Saturday, December 22, 2018

Thursday, December 13, 2018

Tuesday, July 3, 2018

BUDGET TRAVEL TO HO CHI MINH CITY, VIETNAM DAY 2 PART 1

March 24, 2018
MABUHAY!

This is a photo and video journal of our day 2 budget travel to Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam. Our travel itinerary includes our early morning stroll around the river esplanade and our breakfast in Co Phu Nhuan wet and dry market.

Tuesday, June 19, 2018

Wednesday, June 13, 2018

AMAZING EXPERIENCE IN HO CHI MINH CITY, VIETNAM - A BUDGET TRAVEL DAY 1

March 22, 2018
MABUHAY
budget travel to HO CHI MINH city title page

HO CHI MINH City, also popularly known by its former name SAIGON, is a bustling metropolis. It was named after Vietnam's revolutionary leader HO CHI MINH. This is a photo and video journal of our budget travel to this magnificent city from our departure from NAIA Terminal 3 in Manila and arrival at TAN SO NHAT International Airport.

Tuesday, May 22, 2018

A WALK AROUND INTRAMUROS - THE WALLED CITY OF MANILA

February 8, 2018
MABUHAY!


An Arched passageway in the walled city of Intramuros
An arched passageway in the walled city of Intramuros

This is a photo and video journal of my foot travel to the historic WALLED CITY of INTRAMUROS which is the venue of a social architecture workshop I attended this day entitled ANTHOLOGY. I decided to create a separate article to feature this historic place due to its impact on our history. The next post will feature more in the workshop.

Tuesday, May 8, 2018

CONCRETE CONSTRUCTION PRODUCTIVITY BOOTCAMP 2018

January 8, 2018
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This is a photo and video journal of my attendance to this training at Philconstruct 2018. As an advocate of continuous professional education in the construction industry, I personally find this training an eye opener on the magnitude of what else we can contribute to enhance the quality of CONCRETE.

Thursday, May 3, 2018

Wednesday, May 2, 2018

Friday, April 27, 2018

BORACAY ISLAND BUSINESS TRIP DAY 1

November 15, 2017
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BORACAY ISLAND CLOSURE-IT DID HAPPENED YESTERDAY, APRIL 26, 2018.  This is the Philippine government effort to rehabilitate & save this WORLD CLASS ISLAND RESORT from total DECAY. This is an unedited photo and video journal of my first business trip - showing the real condition of Boracay Island.

Friday, April 20, 2018

SECOND BUSINESS TRIP TO ILOILO CITY DAY 1 & 2

February 26, 2018
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This is a photo and video journal of my 2nd business trip to Iloilo City. This time I was able to visit some of the city's finest architectural gems like the Molo Mansion, Molo Church and the Jaro Cathedral.

Thursday, April 19, 2018

7 HOUR BUS RIDE FROM ILOILO CITY TO CATICLAN - BORACAY JETTY PORT, MALAY AKLAN

November 15, 2017
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This 7 hour bus ride gave me an opportunity to glimpse the beautiful countryside of the Island of Panay traversing from the southern side of Iloilo City to the northern tip of Caticlan - Boracay, Malay, Aklan.

Saturday, April 14, 2018

FIRST BUSINESS TRIP TO ILOILO CITY

November 13, 2017
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ILOILO CITY, also known as the "Heart of the Philippines", is a highly urbanized city in Western Visayas. My stay here is only brief- 2 nights and 1 day, but I immediately fell in love with the place. The flight duration to this city from Manila is about 1 hour. This is a photo and video journal of my first business trip to the magnificent and lovely city of Iloilo.

Monday, April 9, 2018

TILE INSTALLATION: NOTCHED TROWEL COMB TECHNIQUE

July 24, 2017
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Another well known method of installing tile is the use of notched trowel comb technique. This method is very effective in eliminating voids- air trapped in the installed tiles. Installed tiles with void easily breaks or crack- specially when applied with pressure, because of it's inherent characteristic of being brittle. Our company sponsored a seminar and invited MARIWASA - probably the biggest tile manufacturer in the Philippines, to train our engineers. architect & masons with this technique.

Thursday, February 8, 2018

BUSINESS TRAVEL TO CHINA : DAY 1 - OCULAR INSPECTION IN ALUMINUM COMPOSITE PANEL (ACP) FACTORY

December 18, 2017
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Upon our arrival at Baiyun International Airport, we were greeted by a warm, nice Chinese smile from Mr. James, owner of the Aluminum Composite Panel (ACP) factory who personally fetched us. This is a photo and video journal of our day 1 part 2 business travel in China.

Friday, February 2, 2018

BUSINESS TRAVEL TO CHINA : DAY 1- ARRIVAL AT BAIYUN INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT, GUANGZHOU

December 18, 2017
MABUHAY!
Photo and video journal of our Day 1 travel to China. The purpose of my visit is to do an ocular inspection to aluminum and glass factories for our project in the Philippines. 

Thursday, January 25, 2018

TRAVELLING AS IT IS! OCULAR INSPECTION TO A CONCRETE PRECAST FACTORY IN PLARIDEL, BULACAN

October 24, 2017
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I was tasked by our company together with other Engineers from different projects to do an ocular inspection in a concrete precast factory. This is a video journal of our travel from our kick off point at Regalia Park Tower in Cubao, Quezon City to Bulihan, Plaridel Bulacan which is outside Metro Manila. We are not allowed to take photos or videos of the precast plant operation.

GETTING THERE

Our travel route map 

Monday, January 22, 2018

TRAVELLING AS IT IS! ROAD TRIP FROM ANGELES CITY TO FLORIDABLANCA VIA SCTEX JANUARY 1, 2018

January 1, 2018
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This is a video journal of our road trip experience from Angeles City to Floridablanca, Pampanga on the first day of January 2018 going to my wife's clan reunion. We are just enjoying the beautiful view of Porac & Floridablanca mountain ranges. Also enjoying my family's chit chat discussing almost anything under the sun. An awesome experience that really made my New year's day.

GETTING THERE
This is our travel road map from Angeles City to Palmayo Resettlement Center, Floridablanca, Pampanga

Tuesday, January 16, 2018

TRAVELING AS IT IS! A WALK ALONG MANILA CITY'S HISTORICAL PATH

October 30, 2017
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I am going to Bureau of Immigration today to secure some documents needed for our travel to Malaysia. The previous day, I checked with GOOGLE MAP for directions for I planned not to take my car within MANILA area due to parking problem. The path that GOOGLE MAP gave me is really very interesting. An 11 minute walk that will pass through some of Manila's historical landmarks.