April 29th, 2008 — Art/Entertainment
Some of you have been googling for the lyrics of the Igorota song performed by Jun Utleg so we decided to blog about it. Here’s the unofficial lyrics transcribed by a bibaknets member and forwarded to us.
Igorota
On a soft green [play] ground by the river bend
She was sitting there to meet the morning sun
She was playing a [flute] when the songbird’s broke out
April 26th, 2008 — Baguio
Note: Back by popular demand.
Mapapa-wow ka sa ganda ng kantang ito. I think it typifies the kind of songs we love in the Cordilleras — smooth, kind of quiet (or walang vocal theatricals), and meaningful.
April 26th, 2008 — Uncategorized
Any chance you will be going to Budapest in the near future? If there’s a good chance that you will, you might want to check out these Budapest apartments at apartmentsinbudapest.com.
But why should you? Because apartmentsinbudapest.com has been consistently top-rated “for its wide selection, cheap rates, and unparalleled service”. Cheap rates and unparalleled service? What’s not to like?
By the way, did you know that a lot of the scenes in the film Munich were shot in Budapest? Yeah, the sneaky producers disguised Budapest as Rome, London, Paris, etc. What this means for you if you’re apartment hunting is that you just might end up living in an apartment where Munich was filmed. Unless of course the producers actually used a warehouse and made us believe that it’s an apartment.
April 24th, 2008 — Art/Entertainment, Culture and Tradition
This could be the most romanticized and most over-acted movie about Igorots/iCordilleras ever? Since when did Igorotas dress like that when they work in the fields? Maybe after they attended a wedding where that kind of wear is appropriate?
April 19th, 2008 — Uncategorized
Say hi to this guy, if you see him biking around our mountains. His name is Amado Picardal, a Redemptorist priest from Davao City who is biking around the country “for life and peace”.
Shocks, Fr. Amando naman inunahan mo ako dito. Plano ko ding gawin iyan. Hehe. We should really give props to our kababayans in Mindanao for coming up with creative ways of expressing their advocacies. Remember the group of farmers from Bukidnon who walked all the way to Malacañang?
April 19th, 2008 — Benguet
Cross-posted at Kaigorotan.com: Our kailiyan Ignacio Canuto should not be ashamed for billing Gloria. Ket inala met ni Gloria diyay strawberry, di dapat lang nga bayadan na. That’s P6,000, pare. Malaking pera iyon. Dapat talaga nga mabayadan.
If anyone should be ashamed, it should be Gloria’s staff because this is something they should have handled smoothly. Isuda ti dapat nga maba-in. Otherwise, Gloria will be liable for stealing if this is what happens wherever she goes, i.e., that she and her people harvest the produce of others without paying. Sabagay, expert naman yata itong si Gloria sa pagnanakaw ng mga bagay na hindi sa kanya.
April 15th, 2008 — Outside Cordi
Here’s something you can add to your “must-listens”. It is a song, with a very Cordillera melody, about them high Swiss mountains. The singer is pretty good as he does a heartfelt rendition of the song (lyrics and melody by H. Foken).
By the way, you can watch a BIBAK-Switzerland dance performance here.
April 13th, 2008 — Uncategorized
How do Americans react to discrimination and bigotry? According to this experiment, six people approved the act of discrimination, 13 condemned it, and 22 were silent when they witnessed a Muslim woman being discriminated against.
April 12th, 2008 — Activism, Baguio, National Affairs
From gmanews.tv
BAGUIO CITY – Celebrated ZTE whistleblower Rodolfo “Jun” Lozada is finally coming to the North, and his visit would be capped by a series of dialogues with religious leaders here from April 15 to 16.
Chie Galvez of the Baguio-based Inter-Faith Gathering for Truth and Accountability said Friday Lozada would be accompanied by the Association of Major Religious Superiors in his talk in the afternoon of April 15 at the Saint Louis University Social Hall.
