A souvenir from several tourist spot in the Philippines made from real frog skin.
Biggest Pearl-weighing a whopping 34kg found in Palawan - Mother of Pearl!
Pearl of the Orient, Dr. Jose Rizal referred the country with this name in his last poem Mi último adiós,.
From: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Name_of_the_Philippines
Mi último adiós, original Spanish
Adios, Patria adorada, region del sol querida,
Perla del Mar de Oriente, nuestro perdido Eden!
A darte voy alegre la triste mustia vida,
Y fuera más brillante más fresca, más florida,
Tambien por tí la diera, la diera por tu bien.
Farewell, my adored Land, region of the sun caressed,
Pearl of the Orient Sea, our Eden lost,
With gladness I give you my Life, sad and repressed;
And were it more brilliant, more fresh and at its best,
I would still give it to you for your welfare at most.
Barrel Man(novelty item) is a pasalubong or souvenir from Baguio. A male figure carved ou of wood.
Balinsasayaw House
Mr. Eduardo Espares, the owner of the house recalled (from:http://www.ironwulf.net/2015/06/18/san-pascual-balinsasayaw-house-home-to-80000-swiftlets/)
“Nag umpisa yan dalawa lang silang balinsasayaw na gumagawa ng pugad nung ginagawa namin yung garahe. Tas ewan ko ba, parang nagtawag sila tas makalipas isang buwan dumami sila (It only started with two swiftlets building a nest when we were building the garage. I dunno if they called up their other bird friends because after a month there were lots of them!).
The cave-dwelling birds called swiftlets or balinsasayaw in tagalog, its nest is made from its saliva. Traditionally consumed in soup, edible birds' nests are now being turned into food and drink additives as well as put into cosmetics, say two Chinese researchers who have assessed just what is known about the nutritional and medicinal properties of this expensive, and to Westerners, strange-sounding health food.
