Las Casas Filipinas de Acuzar: Reconstructing the Heritage of the Philippines

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While covering the grand coronation night of the Lakambini ng Las Casas beauty pageant or search for the ambassadress of Las Casas Filipinas de Acuzar, and the following Santaruzan the next day, we got plenty of opportunities to takes photos, videos and vlogs about this magnificent collection of heritage homes and structures in Bagac, Bataan.

We also got a glimpse of Maria Theresa Ochoa Acuzar, wife of Jose Rizalino "Jerry" Larion Acuzar - owners of Las Casas Filipinas de Acuzar, when she participated in the Santacruzan ceremonies before the three queens and the other 13 candidates walked off to start the parade around some parts of the 400 hectare property.

We rented a calesa tour but that just went around some of the places without visiting the insides of the houses, thus we also tried the walking tour which will allow us to visit around 4 to 5 houses for a closer inspection of the interiors plus well-informed stories about the history of the heritage homes from the tour guide.

Other alternatives is to rent a golf cart, either by yourselves or with a tour guide, but that would cost us more at around 1K more or less. You could check out some of the videos we would upload as one contains an interview with one of the tour guides who explained the rates.

The next alternative is via tramvia, a one coach train setup that also goes around like the path of the calesa but also restricted by its rails. But don't worry, that ride is fore free. If you like, you could also wait for their jeepneys, but the route would depend on the passengers destination. Again, that ride is for free.

MTP Production Proudly Presents The Fashion Gala Wedding Show

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June has always been the month for weddings. The time when two become one, may it be through a church wedding, or via the garden, beach, or come what may backdrops, that have pre-wedding activities like the prenup where photographers and videographers are in demand, just as the time of the actual wedding, plus the celebration at the reception venue.

At every point, the bride should always be at her best, thus most would hire top fashion designers to clothe them on their very special and once in a lifetime event.

With so many design options, it's better for a bride, together with his groom, to pick one that would fit them as perfect as possible but would match their budget and preference in lifestyle. However, the bride needs to be the most beautiful woman on her wedding day. Thus, spending more for her bridal gown is always highly considered.

Wazzup Pilipinas is a proud media partner of The Fashion Gala : Weddings, showcasing bridal collections of Fashion Designers Association of the Philippines ( FDAP)  typifying marriage of modern luxury and romance.

This will be on June 25, 2017 at Elements at Centris, Quezon City from 5 to 7 pm featuring 13 top fashion designers namely Rau Uson - Ablaza, Adam Balasa, Paolo Blanco, Cathy Capistrano, Ranel Espaldon, Manny Halasan, Sheila Marie Del Rosario, James O' Briant, Dave Ocampo, Louie Pangilinan, Dave Lee Aguirre Reyes, Vince Sityar and Edwin Uy.

Community Outreach Cum Travel Adventure at Bontoc, Mountain Province

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She asked me why I joined? I told her it's because I realized that it would be awesome to travel while giving back something in return. I may be excited for the sights and experience of going to new places, but I was doubly excited in engaging with the community via an outreach. 

I know I am idealistic. I wanted to live in a world where no one gets left behind, in either their living conditions or opportunities. It may be foolish of me to think I could save the world within my lifetime, but I'm doing every little thing possible within my own network, so that I could influence others to do the same. At least someone would be inspired to follow my footsteps so that saving the world would be a continuous process.

I may not have super-powers like the heroes in comics, cartoons and movies, but though it would be spectacular to fly or have super strength, I could still find something to do that's worth emulating by others.

Others may say that those little things would not make much of a difference in the long run, but I know that when you get to touch the lives of others in your own little way, somehow there would be a spark of hope fro them to get up and move on with their own lives, to fin their rightful place in this world, and make their own mark for the benefit of all.

We joined Meaningful Travels PH at one of their community outreach cum travel events from May 25 to May 28, 2017. The destination was at Bontoc, Mountain Province, specifically barangay Maligcong and Mainit. Though it was already announced that it would be a 10 to 12 hour ride from Cubao, I did not feel any regrets since we are about to do good, while satisfying our own pleasures at the same time.