Calasiao, Lunch at Plato Wraps Restaurant, Tambay at Lingayen Capitol Park and Lingayen Gulf, Dinner at Matutina’s and Pigar-Pigar Experience in Galvan Street.
Sneak Preview of the Western Pangasinan Getaway
One of my dream projects as a blogger is to bring some of my blogger friends to Pangasinan, my beloved hometown. For months, there were attempts of organizing one, but due to the very long trip hours and lack of information, the plans never pushed through. Thanks to Anton (originally from Anda, Pangasinan) because he is my partner in organizing this trip. We had the same goal when finally we talked about the dream of organizing a Pangasinan Tour with blogger friends. Josh Uy is from Sta. Barbara, Pangasinan and he helped us out in terms of transportation 
Frames @ Bolinao Lighthouse. Photo By Estan Cabigas
I am so happy because the dream trip finally pushed through! Last weekend, I together with Anton, Ada, Darwin, Estan, Robbie, Cai, Gael, Marky and Josh embarked on a very long trip to Pangasinan in order to explore, learn and enjoy our own Pangasinan experience. I didn’t really get the chance to enjoy Alaminos and Bolinao in the past that’s why i want this trip to push through. In my own opinion, this is quite different to my past group trips. Let’s just say that this is more personal to me It felt kinda weird especially when we were gallivanting in Dagupan City LOL 
Spending the First Weekend of July in Dagupan City
After spending two days and one night in Baguio City, I went straight to Dagupan City via Victory Liner for a short visit at our new house there. To those who don’t really have an idea where I lived from 1994 to 2008, I actually lived inside the school campus. Yes, it is in the same campus where I studied for elementary, high school and college.
From Penthouse to Big House
Early this year, my grandparents moved to another house near the school campus. Though my grandfather already retired from his job as a Medical Director in Pangasinan Medical Center, he is still an active Dean at the College of Medicine of Lyceum Northwestern-University. My lola is having a hard time climbing up the stairs (we used to stay at the 3rd floor of the Administration Bldg), they’ve decided to stay at the other house.
This house is big! I arrived late Thursday night and I was surprised upon seeing a big dog, who acts as the guard in the new home compound. The dog’s name is German and I am scared of dogs. I end up holding my father’s hands like a little girl whenever I go in and out of the compound
Spending the Weekend at Pangasinan
Last week, I went back to Pangasinan mainly for the Search Engine Marketing and Optimization Seminar at Urdaneta City University with Ms. Janette Toral and Mr. Gary Viray. If I’m not mistaken, it is the first seminar ever in Pangasinan and I’m glad that a number of SEO practitioners attended that day.
We also met up with the rest of the SEO Pangasinan members at Silverio’s Restaurant. We did talk about the upcoming SEMCON Pangasinan which will take place sometime in July. I am excited because finally, my dream project is pushing through. Two years ago, I wanted to organize a blogging seminar at our school, but the teachers in our school were not open with the idea. Though blogging and SEO is rather different from one another, I am still glad that a number of people from my hometown are willing to unite for this exciting project. I would like to take this opportunity to thank Bitstop, Digital Filipino Club and SEO Pangasinan. Waaah naiiyak na ako LOL