Cille Anne

Sperry Top-Sider: An American Original Now in the Philippines

September 5, 2011 By Cille Anne 2 Comments

Titus (looking over my shoulder): What’s that?
Me: I got invited to this event, it’s an introduction of a shoe brand in Cebu, Sperry you know it?
Titus: Top sider? That’s a classic baby.
Me: Oh yeah? (I was totally clueless), did you have one before?
Titus: Yes.
Me: So James and Tantan too? (his brothers)
Titus: Nope, it was James then handed down to Tantan then me.

Me: Really?! Wow! How long did you have it?

Titus: Not really sure but it was for a long time. It’s a very durable shoe.

Philippines in Pictures – Good Old Tricycle!

August 27, 2011 By Cille Anne 2 Comments

Click on Read more to see scenes unique in the Philippines from “Penfires – Philippine in snapshots and snippets series”

The humble Philippine tricycle at your service.

My cousins, 10 in all,

smiling happily on the way to Forest Camp in Valencia, Negros Oriental

despite being squeezed into one tricycle.

A typical Philippine countryside scene? 🙂

Nahhh, it still lacks a passenger on top lol

Travel to Apo Island, Negros Oriental: Snorkel and Diving Paradise

August 20, 2011 By Cille Anne 6 Comments

My Lola Mancia hails from Valencia, Negros Oriental and my Lolo Yul used to boast of going to Valencia to visit my Lola by riding his bike. Yep all those 150 plus kilometers were often conquered by bike pedals. Anyhow I have so much to share about Valencia, Dumaguete and other places in Negros that…

Travel to Dumaguete City and Apo Island in Negros Oriental

August 20, 2011 By Cille Anne 9 Comments

This post is a supplement to my blog post about the snorkel paradise that is Apo Island. I’ve decided to keep this post separate to keep my original post lean. How to go to Dumaguete, Negros Oriental? If you are coming from Manila, you can fly via Cebu Pacific directly to Dumaguete City. If you…

Top Fruits in the Philippines: Tropical, Exotic and Delightful!

August 13, 2011 By Cille Anne 2 Comments

The Philippines is blessed not only with great beaches and awesome travel destinations but also with delightful assortment of tropical fruits offerings. This is maybe the reason why during town fiestas and family celebrations, Pinoy homemakers never fail to bring forth their best Filipino food salad recipes to the table using the freshest tropical fruits…

How to Commute to Popular Cebu Tourist Spots

August 9, 2011 By Cille Anne 45 Comments

This post is in response to the query of Ms Cynthia from my post Tips in Navigating Cebu Jeepneys, I just decided to make this a separate post since I am pretty sure this Cebu guide on transportation is going to be a long post about using public transport like jeepneys to go to Cebu’s…