Archive for the ‘Antique’ Category

Toy museum transforms a place of grief to a house of joy

Where once there were only cries of anguish and despair, the voices heard from “Balay ni Datu Lubay” these days are expressions of fun and admiration. Balay ni Datu Lubay (House of Datu Lubay) in San Jose, Antique houses Alex de los Santos’ collection of more than 1,000 dolls and figurines, some of them made [...]

January 19, 2011  Tags:   Posted in: Antique, Arts and Culture, Malaya  23 Comments

Perwisyo ang mga mukha ni Arroyo at Ebdane

Kahapon, nagkaroon ng landslide sa mountain highway ng Antique papuntang Iloilo kaya nag-detour ang mga sasakyan sa daan ng Anini-iy. Naging apat na oras ang biyaheng karaniwan ay tatlong oras lang.Mabuti na lang maaga ako umalis sa aming barrio (4:00 n.u), hindi ako nahuli sa aking 10:25 ng umaga na flight papuntang Manila. Maraming ilog [...]

July 14, 2009  Tags: ,   Posted in: Abante, Antique, Governance  98 Comments

Being connected

It never ceases to amaze me that I’m able to access internet from my remote corner in Antique, even if the connection is so slow and intermittent. I have always dreamed of being able to file my stories from our place in Guisijan while listening to the chirping the birds surrounded by orchids, bromeliads, heleconias, [...]

July 13, 2009  Tags: , ,   Posted in: Antique, Cyberspace, Malaya  25 Comments

May escalator na sa Antique

May Gaisano Mall na sa Antique. Wow, kahit paano, palatandaan ng asenso yan. Natuwa naman ako ng makita ko ang Gaisano sa San Jose nang dumaan ako doon noong Miyerkoles galing Iloilo. Wala na kasing eroplano na nagse-service ng Antique kaya via Iloilo ako kung umuwi sa aming baryo sa Guisijan, sa bayan ng Lau-an. [...]

July 12, 2009  Tags: ,   Posted in: Abante, Antique  53 Comments