Tagayatay shrouded in mist

On one of my trips to Tagaytay I had the unfortunate luck to have gone there on a day when the entire ridge was shrouded in mist.

The ridge east of one destination.

Antonio's Grill

One Destination parking.

Camera: Panasonic Lumix DMC-FZ50

Save the cheerleader, save the dolphins

Fourteen thousand dolphins are killed in Japan every year. The manner of killing is barbaric. I learned about this sad fact, because Hayden Panettiere went to Japan to try to save a group of pilot whales from slaughter. msnbc wrote "As a spokesperson for SaveTheWhalesAgain.org, Panettiere hopes her traumatic ordeal will help raise awareness. 'We all crossed our fingers that those whales didn’t die in vain,' she concluded."

While it is not fair to condemn an entire country or a condemn an entire people for the actions of a few, or even the actions of the majority, the rational mind has its limits, and 14,000 Dolphins is past mine. I do condemn.

"Whales and dolphins are traditionally used (as resources) in Japan," said Hideki Moronuki of the Japanese Fisheries Agency. "In this light, we cannot accept an argument simply based on emotional causes."

I am angry, and angry people are not rational ones. I just lost my taste for anything Japanese, their cars, their foods, their clothes... everything with "Made in Japan" stamped on it. I will do my best, to give Ms. Moronuki, more than "emotional causes" to change her mind.

Next time someone ask me to eat at a Japanese restaurant, I will just have to say, "I am sorry I do not eat Japanese food. They kill dolphins." Besides, all the blood killed my appetite.

Photo from SaveTheWhalesAgain.org

"Spiny"

Among the many flora in Bag of Beans Cafe, Tagaytay City.

Camera: Canon Powershot G5

Taal Lake and Volcano

I took these shots last month from Breakfast at Antonio's on the Tagaytay Ridge.





Camera: Panasonic Lumix DMC-FZ50

Something I always wanted

My girlfriend got me something I always wanted, but never did buy since... well... I really do not know what to do with it once I have it.


It now guards my desk in our new office.

Camera: Panasonic Lumix DMC-FZ50