My wireless broadband internet connection has just been setup a few minutes ago c/o Meridian Telekoms and its quite fast. Now, I don’t have to bring my notebook computer to the internet cafe just to download emails.
The wonders of technology!
Bicol, home to delicious cuisine flavored with generous amounts of chili and gata (coconut extract), spanish era churches, majestic mountains, forests, lakes and seas, is home to a hardy, resilient and friendly people.
The welcome arch reads “Welcome to Bicolandia along the border of Quezon and Camarines Norte.
The stalls of Naga City that opens well into the night sells different kinds of peanut cooking from sugared, fried, steamed as well as other food knicknacks that are good paired with bottles of beer and liquor.
Early morning, and joggers circle the driveway around the spacious Penafrancia Basilica, the seat and home of INA, the mother of Christ, that is venerated deeply in these region, a testament to the Bicolano’s devoutness.
Man selling young coconuts along the road at the side of the Legazpi City rotunda, early morning. Grated, mature coconuts are extracted for its gata, a major component that flavors Bicol cuisine from the tasty pinangat, Bicol express, and a host of other dishes.
A lone tiger at the Albay Wildlife Park that houses a few but interesting animals from around the country (seldom seen) as well as the world.
An obligatory visit to the Cagsawa ruins near Legazpi City. Famed for her perfect cone, Mt. Mayon enlivens the Bicol landscape and her majestic sight makes one forget her fiery temper. The Cagsawa Ruins, is a grim reminder of the region’s most active volcano’s other side.
These children along the road to the Mayon Resthouse wave to passing visitors. However, don’t be fooled by their seeming hospitality, the’yre waiting for loose change. Bicol, while the land is beautiful, is also one of the country’s poorest.
Series 5 has already been started a few days ago at binary silver. This series shows nine different views of Mt. Mayon: From the vantage point at Daraga Albay, Mayon Resthouse, at the city, as well as the obligatory Cagsawa Ruins.
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Morning flight
I gazed out the window of PAL flight PR847 (0730H flight time) bound for Cebu while flying over Bicol and I was dazzled by the beautiful view of the volcanic mountains of Bicol lining up, all in one view their bases covered with fog and low lying clouds: Mts. Isarog, Iriga, perfect Mayon and a slight distance, Bulusan and the Irosin ancient caldera.
Too bad, I didn’t have my camera with me 
The secretive conclave of cardinals have, on the fourth round of balloting, elected the noted ultra-conservative Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger of Germany, a rather fast one, as most observers contend. The 78 year old cardinal has took on the name Benedict XVI and whose election was widely welcomed by the world.
But on a personal note, I would have preferred a pope who is moderate to liberal, more attuned to current problems and issues plaguing the church as well as the world.
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