A Dolphy Monument in Kyusi?!

YES. PLEASE!

(nanginginig pa) :-)

Biking Quezon City (coming soon!)

I've been eyeing the extensive Bike Lanes in Quezon City -- especially the one going around and inside the QC Memorial Circle and the one criss-crossing the UP-Diliman Campus -- for several months already and have finally acted on the urge... nay, the need, that had been welling-up inside me all those months: I've bought me a rockin Mountain Bike! Sweet!

Just you wait, kyusi bike lanes… once I buy the requisite safety gear (and kikay bike-accoutrements, shemps!), I’m gonna hit the ground running… erm, spinning pala.

Tara! Bike Tayo! J

Crush ko (pa rin) si Bistek! :-)

I was cleaning up/classifying files in my mini-hardrive the other day -- the modern incarnation of the age-old pre-x'mas holiday cleaning tradition -- and came across a folder of digital photos taken during one of my evening Aikido classes at the Philippine Heart Center (circa 2003, I believe).

If I remember it correctly, it was Family Day that evening at the Dojo, and the students had invited their parents to view their Aikido practice. As it happens, Ms. Tetchie Agbayani's two daughters were Dojo-mates of mine so we were all treated to her riveting presence.

To add to the "star struck" moment, one of the senseis, apparently, had also invited then Vice Mayor "Bistek" Bautista to grace the affair!

Eeeeeeeeeeeeee! Kilig-ness ever! :-)

Top Ten Reasons why I HEART Kyusi :-)

In case you've missed the obvious, let me lay it out for you in plain language -- I'm a bona fide Kyusi Fan! I was born here... I grew up here... I'm now studying here... and hopefully, in the future, my career will allow me to stay here in Quezon City.

What's there not to love about Kyusi?

Ok, I admit there are lots of things that can cause one to not like it, but taking everything into account, Kyusi comes out quite positive.

Here are the Top Ten Reasons why Kyusi is dear to me:

1. The fact that there are many trees in the city -- in Parks, in Schools, in vacant lots, along roads, and in people's backyards. I can breathe in Kyusi.
2. The constant public works improvements one sees. Yes, they're a pain sometimes. But somehow one gets the impression that people's Taxes are being put to good use.
3. That the premier universities in the country are right smack in the middle of the city. Students here have a choice -- very good choices. 
4. It has a relatively large middle class sector, concentrated in several enclaves around the City.
5. The preponderance of tambay places! Practically everywhere you look, there are places to hang-out in, catering to all budgets and preferences.
6. That more and more areas are getting Wired. 
7. That the City Government is quite progressive. Proof? The City has an Ordinance on Reproductive Health! Yehboi!
8. That the QC Police doesn't have as bad an image as do other Police Departments.
9. Kyusi's LGBT (that Lesbian-Gay-Bisexual_Transgenders to the uninitiated) sector is very vibrant.
10. The formal and informal economy of Quezon City is quite varied, ranging from huge IT-BPO complexes to sidewalk vendor encampments along pedestrian zones

And, finally, what other city in the country has a Mayor and a Vice-Mayor who are both artistahin?

Teka. That's 11 Reasons na pala. :-)

Fishing in the City? I kid you not!

School vacation finally gave me the time to do some exploring -- online, that is. And after the de rigueur searches on Justin Bieber (gawsh!) and Katy Perry (I wanna BE her), what blog should I wander into but one that contains one of my long-standing frustrations in life... FISHING!

Hibiki's fishing blog is filled with cool photos, helpful fishing tips, interesting tidbits of fish psychology (i swear!) and great (not to mention, surprising) suggestions on where to indulge your angling urges -- with some fishing havens being located within Kyusi itself!  

Dang! Imagine that! City Hall Tourism Department, take note please!

So, if you think you smell something fishy... it definitely isn't Hibiki's blog, it's you! Now get your butt off that sofa and Go Fish!

Or, if you're like me, at least fish vicariously through Hibiki's blog. :-)

Have a Merry Kyusi Christmas, everyone!

Like any typical Pinoy family, Quezon City is preparing for Christmas. Slowly but surely, Kyusi has been putting up decorations, lighting-up key locations and sprucing-up tired facades.

Yup. So very much like a typical Pinoy family during Christmas.

Except, of course, Quezon City is SO not typical at all. For one thing, unlike the typical Pinoy family, everything Kyusi does seems to be on a grand scale.

Does stringing "Christmas lights" on windows to outline Belen scenes seem too much for you? Try festooning streetlamps along all major roads with huge multi-colored parols!

And what about those gigantic Christmas Trees that begin to sprout all around Kyusi when December kicks in?

Cool, no? We really picked the right City to live in!

:D

Have a Merry Kyusi Christmas, everyone!