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Clothes Donation – Why is this still a Valuable Outreach Activity? (Electrolux Save and Share Blog Series)

by Rodel Flordeliz
September 14, 2014
3 minutes read

Willan Pagayon, is a young man working hard for his dreams! Being a bachelor and working in a high position in a transportation industry, Willan had the luxury of traveling more, having fun and specially, go shopping!

A Mister Universe Philippines 2013 titlist, Willan do have the chance to do social works and help a lot of people and most specially promote tourism of the city he represent – The City of Love, Ilo-Ilo.

Fashion Lifestyle

Travel Via Sea

by Rodel Flordeliz
December 10, 2013
1 minute read

I got a chance to breath the fresh air of the sea and escape from the busy streets of Manila and visit one of the oldest cities in the Philippines, which are Ilo-Ilo and Bacolod. I have documented my travel along with some of my blogger friends and newly acquired friends that I have the chance to journey with in our 3 day tour via Ship.

Philippine Travel Guide Travel

Cruisin’ to Ilo-Ilo and Bacolod via 2Go Travel (Part 03)

by Rodel Flordeliz
December 5, 2013
1 minute read

Pong of Googly Goeeys and The Boy who Wonder, Eco Dela Sala gave us a short talk about social media and travelling. It was a great talk that I enjoyed it a lot. It would have been even better if we actually have a longer time sharing and interacting, because I know a lot could be learn from that.

A few hours before reaching Manila, the bloggers were given certificates of appreciation for joining the event. Winners for the contest were also been announced, Congrats’ to Jirbie (@couchwassabi) who won the Tweet Surrender Award and Tracy (@tracyayson) who won the Best IG photo.

Commuting Food Travel

Cruising to Ilo-Ilo and Bacolod via 2GO Travel (Part02)

by Rodel Flordeliz
December 2, 2013
8 minutes read

Iloilo is also the home of the popular La Paz Batchoy. La Paz is one of the seven districts of Iloilo City. According to Ms. Melanie, batchoy started from a butcher in the world war era, where the remains of the pork he sells was recycled and used to make broth and then called it “Bats”. One Chinese settler suggested to put some miki on the broth to make it more fulfilling. Making the word “batchoy” coming from the two word “Bats” and “Choy” which in Chinese means “to mix”.