UP Food Trip

In the interest of eating, and katakawan, and wanting to spend some bogchi time with my good friends Anie and Jeremy, we trooped to beloved UP for another food trip. And because the great Jeremy Bourdain already reviewed the places we visited, I'll just post pics. Kagutom!

Visita Iglesia a la Bacolod

On the plane back from Seoul, I chanced upon (and stashed inside my bag) a magazine article showing that a trip in Bacolod can be more than just sweets and inasal. So even though it was way past Holy Week, my sisters and I went on a different kind of Visita Iglesia in Bacolod. We started with the usual, conventional stone churches in the city. Then we went to Victorias Milling Corporation for the Church of the Angry Christ.

Then we headed to far-flung Manapla for another unique chapel - the Chapel of the Cartwheels in Hacienda Rosalia. The thing is, it was already starting to rain and the chapel was inside the hacienda. Though people said that we can walk from the main road to the chapel, we were feeling a bit discouraged to do so because of the rain. Finally, a tricycle!

But of course, a trip to Bacolod would not be complete without this.

Cold is love

Everything about Seoul screams koreanovela. Lavet.

Amazing Race: Baguio

I am a huge fan of Baguio. I used to go there whenever I could, even if it is just for a few hours. Baguio reminds me so much of my first love, (hahahaha), my first trip to a bar (i.e. Spirits Disco), my first bottle of beer, my first bike ride in the cold koreanovela style, or holding on to the arm of someone you like just because it is cold. Haha. Char lang.

Anyway, Alvin invited me to Baguio so that we could watch Panagbenga. (Or was it me who suggested we should go to Panagbenga?) Hmmmm. As it was my first time, I really did not know what to expect. It turned out to be an Amazing Race of sorts.

As we tried to join the street parade, we were waylaid by these giants.




Then we rode a gondola. :))



After lunch, we went to Mines View. I have never seen it this packed. Pilgrimage ito?



Finding the street parade? Epic failure. Tomorrow is another day.###

OK, so where do I start?

It's been eons since I last blogged. Meanwhile, I have been to so many places. I haven't found the time to sort through the pictures. (I just had to say it, eh, no?) Yabang mode. Haha.

In January, my sister and I went to Bohol. In Bohol Bee Farm, we had flowers for lunch. Or lunch with flowers. Or flowers for lunch:))





Me and my favorite bunsong kapatid.



Note to self: Blog more often. ###

Sagada

On a not so recent long weekend, meaning last year, my friends and I went on an extreme adventure trip to Sagada. Ay mali pala, my friends went on an extreme adventure - cave spelunking, cave connection, trekking, etc. while three of us roomies slept and ate most of the time. It is a notch colder there than the cooler parts of Baguio, and the travel itself was no mean feat - 15 long hours. Sagada is about 6 hours away from Baguio, and the scenery on the way to, and in Sagada is majestic. :D


I did not get to take as much photos as I wanted to; the cold is making me palpitate. I would have loved to capture more local color.

I miss my jeans!

G pointed me to this blog yesterday. She's a fabulous mom, who, I noticed, wears jeans a lot. As I was looking at her older posts, I suddenly missed wearing jeans. Now if I can only fit in my old pairs. =))