- Real-time photo from Cebu, October 2021
- Realtie Photo Reports from Cebu Island
- Articles
- 2021.10.1 Coffee is cheap in Cebu!
- 2021.10.1 They’re counting on the water truck
- 2021.10.2 Renting a bicycle is a great way to get around Olango Island.
- 2021.10.3 Carpenters in Cebu are working hard
- 2021.10.3 How could this not be delicious!
- 2021.10.5 Water in Cebu… it’s so cheap!
- 2021.10.6 Cebu Family Sea Food Lunch Again
- 2021.10.7 Ex Oxygen Bar is now Wahoo
- 2021.10.8 This is a unique Filipino home cooking.
- 2021.10.９ sea urchin fishing as family business
- 2021.10.10 Bamboo is an important part of making a boat
- 2021.10.1１ Pawn Shop in Cebu
- 2021.10.11 Real Italian Pizza in Cebu
- 2021.10.12 Tuslob buwa is also available in Mactan Island.
- 2021.10.13 A typical dinner in the Philippines.
Real-time photo from Cebu, October 2021
Realtie Photo Reports from Cebu Island
Articles
2021.10.1 Coffee is cheap in Cebu!
I’ve been seeing a coffee vending machines lately in Cebu area, mainly 3-in-1. Most of the time, there seems to be three choices: milk coffee (sweet), cocoa (very sweet), and coffee (sweet), but sometimes there is black coffee (but for some reason, it’s slightly sweet) near the residential areas. 5 pesos per cup! But I’m not sure if it’s a good idea to give caffeine to children…
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2021.10.1 They’re counting on the water truck
Due to the influence of the large resort hotels around the area, the water from the tap is preferentially taken by the resort, so the residents have no choice but to buy water from water trucks like this one. But it’s not drinking water, so it’s pretty cheap.
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2021.10.2 Renting a bicycle is a great way to get around Olango Island.
On Olango Island, the neighboring island of Cebu Mactan, bike rentals are very popular. The price is also very cheap at 20 pesos per hour. It is a bit dangerous to ride a bicycle in Cebu City or Lapu-Lapu City, where there is a lot of traffic, bad driving manners, and poorly maintained roads, and there are few places where you can relax like in this picture.
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2021.10.3 Carpenters in Cebu are working hard
This is a family that makes furniture. It’s a family business. It’s a good example of how even a Corona disaster like this doesn’t stop you from live without any problems if you have a job. They make various kinds of furniture, for example, 1 sofa, 2 side chairs and a table cost 30,000 pesos. I think it’s probably a little cheaper to sell to Filipinos.
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2021.10.3 How could this not be delicious!
Lunch on the beach behind the house with rice and green onions…nice! The children are also very happy. This is the best kind of food, isn’t it? Beautiful weather, delicious fish and sea urchin. It’s a great way to live. They took a pot full of rice to the nearby ocean. Very nice. I’m so jealous 🙂
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2021.10.5 Water in Cebu… it’s so cheap!
Do you know how much this 19-liter container costs in Cebu? this is drinking water. The price varies slightly depending on the store, but before Corona, a 19-liter bottle was costed like 5 to 15 pesos (10 to 30 cents), but now a bottle costs 20 pesos (about 40 cents).
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2021.10.6 Cebu Family Sea Food Lunch Again
It has become an popular event for this filipino famiy. They took their food to the beach, catch some seafood, and have a family lunch on the beach. I think they do this quite often. Maybe it’s also a good time to let the kids play.
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2021.10.7 Ex Oxygen Bar is now Wahoo
Kon-Tiki restaurant that has completely become a local food restaurant in the Philippines. Most of the employees are from the old Oxygen restaurant. The owner of this restaurant hired them even at a time like this.
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Basically, during the period when the Kon-Tiki Beach Resort is closed due to the Corona disaster, this cafe is also closed, so I recommend that you check if it is open before you visit.
2021.10.8 This is a unique Filipino home cooking.
Seafood is the most popular type of kinilau, but this time she introduced us “Kinilau Na Talong”, an eggplant kinilau. I’m sure it’s delicious. She said she ate it with rice, but I think it would be also good as an accompaniment to alcohol lol.
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2021.10.９ sea urchin fishing as family business
a woman is a boatman. this lady must be so tough… The man in the blue shirt is her brother. And the woman in the white shirt is the one who sent us the photos this time. She is sailing with her family to catch sea urchins.
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2021.10.10 Bamboo is an important part of making a boat
This looks like the bamboo used for the outrigger part of the boat. In the Cebu region, when making a boat, materials are gathered from various places. For example, the basic of the boat is made in Masbate island where the good quality of the tree can be found and brought across the sea to Cebu. Using these materials, we build the pump boat. There is a good place for drydocking at Olango Island, so the boats are often assembled there.
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2021.10.1１ Pawn Shop in Cebu
This is a pawn shop in Mactan Cebu. but in the Philippines, a pawn store is mainly used to remit funds to make various payments and also to send & receive money.
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2021.10.11 Real Italian Pizza in Cebu
This time, we would like to introduce a very special pizza restaurant. The next business venture of Mr. Moreno, an Italian owner and chef who has several businesses in Cebu Mactan Island, is a pizza delivery restaurant where you can enjoy authentic pizza at home even in the Corona disaster.
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2021.10.12 Tuslob buwa is also available in Mactan Island.
”Tuslob buwa” is a street food that originally originated in Cebu City and means “dip in foam” in Visayan language. its tasty.
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In recent years, the dish has become more famous since it was featured on Netflix’s Street Foods, and some famous local restaurants have adopted the dish, causing trouble with local residents who claim to be the originators.
2021.10.13 A typical dinner in the Philippines.
In many years back, we also used to have similar dinner scenes like this, it was very normal to have dinner with the whole family like this….
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the cost for her entire family members of 14 persons was 450 pesos (about 9 usd).
In the countryside of Cebu Island, seafood can be obtained almost for free from relatives or fishermen in the neighborhood, and vegetables are grown in the fields, so the only cost per meal is rice (a few pesos per person). But not in cities like Mactan Island or Cebu City.
The daily wage for a security guard job is about 300 pesos, so it is necessary for families to help each other out by doing side jobs. The Filipino woman who sent me the photos this time also seems to be working hard as a restaurant clerk or selling tempura at a stall to help her family make ends meet. That’s great.
