Sandstorm in Baguio? on Feb 1, 2010BAGUIO CITY-During the Panagbenga Opening parade, a PNP-PROCOR helicopter decided to land in dustbin Melvin Jones football field (sans the grass). It created a pseudo-sandstorm that distracted the performers and audience along Harrison Road here.Poor...
PANAGBENGA 2010 OPENING PARADE on Feb 1, 2010BAGUIO CITY-The Summer Capital's yearly spectacle of flowers is now officially open. More than 1,000 participants that include school bands and street performers here paraded to the audience awe as opening salvo the 15th year of one of the most color...
Baguio Nightlife on Jan 31, 2010Nevada Square Since Panagbenga Festival officially opens tomorrow, I will write something about Baguio's Nightlife. Most tourists who would often flock to witness the yearly spectacle of flowers would surely want to experience Baguio city's lat...
THREE MUST READS ABOUT BAGUIO on Jan 29, 2010As the city celebrates the end of its centennial year, three notable books came out of the press to give different glimpses of Baguio.Poignant revelations and new facts have been uncovered by dedicated individuals who all fell in love, lived and eve...
Kwentong Chicken Inasal on Jan 29, 2010Wala na sigurong may pinakasikat na specialty ang Bacolod kundi ang Chicken Inasal. Ito yung parte ng manok na karaniwan ay pecho, pakpak o hita na binabad ng magdamag sa espesyal na marinade, na sa pagkakaalam ko sa aming kapitbahay sa Bacolod na ma...
A special 'trapo' recipe on Jan 29, 2010FOR every season, there's always that signature dish to look forward. Favorites like roasted Turkey with cranberry sauce on Thanksgiving, Special Tikoy on Chinese New Year and Sweet Ham every Christmas are always anticipated by every gastronome. But...
Seeds on Jan 29, 2010Published at Sunstar Baguio May 7, 2009IN THE Hiligaynon language, my mother tongue, the word "iyas" means a seed. A seed which, metaphorically speaking, means a budding writer that needs to hone his skill to the sharpest point both creatively and t...
A fighter's dream on Jan 29, 2010MY FATHER recalled one cold summer night - in a conversation shared over a bottle of scotch during one of his sporadic visits to Baguio - that when I was being delivered out of my mother's womb, struggle already played a significant role in my life.
One Mic: Embracing the Hip-Hop Life on Jan 29, 2010When international hip-hop hits like Flo Rida’s In The Ayer, Chris Brown’s Forever and Usher’s Moving Mountains were lording over the airwaves July last year, a locally produced song, although sounding akin to hip-hop music produced by major la...
A Sweet, Sweet, Sugary Story on Jan 29, 2010MY LONGING for Sugarlandia always starts in my tongue, or as my aching tooth says-it is that missing pinch of sugar in every single dish I eat when I started settling here in Baguio five years ago. And this is my sweet, sweet, sugary story: As a pure...
