Philippine's 5 Places That Foreigners Most Visited

The Philippines is an archipelago in Southeast Asia made up of over 7000 islands. Beaches, volcanoes and wildlife are among the attractions that tempt tourists to the country and the most visited places include the urban sprawl of Manila, islands with exotic beaches and sites of outstanding natural beauty.



Manila
The capital city of Manila is the point of arrival for many visitors to the Philippines and has many attractions. The old walled city of Intramuros has a range of museums, restaurants and shops as well as Manila Cathedral and Fort Santiago, which was once a Spanish fort and garrison. Other popular tourist venues include Manila Ocean Park, a modern oceanarium and Malacanang Palace, the 18th-century building that acts as the official residence of the Philippine president. The city has a lively and varied nightlife with bars, restaurants, casino and karaoke cafes. The Malate district is a busy bohemian area.

Boracay
Boracay is a small island north of Panay. It has some of the finest sand beaches in the Philippines, and you can swim, enjoy a beach massage, or try water sport activities in crystal clear waters. Visit the shopping malls after a day at the beach or take your chances with the vendors selling watches, jewelry and sunglasses along the seafront. Boracay is also a place to party. It has countless bars, restaurants and clubs with a range of hotels to cater for the large number of tourists.

Banaue and the Rice Terraces
Listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site, Banaue and the Rice Terraces are one of the Philippines' most popular visitor attractions. The terraces were built as an irrigation system on the hills overlooking Banaue over 2000 years ago, and tourists marvel at how the terraces, still in use today, could have been built by the Ifugao tribesmen with only primitive tools. Hotels, bars and restaurants in Banaue cater to tourists, while private homes also take in overnight guests.

Bohol
Bohol Island draws large numbers of visitors to admire its beaches, its iconic Chocolate Hills, and the Spanish colonial architecture. It is also home to the Tarsier, the world’s smallest primate. Coastal waters around Bohol offer excellent diving among coral reefs, and the island is also home to more than 1400 caves for visitors to explore. Nearby Panglao Island has several beach resorts and it is easy to hop between the islands. You may even see dolphins swimming as you sail between the two.

Tagaytay City
Tagaytay is a popular tourist location for Filipino families as well as travelers from overseas. The volcano island at the center of Taal Lake is one of the most famous natural attractions in the Philippines, while the Enchanted Kingdom is a Disney-style theme park. Other popular destinations in and around Tagaytay City include the Pagsanjan Falls, The Flower Farm and the 18-hole golf course at Tagaytay Highlands.

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Mystery of the Bermuda Triangle

The Bermuda Triangle, also known as the Devil's Triangle, is an undefined region in the western part of the North Atlantic Ocean where a number of aircraft and ships are said to have disappeared under mysterious circumstances. The triangle does not exist according to the US Navy and the name is not recognized by the US Board on Geographic Names. Popular culture has attributed various disappearances to the paranormal or activity by extraterrestrial beings. Documented evidence indicates that a significant percentage of the incidents were spurious, inaccurately reported, or embellished by later authors. In a 2013 study the World Wide Fund for Nature identified the world’s 10 most dangerous waters for shipping, but the Bermuda Triangle was not among them. Contrary to popular belief, insurance companies do not charge higher premiums for shipping in this area.Triangle area
The first written boundaries date from a 1964 issue of pulp magazine Argosy, where the triangle's three vertices are in Miami, Florida peninsula; in San Juan, Puerto Rico; and in the mid-Atlantic island of Bermuda. But subsequent writers did not follow this definition. Every writer gives different boundaries and vertices to the triangle, with the total area varying from 500,000 to 1.5 million square miles.Consequently, the determination of which accidents have occurred inside the triangle depends on which writer reports them.The United States Board on Geographic Names does not recognize this name, and it is not delimited in any map drawn by US government agencies.
The area is one of the most heavily traveled shipping lanes in the world, with ships crossing through it daily for ports in the Americas, Europe, and the Caribbean Islands. Cruise ships are also plentiful, and pleasure craft regularly go back and forth between Florida and the islands. It is also a heavily flown route for commercial and private aircraft heading towards Florida, the Caribbean, and South America from points north.

History/Origins
The earliest allegation of unusual disappearances in the Bermuda area appeared in a September 16, 1950 Associated Press article by Edward Van Winkle Jones. Two years later, Fate magazine published "Sea Mystery at Our Back Door", a short article by George X. Sand covering the loss of several planes and ships, including the loss of Flight 19, a group of five U.S. Navy TBM Avenger bombers on a training mission. Sand's article was the first to lay out the now-familiar triangular area where the losses took place. Flight 19 alone would be covered again in the April 1962 issue of American Legion magazine. It was claimed^{[by whom?]} that the flight leader had been heard saying, "We are entering white water, nothing seems right. We don't know where we are, the water is green, no white." It was also claimed that officials at the Navy board of inquiry stated that the planes "flew off to Mars."^{[dubious – discuss]} Sand's article was the first to suggest a supernatural element to the Flight 19 incident. In the February 1964 issue of Argosy, Vincent Gaddis's article "The Deadly Bermuda Triangle" argued that Flight 19 and other disappearances were part of a pattern of strange events in the region. The next year, Gaddis expanded this article into a book, Invisible Horizons.
Others would follow with their own works, elaborating on Gaddis' ideas: John Wallace Spencer (Limbo of the Lost, 1969, repr. 1973); Charles Berlitz (The Bermuda Triangle, 1974); Richard Winer (The Devil's Triangle, 1974), and many others, all keeping to some of the same supernatural elements outlined by Eckert.

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Giant Crystal Cave's Mystery Solved

 Buried a thousand feet (300 meters) below Naica mountain in the Chihuahuan Desert, the cave was discovered by two miners excavating a new tunnel for the Industrias Peñoles company in 2000.
The cave contains some of the largest natural crystals ever found: translucent gypsum beams measuring up to 36 feet (11 meters) long and weighing up to 55 tons.
"It's a natural marvel," said García-Ruiz, of the University of Granada in Spain.
To learn how the crystals grew to such gigantic sizes, García-Ruiz studied tiny pockets of fluid trapped inside.

The crystals, he said, thrived because they were submerged in mineral-rich water with a very narrow, stable temperature range—around 136 degrees Fahrenheit (58 degrees Celsius).
At this temperature the mineral anhydrite, which was abundant in the water, dissolved into gypsum, a soft mineral that can take the form of the crystals in the Naica cave.
The new findings appear in the April issue of the journal Geology.

           

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Cherry Mobile Fuze’s specs confirmed!

A few days ago, we’ve shared our hunch about Cherry Mobile’s upcoming smartphone which packs a 4000mAh battery. True enough, we were right on the money in picking the Micromax Canvas Power A96 as our bet.

Besides the RAM and the Camera, which according our source was 512MB and 5MP respectively, the specs sheet of the CM Fuze matches the recently launched smartphone from Micromax.

Cherry Mobile Fuze specs:
5-inch FWVGA IPS display, 854 x 480 @196ppi
Dragontrail Glass
1.3 GHz Quad-core Mediatek MT6582M CPU
Mali-400MP GPU
1GB
4GB internal memory
up to 32GB via microSD
8MP rear camera w/ LED Flash, HD video recording
1.3MP front-facing camera
Dual-SIM, Dual-Standby
3G/HSPA
WiFi 802.11 b/g/n
Bluetooth 3.0
GPS
USB OTG
FM Radio
Android 4.2 (Jelly Bean)
4,000mAh battery
As suggested by one of the pictures uploaded by the company on their FB page, the CM Fuze’s fairly large battery can be used to charge your other devices, thanks to its USB On-The-Go feature.
Cherry Mobile remains about the official launch date of the Fuze, but when it’s slated to retail for Php5,499, which is slightly lower than what we expected.

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Our Childhood a Past to Reminisce

Parang nagaapir ang mga kamay namin habang kinakanta eto:

Nanay, Tatay
Gusto ko tinapay
Ate , Kuya,
Gusto ko kape
Lahat ng gusto ko ay susundin mo
ang magkamali ay pipingutin ko
Isa Dalawa Tatlo

Ki-Ki-Kinagat ako ng putakti
dinala ako sa makati
binigyan ako ng One...
One two three

Si Si Si Nena ay bata pa, kaya ang sabi niya ay um-um-um-ah-ah.
Si Nena ay dalaga na kaya ang sabi niya ay um-um-um-ah-ah.
Si Nena ay matanda na, kaya ang sabi niya ay um-um-um-ah-ah.

Sarah Sarah princesa
Lavinya Lavinya isnabera
Lottie Lottie iyakin
Pinagalitan ni Mis Minchin

Eto naman yung paraan para malaman kung ikaw nga ba ang magiging taya:

Mangga, mangga hinog ka na ba?
Oo Oo hinog na ako!
Kung hinog ka na ay umalis ka na


JAK EN POY! Hale hale hoy! Sinong matalo syang unggoy!
JAK EN POY! Hale hale hoy! Sinong matalo syang kabayo! (vesion ng baklita)


Monkey monkey anabel how many monkey did you see? (magsasabi ng number yung huling naituro tapos bibilangin, at ang huling bilang maaring alis o taya – hindi maiwasan na magkaroon ng dayaan dahil nabibilang na agad ng naituro kung sino posibleng mataya, maliban nalang kung mahina sa math ang kalaro mo!)

Langit Lupa impyerno,
im im impyerno,
saksak puso tulo ang dugo
patay o buhay dalahin sa ospital
uno, dos, tres sya ang alis... alis!


Chinese garter song:

RED WHITE and BLUE.. Stars over you. Mama said, Papa Said, I LOVE YOU

I... Love... you teleber-teleber
isnooky, dina bonnevie...
sharon, sharon love gabi!
Teleber-teleber...

10-20-30-40-50-60-70-80-90-100
*dead for all – meaning bubuhayin nya ang mga kakamping di marunong magbilang! nyahaha

Eto naman yung pagbibilang ng teks:

Isang babae binarako sa tabi paglabas buntis = 17
Isa-dalawa-tatlo-apat-cha = 9
*Isa=2
*Cha=1

Pang-asar na kanta:

Ang kapal ng mukha. Di na nahiya.
Dapat sa’yo pasabugin ang mukha!
Ulo-ulo lang di kasama katawan,
‘pag kasama katawan, sabog pati laman

One two three asawa ni marie
araw gabi walang panty

Sabihin mo sa ate mo break na kami
nakita ko ang panti nya ganun kalaki

Paboritong laro:
Bahay-bahayan
Luto-lutuan
Shake-shake shampoo
Agawan base
Agawan panyo
Agawan syota
Pikpakboom
Siato
Luksong tinik
Luksong bakla
Habulan-gahasa
Hide and sick

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Will You Agree in 4 Days School Week?

MANILA -- The Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA) is proposing a 4-day school week for elementary and high school students to reduce traffic as major construction projects start.

The construction of the Skyway 3, which will connect the North Luzon Expressway (NLEX) with South Luzon Expressway (SLEX), will begin on Monday.

According to MMDA, the average speed of 30 kilometers per hour along major roads in Manila could be cut in half because of heavy traffic. This means motorists and commuters will have to spend more time on the road just to get to their destinations.

Around 23 schools in Metro Manila will be affected by the road projects, the MMDA said.

To reduce the burden on students and help lessen the number of commuters on the streets, MMDA Chairman Francis Tolentino wants to change the 5-day school week to just 4 days.

"Lalong-lalo na yung mga schools na malapit sa construction site. Maging staggered yung pasukan, hindi sabay-sabay pumapasok, going at the same time to the same place," he said.

He plans to discuss the proposal with the Department of Education (DepEd) officials.

The MMDA earlier proposed a distance learning system for college and university students, as well as flexible working hours in companies and offices.

Parents say no to 4-day school week

However, some parents are opposed to the idea of reducing the number of school days, saying that the new schedule will affect their children's studies.

With a shorter school week, students may learn less, according to parents interviewed by ABS-CBN News. It will also be more difficult for teachers who will have less time for their classes and lectures.

Some colleges, like the Ateneo School of Government, are open to the suggestion, and would like to look at the benefits of the MMDA's proposal.

According to DepEd assistant secretary for planning Jesus Mateo, they cannot implement a new policy without consulting stakeholders.

"Kailangan pag-aralan natin iyun. Hindi tayo magpapatupad ng polisiya na hindi natin kinokonsukta ang stakeholders. Kailangan natin pag-aralan iyung context. Iba iyung sitwasyon sa rural at iba sa urban. Pwede dito sa siyudad, baka pwede iyun pero kailangan natin pag-aralan ito," he added.

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