All Saint's Day (2025)

Today is All Saint's Day, also known as Undas in the Philippines. It is a public holiday on November 01 to honor and remember both saints and our departed ones. As a tradition, families will go to the cemetery, memorial parks, and columbariums to offer flowers, prayers, lighting of candles and cleaning the graves of the deceased love ones. This event for many Filipinos makes them to travel to their hometowns, making it a family reunion. The occasion is solemn for remembrance but it is also a communal event where you see vendors selling candles, food, drinks, toys, and flowers inside and outside the cemetery.

SM City Molino Christmas Tree Display (2025)

As promised, I'm going to post the various Christmas tree display of every malls I visited during this holiday season. Today, I was able to visit SM City Molino. As expected, every display of the malls are beautiful with different style of decorations. 

SM City Bacoor Christmas Tree Display (2025)

The holiday season of 2025 officially begins at SM City Bacoor. A big Christmas tree adorned with bright colored lights is the centerpiece display of the mall. Three large replicas of Santa Claus are also on display around the Christmas tree. Children with their guardians, adults, students, and shoppers are happy and glad to take selfies and group pictures in front of the displays. I will post on my future blogs several malls with their Christmas displays for the holiday season.

Greenwich Pizza Combo Meals

Delicious and yummy! Pizza Combo Meals at Greenwich. Upgraded to a small size whole Hawaiian Pizza, with additional frozen cake classic choco.

Imus Cathedral (Diocesan Shrine and Parish of Our Lady of the Pillar

Imus Cathedral is a historic church of the Diocese of Imus, in the province of Cavite, Philippines. It is located on General Castañeda street, Poblacion III-A, in the City of Imus. It is also known as the Diocesan Shrine and Parish of Our Lady of the Pillar. The National Historical Institute of the Philippines declared the cathedral a structure of historical significance placing a historical marker on Novembet 13, 2006

Facade of Imus Cathedral (2025)

Another view of facade of Imus Cathedral (2025)

Main Altar of Imus Cathedral (2025)

The Altar of Our Lady of the Pillar

Glass frame of Our Mother of Perpetual Help

Statue of Our Lady of the Pillar outside the cathedral

 

Statute of St. James the Great at Plaza Santiago beside Imus Cathedral

Beautiful fountain at Plaza Santiago beside Imus Cathedral

Historical marker of Imus Cathedral

Historical marker of the celebration of Canonical coronation of the Our Lady of the Pillar led by Archbishop of Manila Luis Antonio Tagle on December 03, 2012.

Miss Philipines is Miss Grand International 2025

I would like to congratulate our candidate Miss Philippines Emma Mary Tiglao for winning the Miss Grand International 2025 held at MGI Hall, Bangkok, Thailand, on October 18, 2025. The win is historic for the MGI and Philippines because it was a back to back victory for the Philippines after our candidate Miss CJ Opiaza won the title in 2024. This is a welcome relief and good news for our country amidst the corruption scandal (flood control projects) in the government, the earthquakes and typhoons that happened this month in our country. Again, congratulations to Miss Emma Mary Tiglao for bringing home the crown.

Miss Grand International 2025 - Miss Phillippines Emma Mary Tiglao

From left, Miss Grand International 2025 Emma Tiglao, MGI President Nawat Itsaragrisil, Miss Grand International 2024 CJ Opiaza.

Photo source and credit - Miss Grand International

69 Days Before Christmas

Shopping malls already decorated its Christmas display as early as October. You will notice that famous malls such as SM, Robinsons, Ayala malls, and Vista malls had giant Christmas trees as the centerpiece of their display. People visiting this malls take pictures as selfies as well as groupies behind this Christmas trees. As of today, it's 69 days before we celebrate the day of Christmas. I visited Robinsons Place Imus to check their decoration and found a huge Christmas tree as the centerpiece of the mall.

The Longest Christmas on Earth

In the Philippines, Christmas is being celebrated when the month of September started. You can see malls and shopping centers are decorated with Christmas trees, ornamentals, Christmas lights, and replicas of Santa Claus and other Christmas characters inside and outside the mall. You can hear also Christmas songs being played on every radio stations until December. This is why the Philippines is considered the only country in the world that has the longest Christmas on earth.

Photo taken at the entrance of SM City Bacoor, Cavite

Photo taken at Robinsons Place Imus, Cavite

Nature's Best

I'm really fortunate to live in the province for good after staying in the busy, noisy and polluted scenario of the city jungle. No one can replace the green rice fields, large trees, and relaxing nature of the province. During my biking routine I had explored the beauty and lush greenery of the place where I live. So peaceful, relaxing, and pleasing to the eyes.

 

Marian Exhibit at MOA Sanctuary

A Marian exhibit titled "Mahal na Birhen, Kaisa sa Lakbay ng Pag-asa" (The Blessed Virgin, Our Pilgrim-Companion of Hope) is being held at the MOA Sanctuary (Level 4) at the SM Mall of Asia from May 05 to July 25, 2025). The exhibit features images of Mary under different titles. Admission is free and it is open to the public. You can visit the exhibit together with your friends or your family. Below are the replica images of Blessed Virgin Mary featured at the exhibit.