A Michelin star is one of the greatest culinary distinctions that a restaurant can earn. For more than a century, these awards have been published as a series of guidebooks that recognize outstanding food...
El Niño – La Niña are filling our feedback and questions mail inbox for now already 3 weeks. We always get the same 3 questions. Some students are so intelligent to formulate the questions...
We like Italian food and we like Italianni’s Restaurant in Makati and in the Mall of Asia (MOA) but not the one in the Centrio mall in Cagayan de Oro. Since the Centrio mall...
New Administration – it seems that Change has really come. Silent Gardens does not comment Philippine’s politics. But our own experiences and feedback from our readers make us believe, that something has positively changed....
The Camiguin Lanzones Festival is one of the festivals in the Philippines you should visit at least once in your life. The Legend of the Camiguin Lanzones Festival It is believed that the celebration...
Seaglass – glass washed, shaped and polished by the sea. Waste recycled and transformed into really beautiful necklace pendants and rings. A bottle or any other glass product intentionally thrown or fallen by mishap in the...
Philippines Teen Pregnancy! CAUTION: This is a highly emotional article. I’ll attack and defend and I’ll write clear language. Filipinos and Filipinas are a hot blooded kind of folk. I have travelled on six...
The Lanzones Festival 2016 in Camiguin will be celebrated from October 23 to 29. Book early, flights, ferries and beds will be crowded. The Lanzones Festival is an annual thanksgiving celebration for Camiguin Island’s bountiful harvest. The town...
16th President of the Philippines – Rodrigo Duterte, will today take over the leadership of the Republic of the Philippines. Hope and fear accompany this change. What is to be expected? I start with two...
Cannes Film Festival – “Ma’Rosa,” directed by Brillante Mendoza wins the “Palme d’Or” for the best actress: Jaclyn Jose. A movie absolutely worth to watch. The Trailer: Cannes Film Festival The International Film Festival...
Du30 – and I wondered about the Tagalog spelling of “Thirty” – DUTIRTI. It isn’t Tagalog, it’s Visayan and Cebuano. Let’s talk about culture – we do not discuss politics. Foreigners encounter some problems in the...
Rock Fall near Tuasan Falls in Camiguin. Last night I got a message from a friend. He sent me a short movie clip taken last Saturday – April 23, 2016. The title of the...
Philippines – Fee-lippines is one of the reasons why tourism stalls in this country. There are many more, but all these separate taxes and fees offend and disturb many tourists – and local people. We did...
Motorbikes Philippines owners can still use Light Emitting Diode (LED) but with certain restrictions. LTO announced that the previous rules and regulations governing the use of LED stay but clarified that use of LED should adhere...
The Via Crucis or the Sations of the Cross also known as Way of Sorrows or Via Crucis, refers to a series of images depicting Jesus Christ on the day of his crucifixion and accompanying prayers. The stations grew...
Emerson, Lake & Palmer were one of the most popular and commercially successful progressive rock bands in the 1970s. Their jazzy rock style was dominated by Keith Emerson’s flamboyant use of the Hammond organ, Moog synthesizer,...
Driving in the Philippines is a challenge. Many drivers have never had a formal training. Legal driver licences can be bought for a few pesos if you have the right connection. Now imagine how people are driving in the Philippines.
The XB GenSAN (Extreme Boyz Gensan) won the dance2dance „The World Streetdance Streetdance Showcase Competition“ in Zurich, Switzerland last Saturday, November 14, 2015. We met the XB GenSAN team on October 27 at TLScontact...
Yesterday we wrote about the fire that destroyed the Enigmata Camiguin Treehouse. We promised a look back on their activity. Here it is: All together against Plastics – 2009. Enigmata Creative Circle, Inc. was...
A big loss for Camiguin’s cultural life happened early this morning. The Enigmata Treehouse Ecolodge burned down at around 1 a.m. Neighbors say that no lives were lost. A friend informed us on Facebook: ENIGMATA ECO...
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