Rider’s Profile-Iskuterista Series: Manu Sandejas
Here’s one cool Vespa guy I have yet to meet. I knew who he is being the Editor-in-Chief of Scooterista — a local magazine that promotes the scootering lifestyle. And my being in the business of...
View ArticleRider’s Profile – Iskuterista Series: Nani Juarez
By this time, you may have already noticed the popularity of the PX model among Filipino Vespa riders. The three guys in this series all saddle on a PX. The observation of fellow rider, Boo Blanco,...
View ArticleRider’s Profile – Iskuterista Series: DJ Crystal
It’s Friday and we’ve reach the end of this blog’s Iskuterista Series. I want to thank all these five guys for making this blogging week a fun and memorable experience for me. But this doesn’t mean it...
View ArticleVespa Spotting: Another couple got hitched on a Vespa!
photo by Dino Lara I had previously blogged about Vespa weddings with pictures of couples across the globe riding a Vespa on their big day. But at that time, I haven’t personally known anyone who has...
View ArticleRider’s Profile: Daniel Coquilla and his ‘tingala’ artworks
Allow me to start this profile by featuring an artwork of this painter cum rider. In the art circle, his works are easily identifiable for the skyward perspective and split-eyes of his subjects. The...
View ArticleRider’s Profile: Rex Hermogino (a Blog Action Day post)
UPDATE: (11/09/07) Rex won the GO GREEN Vespa Video Challenge! Read more about this great news here. Congrats Rex! - – - – - – - – - - Though I’ve committed in today’s Blog Action Day focusing on the...
View ArticleVespinoy in Sctrcst.com Podcast!
Bimbo Isidro (aka Vespinoy in the Vespa community) has been interviewed by DaveM of sctrcst.com – the scooter internet radio. They talked about the joys of riding around Manila and in the countryside...
View ArticleAllan & Shiela: A Vespa Valentine Story
The story below has already been posted in the Vespinoy forum and Bimbo’s blog. But I personally felt that this particular story in the lives of Allan Malubay (scootzilla) and Shiela Montaño is meant...
View Article‘Use your Brain’ tees by Scooterista
Raoul Floresca – Features Editor/Creative Director of Scooterista magazine — posted in the Vespinoy forum about this interesting graphic shirt. This is the first of a series of shirts that they plan to...
View ArticleA Pinoy scootering podcast interview (with 10 takes to intro!)
I was scouring my hardrive and searching the Vespinoy forum looking for a picture of Bimbo & me to go with this blog entry. The irony is that I found out that we have none together. hahaha! The...
View ArticleTon & Kitty’s 6.7.8 Wedding!
Tomorrow, June 7, 2008 ( 6.7.8 ) will be the wedding of our friends Tonton & Kitty. The groom is my Vespa buddy while the bride is a W@Wie who’s been exchanging emails and text messages with my...
View ArticleThe Road to the Finish Line
Corinne Burgos is one of the very few local female Vespa riders. Just last weekend, she participated in the 1st Petron Econo-Endurance Run — a motorcycling event mounted to determine two things; [1]...
View ArticleI’m taking you for a ride!
This blog has existed since October 2006. It’s been neglected for several months. Personally, I feel it needs some serious attention and redesigning. Change is forthcoming…. Stay tuned! ~from the...
View ArticleBirthday Wish!
The start of the ‘ber months is upon us once again. Christmas is just around the corner. While this blogger turns 37 today. ‘Di tatakbo, sasakay lang. ~Abet Rana (aka the blogger formerly known as...
View ArticleStreet photography of scoots & riders!
One project of the Vespa Club of the Philippines for the year 2010 is the Portrait Session with our members posing with their respective scoots. As the local Vespa community is full of talented...
View ArticleVespa USA displays photos from the Cebu Ride in its homepage!
www.vespausa.com now sports a new look. In its homepage is a collage of pictures of [mostly] actual riders/enthusiasts instead of the obvious in-house PR photos. But these are no amateur shots. The...
View ArticleVESPINAS (a student documentary)
My nephew, Earl (second from right) contacted me that he wanted to make a Filipino documentary for his school project. He wanted to interview me with two of my riding buddies about Vespa and how it...
View Articleme & my neighbor Mark Laccay for Pinoy Scooter Podcast (PSP)
September of last year, me and my neighbor and fellow Vespa Club Pilipinas member, Mark Laccay, embarked on a project we could do together during our free time. Him being a sound engineer, and me as a...
View Articlesakay. takbo. lipad. (ride. run. fly.)
Here’s a nice Filipino poem forwarded to me by Uriel. It’s written by Ron Magbuhos, a Vespa rider he met at the 5th Angono Round-Up. I’ve been told that Ron wrote this paean for riding after the ride...
View ArticleWifey rides a Vespa!
It’s my first time to have my wife as a pillion passenger outside our immediate vicinity. I asked her to docu our mini-adventure Vespa Ride to UP. She recounts her ride experience below with pics and...
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