The most popular (or controversial post) in this site is The Korean Impact on Baguio. It is most commented on and brings out so many emotions from so many folks who were affected by the thoughts and words therein, as well as their personal experiences with the Koreans as gleaned from the many reactions.
The post title should have been “Where to Go in Baguio for Food and Drink with Internet Connection in a Place that Allows Smoking During a Power Outage at Night.”
As it happens, when I am redesigning www.gobaguio.com pages or working on a new project (which is what I have been doing for the past few weeks), I sleep for about 2-3 hours and work for about 6 more, and the cycle goes on until I have accomplished what I have set out to do.
So you can imagine how upset I was to wake up at 1:00 am just when the power went out, hungry because I missed my usual 10:00 pm dinner (I had lunch at 5pm), with the internet connection off, of course, knowing that my laptop battery will last just over 2 more hours. In Baguio, when the lights go off and do not come back on after a few minutes, with clear skies all day and no storms in the offing, you know it’s probably an announced power outage (you failed to read about in the weekly papers) that will last all night.
How was BENECO to know that I would be awake and wanting to get some work done at 1am?
So the question was where can we go where to can eat, smoke and work at the same time — a place that was not under the same power grid as my house?
In the news is good news. The city has enacted a law that will impose fines on smoke belchers, according to this news report:
“Once approved, all vehicles, whether public, private, found violating the emission standards set forth in this ordinance, shall be prohibited from plying within the territorial jurisdiction of the city of Baguio at all times,” (City Councilor Erdolfo) Balajadia said.
