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Bacolod

First-time Travel Guide: Bacolod City, The City of Smiles

A Travel Guide for First-time Travelers to Bacolod Bacolod City (10° 40′ 12″ N, 122° 57′ 0″ E), known as the “City of Smiles”, is the capital of the province of Negros[…]

K-pop boy band AxisB Visits Bacolod

The Korean cultural wave or “hallyu” has invaded every corner of the earth and the Philippines is not exempt from it. However, many Korean pop[…]

Yakiniku Room: Grill Meat, Eat-all-you-can

Japan is the country that I have long been setting my sights on, even up to this day. Time will come that I will conquer[…]

A Fresh Start to Healthy Eats

Bacolod City is a food haven to healthy eaters and vegetarians. The province, Negros Occidental, is pushing for organic farming and organic products and Bacolod[…]

Rapha Valley

First-time in Rapha Valley

I have heard of Rapha Valley a lot of times. Ever since I settled back in my hometown in Bacolod City, Philippines, the town of[…]

Sinulog sa Kabankalan, Negros Occidental: A Festival with Deep History

Kabankalan City is where I spent the early four to five years of my life. It was still a town then and we lived in[…]

Running the highlands of Campuestohan

It was a not-so-short hike as we ascended the area of Campuestohan in Talisay City. I’m not referring to the popular highland resort in this[…]

Vegetable Harvest at DSB with SM Foundation

The sun was up as we walked towards the harvest area. I could hear the laughter from the distance. When I got to the site,[…]

Victorias City Organic Market and Pasalubong Center

Victorias City opened its Organic Market and Pasalubong Center

Victorias City, known as The Sweet Green City, located in the northern part of Negros Occidental, Philippines, is strengthening its organic farming industry with the[…]

Chino’s Deli at MassKara Festival

Since this is the longest celebration of MassKara Festival, the Bacolod City Public Plaza is now teeming with food stalls since it started in October[…]

MassKara Festival 2018 Schedule of Events

It’s this time of the year once again when my city is alive with colors, songs, and other attractions. Yes, October is MassKara Festival in[…]

It’s a Sing Night at Retro KTV Bacolod

A burst of color painted on container vans fill the backdrop of Retro KTV. Would you believe that these giant containers have videoke rooms in[…]

Byron’s Back Ribs Grille in Homesite

Whenever I mention Homesite to my friends, they often attach Byron’s Back Ribs to it. My sister told me a number of times that a[…]

Have a Funatix Game In Bacolod

People in Bacolod and travelers going to this city for Masskara will have a grander time this festival season because Funatix, the first Edutainment company[…]

Negros Occidental

Five Days Around Bacolod, Silay and Talisay in Negros Occidental

Instead of me going away and traveling to faraway places, I toured a friend who spent her five-day vacation in my home province in Negros[…]