Ming’s Garden: Only for Mums Not for Food

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Rosa Road going to Tagaytay and I’ve always wondered what can you see in this place since it has a big sign along the road. … I would save you the trouble of wasting your time checking this place out, if you are looking for mums, and ornamental plants then check this out and this is for you.
…There is no service to talk about and the canteen type of food does not do justice to the ambiance of the place.

Writing Salon Series 4: Word Safari Inspired Prose

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We had to do 10 minutes of continuous writing and in the middle of my composition, I was able to develop the following essay based on the word safari above.
…Manila’s musicians give us an annoying hope that someday we will be among the greatest nation in our beloved green earth.
…His wind and breath of fresh air is something that would make you wish that you want to die right here and right now.

Taal Vista Lodge // The Best View of Taal Lake!

What makes it soo amazing is that you can enjoy the view less the mass crowd or weekend crowd. It would be good if there was a before and after photo but maybe some of my readers would still have photos of the old taal vista that is packed with people. I love taking pictures of Taal Vista Lodge and here are the postcard shots that hmmn, maybe I can sell them to Taal Vista Lodge as postcards.

Anton’s Awesome Planet — BLOG-O-RAMAed :)

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At some point in your blogging career, you know that somehow you have touch some people’s lives and your voice is worth listening to if you get Blog-a-rama-ed by AJ (Annalyn Jusay) blogging @ www.annalyn.net for Manila Bulletin. … Check out AJ’s appreciative inquiry on Anton’s Awesome Planet in MB’s technews both online and on print this week (10/17/2005). I did not realize that the blog-o-rama’s printed edition would contain half a page of MB’s technews.

Writing Salon Series 3: My Feeble Attempt at Characterization

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Our writing exercise for the day was in developing characters and I realize how easy it was to get started with it and how difficult it was to develop the level of detail the character needs.
… I gave strict instructions to kill each one like a ritual of first stabbing the stomach, mutilating the face, then cutting their genitals, slicing & dicing their arms and legs before finishing off with a stab to the heart. … This is the start of the purging of the Filipino race and sends a clear message that if you have one more than one kid the rest will be sacrificed for a higher cause.

Taal Vista Hotel Reinvented — Amazing!

This was the last place in Tagaytay that I don’t want to be seen in and for decades, this has been off my travel destination or even culinary adventure place.
…It is a joint project of Paolo Alcazaren and Felix Mago Miguel. the 26ft x 8ft mural is located at the Hotel’s Foyer.” (quote: Via Fuego Magazine vol.
… Amazing pool and the blue color just entices you to jump from your hotel room 🙂 If not for the cold weather and the feeling that the pool is out in the open with hotel guests seeing you as they walk along the corridor — I would have tried this out.

Sanctuario Revisited: Ho-hum food?

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I was disappointed with the ho-hum food this time around which costs us P400/person and I was looking for the food that I raved about last time . I don’t know what happened but eating there on a wednesday night at 8pm in the evening with only us around might be one of the reasons.
…We also tried the Squash & Cali (P95), and the Taro Bisque (P85) which is a clear soup pretending to be a bisque — both nothing special just your regular soup in a small bowl.

Writing Salon Series 2: I Am From

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One of the most interesting writing adventure in the writing salon was developing a piece that starts from “I am From”. There was a lot of setup, artistic warm-up and conditioning techniques to generate my own interpretation of “I am from”.
… I am from a life

I love Ecto — my new blogging client

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What I love about it is the WYSIWIG and html editors that you won’t have it available on the typepad web interface version if you use a mac browser.
… Also, I started to post a summary short version of the post and people who wants to read more, can just click on continue.
…Also, now I can blog for all my other group blogs litratista.org and www.pinoytravelblog.com with one easy interface.

Writing Salon Series 1: A Creative Adventure in the Writing Salon

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Originally, I was planning to do a day-by-day series of the events that happened during the 3 day weekend, but instead I’ll post our writing exercises instead to give you a glimpse of the salon experience.
…One trick would be if you wanted to start writing about a place of inspiration, instead of starting with perfecting your first few sentences, start with capturing all the words that immediately comes to your mind.
…Now, there is no logic in developing the character, you just need to look into yourself and allow your own creative imagination to tell you what the character would be.