Archive for December 15th, 2005

My First Glimpse of Harem

Thursday, December 15th, 2005

Although I’m not a Cebuano by birth, but I feel I am nevertheless. Aside from the Cebuano tongue that we use at home as a first language, my wife is part Cebuano too, being an offspring of a Cebuano mother and a Mindanaoan father. Since we converse in Cebuano most of the time and we both make a living here, I feel like more Cebuano than an out-of-towner here in this beautiful city I call home.

Just like any other immigrants to this ‘Queen City of the South’ my curiousity has brought me to places I never imagined I would venture in. I can’t resist the urge to seek the regal attributes this queen has possessed. An inquisitive person as I am, not a single testosterone-inducing corner of this immense domain that escapes my probe. So there I was with my buddies sampling every piece of the pie that the royal host has laid out for us to savor with.

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A Ferry Ride Across Mactan Channel

Thursday, December 15th, 2005

Before the Mandaue-Mactan Bridge and the Marcelo B. Fernan Bridge were built, people from both sides of the channel had no other option than to cross the water either by boat or barge. But crossing the channel does not always guarantee a safe travel as the channel can be rough sometimes especially during typhoon seasons when the water surface can be choppy or worse, prohibitively turbulent.

By any measure, travelling on water takes far longer time but not necessarily more dangerous than travelling on land covering the same distance. Thus, the need to contruct a bridge to connect the two islands was inevitable. So in 1972, the bridge was finally built to the delight of both islands’ residents and motorists.

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Sales & Promos at Ayala Center Cebu

Thursday, December 15th, 2005

Free Planners
Hang Ten

December 2005
• For a minimum single receipt purchase of only P1,000, customers will get an exclusive Hang Ten Planner for FREE!!!

Nestea Lite Promo at Food Choices

October 30 to December 30, 2005
• Buy NESTEA Lite at Food Choices and get a chance to win!
• For every Php 100.00 Single Food Purchase inclusive of 262.4 mL (16 oz.) NESTEA Lite

Bisaya Ispisyal Sale
Bisaya Ispisyal - 2nd Floor

• 70% discount on sale items

Converse Promo

Converse - 2nd Level
Until supply last
• FREE string bags for every purchase of regular mens and kids apparel worth P1,000.00 and
• FREE shoulder bags for every purchase of regular ladies apparel worth P1,000.00