It’s getting Colder

grrr… I'm still at my work station and it is really freezing here right now. I do not know our current temperature but my hands and feet are cold! It started to rain early morning. When I woke up at 3am, the electricity was cut off and was restored at 7am. I came to work early because I had to prepare something for the Indigenous Month Celebration Program. 

At this point in time, my hands are becoming pale. I wish we also had heaters here so that we can be kept warm in times like this. I remember the times when I was in Los Banos, there was a time when I had headache almost every day in the afternoon because it was very warm and now I am still complaining because the temperature here is low.  

Well, I have my coat with me… but — it really is cold right now 

Baguio Midland Courier

At last an online version of the Baguio Midland Courier is here. I  never miss to get me a copy first thing in the morning on Sundays. I read the articles page by page… I  somehow feel incomplete when I am not able to read the Midland Courier especially when I am on trip. Im sure most of those kababayans who are abroad miss to read the midland. 

I am in Bukidnon right now to attend a training on animation. This is part of the project by the Commission on ICT (CICT). Benguet State University (BSU) is one of the eight SUCs that were given a grant to digitize specialprojects and technologies found in the university or region.

Thanks to the Internet, I am complete because I read the latest Baguio Midland Courier—Thank you. 

Cafe Maleng-ag

Organic food is such a craze nowadays… especially with the influx of vegetable in China (that are being dipped in formalin to further preserve it and look delicious on our plates)… there is a place in La Trinidad where you do not need to worry about where there food you are about to eat— comes from.

YES… CAFE MALENG-AG. It is located by the driveway going to the Benguet Provincial Capitol. They also offer catering services. It is guaranteed that the vegetable salad and other ingredients to be used in meal preparation are organic. Try their salads and you will surely love it with the various dips that they have. you can also request for special meals in advance. You can also try their organic coffee that is produced locally. They also produce organic sausages.

For more information, contact: CHRIS ABELLON +63922 810 7926 OR E-MAIL chris.abellon@gmail.com

My Trip to Palawan

Palawan is a nice place… there are mountains, mangroves and of course the sea. Unlike here in Benguet, it was warm there… it was a good thing that the venue where CICT conducted the workshop had aircon…  We spent most of our time in the training hall finishing our storyboards and finalizing our scripts for the digital content of educational materials we are going to produce for high schools and elementary.

 There where 7 of us from Benguet State University who joined the workshop. At least we were able to deliver our outputs to the project managers— which was our key to be able to visit the underground river!

 We had to travel more than an hour to get to the undergound river. We rode a coaster owned by the Western Philippines University— it didn't have aircon but still I enjoyed the sights (But most of the time, i was sleeping to complete my supposed to be 8 hour  beauty rest which was only 5 hours hehehe)…

 The underground river tour was a nice experience. We had a good tour guide… there were bats everywhere and you can just smell the stinky odor of the bats. But then when you see the rock formations and  wonder if there are living things below your boat— the tour gets more exciting.

 OUtside the cave, there are monkeys who seem to be used to seeing people. They are just naughty because they grab things— like our sanwiches that I were in the plastic bag I was holding, a monkey with her baby just grabbed the plastic I was carrying. It was so fast so you better hold on to your stuff when you get to visit the place.

I would love to go back to Palawan for a real break to enjoy nature… there are beaches with white sand and the mountains are full of trees.  

Cordillera Day

July 15, 2007— is Cordillera Day…

This is a time for us to look back and thank our leaders for their contribution to what Cordillera is today. All of us are instruments to making Cordillera a beautiful place to live in.  Let us love this place and cherish it… be proud you are a Cordilleran