La Trinidad Strawberry Festival 2013 Street Dancing Competition (Complete)

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One of the Festival's highlight was the "street dancing" competition. Eight groups whose members are from the different barangays of La Trinidad participated in the event. The street dancing performance started at the Police outpost along km6 and ended at km 5 in front of Mc Donalds. The judges were stationed at the shed fronting the food establishment. On my estimate, thousands came to watch the street dancing performances. The cultural dances were good and we saw that the participants … [Read more...]

One Nature One Community 7, Mt. Atugo, Hingyon, Ifugao

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The one nature one community tree planting activity at the municipality of Hingyon was a success! It was a cold early morning when the group from Baguio city reached Piwong. By day break, Vice mayor Marcos Bantiyan came and we all went to his house for breakfast. By 9:00am, the group proceeded to Mt. Atugo. We were able to plant around 200 seedlings. Lunch was great! Courtesy of Barangay Captain Hangdaan Binwag and the officials of Barangay Bitu. The activity was made possible by the Real … [Read more...]

Sun Cellular – A touch of One Nation, One Community, One Connection

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I have been a Sun Cellular user since 2009. So far I am enjoying their broadband and mobile plan services. Yesterday, I got the chance to talk to Ms. Carissa Flores one of the digital marketing officers of Sun Cellular at the Hill Station, a fine dining restaurant on top of Session Road, Baguio City. It was a night of food and fun. After years of being a sun subscriber, at least I had a good and expensive meal in return :-) I am writing this article according to my years of experience in … [Read more...]

Ganito pala ang tinatawag na FISH SPA – Kultura Splash Wave Resort

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Sir Kurt Sebio invited me and my family to join them in their weekend getaway - the destination, Kultura Resort at Pugo, La Union. From Baguio City, Kultura is around 1 hour travel. On the outside you can see that the resort is big and very colorful. The parking space is also laudable. The entrance fee is a little bit expensive. For adults, we had to pay P250 and for children above two (2) feet, they entered at P200/each. Cottage fee is separate so we had to pay P1,500 for our cottage. … [Read more...]

Good Morning Club TV5, Accents and Petals and Me!

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Last February 01, 2013, I was invited by TV 5's Good Morning Club to feature our Accents and Petals products. The story started when someone from the show's staff ( Berna) contacted us through email then by phone if we wanted to showcase our products live during the show. At first I was hesitant because I have to travel from Baguio City to Novaliches, Quezon City but it was all worth it. I took the 9:30pm Victory Bus and I arrived at Cubao, QC around 3:30am. Someone from the TV network was … [Read more...]

La Trinidad Shutterbugs Sponsor Free Photo Journalism & Photo Blogging Seminar

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The La Trinidad Shutterbugs (LTSB), a group of young and dynamic photography enthusiasts sponsored a one day seminar lecture last February 02, 2013 about photo journalism, photoblogging, basic photography and editing as well as hands on training to around 60 high school journalism students at the Pines National High School in Baguio City. Sir Efren Dalan, a member of LTSB is the main coordinator of the project. I was asked if I can discuss the topic on photoblogging (PB) as it is and as … [Read more...]

Rotary Club Baguio South and Shunt For Life Foundation Sponsors Free Hydrocephalus Operation on Feb 5-7, 2013

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Updated post: There were 19 patients who availed of the free operation. It was a good day for all of us. Thank you very much to the sponsors. See photos below. The Rotary Club of Baguio - South will be sponsoring a free operation for Hydrocephalus patients on February 5 - 7, 2013 at the Trauma Hospital in Dagupan City. So far there are 15 confirmed patients mostly from outside of the Cordillera region. This activity dubbed as "shunt for life" is a yearly program of the Rotary Club South of … [Read more...]

Seafood Island, Technohub, Camp John Hay, Baguio City

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Last December 13, 2012, we decided to celebrate an important family event at Seafood Island located inside Camp John Hay, Baguio City. We arrived at 8:30pm, ordered dinner and after a few minutes, it was a feast! First thing, Seafood island is a destination restaurant. It is not located within the city center. Good if you have a car but for those who like to commute, you have to ride a taxi going to Technohub inside Camp John hay. Taxi fare from Baguio public market would be no more than … [Read more...]

BSU Nature Park Eco trail – A Family Fun

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Part of the program of the second Pine Tree Festival that was held at La Trinidad, Benguet was a a visit to the Benguet State University's Nature Park located at Puguis, Longlong and to experience its eco-trail. For the first time, outsiders (non-BSU personnel)  were allowed  to walk the eco trail. It is a short distance trail but worth the experience. At the middle of the trail is an animal park where you can see monkeys, eagles, ducks, native chicken, ducks, native pigs and more. It is a … [Read more...]

Time Travel to Calle Crisologo, Heritage, Vigan City

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Vigan City is known to be the Heritage City of the North. I had the opportunity to visit the city's different tourist spots courtesy of my host Richard Soria. There are a lot of old houses scattered all over Vigan. At first, it seemed like every corner is the same because the old building structures are as tall as each other. Then I came to realize that the whole Heritage City is shaped like a rectangle sliced so many times by small roads in between.  But there is one street that is closed … [Read more...]