vlog – Gem's Photos and Videos

1st Half of 2023 Food Vlogs

Click here to see all my other food-related videos in this playlist. Click here to see still food & restaurant photographs - January to June 2023. https://youtu.be/FJCdpfB5T-U Chicken Inasal, Mandaluyong, 05/23/23…

gem July 20, 2023

Architecture Metro Manila Videos

Visita Iglesia, Holy Week 2023: St James the Great Parish

https://youtu.be/Oelgwk5s9W8 01:39 video length April 6, 2023 was Holy Thursday/ Maundy Thursday, the day when Filipinos traditionally trek to seven (7) churches and do the Stations of the Cross. This…

gem April 27, 2023

Metro Manila People Street

Chinese New Year street fiesta, Banawe, Quezon City

https://youtu.be/oMycgVN68t4 04:41 minute vlog I checked out Quezon City's Chinese New Year Day festivities on January 22, 2023 held along the part of Banawe Ave. in between the corners of…

gem April 20, 2023

food Metro Manila Videos

2nd half of 2022 Food Vlogs

Click here to see all my other food-related videos in this playlist. Click here to see still food and restaurant photographs - July to December 2022. https://youtu.be/1TZZRaequoc Lugawan sa Tejeros, Kalentong,…

gem January 13, 2023

food Metro Manila Videos

Jim’s Pares & Mami, Malate, Manila, Philippines- Filipino Braised Beef Stew Street Food

My friend took me to Jim's Pares & Mami, a famous street food diner in a car wash lot on Maria Orosa Street, in Malate, Manila, Philippines some days ago.…

gem August 21, 2022

food Metro Manila People

Quiapo Food Vlog: Excelente Ham, Kim Chong Tin Hopia Factory, Vienna Bakery

https://youtu.be/hGJgeZMq99Y I went to the bustling Carlos Palanca St. in Quiapo, downtown Manila, Philippines end of May 2022 to check out three (3) decades-old iconic food destinations and do a…

gem August 14, 2022

Architecture Metro Manila Street

Manila Cathedral, Plaza de Roma, & Belfry Cafe’s Church Bells, Intramuros

https://youtu.be/L6QcbQoOr58 04:27 video runtime This is my vlog about my visit to the Minor Basilica and Metropolitan Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception, AKA the Manila Cathedral, on December 18, 2021.…

gem May 10, 2022

Landscape Outside Manila Videos

Trip to Baguio, February 2022

https://youtu.be/9L-I8ez1v3g 16:23 video runtime I went to Baguio from February 9 to 11, 2022. It's 250 kilometers north of where I live in Quezon City, Metro Manila, Philippines. This is…

gem May 1, 2022

Landscape Outside Manila Rural

Beach vacation at Balesin Island Club (Sept. 2021)

https://youtu.be/qERBjEk17NI 06:27 video runtime Click here for my album of still images. 00:00 Day 1- Alphaland Hangar/ Airport in Metro Manila00:09 ATR-72 turboprop plane00:35 checking in00:42 Bierstube German restaurant lunch01:01…

gem April 22, 2022

Metro Manila Transportation Videos

Palacio de Memoria decommissioned airplanes

November 2021: https://youtu.be/IUX3VOa3xKY 01:42 video runtime Timestamps: 00:00 view of the front yard/ entrance00:21 McDonnell Douglas DC-9-3100:55 Antonov An-24 turboprop01:20 Casa de Memoria and the rest of the property -…

gem April 15, 2022

Landscape Metro Manila Videos

La Mesa Eco Park morning photowalk

https://youtu.be/kPEsfJgHmvI 08:29 video length I went to La Mesa Eco Park, a 33 hectare public park in Fairview, Quezon City, on February 7, 2021. This is a park facing the…

gem April 7, 2022

Videos

Dog’s Days Out, April and May 2021

https://youtu.be/RPkvfZSTO50 BGC, May 2021, 04:01 https://youtu.be/i6JN5MB9HzQ Vertis North mall, Quezon City, 00:57

gem March 23, 2022

Videos

Twelve Food Videos, 2021

https://youtu.be/v4QVMD9tUUI Kohi MKT cafe, 04:01 https://youtu.be/Sn6DBcwopvI Talyer Pizza unboxing at home, 03:16 https://youtu.be/jMKwFh1z1mw Kashmir, BGC, 01:17 https://youtu.be/6U2ef7cqqO0 Hai Chi Jia instant noodles review, 08:21 https://youtu.be/IrBiurIQ18Q Cafe Fleur, Ebi 10, Poblacion,…

gem March 16, 2022

Outside Manila Photoblog Transportation

First live car race I’ve ever attended, Clark

https://youtu.be/KnGduYhed_8 I got the opportunity to watch the Vios Cup at the Clark International Speedway last July 9 and 10, 2021. This was my very first time to watch a…

gem March 9, 2022

Graffiti Metro Manila Videos

Graffiti behind-the-scenes Photography + Street Scenes photowalk

https://youtu.be/1IyGdn81L6I 04:00 YouTube video link in case the embed above doesn't work. I passed by this wall along Chino Roces Ave., Makati, Philippines, a couple of times a few months…

gem May 23, 2021

Metro Manila Street Videos

Walking Around Poblacion, Makati, Philippines- POV Photography

https://youtu.be/m4k0K6_0cPY 07:57 video link on YouTube in case the embed above doesn't work. I haven't gone back to Poblacion in Makati ever since the pandemic/ lockdown began here in the…

gem May 8, 2021

Metro Manila Videos

Three Manila videos – two parks & Chinatown

Chinatown Walking Tour Street Photography + FOOD TRIP vlog in Binondo, Manila, Philippines https://youtu.be/G6m79wYK_dA 15:28 video on YouTube in case the embed above doesn't work. I went to 2 diners…

gem May 1, 2021

Metro Manila Transportation Videos

1st Quarter 2020 – 6 short videos – slice of life of the Philippines

February 2020: https://youtu.be/HO-T7kR046o 08:02 TIMESTAMPS: 00:23 to 01:37 - Chuan Kee - Ongpin Street01:55 to 03:21 Ongpin Mañosa - Ongpin Street03:45 to 05:18 New Toho Food Center- Tomas Pinpin Street…

gem April 26, 2020

Architecture Street Taipei

Taipei 2019

https://youtu.be/DulywW6x-80 video runtime: 8 minutes 10 seconds |Direct YouTube Link I went to Taipei on December 1-6, 2019. I mostly took still photographs on this trip, didn't shoot as much…

gem April 10, 2020

Hong Kong Travel Videos

Hong Kong 2019

https://youtu.be/eTltPF0OVqk video runtime: 14 minutes 8 seconds |Direct YouTube Link I went to Hong Kong on November 12 to 15, 2019. The video above is 80% still photos and 20%…

gem April 10, 2020

Quanzhou, China Travel Videos

Quanzhou, Fujian China 2019 Trip

https://youtu.be/640K2fN-9XA video runtime: 31 minutes 41 seconds |Direct YouTube LinkClick here to see ALL PHOTOS of the trip on Flickr, sequenced by date and location. I went to Quanzhou, Fujian, China on…

gem April 10, 2020

Landscape Outside Manila Photoblog

La Union, Philippines, April 2019 Trip Log

La Union is a province in the northern part of the Philippines, in the Ilocos Region. I went to Urbiztondo Beach in the town of San Juan for three days in April 2019. This beach has a small strip of hostels and food places catering to the burgeoning surf scene there.

gem October 7, 2019

Architecture Landscape Photoblog

Quanzhou, Fujian, China 2018 Trip Log

14 minutes 48 seconds, Direct YouTube Link Click here to see ALL PHOTOS of the trip on Flickr, sequenced by date and location. Quanzhou is a city in Fujian, Southern…

gem October 7, 2019

Architecture Metro Manila Transportation

Bamboo Organ Church and Sarao Jeepney Factory

I went south of Metro Manila on Black Saturday 2019 ( April 20, 2019 ) to the Bamboo Organ Church and the Sarao Jeepney Factory in Las Piñas, Philippines. Direct…

gem October 7, 2019

Bali Photoblog Travel

Bali December 2018

1 minute 11 second video, direct YouTube link I went to Bali for three days in December 2018. Stayed mostly in Seminyak. Click here to see all the photos from…

gem October 7, 2019

food Metro Manila Videos

Ten food videos

Vlogs: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=316Bw235AVs (02:59) The Dessert Museum in S Maison Mall, Philippines - walk-through video , March 6, 2018 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gbQPGHphAec (03:50) Dinner in the Sky Philippines, May 4, 2018 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s-wOLWiD6R4 (05:19)…

gem October 7, 2019

Graffiti Metro Manila Photoblog

5 Quezon City graffiti spots, 2019 (two short videos)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GtlcHYdi_C4 Shot on 10/4/2019, Scout Madrinan St., Quezon City, Philippines (0:24) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oOViiz53SXM&t shot 08/31/2019 (02:52) Timestamps: graffiti set 1: 00:03 (A. Roces) 2: 00:36 (Scout Gandia) 3: 01:40 (Scout Tobias)…

gem October 7, 2019

Hong Kong Outside Manila Thailand

2016 and 2018 Travel Videos (HK, Banaue, Bangkok)

2016: Banaue: 7 minutes 45 seconds Click here to read about this trip. Hong Kong: 4 minutes 19 seconds Click here to read about this trip. 2018: Bangkok: 32 minutes…

gem June 25, 2018

Animals Metro Manila Videos

Four Slice of Life Videos about the Philippines

6/11/2017 vlog - Cockfights (sabong) and Graveyards, Manila, Philippines (07:58) My original video got deleted by YouTube in September 2018 for violating community guidelines even though I only shot this…

gem June 14, 2018

Graffiti Videos

Five Graffiti Videos (2016- 2018)

Vacant Lot Graffiti, Scout Chuatoco, Quezon City, Philippines (6/8/2018) Two Sets of Great Graffiti- Scout Tobias Street, Philippines, March 2018 Bangkok, Thailand Graffiti Seen from a Canal Ferry, March 2018…

gem June 14, 2018

Graffiti Metro Manila Videos

Wild Style in Taytay, Rizal, June 2016

I met Flip One after he commented on a couple of my graffiti posts online. He invited me to watch him paint a wall in Taytay, Rizal. He wanted to do an…

gem July 4, 2016

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