archive of the ‘Baguio City’ topic
Filipino experts in poor customer service in 2008 and 2009:
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Ace Hardware in SM City mall in Baguio City
Air 21 in SM City mall in Baguio City
2Go in Patria de Baguio building in Baguio City
C. A. Optical beside Mabini Street in Baguio City
Columbia Digital Sales Corporation
Curamed pharmacy – west side of Session Road in Baguio City »→
Near Mines View Barangay I found kids sliding down streets on plastic scraps, including a broken personal computer case, a broken computer monitor case and a cash-register drawer tray. I made some photos of the gleeful street-sledding kids then joined them in sledding three times.
China welcomed a new calendar year at 3:56 p.m. GMT+8. This afternoon, boy scouts, girls scouts and elementary school bands in Baguio City paraded down Session Road to celebrate China’s new year. I don’t know why. I thought that the Republic of the Philippines is an independent, sovereign nation. Maybe someone has secretly sold a controlling interest to China, which has trillions of yuan to invest while U.S.A. treasury bills are no longer a good investment.
Rather than watch a pathetic parade in Baguio, I walked from downtown to Camp John Hay’s Eco-trail then past the Country Club, past The Mansion and into Itogon to home, as I’ve done about twenty times. On the Eco-trail I saw more trash than ever, people sleeping (camping?), Korean tourists lounging and snacking …
Today I spent $162 donated from some parishioners of Saint Dominic Parish to buy reference books and story books for Baguio Gold Elementary School in Tuding, Itogon. The principal, Nestor Asiong had written a wish list, and the librarian had phoned me to come to the school to get the list. »→
If you need to go to the Bureau of Immigration field office in Baguio City, Philippines, note that it has relocated to 38 Military Cutoff Road, south of Panagbenga Park and Camp John Hay. The building in which B.I. rents space bears no Bureau of Immigration sign, of course. The building does not show the number 38, either. »→
Yesterday I walked from Vizco’s to, then up Mount Santo Tomas, Kubayao, Tuba, Benguet. I spent two hours, fifty minutes to reach the top, as I knew exactly how to get there, unlike the first time, and I wanted to arrive before nightfall. I saw the city lights this time, as darkness fell while I admired the view from the summit. I didn’t take a camera, though. »→
When I went to Baguio City for Christmas eve Holy Mass celebrated by the bishop, I did not expect to hear heresy spouted from a lector/commentator before Mass when I wished to pray in peace.
“Sambuhay: A Pastoral Service of Pauline Priests and Brothers,” is a four-page, pulp-paper, weekly missalette published by the Society of Saint Paul’s Philippine-Macau Province. In the Christmas edition is the following:
“Introduction (Read before the start of the Mass) … Tonight we are witnesses to an event that no one ever dared to imagine. The almighty and powerful God divests himself of his divinity and makes himself small.” »→
Today I meandered the streets of Baguio City to revisit The Jeepney magazine vendors. Afterward I decided to walk to home in Tuding, as is my custom lately (the past two weeks). I have three routes. Today I walked south on Session Road to Camp John Hay, then I ran on the Eco-trail. That was fun. Jogging uphill was quite challenging in some places, because I’m not very fit, Baguio City is at altitude with humid air, and the trail was steep. I recommend walking the Eco-trail to everyone who can, and I’d encourage runners from the lowlands who visit Baguio City to run Camp John Hay. It’s less-polluted and more picturesque and peaceful. You can go too fast downhill on the Eco-trail, jarring your knees, or you can slow to a jog or walk downhill where it’s steep. It reminded me of running in University of Tennessee’s arboretum in Knoxville.