Side trips, Part 1

Whoah! After a short stint in Metrobank (that was only two months)…here I go with being a Research Assistant slash Process Documentor, back in the university. Well, I should be thankful to HIM for the trips that I experienced and the places that I’ve been into. I wasn’t really expecting to visit such places as the Summer Capital of the Philippines (Baguio) and the once “One of the 7 man-made wonders of the World”, the renowned Banaue Rice Terraces. Though these were just so-called side-trips of my research work, still it became the highlight of MY TRAVEL(at least that's how I consider it to be.hehe).

PANAGBENGA FESTIVAL 2010 OF BAGUIO

After a week-stay in Bayombong for the Process documentation that I’m working on, I was surprised to know that my visit coincides with Baguio’s Celebration of their colorful flower festival, the PANAGBENGA 2010. Baguio is just a two-hour drive from Bayombong when taking on the shortcut route. "So why not try to visit and join the celebration"?, I told myself. So Friday, February 28, together with my roommate (teacher Nathan) who was as eager as I am to witness the celebration, we took the 8 o’clock bus for Baguio taking on the 7-hour route. We arrived at 2AM Saturday and started roaming around Burnham Park & Baguio’s City Hall, waiting for the sun to rise. We met Glaiza and Gladyz Guiwa (Nathan's friends) and stayed in their boarding house during the night.

Baguio's Session Road

swan ride in the lagoon

Sunday afternoon and I had an eye-ball with my Auntie Ellen. Yeah...our very first meeting in SM Baguio.

"Anong kulay ng suot mo auntie?" haha... I haven't really seen auntie Ellen even on pictures, so I was like a teenager looking for his ka-eyeball. haha.
She's the cousin of my mother who've been working in Baguio for almost 7 years.

tiya ellen

tiya ellen and me

the grotto