Every time I see the topographical features of the barangays in the Cordillera, I always wonder how do they carry their babies? Obviously, strollers are not an option here. Mother’s in the Cordillera carry their child by tying both ends of a cloth together and wrapping it around their body and placing the child in [...]

In the span of 5 years, I have climbed Mount Pulag 5 times, 3 of which I arranged. One thing I like about arranging trips is that I get to talk a lot with the locals, guides and porters. And my climb last March 5-6 was one of the best talks I had with the [...]

During the Akyathlon, we were able to run through farms above Mount Sto. Tomas in Benguet and I noticed this hole covered with

I saw this group of people during my visit to Burnham Park and I remembered a similar situation when I was tricked in Cubao during my high school days. How does this modus operandi work? You, the curious one, approach and observe these deeply thinking people trying to solve a chess problem. The Dealer, then [...]

Meet Kuya Franky, one of the taho vendors who walks around Burnham Park. He sells taho with the usual arnibal (brown sugar and vanilla syrup) but he also sells taho with another mix, the strawberry syrup. He first takes a plastic cup, puts in small amounts of soft tofu, adds sago then pours the strawberry [...]