Above is a photo of the Panagbenga 2007 Night Market at Session Road in Bloom. These are well lit and the decor pretty on the occasion of the Baguio Flower Festival, although in recent years the items for sale have been lacking in originality and quality.
Baguio has a problem with illegal vendors.
The city absolutely REFUSES to catch or penalize them. Thus they are all over our parks, sidewalks, overpasses, and even on the streets at certain times of the day, like Kayang.
In fact, the city fathers have decided to go one step further. Instead of shooing them away, the illegal vendors are now to be rewarded with stalls in night markets to be held in 10 locations within the Central Business District. The city wise men are actually CREATING night markets for them. Read More…
Recently, there has been an argument on the beat the Philippine National Anthem should follow. I remember commenting once in a Humanities class, back in the day, with Professor Edru Abraham, how I thought our Pambansang Awit was simply the most beautiful song.
He said, “It’s a marching song! Ours is a militant national anthem.”
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Regular readers may notice this but I have not been coming up with articles in recent days. However, I do publish comments and respond to them daily.
This is my exercise at ‘listening’ to you.
This site has 142 posts and 37 drafts in about 18 months. A lot of the features still stand, a lot of the problems/situations still exist. A lot of the recommendations and suggestions are still valid.
This blog was first created to feature Baguio in depth, then it morphed to explaining away “garbage,” “ukay-ukay,” “koreans,” “the quality of education in our schools,” “threats to Burnham Park,” etc. But now it is time to work offline as much as online, so instead of complaining, it is my turn now to listen to what you think about these issues.
Of course I will be writing again soon (come on — there’ll probably be something I feel strongly about tomorrow). Just know that I am here everyday, listening to what you have to say.
