Vampire Stereotypes the Twilight Movies Laid to Rest

When a former player wanted to see me and was asking if I would be at home about lunch time the next day, I said I probably would not. I wanted to see the last of the Twilight saga. To which his mocking reply was, “Sir, you watch Twilight?”

If I am being honest, I am not really the Twilight-watching type. However, earlier this month, I got started with a passable copy of the first Twilight movie that I downloaded months ago but could not before that day bring myself to watch.

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Lipa’s Museo ng Katipunan

There is this little-known gem of a museum on the outskirts of Lipa that I would never have discovered were it not for the magic of the Internet. When I say little-known, I mean exactly that. I have lived in Lipa all my life; and the museum is no more than four or five kilometres from where I live. It has been in existence since the fifties – I was told – but I did not hear about it until I stumbled upon it yesterday while Googling for Batangas-related materials.

The name of the tiny museum is Museo ng Katipunan. It is located in this rural little village west of the city of Lipa called Bulaklakan. The museum itself is not difficult to find – and there are always village folks along the narrow road to ask directions from.

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The RH Bill: No Objections to It But...

The regional news had interviews with citizens on the streets earlier this week on the inevitable topic of the RH Bill. I found it strange that people would even be willing to go on air with their opinions when from their comments, it was quite apparent that few – if at all – of the respondents had bothered to read the contents of the bill.

Personally, I feel that unless somebody has even bothered to make an effort to read the bill, then he or she is not even qualified to participate in the debate. After all, whatever opinions he or she forms will only be based on hearsay.

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Filipinos Among ‘Most Positive’ in the World

Filipinos are the eighth most positive people in the world, according to a global survey undertaken last year by Gallup Polls. The survey results suggest that 8.2 out of 10 Filipinos experience positive emotions in a day.

Panama and Paraguay topped the poll results for positive emotions, with Latin Americans dominating the top 10. Thailand, which yielded a slightly higher result than the Philippines, is the only other country in the top 10 not in Latin America.

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Stallions FC Winners as Cup Curse Strikes Again

The curse of the cup final has struck again; and whoever gets to the final next season must loathe ever being branded as favourites! No disrespect to Stallion Penson FC; but Global FC were the betting man’s favourites, arriving as they did for last night’s UFL Cup Final as league champions and with an almost obscene abundance of talent, many of them full Philippine internationals.

The cup, wherever in the world, however, is nothing if not romantic; a competition in which reputations count for little and fortune goes to those who dare.

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Maps of Batangas Cities and Municipalities

This section makes available geographical boundaries, road networks, street maps (where available) and satellite imagery of the different cities and municipalities of the Province of Batangas courtesy of Google Maps. The list of cities and municipalities is sorted alphabetically. Simply click on a desired location to view a map or satellite photo.

The maps and satellite photos come equipped with navigational tools inside the iframes which can be used to move along the map or zoom into it where possible.

1. Agoncillo
2. Alitagtag
3. Balayan
4. Balete
5. Batangas City
6. Bauan
7. Calaca
8. Calatagan
9. Cuenca
10. Ibaan
11. Laurel
12. Lemery
13. Lian
14. Lipa City
15. Lobo
16. Mabini
17. Malvar
18. Mataas-na-Kahoy
19. Nasugbu
20. Padre Garcia
21. Rosario
22. San Jose
23. San Juan
24. San Luis
25. San Nicolas
26. San Pascual
27. Sta. Teresita
28. Sto. Tomas
29. Taal
30. Talisay
31. Tanauan City
32. Taysan
33. Tingloy
34. Tuy

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San Juan Map

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Mabini Map

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Balete Map

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Tuy Map

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Batangas Hotels, Inns and Resorts

This post contains hotels, inns and resorts that can be found in the Province of Batangas, provided as a public service to travelers and guests of the province. The phone numbers are provided as initial contact information; and Life So Mundane does not certify the accuracy of any of these numbers as these are extracted from web searches and from the web sites of the hotels themselves when available. It is suggested that would be travelers visit the web sites as hyper-linked for everyone’s convenience to get further details about each hotel.

Owners who wish to have your hotel and/or resort listed please leave a message with the name of the hotel and/or resort, a web site URL if available and a telephone number. Web sites will be verified before a hotel is listed.

NAME	City/Municipality	Contact
Abby’s Garden Resort	Taal	+63 43 421-1547
Acua Verde Beach Resort & Hotel	San Juan	+63 2 381-7757
Alpha Asia Hotel & Resort	Batangas City	+63 43 723 0366
Anfa Royale Hotel	Lipa City	+63 43 757-5070
Anilao Beach Club	Mabini	+63 43 410-0512
Anilao Outrigger Resort	Mabini	+1-303-369-7777
Balai sa Anilao Resort	Mabini	+63 2 240-2927
Balai sa San Juan Resort	San Juan	+63 2 240-2927
Bahay Marikit Hotel	San Juan	+63 43 575-4745
Bambu Villa Resort	Mabini	+63.922.802.2628
Batangas Country Club	Batangas City	+63 43 722-1228
Batangas Plaza Hotel	Batangas City	+63 43 723-7707
Blue Coral Beach Resort	San Juan	+63 2 559-9747
Blue Dolphin Resort	Balayan	+63 2 506-3525
Blue Sapphire Hotel	Lipa City	+63 43 784-1764
Bonito Island Resort	Tingloy	+63 2 812-2292
Canyon Cove Beach Resort	Nasugbu	+63 2 908-1111
Canyon Woods Residential Resort	Laurel	+63 2 521-7878
Casa Cecilia Hotel	Taal	+63 43 408-0046
Casa Corazon	Calaca	+63 2 527-1347
Casa Punzalan	Taal	+63 43 408-0084
Casita Ysabel	Mabini	+63 2 546-7083
Chateau Royale	Nasugbu	+63 2 696-4374
Chez Rafael	Lipa City	+63 43 756-5555
Cintai Corito’s Garden	Balete	+64 2 475-7629
City Sleep Inn Hotel	Lipa City	+63 43 312-3933
Club Balai Isabel	Talisay	+63 43 728-0307
Club Punta Fuego	Nasugbu	+63 43 781-0385
Coral Beach Club	Lian	+63 917-901-4635
Days Hotel	Batangas City	+63 43 980 7321
Diltan Hotel	Lemery
Dive Solana Resort	Mabini	+63 908.8 765262
Eagle Point Resort	Mabini	+63 2 813-3553
El Grande Residencia Hotel & Resort	Lipa City	+63 43757-0080
El Madero Farm & and Resort	Lipa City	+63 43 757-1665
Endaya Cove	Cuenca	09178471379
Estrellas de Mendoza Resort	San Juan	+63 2 819-6050
Evercrest Golf Club Resort	Nasugbu	+63 2 712-9293
Forest Cove Beach House	Nasugbu	0917-501-7239
Galilee Place Resort & and Spa	Mataas-na-Kahoy	09277260379
Golden Sunset Village Resort	Calatagan	+63 2 556-0169
Hacienda Darasa	Tanauan City	+63 43 778-5354
Halo Anilao Dive Resort	Mabini	+63917-502-3483
Hotel Cara	Lipa City	0917 603 7744
Hotel la Corona de Lipa	Lipa City	+63 43 756-1223
Hotel ni Mang Jose	Lipa City	+63 43 784-1897
Jo’s & Johnny’s Beach & Dive Inn	Nasugbu	+63 2 807-3416
Kabayan Beach Resort & Hotel	San Juan	+63 2 709-1470
Kamantigue Beach Resort	Batangas City	0932-860-5357
King Solomon Dive Resort	Mabini	+63 917-563-3180
Lago de Oro Beach Club	Calatagan	+63 917-504-2685
Laiya Coco Grove Resort	San Juan	+63 2 894-1057
Laiya White Cove Beach Resort	San Juan	+63 2 994-7392
La Luz Beach Resort	San Juan	+63 2 726-6687
La Virginia Resort & Hotel	Mataas-na-Kahoy	+63 2 743-2047
Les Caraibes Beach Resort	San Juan	0920-970-6985
Leonor Beach Resort	Lemery	+63 43 411-2131
Ligaya Resort & Dive Center	Mabini	+63 2 622-8111
Ligpo Island Hotel & Resort	San Luis	+63 2 823-5660
LIMA Park Hotel	Malvar	+63 43 981-1555
Matangbungkay Beach Hotel	Lian	+63 2 752-5252
Matabungkay Beach Resort & Hotel	Lian	+63 2 752-5252
Microtel Inn	Sto. Tomas	+63 43 405-6957
Monti’s Place Dine & Bed	Lipa City	+63 43 312-4832
Mount Maculot View Resort	Cuenca	+63 2 243-3772
Mount Malarayat Hotel Suites	Lipa City	+63 43 404-3000
Munting Buhangin Beach Camp	Nasugbu	+63 2 818-4798
Olympic Point Island Resort	Tingloy	+63 43 417-4164
Palm Beach Resort	San Juan	+ 63 2 850-9544
Paraiso de Miguel	San Juan	+63 915-7545330
Paseo Verde Beach Resort	San Juan	+63 43 725-4994
Pier Uno Resort & Dive Centre	Mabini
Planet Dive	Mabini	+63 2 475-2067
Ponte Fino	Batangas City	+63 2 631-8310
Portulano Dive Resort	Bauan	+63 917-540-4257
Punto Miguel Lakeshore	Balete	+63 915-7545330
Punto Miguel White Sands	San Juan	+63 915-7545330
Rose Gold Beach Resort	Calatagan	+632 433-7532
Rosemund Resort	Bauan	+63 2 844-1066
Sabangan Beach Resort	San Juan	+63 2 914-9640
Scuba Bro	Mabini	+63 2 724-4045
Sea Freedom Hotel & Resort	Balete	0921-226-7629
Seascape Resort	San Juan	+63 43 706-2811
Sea’s Spring Resort Hotel	Mabini	+63 2 881-1766
Shercon Resort	Mataas-na-Kahoy	0917-506-1204
Sigayan Bay Beach Resort	San Juan	+63 2 856-4673
SM Travelodge	Batangas City	+63 43 723-2645
Stilts Calatagan Beach Resort	Calatagan	+63 2 403-8419
Sunrise Cove	Calatagan	+63-2724-3476
The ALPA Hotel & Restaurant	Batangas City	+63 43 723-1025
Taal Imperial Resort	Taal	0922-777-2710
Talisay Green Lake Resort	Talisay	+63 43 773-0247
Taramindu Beach Garden Inn	San Juan
The Farm at San Benito	Lipa City	+63 2 884-8074
The Sanctuary Spa	Nasugbu
Triple G Beach Resort	San Juan	+63 915-900-1570
Valentino Resort & Spa	San Jose	+63 43 783-0558
Verde Island Resort	Batangas City	+63 43 723-2411
Villa Cornelia Resort	Cuenca	+63 43 342-1516
Villa Crisanta Garden Resort	Rosario	+63 917-839-8821
Villa Ferlin Resort	Bauan	+63 43 980-0428
Villa Gracia Beach Resort	Lemery	+63 43 411-2171
Villa Khristalene Resort & Restaurant	Talisay	+63 43 773-0148
Villa Rebekah Resort & Restaurant	Nasugbu	+63 43 931-1108
Virgin Beach Resort	San Juan	+63 2 759-2020
Vista Aplaya Resort	Mabini	0920-970-5383
Vistamar Beach Resort & Hotel	Mabini	+63 2 824-0755
Vivere Azure	Mabini	+63 2 771-7777

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Nasugbu Map

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Lian Map

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Calatagan Map

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Balayan Map

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Laurel Map

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Calaca Map

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Agoncillo Map

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Lemery Map

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San Luis Map

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Taal Map

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Distances Between Cities and Municipalities in Batangas

As a guide to would-be travelers in and around the province of Batangas, this listing of approximate distances from place to place using common routes is made available by Life So Mundane. The distances are extracted from Google Earth’s Ruler tool and are therefore estimates as the crow flies or in a straight line. Actual road distances may vary from negligible to significant depending on the curvature of the routes from one place to another.

Distances are provided both in kilometres and miles for everyone’s convenience. For travelers from outside Batangas to get their bearings, the approximate distances from Manila to Nasugbu and Tanauan City, the two major gateways into the Province of Batangas by road, are also given at the end of the table.

From	From	To	Km	Mi
Tanauan City		Talisay	11.66	7.24
	Talisay	Laurel	14.30	8.89
	Laurel	Agoncillo	12.77	7.94
	Agoncillo	San Nicolas	2.74	1.70
Tanauan City		Malvar	4.70	2.92
	Malvar	Lipa	10.20	6.34
Lipa		Mataas-na-Kahoy	5.60	3.48
Lipa		Ibaan	14.33	8.90
Lipa		Padre Garcia	9.90	6.15
	Padre Garcia	Rosario	3.86	2.40
	Rosario	Taysan	9.54	5.93
	Rosario	Ibaan	7.77	4.83
Lipa		San Jose	8.88	5.52
	San Jose	Batangas City	15.53	9.65
Batangas City		Lobo	20.58	12.79
Batangas City		San Pascual	5.94	3.69
	San Pascual	Bauan	9.69	6.02
	Bauan	Alitagtag	9.04	5.62
Lipa		Cuenca	13.46	8.36
	Cuenca	Alitagtag	6.73	4.18
Alitagtag		Sta. Teresita	4.15	2.58
	Sta. Teresita	Taal	4.41	2.74
	Taal	San Nicolas	3.32	2.06
	Taal	San Luis	5.91	3.67
	Taal	Lemery	6.93	4.31
Lemery		Agoncillo	6.19	3.85
Lemery		Calaca	9.87	6.13
	Calaca	Balayan	7.24	4.50
	Balayan	Tuy	8.93	5.55
	Tuy	Lian	8.57	5.32
Lian		Calatagan	22.11	13.74
Lian		Nasugbu	4.88	3.03
Manila		Nasugbu	69.36	43.10
Manila		Tanauan	58.42	36.30

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San Nicolas Map

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Sta. Teresita Map

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Alitagtag Map

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Bauan Map

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San Pascual Map

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