Cu4tro Cantos

The Four Songs of Life

Cu4tro Cantos is the new Ala Eh Blog. Since I cannot provide pure Batangueño articles, I decided a revamp of the site, which I think is more appropriate. Cu4tro Cantos refers to the four members of the Cantos Family. In spanish, Cuatro means Four, and Cantos means Songs.


Archive for the ‘Travels’


The Coco Fruit. Childhood Chronicles Part II


The photo was taken during my last visit
in Batangas at
our Captain’s rest house on
a hill.

Another part of my childhood, I am sharing with you now. This part is called, ‘The Coco Fruit’. From the most useful tree, The Coco Tree’… that bears the largest nut, ‘The Coconut. Well, one of the largest nuts.

One of our favorite hangout during weekends, apart from the dust and sea, is the top of the coco tree. We don’t have our own coconut farm; just trying our luck on some others farms. :D One of our favorite target is Kakang Bina’s farm.

Why?
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I Landed at the Same Place. Childhood Chronicles Part I

I did not plan to have a long leave for the holy week. It’s just that there’s no one to take care of Baby Sam so I’ve been 10 days out-of-the-office. Cool.

With those 10 days, I just spent 2 days & 1 night in Batangas. But I’m still out-of-the-office, so I didn’t care at all. Read More

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Ala eh, Wrap-up muna

It’s been a while since I faced a monitor and touched a keyboard. I filed for VL last week, it was unplanned, to take care of Sam. Lyn has left already and she’ll never be back. So since Saturday, I’ve been taking care of my little baby Sam. Of course with the help of my wife.

Here are some pics I just wanna share.

Nice scene in Makati.
I was caught in a little traffic in Makati so I took a snapshot of where I stopped.

Amazing World of Lights
The bus I was ridden took the Macapagal Highway so I got my ‘best shot’ of the expo.

Krispy Kreme!
I just claimed my Double Dozen Deal Kripy Kreme Gift Certificate last Saturday. I have them in 4 half dozen boxes so I can carry them easily. We took too long to find the store in The Fort, though.

Until next time. Time is running out and I need to go. :)

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Antik’s, The Pirated Andok’s

Antik's, the pirated Andok's.I took this photo during our weekend trip to Batangas just recently. It really caught my attention and I made us laugh.

This chicken stand is inspired by Andok’s Lechon Manok which has been popular nowadays. Along its rivals is Baliwag Lechon Manok. I was even surprised when I knew that Antik’s also has some branches in town.

What is Lechon Manok ?

Lechon Manok is the chicken version of Lechon Baboy which is pig. Need I say more?

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Weekend Visit to Batangas

UPDATE: Photos are now available at the bottom of this post.

UPDATE: Yours truly is still unable to install the Photo Gallery successfully.

After 2 months, I saw Batangas again. I went there last Saturday for something confidential (as of now). It was also one of my friend’s birthday so it’s nice timing. I tried to treat him as birthday gift but he insisted that it’s on him. While at the place, I noticed that there’s something missing. It shouldn’t be only us two so I called her ex-gf and we together ate lunch. I also called another close friend but he’s already out on a date.

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