Angono: An Artists’ Town
For years I have been traveling south of Metro Manila to the artists’ town of Angono, by Laguna Lake. A … Continue reading Angono: An Artists’ Town
For years I have been traveling south of Metro Manila to the artists’ town of Angono, by Laguna Lake. A … Continue reading Angono: An Artists’ Town
In 2009, I finally visited the carvers’ town of Paete, in the province of Laguna, when the last time I … Continue reading Paete: Restoring our Heritage
In 1997, my fraternity brothers and I climbed Mount Cristobal, in the Quezon Province. Just across is Mount Banahaw, which … Continue reading Mount Cristobal, 1997: The Devil Mountain
With faulty intelligence, we climbed Mountain, Banahaw, in Quezon Province. Mount Banahaw in known throughout the Philippines as a mystic … Continue reading Mount Banahaw, 1995: Into the Eye of the Storm
Baguio City has become sort of a second home to me. Since I was a child, my parents would my … Continue reading Baguio City: My Second Home
October 2000, I was walking right in front of the White House as I was heading towards the Smithsonian National … Continue reading Washington DC, 2000: Mistaken Identity
Last July 16, people commemorated the 25 anniversary of the 1990 Luzon Earthquake, which devastated central and northern Luzon, and … Continue reading The Great Luzon Earthquake: Baguio City, July 16, 1990
In 1999, I was sent to my second major field research project under the UP (University of the Philippines) IPEGP … Continue reading 1999: The Dumagat of Montalban and General Nakar
Peñablanca River, northern Sierra Madres, Cagayan Valley In 1995, I approached the UP (University of the Philippines) IPEG, a research … Continue reading 1996: Living with the Itawes
In 1993, I joined a medical mission to the Babuyan Islands group, which is the second northern-most island group in … Continue reading Babuyan Islands, 1993