| The Sunday Club Chronicles | ||
Wednesday, April 11, 2007A Tribute to Traditional Baguio  I'm not sure if this is the best Baguio trip but it definitely beats last year. It was different in so many ways. 1. WE WERE COMPLETE! Well, almost complete. But it was great that Ate Triccie and Olli were with us from Spain, Matteo was up and excited for his first time in Baguio, and Kuya Dondi and Caren were allowed to Baguio too. 2. We kinda didn't fast on Good Friday. Haha! We did, but we didn't. Basta, the whole trip was an eating trip. 3. There were so many traditional Baguio events that were extinct for the past how many years that were brought back just to make newer memories... Thanks to Mama Vicky, Kuya Lito, Ate Boom, Kuya Mandy, and Kuya Nolette and Ate Char! BONFIRE!    Many thanks to the organizer, Kuya Lito, for all the fun on Saturday night. It was like old times. The complete Sunday Club had a big bonfire with lots of food (marshmallows, hotdog, chips and dip, etc. etc.) and were all just in the garden til 1 am waiting for Easter and talking about anything and everything. Oh, and massage time with Maricris. The setup was really romantic. According to those who stayed at Hotel Elizabeth, the garden looked like it was filled with a whole bunch of electric lights. They were tea light candles to light up the place. And of course, we took LOTS of pictures, some of them dramatic, some with funny captions such as "The Whale and The Walrus".   EASTER EGG HUNT! Thanks to the organizer, Ate Char, the kids (Macie, Matteo and Regina, along with 3 of Macie's friends) got to enjoy a fun-filled Easter Egg Hunt in our very own garden. There was food, there were fun activities like paint your own Easter egg, and there even was storytelling time about the first Easter by Teacher Bam.    GOOD OL' BAGUIO ACTIVITIES Of course, there was the usual trip to Minesview, market, Sabado, ice cream at the Filling Station, and buffet at Country Club, but there were the old activities like bowling and mini-golf. Thanks to Kuya Mandy and Ate Boom (who's now Macie's flavor of the month), all of us kids (Regina, Macie, even Bam and I) spent afternoons doing the recreational stuff. Macie didn't even sleep siesta or bother looking for her parents. For as long as Tita Boom Boom was there, all was well. Then there was horseback, thanks to Kuya and Ate Char. Bam, Regina and Macie really enjoyed that one, even Matteo.     THE HOUSE The House was a haven of sorts. It's the coldest place in all of Baguio, with the most beautiful fireplace and the nicest garden. That's where everything occured simultaneously: poker, Mahjong, Cranium, picture-taking in the garden, bubble blowing with Macie, and EATING. Special thanks to Mama Vic for keeping us a home in Baguio for many more memories to come.   -Caren 
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