WARRIOR REVIEW: Bamboo Millennium Patrol Shoes on Feb 8, 2012 in footwear review LAST JANUARY 2011, DES Footwear, makers of Bamboo Military Shoes, approached me and made known their intention to test their locally-made shoes. This, they believe, would help them upgrade their product and procure the best materials that would give...
NAPO TO BABAG TALES XLVIII: Knife Care & Safety on Feb 1, 2012 in grassroots bushcraft Cebu City Camp Red knives IT HAD BEEN QUITE a while since I last visited the Roble family at their humble abode found among the foothills of the Babag Mountain Range. The last time I was there was on July 27, 2011 with Glenn Pestaño of Camp Red and Randell Savior of Tribu D...
MY SINULOG 2012 PILGRIMAGE on Jan 25, 2012 in Cebu Sinulog events I START LATE FOR my pilgrimage. It is 2:30 PM of a Saturday; January 14, 2012. This will be my fourth appearance for the “fiesta señor” solemn procession held in honor for Cebu's beloved patron – the Señor Santo Niño or the Holy Child Jesu...
BUSHCRAFT BUHISAN IX: Traditional Land Navigation on Jan 16, 2012 in trailcraft land navigation Baksan Forest Buhisan Cebu City Camp Red exploration I LOOKED FORWARD TO the day when that “high-ground trail” that I discovered and half-explored last April 2011 would finally be settled for completion. I will share that ecstasy with seven others today, October 30, 2011, and it will be another tr...
PINOYAPACHE GOES TO UBAY on Jan 7, 2012 in Ubay travel Bohol Tagbilaran City I HAVE NEVER BEEN to Ubay, Bohol but, today, I'm gonna change all that. Yes, the today I mean is the night of October 14, 2011. Tonight, I'm going to board a boat from the Port of Cebu for Talibon, Bohol – my first time. We leave at 10:00 PM but...
ONCE UPON A TIME IN THE SIERRA MADRE on Dec 31, 2011 in strategy land navigation Camp Capinpin reminiscing I STOOD NAKED with 499 other “captives” on a cold and windy early morning of January 1989. My time in Tanay, Rizal is winding out in about two weeks. Infront of us are our sets of fatigue uniforms and combat boots piled high like a mountain on...
POEM #6: Going to Mount Babag on Dec 26, 2011 in poem Mount Babag Napo is where I start for the true path to Mount Babag.Some say it should be from Busay.I doubt at the latter and I shrink at the thought.I don't like walking on paved roads. Anyone who walk...
THE TIGER WEAKENS BUT THE EAGLE SOARETH on Dec 19, 2011 in Cebu Tactical Security events commentary 2011 WAS ANOTHER BANNER YEAR for Tactical Security and Detective Agency, Inc. It had maintained its momentum despite some minor setbacks borne out of financial difficulties experienced by some of its clients. It is the year of the rabbit and it fav...
ONE HAPPY DAY IN DECEMBER on Dec 14, 2011 in home life parenting Cebu City WHEN DECEMBER COMES, a festive feeling hangs in the air. For us Christians, it ushers in the remembrance of the birth of the child Jesus which we celebrate every December 25th of each year. When December comes here in Cebu City, we love to remember...
MAN-SIZED HIKE SERIES: Lutopan to Guadalupe III on Dec 5, 2011 in Cebu Mananga River Camp Red THIS IS THE THIRD TIME that I will be leading men from Lutopan, Toledo City to Guadalupe, Cebu City. This is a cross-country activity over the widest part of Cebu and it will be 36-40 kilometers long and following mainly the Mananga River of over, p...
