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Philippine Independence Day: A Walk To Financial Freedom

June 12, 2009 1 Comment

Today, many Filipinos here and all around the world commemorate the Philippines’ 111th Independence Day. June 12 was the day when General Emilio Aguinaldo proclaimed the independence of the Filipinos in Kawit, Cavite, in 1898. It was also the day saw that the National Flag of the Philippines was first unfurled and the newly born [...] Read more
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La Trinidad 2009 Strawberry Festival Schedule of Activities

March 12, 2009 1 Comment

The town of La Trinidad, Benguet also dubbed as “Strawberry Capital” the Philippines is celebrating its 8th Strawberry Festival with this year’s theme “Sustaining Our Gains and Looking Beyond”. The two-week festival started March 8 and will end March 23. The Agro Trade Fair which is supposed to be showcasing the town’s Strawberry Read more
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More Pictures From the Panagbenga Flower Festival 2009

March 3, 2009 1 Comment

Baguio City is celebrating it’s 14th Flower Festival, also known as Panagbenga, with this years theme “Our Festival, Yours Too.”  The heart of the festival, The Grand Float Parade, was just held March 1. Although there was lesser display of flowers as compared to the past celebrations, the festival drew a massive number of people Read more
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Panagbenga 2009 Pictures – The Grand Float Parade

March 2, 2009 1 Comment

Here are some pictures from the Baguio Flower Festival 2009 that I manage to capture while watching the Grand Float Parade. The parade started at exactly 8:00 am Sunday morning of March 1, 2009. As expected the city’s streets are jampacked with spectators and visitors who came as far as Manila. How To View Just [...] Read more
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Panagbenga 2009 – 14th Baguio Flower Festival

January 19, 2009 1 Comment

The 14th Baguio Flower Festival or “Panagbenga” as popularly known in most parts of the country will officially open on February 1 with a field demonstration and an evening concert at Melvin Jones, just beside Burnham Park. The Grand Street Dancing Parade will be held in the morning of February 28. As usual, participants come [...] Read more
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An-Anusak

An-Anusak

January 16, 2009 18 Comments

“An-Anusak” could be one of the best modern Igorot songs I heard so far although its theme revolves around a tragic love story. Okay, here’s the An-anusak video I found at YouTube. The uploader, Ammys,  patiently included the lyrics so you can go along with the song. Just prepare some tissue beside you to wipe [...] Read more
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The Coldest Weather in Baguio and Benguet

January 15, 2009 1 Comment

Residents as well as visitors of Baguio and Benguet are still lucky to experience one of natures soothing breeze – the cold weather. It was reported that the mercury level dropped to its lowest 7.5 degrees Celsius this morning. This could be one of the lowest temperature dip since January 18, 1961 where the old [...] Read more
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Rainy Days in Baguio

September 12, 2008 0 Comments

It’s been raining all the way for three consecutive days here in Baguio. This is probably due to the monsoon rains brought by a typhoon called “MARCE”. Marce is said to be moving very slow at 7 kph only and is spotted North Northeast of Basco, Batanes. It is expected to reach Taiwan by Sunday [...] Read more
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7 Reasons Why Studying In Baguio Is Worth It

September 5, 2008 0 Comments

Baguio City has always been known as the Summer Capital of the Philippines. Because of this, most people from the lowlands have the one sided notion that the city is just a tourist destination. Little did they know that the city has now become the educational hub of Northern Philippines. In fact Baguio is a [...] Read more
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Baguio 99th Charter Day Anniversary

September 4, 2008 0 Comments

Baguio started celebrating its 99th charter day anniversary since September 1. It has also started launching a year-long schedule of activities for the centennial anniversary next year. There were various ceremonies and parades but unfortunately I was not able to attend even one of them. Anyway, here’s a list of some of the activities this Read more
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