Dugong
The “dugong,” or sea cow, is also known as “duyong” or “baboy-dagat.” It has a long and round grayish-brown body with small flippers and a whale-like tail. These warm-blooded mammals are slow swimmers and move along coasts and between islands. The “dugong” subsists on seagrass. Although close to extinction, a small number can be found [...]
Posts under ‘Facts and Trivia’
Dugong : Only in the Philippines
Jeepneys in the Philippines
The word ”jeepney” is commonly believed to be a conflation of “jeep” and “jitney”, or “jeep” and “knee”, the latter referring to the jeepney’s crowded face-to-face seating.
When American troops began to leave the Philippines at the end of World War II, hundreds of surplus jeeps were sold or given to local Filipinos. Locals stripped down [...]
Manila Pollution creates beautiful sunsets
In this case we are talking about red sunsets. Red sunsets are relatively common near beaches and near the farmlands. However, here in the Rocky Mountains they are more rare; except during wildfire season (Kaingin in local setting).
They physics behind red sunsets is simple. Light is composed of all of the colors of the rainbow, [...]
Imelda Marcos - Worlds most popular shoe collector:)
The Woman With 3,400 Shoes
Former First Lady Imelda Marcos was listed in the Guinness Book of World Records as the woman with the largest collection of shoes. Reports said that when the Marcos family fled to Hawaii during the People’s Power Revolution in 1986, around 3,400 pairs of shoes were discovered in one room at [...]
Philippines Trivia
Cebu is the first Philippine City.
Maria Teresa Calderon - World champion speed reader as listed in the Guiness Book of World Records
In the Philippines, Filipinos were introduced to the English language in 1762 by British invaders, not Americans. Philippines is the world’s 3rd largest English-speaking nation, next to the USA and the UK.
Coconuts - the [...]
Philippine Jeepney - The king of the road
The exotic jeepney is a post-war creation inspired by the GI jeeps that the American soldiers brought to the country in the 1940s. Enterprising Filipinos salvaged the surplus engines and came out unique vehicles of art.
One of the most interesting ways in which to get to know a country, is taking local transportation. Although it [...]
