Travels and Stories
My Epipremnum pinnatum plants are growing wonderfully. Am I biased? A bit hahah. Last year in September, I shared in a separate blog post about how my husband and I found a huge mother plant of E. pinnatum in one of our walks. I did thought that this evergreen vine was Monstera deliciosa at first. But after lots of interaction with fellow plant lovers, I learned that the correct plant ...
Plantitas and plantitos, do you already have Anthurium jenmanii in your collection? Are you interested in buying one? Some say this plant is a collector’s item for its rarity and its eye-catching giant, lush leaves.. A ‘must have’, some will push hehe. Is this plant really rare? The Anthurium jenmanii is ultra rare but only in some parts of the Philippines like Cebu. This specie, ...
Who would have thought that Camotes Island can be reached in just an hour and 20 minutes these days! It’s amazing coz it’s true! For perspective, we commuted to the island 7 years ago, in 2011. We took the Danao route that time and sailed via pump-boat. That Camotes adventure was one for the books, totally…
Liliw’s OTOP or One Town One Product are handmade sandals and slippers (tsinelas). At one point in time, I own a store in Cebu selling just those products. The store’s name was Cille’s The Original Liliw Slippers. 🙂 Check out the collage of the best selling designs back then (later on this post). Abaca espadrilles…
Coming to Cebu? First timer? Heed the call, come here, and explore the city with this Penfires recommended Cebu City Tour. Metro Cebu is huge! Thus, there are lots of choices out there for a city tour including a historical walking tour, full mountain tour, mountain plus a side trip to Mactan Island and Cordova,…
List of affordable hotels and accommodation in Baguio City with rooms available for P2,000 and below per night. Room rates updated as of October 31, 2017. Baguio is a favorite destination of many, especially during the scorching hot summer months. Long weekends and holidays are also peak time in this highland town. The good thing…
Gulay. Veggies. Pho. Bahn Mi. Bun Cha. Bun Rieu. Spring Rolls. Rice Noodles. Iced Coffee. Food trip in Vietnam! It’s fascinating to see just how the Vietnamese love to eat their green leafy vegetables. Different kinds of leaves and herbs piled mountain high on plates, and they ate this with much gusto. No wonder the…
Vietnam is Calling! Vietnam is a Southeast Asian nation and a neighboring country of the Philippines. We spent a total of 6D/5N in its capital city, Ho Chi Minh just this August 2018. This blog is part of the Penfires Vietnam Series. You may want to considering adding this famous amusement park in Vietnam to your…
My backyard garden and house plants collection is growing day by day. Aside from purchases from the public market, via online plant sellers, and also during plant exhibitions and fairs, there are now a fair amount of growing plants from own propagations and offshoots. Yey, yeyyy! Happy dance! I’m becoming a certified plant tita more…
For those into gardening and ornamentals, chances are the plant Monstera deliciosa is part of the bucket list, if you don’t already have it, that is. Instagram is where I go – to look at pictures after pictures of this beautiful plant. I love foliage. I like big leaves. Monstera with its huge green leaves…
I’ve been enamored lately with gardening. Passing fancy? Or my farmer’s family gene finally sprouting? My family on my dad’s side are farmers, when Kenneth and I were kids, we’d spent our summer school break in Mindanao to accompany our dad who goes there para mag copra. ‘Mindanao’ for us is Zambulawan, Aurora, Zamboanga del…