Ilocos Sur Adventure Zone at Quirino Bridge

by MVP
Videos courtesy of NBN Ylocos Channel

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More videos about the Adventure Zone:

Evolution of the Quirino Bridge

Activities at the Adventure Zone

Townmates in the Land of Kiwi (New Zealand)

by Odulino O. Tomaneng
(as published 4 years ago in MVP)

MARCH 21, 2008 / 0600 HRS

AUCKLAND INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT

NEW ZEALAND

M/T LPG Maersk Qatar in Galveston, Texas

Arrived at the Auckland International Airport in the early morning of March 21, going straight to the immigration counter to present my passport for formalities.  The staff are very courteous and nice as usual...after stamping my passport she greeted me, “Happy Easter” and “Welcome to New Zealand”, with a smile and I greeted her back,  “Happy Easter too, nice to be here again, thanks”.

I went directly to the MAF station (Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry) to declare if I have any plants, food or animal with me.  I declared none but still they put my luggage in the x-ray machine to be sure if my declaration is true, dahil malaki ang multa kung hindi tama ng declaration.

New Zealand has a very strict quarantine rules and regulation.  Siguro sila ang pinakamahigpit sa buong mundo kasama ang Australia.  Dahil ang pangunahin na pruducto nila ay agriculture at forestry kasama na din sa pangingisda kaya mahigpit sila sa mga pumapasok na pagkain, halaman or mga animal para ma-kontrol ang ano mang sakit or peste na sisira sa kanilang pangunahin na kabuhayan.

Sprechen Sie Deutsch? Jain.

by Marlon Viloria
(as published 3 years ago in MVP)

Cologne Cathedral Summer 08

A previous request from two bona fide Magsingalenos, who are also keen members of MVP site, has indeed prompted me to write something on Germany. There are of course countless and readily available information in the internet about the country from history, culture, tradition to politics, sports, sauerkraut but hardly anything that presents closer than a bird’s eye view, or based on prolonged observation as well as accumulation of nitty-gritty yet unbiased information. But more importantly perhaps is someone who can also relay information in a ‘user-friendly’ manner. Oftentimes, reading literatures written formally about a certain country generates less enthusiasm, and as a result, absorbing key facts does not seem to sink in properly in my head. I always believe that conveying something to anybody for whatever reason or purpose, the language used has to be plain, simple and enticing enough for a reader to read it through to the end. And if possible and appropriate, be presented with a touch of humour too... the creaming of a cake so to speak. A reader smiling in between while reading what you’ve written is, to me, a fulfilment in itself.