So this is the Panagbenga Festival… Jovial, multihued, flamboyant. I was able to witness the Grand Float Parade partly because we currently reside in Baguio, and partly because fellow blogger Joel sort of forced me too. Just so you folks know, I have never featured a festival here (except Oktoberfest which is an entirely different…
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Snapshot Saturday: A Summer Stunt
Eurotel Event: Baguio Bliss 2011
February was bustling, a P78.38 electric bill should prove our nomadism for this month. When March came, I thought I could finally stay put for a while and recharge my weary muscles… Until I received a surprising email from Eurotel. It was an invitation for their Baguio Bliss Bloggers Event. Eurotel Baguio along Abanao Extension….
Snapshot Saturday: Bell Church in Baguio
The AXiS Tent
Traffic crawled at snail pace. Pedestrians poured out to the streets, and marched in one direction. Like on a pilgrimage. I jumped out of the jeep and submitted myself to the human stream. Noon was approaching and I was certain that the Panagbenga 2011 Grand Street Parade was already over. Everyone’s heading to downtown Baguio…
PNKY Travel Cafe Baguio: A Travel Back In Time
I slogged up the driveway of PNKY (pronounced as pinky) Home Bed and Breakfast. My hubby Shervin, laboriously carrying our heavier than normal 5-month old daughter, panted as he tried to keep up with my already slow pace. It wasn’t even a steep climb, nor a long walk. We’re just so darn unfit. A non-manic…
Snapshot Saturday: Pink Summer
Thank You, India
“Thank you IndiaThank you providenceThank you disillusionmentThank you nothingnessThank you clarityThank you, thank you silence.” – Thank U, Alanis Morissette I now dig Alanis, and why she was singing nude in that music video. You’d have to experience India to find out yourself. When we left the country, I felt like I was born again….
Snapshot Saturday: The Rock
The Raging Bus And The Ten-Peso Pancit
By this time, we’d probably be checking in for our flight to Tiruchirappalli at Kuala Lumpur’s Low Cost Carrier Terminal (LCCT) already. For sure it will take some time before I get to write about my “Incredible India” experience, so for the moment, here’s something from the Voyaging Visayas series which I assume has a…