Gabii sa Kabilin (Night of Heritage) is held every last Friday of the month of May in Cebu City and is organized by The Ramon Aboitiz Foundation, Inc. Since the event started in 2006, I always try to be in the city to participate. I found that every year there are always new learnings and new experiences (like the bus system that will be used as the city’s public transportation).
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I have a genuine fear of heights. But many times in my life I have proven to myself (always accidentally) that there is no fear I cannot conquer. When the cable car was the most requested activity we do for our first time in Singapore, I immediately agreed because I read in the website that the trip is only 5 minutes.
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My husband and I, together with my brother, watched the Asian production of Miss Saigon at the Theatres at the Solaire last Thursday. When I visited New York in 2018, the aunt and uncle of my co-worker treated us to a Broadway musical and Auntie kept on gushing how Miss Saigon was very impressive especially when they brought in a helicopter inside the theatre.
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Escolta was dubbed the “Queen of Streets” during the American occupation (around mid 1940s). Commerce was bustling and the architecture were modern, even featuring the first elevator-operated buildings.
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Binondo is the world’s oldest Chinatown, with written records showing it was established in 1564. According to historians, as early as 1603, there were already 20,000 Chinese residents recorded in Manila (compared to barely 1,000 Spaniards). Pre-Spanish colonization, the Philippines was already trading with the Chinese as evidenced by the Chinese jars and ceramicware and influence in food dug up as archeaological finds.
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Psyche Castillon 