`` ... mi amo .. *

tara na sa panagbenga (day 2 of 3)

2.27.2008

- Feb. 23, 2008 -

Not enjoying a sound slumber, I constantly woke up every hour or so. I'm not sure why.. It might have been the pillows.. the chilly climate.. or maybe the nostalgia --perhaps I just miss my own bed *hehe* Anyway, I finally decided to get up @ 7am and watch tv. I kept waking Ryan but he won't budge *sleepy-head* I knew there was a parade but I'm not sure what time it will be. And so, I called the hotel's front desk and asked for some info. He then told me that the parade would start at 8. Finally, sleepy-head woke up (and so did his friends) so we all had breakfast, took a (freezing) shower and headed straight for Session Road.

The parade's theme was "Street Dancing." It featured all the schools in Baguio and they competed in different divisions. I'm not sure who won but I enjoyed watching all of them. However, the guys in igorot costumes got my attention 'coz you could really see their butts *haha! dun daw ba tumingin*

After watching half of the parade, we then headed to Mine's View Park. There were lots of people taking pictures so I was able to get only one shot. I even saw Doglas, the adorable St. Bernard. Too bad we weren't able to take a picture with him though. Anyway, after shopping for pasalubongs, we grabbed something to eat and went back to the hotel to rest.

@ 7pm, we all went out to get a bite. It was drizzling outside but it was still a busy night. You could see plenty of people walking around. I guess they don't mind the bad weather after all. And so, after having dinner, we decided to tour the ukay-ukays. There were lots of stuff to choose from. There were pants, jackets, tops, shoes and even underwear *hmm 2nd-hand undies??...creepy* I ended up buying a tigger tshirt (i chose him over pooh) for a 100 bucks and Ryan ended up purchasing a brand new jacket for 500.

Just before retiring to bed, we found out that there was a free concert courtesy of Bombo Radyo (i don't know if i got that right). We then hurried to Burnham Park to see who their guests are. We got there just in time.. start pa lang ng performance ng Shamrock. So I got to see Mark Tupaz in person.. ang ganda talaga ng voice nya. Hayyy *dreamy* He sang their famous songs including the newest one, yung theme song ng My BF GF which is entitled "All I Need." The next performer naman was a rock band. Their group is called Join the Club. Honestly, I've never heard of them pero okay naman yung music nila. Ang kulit nga nung vocalist kasi bumaba pa sya ng stage at umakyat kung saan-saan. And yung drummer naman nila nahulog pa sa upuan nya *hehe* Anyway, it kept raining so we decided to go back and go to bed.

7:52 AM :: posted by eddenn :: 0comments :: permalink

tara na sa panagbenga (day 1 of 3)

2.26.2008

I just finished the work I left behind and had my fingers warmed-up.

So here's a detailed account on my three-day retreat to the "upperside"..

- Feb. 22, 2008 -

@ 3:00 a.m., I was up and running.. not my usual morning habit but we had to leave early. And besides, I was super excited (hindi ba halata?) so 3 hours of sleep was good enough for me *wahe* By 4:30, Ryan and I left to pick up his friends at the Balibago shuttle terminal beside Famers Plaza. We arrived at 5:30 and had our breakfast at Jollibee. We left the fastfood after 30 minutes and thus began our journey..

To cut our travel time, we took the alternate routes going to Baguio and we opted for Kennon Road instead of Marcos Highway to avoid the public busses. We had some car trouble along the way pero naayos din naman so thank God.. akala kasi namin hindi na kami aabot ng Baguio *hehe* Lucky for us, unlike dun sa isang truck na unfortunately eh tumaob causing a tolerable traffic near the city's entrance.. at may mama pang nag slide ang motor. Buti na lang naka helmet sya and he wasn't badly injured. Eneweis, despite all these mishaps plus the 4 stopovers, we finally reached our destination by 12:30 p.m.

We checked-in at Burnham Hotel and seeing the actual place (compared to that on the website) got me quite disappointed. Yes, the lobby/reception area was nice but when you look at the rest, especially the front and back (parking area) of the structure, you wouldn't think it was a hotel. Pag park nga namin sa likod, we thought we were pointed at the wrong direction. To make things worse, they adjusted their room rates and we were included despite the fact that we made online reservations a month before (when the rates were still low sa website) So yun, nagulat na lang kami because we had to pay a higher room charge balance. Eneweis, if I would rate the place, I would give it 2 out of 5 stars. SO for those in a tight budget who want a place smackdown in the middle of everything (making going to places easier), with a comfy bed but flat pillows, an antique but creepy ambiance (plus a few critters), a cable tv with poor reception, a hot and cold shower minus the "hot" every 30 minutes or so, a free wifi na hindi kayo aabutin if your room is in the 2nd floor, a carpet that's already worn out, and a lot of lamps na yung iba ay pang display lang pla (kasi ayaw bumukas) tapos yung iba naman delayed magbukas... THEN THIS IS the place for you :oP

Moving on.. we had lunch at SM Baguio, went back to the hotel to get some rest, then went out again by 5pm. Our first destination: Burnham Park. We paid a P5-entrance fee at the Market Encounter, looked around and bought some stuff then went inside the Landscape Exhibit. This is where we took most of our pictures kasi ang gaganda ng mga background *hehe* The designs were fascinating.. wish ko lang ganito kaganda ang garden sa bahay ko *as if*

After the short photo opt, we headed for the ukay-ukay. Nagtingin-tingin lang kami tapos we headed for the City view Terrace of SM and had dinner at Dencio's. The place had a wonderful view of the city tapos malamig pa yung hangin. Talo pa yung naka-aircon *hehe*

5:53 AM :: posted by eddenn :: 0comments :: permalink

tara na sa panagbenga (day 2 of 3)

tara na sa panagbenga (day 1 of 3)

profile

more of me

good reads

taggies

hugs

archives

credits