March 29th, 2008 — Sagada
This post is dedicated to the Sagada-philes among you and for the iSagadas away from home. I think the song was written and composed by Dennis Faustino of St. Mary’s School. Video credit goes to shayenne88.
Just a correction on the lyrics that you’ll see in the video:
* It’s “traveled hills” not “troubled hills”
* It’s “all laden with pine” not “O’laden with pines”
* It’s “dressed in green” not “dress in green”
* It’s “spawned my love” not “spoiled my love”
March 22nd, 2008 — Indigenous World, Sagada
This photo is actually from Sagada in Dagestan, Russia. We mentioned Sagada, Dagestan in an earlier post (What? Sagada is Not Unique?) that a reader didn’t like hehe. Photo credit: tsumada.ru
March 2nd, 2008 — Sagada
The Sagada Lemon Pie, the best lemon pie in the world. Seriously! (Disclosure: I’m a relative of the owner. But this is an unbiased, objective assessment. Hehe.) You can learn more about the lemon pie here.
PHOTO CREDIT: Sagada Lemon Pie House.
December 11th, 2007 — Sagada
The earlier post on land grabbing in Baguio reminded me of Woody Guthrie’s song, This Land is Your Land. You can read more about the song at Rex Pe’s blog. You can also read more info on Woody Guthrie, one of my favorite singers, at woodyguthrie.org.
November 28th, 2007 — Mt. Province, Sagada
Update: Cynthia Banga-an who was earlier reported to be in serious condition also died. Update from the Philippine Star here.
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Eight people died while ten others were injured when a jeepney bound for Besao fell down a ravine in Pegew, Sagada. The jeepney was coming from Bontoc, Mt. Province.
November 19th, 2007 — Mt. Province, Sagada, Tourism
Let’s take a break from controversial (and depressing) stuff like those Baguio City Council members (except Councilor Tabora and Vice Mayor Fariñas) voting to buy cars for themselves to give out our next Boon Award.
October 2nd, 2007 — History, Sagada
The “then” photo is believed to have been taken by Eduardo Masferre while the “now” photo was taken by Daniel Ziegler, an ex-Peace Corps volunteer who was based in Sagada. Thanks to Kent Sinkey for sharing these photos with us.
It is interesting to note that Sagada appears to have more pine trees now than in the past. It should give hope to Art Tibaldo and the Bantay Busol Movement.
October 2nd, 2007 — Igorot Achievers, Mt. Province, Sagada
Our condolence to the family of Rhoda Bondad who passed away last Wednesday.
Here’s a note from Kent Sinkey about Rhoda:
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September 3rd, 2007 — Banaue, Government, Sagada, Tourism
If there is one thing that online communications taught us, it is that you can do things cheaply. So why is the Department of Science and Technology proposing to spend P97.1 million (that’s a little over US$ 2 million) to build a tourism online database?
Granted we do not know the details of this project, but if the goal is to “build an online tourism database for Sagada and Banaue” and to “provide the medium for digital (travel) transactions directly from consumers to service providers” surely they can do it for much much less, say P500,000. Maybe P1 million to be a bit more generous. Boy, do we smell a fish?
From Sunstar Baguio:
Internet link for Sagada, Banaue proposed
August 22nd, 2007 — Igorot Achievers, Mt. Province, Sagada
We’ve blogged about one of the persons in the picture above. Can you identify who that person is and why we blogged about her/him?
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