PUBLIC MARKS from alamat with tag province

The great thing about the Philippines is we have so many islands that sooner or later you’re bound to come upon an untouched beach just waiting to be discovered. Of course, it helps if you love going into unknown places and enduring all sorts of inconveniences to get there. As they say, the journey is worth more than the destination.

It is absurdly easy to fall in love with Dumaguete, a city that still acts like it’s a small town, with friendly locals, an easy pace that invites a visitor to slow down, and a genteel grace that belies its city status. The city, capital of Negros Oriental province, was a welcome respite from my usual world of deadlines and the corresponding stress.

Remember when the Pirate Bay tried to raise enough money to buy the Principality of Sealand? Well, this is a bit different. Torrentreactor.net, one of the most popular torrent sites on the Internet today, says it has bought the small village of Gar, in the Tomsk province of Russia. The single requirement was that the town rename itself to “Torrentreactor.”