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Located before you actually reach Bais city in Negros Oriental, you can see Central Azucarera de Bais (the factory chimneys) in the background of the fishpond drawing. to Bais City: take the bus (at south bus terminal) or vhire (at city link) to the liloan, santander warf. estimated fare, 130 to 150 pesos at the warf, take either pumpboat or fastcraft, i recommend the pumpboat if you are the adventurous type and like the wind on your hair and you know how to swim. estimated fare: 50 to 70 pesos the boats dock at the sibulan wharf in negros oriental, from there you can take a 45 min bus ride to Bais City. estimated fare: 20 to 40 pesos

Me and Kikit celebrated our first year anniversary in Camotes Island last August 15. It was an unexpected trip so i was not able to bring my notebook, luckily there are stores there that sell school supplies, so i got a pencil, sharpener, a sketchbook, and 2 pens, i was not able to use the pens though. you can see how thin the paper is on the sketchbook. Camotes island is a great island, unless you are being stalked by 'creatures of the night' :D Other than that, prices are cheap and the beaches are prestine and clean, there is also the cave where you can swim in if you are not claustrophobic. Get to camotes island by taking the ferry from Danao warf, you can tour the whole island in one day. Be sure to keep safe from 'wakwak'

Mountain view is a nice picturesque place, with different familiar scluptures all over the park and a nice view of the city. But do not go there for peace and quiet during weekends, there's videoke/karaoke machines everywhere. Get there by taking a motorcycle ride from JY Square mall in lahug, cebu city. Motorcycle fare is 50 pesos per head.

the sketches on this series are in reverse order, we started the trek past 9am and arrived at ayala heights, busay past 6pm maybe almost 7pm. it was fun, two of the ewit mountaineers that has the 'third eye' got spooked most of the time. we started the trek from a barangay a few minutes away from sunny hills talamban, treked down the budla-an river, and decided to take a side trip to the kan-ising falls and took our lunch there, then continued to trek all the way up Mt. Kan Irag summit from 1pm until 530pm, i think.

My friends in davao are going to reach out to kids by giving them pens (and other writing materials and school supplies) on Aug 17. They are doing this under the banner Pens of hope in davao, this project was started by Nortehanon last year i think. for more information, head on to these blogs, 13th witch , angie , pens of hope in davao I support them, and you can support them too by doing any or all of these: 1. Donate artworks (8x11 of size or 1/4 size white board size minimum) and send pens, pencils and other writing materials (other school supplies are also welcome) to any of our collection centers. 2. Blog this program 3. Spread the word by word of mouth

I was there last weekend for the Tsinelas campus volunteer acquaintance party and during the break i sketched another big tree by the front of the covered court, and the back of the grotto near the covered walk. Location: St. Theresa's College, Mango Ave. Cebu City Get there by taking jeepeneys that pass by Mango ave from the downtown area like 04C and 17c.

This church has many of angel sculptures at the front and i did not quite capture that, be there to truly appreciate its old spanish beauty. Location: Naga, Cebu. 22 kms south of cebu city Get there by taking the bus from the southbus terminal,

This sketch is inspired by a tree at Plaza Independencia. The tree has big roots growing down to the ground that interested me, it looked like it was covering something... Get there by walking north from Sto Niñ0 Church or one jeepney ride from SM City. Fare is 6.50 Pesos

Location: Upper Fulton St., Lahug, Cebu City Get there by taking the 04c and 04b Jeepneys, fare is 8 pesos from downtown area.

We ( tsinelas & ewit mountaineers ) went for a trek to Caliongan, Dalaguete last month to give school supplies to the children before school started. Part of the activity was captured by a documentary of GMA's I-Witness. The trek took us around 4 mountains and by the time the sun was setting i saw the mountains (see the sketches below) an hour before we arrived at our destination. Location: Dalaguete, Cebu Dalaguete is a town in Cebu located 2 hours south from the city, get there by taking the bus or van. Fare is more than 100pesos.

Get there by taking the jeepney or taxi or walk from sto. niño church.

Outside of Cebu City hall, i don't know the address Get there by taking the jeepney or taxi or walk from sto. niño church

 Some talk about their ideals, some talk about how they lived their ideals,  some prefer not to talk about it... I started sketching at June 12,8am before we left to meet the Ewit Mountaineers, i was looking forward to tall trees, pine trees, and images of mountains in the background, so that concept started to take shape. This sketch was finished the day after at the Babag camp site around 7am. When we arrived at the Guadalupe church, the meeting area, we (me and kikit) where the first to arrive, so we sat around and i noticed the angel without hands. Then Ongkii arrived and he did not know he was still carrying his violet colored pen from review class. So i Borrowed it to sketch the dome of the Guadalupe church. On the top of a hill that has a flower garden, we sat for a while to catch our breaths The kind folks that lived on that hut prepared buko for us to snack on when we arrived just before we took the Ernest Trail. A quick sketch of a tree in th...

These two trees are looking out to the sea the not so straight line on the upper 3rd of the page is actually the horizon. These trees are just behind the bamboo cottages and next to the pool. Location: Sumilon Island, Cebu Get there by taking the pumboat from the Sumilon Blue water wharf for free (more details)

Two weekends ago we went to Sumilon Island. Arrived there 630 am and with the sun just risen, everything there looked golden. We were waiting for the pumboat to come take us to the island so i had a few sips of iced lemon grass juice and started sketching. i wish i could capture that in my sketches. The black blob in the background is sumilon island. Location: Oslob, Cebu City Get there by: -Bus from the South Bus Terminal 2 -Vhire (Van) from the Citilink Terminal Travel Time: 2.5 hours from the terminal

I sketched this on May 10, 2010 in Minglanilla. Their mini plaza just infront of this church is usually a crowded place but that day there was only me and kikit walking around, most of the town people were out voting for their presidential bet. The church is very symmetrical and and there is still more to sketch on its side but had no room in my notebook left for it. The church must look big from the inside. Location: Minglanilla town proper, Cebu Get there by taking the KMK bus from SM City.

This tree is sketched at Family park a long time ago before they cut it down and had it replaced with a dumb installation 'art' that did not really look good. But i guess the park still is a great place to be at during weekends, or when the stars are out at night. I used to go there often when i was still renting near the place. Family Park's location: Talamban, Cebu City Get there by taking the jeep number 13c from ayala center. fare is 8 pesos.

Did this drawing at Outpost restobar November last year while attending the guitar workshop organized by Tsinelas Association . Outpost for me is the bar you want to go to when you want to listen to original songs by rock and pop musicians here in Cebu. They have a regular song writer's night every Wednesday and has regular live band performances. Location: Lahug, Cebu City Get there by: -taking the Jeepneys 04C, 17B, 17C from downtown to JY Square and walking 6mins to Outpost. -taking the jeepneys (04H) from downtown area.