2019 annus horribilis

Death of moviestars, icons, National Artist for Architecture  like Francisco Manosa,
Gary Lising, (in January ) Bentong (in Febuary ) Pepe Smith then Manoy Eddie,
Carlos Celdran....Quakes in Central Mindanao, and Davao and then Ursula on Christmas.
and the end to Harrison Plaza!
 2019 is not the year to celebrate in the Philippines.

are ghost real?

or are they not?

despite the efforts of thousands of ghost hunters on television and elsewhere
ghosts fall outside the realm of what science can prove or disprove.
for decades, not a single piece of hard evidence of ghosts has been found

where is daddy?

daddy! I'm home...
NO ANSWER.
the house is quite.
No calls from Daddy,
he is gone and this is not another nightmare.
this is the story of how dad was taken away from us. since 2017 I could not
tell the entire story, until now.... next month will be his 2nd yr death anniversary.

ahp paranaque

this is my first travel fore this year. I was out for quite a long time and missed
a lot of activities and events when we have to move 3 branches and that includes
our house to give way for the demolition of the old lot where my former business was.
its a sad move but I need to just carry on and start anew.
(credits to Tano for the group picture )

all things does not last forever

I have been in hibernation for the past 3 months recovering from the collapse of
my business, DEN-R INTERNET bought about by the purchase of Bonifacio
Shopping Center resulting in our unscheduled moving out to a neighborhood
unknown to us. the  internet café which was built 13 yrs ago, on Sept 4, 2005
successful and unchallenged for 13 yrs has now been reduced to a 20 unit shop
operating on a garage just outside of the house. business is not doing good.

my printing service has been moved to a location just across our old address
and has been named KUYADEN PAPAPRINT. the business has been doing OK.
I have stayed on my old neighborhood of barangay 81, because I love it here
the people have been my customers my friends and I consider them important.

this neighborhood where children play, where happy laughter can be heard and
a place where we park our cars. this is gone now. its an old pic. its  now part of
history

the landmark of Monumento, which people call, palengke. is now gone.
all that is left is the section of lot  where the red building now stands, its rented
and the contract will expire soon. this portion has been rented out. at 6k per slot
so the ones residing inside the left wing of Bonifacio Market has the option to
transfer and move out of Caloocan, or stay in the small area under the red building.

ALL businesses have been affected here, livelihood,  those whose buusinesses
moved across to the "new market", has not been doing quite well, mainly because
the new property here has sealed all but one  entrance. so customers need to go to the
foot bridge just to get in the new market. and its a maze inside, 50 plus stalls crumpled
in one location.

EVERYTHING WILL BE GONE ONE DAY, things does not last and will not
last forever. the business, wealth, and your life force. it will be gone one day.
only the universe remains   forever.


soon there will be 3 condominium units in our area, the first in Monumento's history
the EDSA side will have  168 mall, the mcarthur side a 15 storey lifestyle condo.
the  new owners are San Jose Builders.

in the next couple of weeks, it would be summer, and there will be no parking space for
cars. I would be affected again. need to have a location for my car to park.


here in this blog, I will show you  the progress of the demolition job that is happening
just in front of our doorstep....

the left side of Bonifacio going towards the market is now reduced to...

this structure that is about to rise will change our lives. the lives of everyone in this
community, it would be filled with people from a different level with a different
lifestyle who may look down on others.  everything thing here will change. the way
of life. the environment.
I just hope that it would change for the better.

this is your LOVERBOY Dennis signing off...

Chinese New Year 2019

Hello hello its been a long time since I last written any blogs. Yes, I am affected
by the mass exodus of Bonifacio Market tenants, (yes, I am included with the
mass transfer because all of us are asked to leave before Valentines 2019) and
since I moved earlier than they expected, I am still adjusting to the new environment.
I thought this year's Chinese New Year festivities would be  the different.

I went there New Years eve with friends, I was wrong. its the same... yes its colorful
but still the same decoration, the same costumes , the same items on sale, except
for the decoration on sale with their theme(piggy) for the year of the earth pig.
they are on sale for 20, 70, 100, and 750.00.

Same event(s) inside are observed inside Chinatown, the SheMale Ati atihan
performances, the longest dragon, cosplayers(?) yes, they are part of the

celebration in Chinatown, you can have selfies  with them at a cost of 20.00-50.00
the main event is concentrated in Eng Bee Tin and Ramada Central Hotel.

my dear friends from AHP went there on the second day, while I took a rest
because of an incoming cold.

 here is whats inside Lucky Chinatown. every year its the same decoration.

On New years eve, people flock to the new Eng Bee Tin bldg. where people  buy
tikoy by the bundle! you could see cute lil piggies made into stuff toys selling for 1500

and and around Lucky China town mall. where there is a special Chinese new
year variety show, we went there with friends, to Macau Imperial for some
drink before we call it a day.

and after new years eve, you could see the Hungry Syrian Wanderer in Rence
Chan's Chinatown food tour (Special Chinese New Year Binondo Food Trip)lots
of food bloggers, photographers, bringing friends to cover the event. but when
you are a regular visitor of Chinatown  for the past 6 yrs.... you know  they are
all the same.

Kiong Hi. This is your LOVERBOY  Dennis signing out.