Gruppo Uma Food Corporation, in cooperation with “The National Food Showdown” by TV Food Chefs Inc. of ABS–CBN Corporation chaired by Chef Myrna Segismundo, will hold “SABOR BISAYA – A Culinary Competition and Food Expo” on July 15-16, 2011, from 9am to 6pm, at the Convention Hall of the Bacolod Pavilion Hotel. This is an […]
Archives for June 2011
Mudpack Festival 2011 Schedule
Mudpack Festival 2011 Schedule June 18-19, 2011
Where in the world is Negros Island?
Negros Island is the fourth largest island in the Philippines and the last time I checked it is located just between the islands of Panay and Cebu in the Visayas. However, it seems ABS-CBN have forgotten not only the location of Negros Island but if it exists at all. In the latest Lupang Hinirang video […]
Bacolod City to Celebrate Charter Day on June 18
How does it feel to celebrate your birthday in a wrong day? This question might have occurred in your mind but I cannot imagine how it would feel. How would it be if you have celebrated it on a wrong day in 72 consecutive years! Weeks earlier, Negros Historian Modesto P. Sa-onoy have argued in his column […]
The Negros Bloggers and why we blog about Negros
Some people who have read my About Page might have asked “Why does she blog about Negros when she’s from Iloilo?” I’ve received comments such as, “Taga-Iloilo man na sya gali.” I also asked myself why I would blog about Negros before I started ExperienceNegros almost 3 years ago. My answer was, why not? I […]
A Negrénse in Manila
While sitting in a coffee shop in Podium, I heard two people conversing in a language I am familiar with. As I was listening further, I discovered that they were both speaking in Ilonggo and they were talking about things from my hometown, Bacolod City. Indeed, encounters like these are nothing new in many areas […]
