Souvenirs from ILOILO, Philippines

Pictures show two od some Souvenirs from Iloilo, Philippines, and above shows dried fish called SAP SAP, and below shows brown sugar called Muscovado.

SAP-SAP is called Golden ponyfish in general. It looks tasty small fish but I have not tried it yet.
Muscovado is a type of unrefined brown sugar with a strong molasses flavour which is produced at our colleague's family in Antique of Panay Island.

Warm Message

Dinagyang Festival-Philippins' Rio Carnival

Highlight of Dinagyang Festival will be held on 23-25 of January 2009. Parades of dancing team with unique costume go through central Iloilo City namely Iznart, JM Basa (Calle Real), etc.

Dinagyang Festival has started since 1969 when a replica of Sr. Santo Nino sent to San Jose Parish Church in 1968.

I saw opening Dinagyang Festival last Friday that is same dancing parade without their costium, and I left

There is another event that is Chinese New Year after Dinagyang Festival.

Video shows Dinagyang Festival 2008.

Dinagyang Festival Offical Site
Route
Schedule 2009

Repalcement of bulb

I felt lack of brightness at the hotel room so I requested to provide one more floor stand light, and I purchased new brighter bulbs for these lights. Then it became ready to stay at this room for a while.

Left AC Power Adapter

This was second time that I left PC's AC adapter on my business trips, but it was worst case that I left AC adapter at my home while I left it at transit hotel at first time.

I realized that I left AC adapter after I got on bus to the airport and I was wondering for a while how I should receive it or purchase it. Finally I got an idea that it should be available at the airport, and I purchased it with approximately USD140, which was no choice.

http://www.targus.com/jp/accessories_power.asp

Service Level - 24 hours open

It is convenient that drug stores open for 24 hours. In Iloilo, a Mercury Drug in Iznart Street serves 24 hours. In front of Mercury Durag, there a Chinese first food shop called Chawking, it also serves 24 hours. Both Mercury Drug and Chawking are well known in Philippines.

One day I slept very early time having without dinner after I got back to my hotel, perhaps I had something wrong with my health, then I woke up midnight. I felt fever and was hungry. I tried to think that what I shall do, and I asked to hotel reception. They introduced those two shops near by the hotel which satisfies my requirements.

Later on, I tried to think about it what those shops' service levels are. Is it provided such service in my home town or near by? It is NO.
 

San Miguel

The Philippines premier beer, that is San Miguel Pilsen.
http://www.sanmiguelbeer.com.ph/

Warm Welcome Message

I believe that it is Iloilo's warm hospitality for their guest. I was really impressed by this message.

ILOILO Again

It was not scheduled to come to Iloilo in this time, but I am in Iloilo actually.

It was 5 degrees centigrade at Narita and 28 degrees at Iloilo as well as Manila. During these days it is windy and cloudy which looks winter. I wake up at night sometime due to coldness.

1) Picture above
Just before the landing to the Iloilo Airport, Iloilo Strait with cloudy weather was seen form the window.
2) Picture middle
Receipt of Domestic Passenger Terminal Fee P.200 on PR143.
3) Picture bottom
JAL B747-400 from JL741 at Narita Airport

PR143 bound for Iloilo

マニラからPALでイロイロへ行くところ。
 

Korean Air entered service from Inchon to Tashkent September 2008

I did not know for a wile that Korean Air has entered service between Incheon and Tashkent since last September.

So now there are two airlines, Asiana Airlines and Korean Air are in service. Korean Air has provided a new model Boeing 777-200 while Asiana places A320.

It looks B777-200 better as well as other European carries placed.

Slovakia entered Euro zone

Slovakia becomes the 16th member of the eurozone on 1 January, when it trades in the national currency, the koruna (crown), for the euro.

A Happy New Year 2009!

This food, rice cake with soup called "Ozouni　お雑煮", is exclusively for a new year in Japan. Form of Ozoni has different type in different area and this is Nagoya style.