It is pre-finals week and everyone is busy reading, rereading, and re-reading again. Today is Sunday. But that doesn’t mean it is rest day. What better way to spend your Sunday than to listen to Judge Singco’s take on Philippine Politics. Judge Singco talked about the sessions in Congress and the so-called Executive Privilege.
By ten-thirty, she called for a short break and everyone was allowed to leave the room. I stayed by the corridor to catch a glimpse of the busy Carbon life. The view of the Carbon Market was so awesome that I had to whoop out my camera and shoot.
This road can be found right next to the famous Freedom Park – the flower capital of Cebu City.
Based on some websites and online forums, this was probably how the place looked like back in the 1930s.
These mini-stalls can never be seen during school days. But on weekends, they appear without warning.
Flowers are mainly sold inside Freedom Park. But due to the number of vendors in the area, some prefer to sell their items along the road.
Sitting close to the water is the power plant of the Visayan Electric Company.
asa nga mc do open for 24 hrs ley? about sa Carbon market, it seems gamay ra kausaban sukad sauna, traffic and gubot gihapon…..do you have any information kung naay buhaton diha dapita? it would help kung malimpyohan or ma re-organize ang set up diha and also to address rampant snatching pod sa area, hopefully wala nana karon….
Hi, Ley
Thank you and Sheena for the post – it is very strange to see Carbon Market and McDo in the same post.
I used to sneak and buy fresh sitcharon at the market.
Take care!
Wow!
Nice photos of Carbon & Freedom Park, brings back good memories.=) Peanuts is good for the brain, it gives me good memories if I eat enough of it.=) Good luck to your exams!
i heard nga himuon nang park ang breakwater sa baranggay ermita dapit. also, ang unit (3? dili ko sure. basta kanang unit nga naay tinda mga candies, mga goodies for children) will be torn down. a multi-level parking, a school and a shopping center will be made there.
Veggie storage facility eyed in Carbon Market
Wednesday, September 5, 2007
Vendors at Carbon Public Market will not only have a new market building but also a facility that will help them maintain the freshness of their products, as Mayor Tomas Osmeña plans to put up a cold storage facility in the market’s Unit 2, which the city will soon reconstruct.
The mayor said the city has already decided to use “palay” husk to boil the water for the steam that would run the City Hall’s air conditioning system. With this, he added that there is a big probability that the same would be used to run his planned cold storage facility.
If materialized, this would become the second cold storage facility in Cebu province after the one in Mantalongon in Dalaguete, known as “Cebu’s Food Basket,” which acquired the facility a few years ago through the Department of Agriculture.
Osmeña recognized that one of the problems of the vendors is how to maintain the freshness of their products for a longer period of time.
“Cebu City is known as center of distribution of various commodities,” the mayor said, adding that the products that vendors sell are always affected by the supply and demand factor.
He said he has long wanted such a facility in Carbon but there is lack of private support, particularly in the area of cold storage.
But Osmeña said the city would first start with a program to see if it is feasible to put a cold storage facility in Carbon Market, adding that he would also like to see if how much the city would spend for it.
He also said he wanted to implement first a smaller facility but expandable, so if it is found effective, it could be expanded.
“If it is feasible, we would do a minimum amount but expandable. So if the works already start, we will make sure that it would allow expansion of space,” the mayor said.
Last week, the city government started clearing the area where the Unit 2 of the market will be reconstructed by evicting all its occupants, including Young Builders Inc. and the fire victims of sitio Bato, Ermita.
Anytime soon, WT Construction will start constructing the market’s P135-million ramp.
The civil works on the market’s reconstruction was delayed after Young Builders, the former contractor of the project, built a fence and refused to allow entry to the area until the city pays it an additional P6 million
roughly, this is what they want to do with the pier area: http://www.fbe.unsw.edu.au/exhibits/mudd/projects/images/9899cebu/9899cebu_3.jpg
murag nindot na dah…it really helps kung mausab na diha dapita…….thanks ley….
at last, nkakita na gyud ko anang sheena 🙂
ha? LOL
God bless Mayor Osmena! The new plan is good for both vendors & consumers, & Cebu as a whole. It will benefit everybody. Go, Cebu!!
thanks for the valuable information ley. and the carbon pictures too. they bring back back old memories.
Tinuod nga dunay daghang snatcher ug holdupper dinha? Naa ko sa Cebu karon nibisita sa akong family. Ganahan unta ko mo-adto sa Carbon because we used to go there often when I was a boy (pobre gud ta) pero my family dissuaded me from going kay dilikado kuno. Such a pity. Visiting Ayala and SM gets old pretty quickly.
Unless you go there in glittering golden garb and ruby slippers, nothing would happen to you. I always believed that you get held up because allow yourself to be held up. Hope that answered your question. hehe
hehehe…. unsa’y resulta sa inyong “fresh veggies”???? hehehe…. effective????
hahaha. nahimong dubok nga veggies. lol
Hey Leylander,
Thanks for the advice. I did go to Carbon Market on my last day there. I figured I’d be ok because kama-o man sab ko mag-binagsik. My only regret was that I didn’t go sooner. I would have loved to visit a second (or third) time. In many ways, it’s the same Carbon from my childhood – except there’s less traffic congestion because only a few routes are allowed there now. It was fun going through the market stalls. Yes, one can buy in malls/supermarkets the fruits and vegetables found in Carbon – but in Carbon, it’s cheaper, fresher, and the money goes directly to the hardworking farmers.
yep. The money goes straight to them. better gyud mangompra didto. =)
Carbon Market is an awesome place. I will be shopping there very early in the morning everyday when I go home next month. Just thinking of this place invokes my sense of smell from the meat, fish, live chicken sections, to the variety of fresh fruit, vegetables, seaweed vendors. I love the fact that I am dealing directly with the farmers who works so hard to bring us the freshest produce. I go to the farmers market here in San Francisco, but nothing compares to Carbon Market.. I am glad to see that the mayor is making it convenient for the vendors to have a cold storage facility. Thanks Leylander for conjuring up all the wonderful memories of my beloved Cebu.
I mused at the old picture circa 1930. So that’s how the area was known to be called “barracks”. It’s a good one for learning. Thanks for posting.
Ley,
Thanks for the Carbon photos. Now I have something to show to my hubby. I used to “mangarbon diha” very early morning before going to school at San Carlos , about 4-5 am to catch the best vegies displayed on mats in the streets in Carbon. I learned my first lessons of “market commodities/stock’s bid and ask prices” over there! I was never robbed or pickpocketed, thanks God! Similar to what Ley had suggested, I went to market and just blend with the people. Japanese slippers or bakya, gabitbit ug basket sa atubangan–gakson gyud, walay reloj o singsing o kwentas, ang kwarta sa bulsa sa atubangan(do not carry purse), ug magbinisaya gyud! Haaay! memories … Farmers market here in Chicago or in Tolouse or in Turino pales in comparison! Looking back, I am very glad my mother made me go and do the market in Carbon. Thank you, Ley.
Good memories are just keep on coming back…
The first thing i do when i arrived in my BELOVED CEBU, Mandaue is take a Jeepney or a Taxi and go to Carbon. The very “CHEAP” fresh fruits and vegetables are sold there. The farmers and its workers are some of the VERY WONDERFUL PEOPLE you can ever meet in the WORLD.
Yes, i did learn my skills in sales and marketing negotiation in Carbon. which i used now in Australia (Thank you CARBON).
And if you just go around the corner, you come across Colon. Mate! the clothes in Colon are so good and so cheap. TOP QUALITY CLOTHING and you can save sooo much money.
IMPORTANT NOTE: For those of you who are scared that you might get “PICK-POCKETED? Well, half of it “WELL BE YOUR FAULT”. Why? because most of the time, YOU ASKED TO BE PICK-POCKECTED!!!
Just because, you live overseas or have money, you dont have to “SHOW-OFF” and wearing your GOLD AND SILVER!!! Just, be HUMBLE!!! And blend in with the people and used COMMON SENSE!!! And almost guarantee that you be okay!!!
REMEMBER when you used to be poor? And you are very, very, very..HUNGRY! And how little things can be temptation to you? So, YOU CAN EAT FOR THE DAY! So, never ever forget where you come from…
FOOD FOR THOUGHT—“you dont go out swimming in the sea, with a cut/bleeding? because you will only attract sharks to BITE YOU”
I LOVE YOU CEBU
Go CARBON (THANKS FOR THE VERY BEST FRESH FRUITS AND VEGETABLES”
LORD JESUS CHRIST LOVES YOU
sikata na jud sheena oy, international model naman…
bankahi pud mi salad beh, sa imo talent fee…
🙂
kana si sheena kauban na nako trabaho ron, before na sya mahimong international model, kinahanglan mobangka na sya namo sa iyang talent fee.. naa man diay ni syay sideline… mwahahahahhaha
hoi Sir Brian..
nyahahhaha!!
ahak oi..
nag shift na ko sa redhorse karon..
mas effective sya if mag tuon compared sa salad..hehehehe
hoi Ley!!
imo jud diay ni gi post???
hahahaha..
uwaw ko… =)
I just want to say over and over again…
proud ayo ko ani akong kauban sa work nga international model na…mwahahaha
si sheena… full time teacher, part time model and future lawyer… pagbantay lang mo, basin ikiha mo ana…
it is nice to see carbon market again.sos sige gyud ko diha during my college life kay josenians man kuno ko. unya ang akong boarding house atbang pa gyud kaayo sa back gate. dungog kaayo ang 1st ug second bell. i had so much fun and good memories on that area. loving it ur pics.
you guys are doing excellent job in every picture that you are taking.. I was only interested in the pics that you have from my hometown, Argao, but the pics that you have for places around Cebu itself made me realize there are still so many places in Cebu that I have not been to. Me and my husband are checking out the pics that you have and is making plans of visiting.
Thank you for making this pictures available for everybody- both tourist and local.
More power!
hahaha… i remember when we went there we bought vegies and fish for lunch with my colleague, a bit of rain but its fun some vendors can’t understand tagalog but its nice experience
one small shark, one biggggg crab, one giant shimp, that i buy it in this market on 1989.
thank you very much to bring back my memories
Thankkkkkkk
in thai word, I would say ” Khob Khun Krub “
Wow, suya ko. Naka take mo’g topview pic of Carbon Market.
wow, gi mingaw na nuon kos carbon bai dah, naa pa daghan okai-okai didto? hehe ..
carbon brings back memories
used to go there………..for the ukayukay, utanon na presko, bulak ug uban pa
thanks ley
usa kos taga carbon kani adto.. sa mai tindahan pa kami sa akong inahan duol sa visayan old blg. way back 1993. gamay ra gud cya.. apan kusog sab ang halin. since our little store(sari-sari store) was near in ”trisikad drivers” and ”sabungan” cockfighting. so daghan sad gyud ang mamalit. i learned a lot in carbon. diri na open akong consciousness in terms of business and marketing at a young age. daghan gyung taw ang carbon sauna, ilabi na sa wla pa ang SM ug Ayala..may gani ron kay nibalik ug kusog ang market..nakamatngun na cguro ang consumers na mas cheap ang carbon kay sa mga big stores. ug ”makahangyo” paka na wala sa SM..hehehe. kuyaw man sa mga bag ong kumprador pero ug ma anad na sab ka, malingaw kana sa pag pangumpra.