January 9, 2012

  • The more fun mania

    Travel

    When the Philippine's launched its new tourism slogan, , social networking sites were all in a frenzy and people tried to do their share in promoting the new slogan by appending it on their pictures with smart remarks that go with it. It was so fun and was totally viral that the Tourism Department said that it hasn't spent a single centavo yet in promoting the slogan. (Note, promoting, not including conceptualizing which could have cost government millions considering that the unoriginal international ad firm of BBDO claimed to have "conceptualized" this "original" slogan).

    Here are a few of the photos I found on the net. The photos below were collected from various social media and are not my own. Credits are given to those who first posted these photos with the assumption that they made these.

    First off would be the best photos I've seen. Made by a friend and one of the person's I look up to in terms of photography, writing, and journalism, Boboi Costas founder of Grassroots Travel:

    Here are the photos I found hilarious, yet true...


    Grilled animal innards. A specialty in the Philippines. Photo by Birdie Salva.


    Imbayah Festival in Banaue, Ifugao. Photo by Mon Corpuz from John Cua.


    By Herald Bebis for Katahum Tours.


    Jeepney by Gerald Uy.


    Tarsier in Bohol by Flip 'n Travels.


    A reminder in church, from Emir Mendoza.


    Jeepney by Edwin Soriano. Makes you wonder what's the use of the seats inside the jeep when no one wants to sit in it.


    Lechon, the original planker, by Christian Iglesias.


    A practice we call bayanihan, from TheFrank Aldana.


    The Pahiyas Festival of Lucban, Quezon from Roland Benzon.


    Sorry, but us Filipinos (by that, I mean the male population) just don't believe in toilets, from Maco Atienza. Our women make fun of us men because of this.


    Oblation Run, a tradition in UP campuses started by Alpha Phi Omega fraternity, from Jolly Estaris.

    And disturbing, yet true...


    Philippines' President Simeon Aquino III partying with his staff, from Sheryl Pangan.


    Storms, floods, you name it... by Denden Galit.


    The Maguindanao Massacre, from Allan Dayle Basa. Representative of the gravity of the culture of impunity in the country.


    Flogging is a common practice among Catholics during the Holy Week. This culminates in the nailing to a cross. From Adrian Torralba.


    On August 2010 a policeman hijacked a bus filled with Chinese tourists. Several were killed. (News article, here). From Adrian Torralba. We do have a number of dysfunctional members in the police and armed forces, not to mention civilian armed men like security guards who'll shoot on sight.

    And simply breathtaking (although some captions are still funny)...


    Pahiyas Festival by Roland Benzon.


    By Roland Benzon.


    Photo by Bong Bajo from Legazpi City's Facebook

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    Update: January 11, 2011. For @ANVRSADDAY. A photo by Artem Andaya posted in the Facebook group Come Visit My Philippines on Monday, January 9, 2011. This photo is taken in Brgy. Culasi, town of Mercedes, province of Camarines Norte. Apparently, there's no bridge to link the town to the city proper and so jeepneys have to brave the strong currents of the river in order to bring produce and people across. During bad weather, they are unable to cross.

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