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' C H i ' from the cooooool clouds http://baguiowriter.multiply.com/ <embed src="http://www.notcelebrity.co.uk/flashcontent/flashHeader.swf?thename=Chi+Balmaceda" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" height="280" width="425"> <embed src="http://images.multiply.com/multiply/horizontal-headshot-badge.swf" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" flashvars="user_id=jackcarino&enc=U2FsdGVkX18Bd,wSz.bpHjQQO2.SJzJWbEnNGiBaBMuLE1HUECGiGc4g.M2Voe0PdKoaJ1lJGxEHru6KZyHo914pLFxWGi7UmV8LKoPsxGg=&env=PROD&base_uri=.com&badge_class=promote" height="112" width="300"> Wed, 14 May 2008 15:30:23 -0000 Fri, 16 May 2008 02:00:00 -0000 ' C H i ' from the cooooool clouds http://images.baguiowriter.multiply.com/logo http://baguiowriter.multiply.com 100 100 An Invitation to Environmentalists & Shoppaholics @ Mall of Asia <A href="http://baguiowriter.multiply.com/photos/hi-res/upload/SCrL8woKCmkAAC7S-b41"></A>  <IMG class=alignright src="http://images.baguiowriter.multiply.com/image/1/photos/upload/300x300/RuAMRQoKCnMAAArEcXc1/ZBP2.jpg?et=r%2BenZRl0c2jqyIrp3YxIgw" border=0><IMG class=alignright src="http://images.baguiowriter.multiply.com/image/1/photos/upload/300x300/RuAMKgoKCnMAAAbfS0w1/ZC7.jpg?et=D7kT1iUpFPiNKZRpi9RrIg" border=0><IMG class=alignright src="http://images.baguiowriter.multiply.com/image/1/photos/upload/300x300/RuALsQoKCnMAAHl1Suw1/ZB5.JPG?et=%2Cu4jOL4JBCSKbFwXHoqMTg" border=0><IMG class=alignright src="http://images.baguiowriter.multiply.com/image/1/photos/upload/300x300/RuALhwoKCnMAAHAWzbE1/ZA10.JPG?et=i6qOLDgsB6Kpbxqq94DZlQ" border=0> The opening of my niece Antonette Chan's bag shop - which is on an exclusive franchise from the <IMG class=alignright src="http://images.baguiowriter.multiply.com/image/1/photos/upload/300x300/RuAM2QoKCnMAABmKjJI1/ZP7.jpg?et=RcMXzQuxoYMdBzPNItFmbQ" border=0>innovative ZipIt bag and Envirosax (a soft bag foldable into a 3-inch stuff so that you can conveniently carry it with you all the time) -- is on May 16 @ Mall of Asia, Roxas Blvd., Manila.   <A href="http://baguiowriter.multiply.com/photos/hi-res/upload/SCrL1woKCmkAAC4T6@k1"><IMG class=alignleft style="WIDTH: 136px; HEIGHT: 126px" height=164 src="http://images.baguiowriter.multiply.com/image/1/photos/upload/300x300/SCrL1woKCmkAAC4T6@k1/Flowers%20of%20May%20124.jpg?et=bWOtrs2D856xLVvok3qb2w&nmid=" width=267 border=0></A>     <A href="http://baguiowriter.multiply.com/photos/hi-res/upload/SCrIAQoKCmkAAFkLq0M1"><IMG class=alignright src="http://images.baguiowriter.multiply.com/image/1/photos/upload/300x300/SCrIAQoKCmkAAFkLq0M1/Multipurpose.jpg?et=QIHIBZKnI2BjhutnA7n6uQ&nmid=" border=0></A>     I personally recommend the Envirosax because with it, you can reject and stop using plastic bags altogether while shopping or doing your marketing chores. <A href="http://baguiowriter.multiply.com/photos/hi-res/upload/SCrFVwoKCmkAACVMdNk1"><IMG class=alignleft src="http://images.baguiowriter.multiply.com/image/1/photos/upload/300x300/SCrFVwoKCmkAACVMdNk1/Durable.jpg?et=pCqv3JLjQOE0TDaYL1UhWA&nmid=" border=0></A>   <A href="http://baguiowriter.multiply.com/photos/hi-res/upload/SCrL8woKCmkAAC7S-b41"><IMG class=alignright style="WIDTH: 188px; HEIGHT: 152px" height=169 src="http://images.baguiowriter.multiply.com/image/1/photos/upload/300x300/SCrL8woKCmkAAC7S-b41/Flowers%20of%20May%20123.jpg?et=IEbW9U%2CWwTwjyn8tjn9%2BaQ&nmid=" width=212 border=0></A><IMG class=alignmiddleb style="WIDTH: 273px; HEIGHT: 145px" height=77 src="http://images.baguiowriter.multiply.com/image/1/photos/upload/300x300/SCrFwwoKCmkAADb2QCI1/Envirosax%20Retro%20Kitchen.jpg?et=7EUc8SD72Wz5z%2C%2CNAyvlcg&nmid=" width=171 border=0> Link1: <A href="http://www.envirosax.com/pages/products.php">http://www.envirosax.com/pages/products.php</A> Link2: <A href="http://zipitphilippines.multiply.com/">http://zipitphilippines.multiply.com/</A> Link3: <A href="http://www.just-zipit.com/index2.php?id=21" target=_blank>http://www.just-zipit.com/index2.php?id=21</A>     http://baguiowriter.multiply.com/journal/item/46/An_Invitation_to_Environmentalists_Shoppaholics_Mall_of_Asia Fri, 16 May 2008 02:00:00 -0000 Doma-an "Flowers of May" Sagada child, Dom-an, a nose flute player, gives a brief sample of her flute music as a small prayer. She said that the music of the nose flute comes from the higher planes of that one Cosmic Breath, invoking all, addressing even the Souls that have no body... Here's an excerpt about her advocacy: "Woman plays flute to help heal country" By TJ Burgonio Inquirer First Posted 04:45pm (Mla time) 11/05/2007 MANILA, Philippines -- The sound of Dom-an Manegdeg’s bamboo nose flute can be heard in the unlikeliest places. On Dec. 4, 2006, when the Makati City clerk of court was reading out the verdict on four US servicemen accused of raping a Filipino woman, her “sacred breath music” was hushing the crowd outside the packed courtroom. That music has since been heard at a fast by activist priest Fr. Robert Reyes at the People Power Monument, a Mass for a hazing victim and a “cleansing ritual” at the Commission on Elections, among other events. But outside her networ... http://baguiowriter.multiply.com/video/item/5/Doma-an_Flowers_of_May Wed, 14 May 2008 13:47:39 -0000 An Invitation to New Yorkers from Global Pinoy magazine New Yorkers are invited to attend the launch of the Global Pinoy Magazine US East Coast Edition on 23 May 2008 at the Philippine Consulate Office. For interstate distribution, please contact: 497 Westside Avenue Suite 112, Jersey City, NJ 07305 Tel. No. 201-7802892 For dealership and subscription, please contact: 710 South Third Street Las Vegas, NV 89101 Tel. No. 702-3108888 LINK -- Global Pinoy East Coast Edition </a> LINK -- <a href=http://anvalerio.multiply.com/journal/item/39/Global_Pinoy_Magazine_Vol._1_No._2>Global Pinoy Magazine Vol. 1 No. 2</a> PUBLISHERS: DANIEL dela Cruz and ROSE Espina EDITORS: Coordinating Editor -- ARIEL Valerio US East Coast Edition -- Benguet's DANILOVA Molintas Middle East Edition - poet LINA Sagaral Reyes (Bohol, Mindanao) US West Coast Edition -- Moi Europe and Asia Pacific - Veronica Uy Creative Director - Rolando F. Santos http://baguiowriter.multiply.com/photos/album/89/An_Invitation_to_New_Yorkers_from_Global_Pinoy_magazine Sat, 10 May 2008 17:34:33 -0000 Bamboo Nose Flute Worskhop SACRED BREATH MUSIC Bamboo Nose Flute Workshop Saturday, May 25, 2008 9:00 - 11:00 a.m. VOCAS (Victor Oteyza Community Art Space La Azotea Bldg, 108 Session Road, Baguio City Sunday, May 26, 2008 9:00 a.m. - 11:00 a.m. Botanical Garden, Baguio City "One Breath... flows with the rivers blows with the wind blooms with the flowers sings with the birds Inspires a Dance on heaven and earth... inside and out... For Peace and Healing..." FEE: P500-- two wrokshops and a FREE bamboo nose flute included Contact: Ms. DOM-AN Macagne, nose flute player from Sagada 0918-511-7430, o927-236-1564 Ms. GRACE Calleja, 0917-538-8630 Welcome to the journey of hope, love, truth, peace and healing with KASINAYA Peace and Healing Initiatives Baguio PAG-ASA Initiatives * PAG-ASA - People's Assembly for Genuine Alternatives to Social Apathy http://baguiowriter.multiply.com/calendar/item/10018/Bamboo_Nose_Flute_Worskhop Sun, 4 May 2008 15:33:19 -0000 MARIE B's Site - The Fallen Angel Conceptual http://baguiowriter.multiply.com/links/item/39/MARIE_Bs_Site_-_The_Fallen_Angel Mon, 28 Apr 2008 12:56:41 -0000 Philippine Star's BUTCH DALISAY reviews 'The BAGUIO City Yearbook 2008' <A href="http://baguiowriter.multiply.com/photos/hi-res/upload/SBWyUQoKCmkAABaT1Kc1"><IMG class=alignleft src="http://images.baguiowriter.multiply.com/image/1/photos/upload/300x300/SBWyUQoKCmkAABaT1Kc1/Ibaloi%20Pack%20Train%20or%20Cargadores%20w.jpg?et=BJ3TEvfxr5g9zZmj5SRp%2BQ&nmid=" border=0></A> Today's issue of the Philippine Star carries a review of The Baguio City Yearbook 2008 by Butch Dalisay, great author and columnist for the Philippine STAR's Arts and Culture Section... Dr Jose "Butch" Dalisay Jr. is also a professor of English at UP Diliman. His blog has a link below.     <A class=select href="http://jackcarino.multiply.com/journal/item/58/Butch_Dalisay_reviews_The_Baguio_City_Yearbook_2008">Link</A>:  <A href="http://www.philstar.com/index.php?Arts%20and%20Culture&p=49&type=2&sec=40&aid=2008042726">http://www.philstar.com/index.php?Arts%20and%20Culture&p=49&type=2&sec=40&aid=2008042726</A> <A href="http://jackcarino.multiply.com/journal/item/58/Butch_Dalisay_reviews_The_Baguio_City_Yearbook_2008>Butch">http:ww.jackcarino.multiply.com/journal/item/58/</A>   <H3 style="MARGIN: auto 0in"></H3> <H3 style="MARGIN: auto 0in">Arts and Culture</H3> More treasures from Baguio PENMAN By Butch Dalisay Monday, April 28, 2008 <A name=p0></A>Our recent visit to Baguio for the UP National Writers Workshop — an annual pilgrimage, really — turned up another bonus in the form of a new publication passed on to me by writer Chi Balmaceda Gutierrez, now Baguio-based: the Baguio City Yearbook 2008, which she co-edits with Jack Kintanar Cariño. Baguio City is gearing up for its centennial next year, and this yearbook is a picture- and story-rich contribution to that gre... http://baguiowriter.multiply.com/journal/item/87/Philippine_Stars_BUTCH_DALISAY_reviews_The_BAGUIO_City_Yearbook_2008 Mon, 28 Apr 2008 06:42:00 -0000 (New ! ) Global Pinoy Magazine Looking for MORE Contributing Writers & Photographers <A href="http://baguiowriter.multiply.com/photos/hi-res/upload/SCXbqAoKCmkAABc9WIs1"><IMG class=alignright src="http://images.baguiowriter.multiply.com/image/1/photos/upload/300x300/SCXbqAoKCmkAABc9WIs1/Global%20Pinoy%20cover.JPG?et=pBzv0vJf96ilk3YMMxtveg&nmid=" border=0></A> Good news! An early-bird applicant to the Global Pinoy Magazine has been given the choice to either work at the magazine's Makati CBD Philippine Office or as Marketing Staff in the United States to work side by side with the staff based there.  Now, the Global Pinoy Magazine is still looking for contributing writers and photographers. On layout stage now is the Independence Day issue and subsequent issues of the US East Coast Edition, which will come out ahead of the other separate editions for Asia-Pacific, Middle East, Europe and the US West Coast. Rates for Cover Story is P3,000 and the rest of the stories -- P1,500 to P2,500. For photos, we pay P500 per published item. I am now preparing the Global Pinoy Magazine-US West Coast Edition for September and onwards -- esp the Christmas Issue. The following may be of help to interested parties: Topics: <UL> <LI>The Filipino, here and abroad (OFWs in general, migrants & exiles, success stories, sob stories, etc... http://baguiowriter.multiply.com/journal/item/86/New_Global_Pinoy_Magazine_Looking_for_MORE_Contributing_Writers_Photographers Sat, 19 Apr 2008 17:43:00 -0000 Wanted: Writers and Photographers <A class=select href="http://anvalerio.multiply.com/journal/item/38/Wanted_Writers_and_Photographers">Link</A> http://baguiowriter.multiply.com/journal/item/85/Wanted_Writers_and_Photographers Tue, 15 Apr 2008 18:30:00 -0000 (New ! ) Global Pinoy Magazine Looking for Writers, Photographers & Contributors The Global Pinoy Magazine is looking for writers and photographers, as well as  contributors, for its Independence Day issue and subsequent issues in the US East Coast and US West Coast. Writers will cover the following topics: <UL> <LI>The Filipino, here and abroad (OFWs in general, migrants & exiles, success   stories, sob stories, etc) <LI>food, fashion & lifestyle <LI>pop culture <LI>The Arts ( performing arts, visual arts, film, literature, architecture, photography, etc) <LI>cultural studies <LI>IT ( including the Pinoys in the blogging world, Internet, etc) <LI>Business <LI>Sports <LI>Anything at all under the Global Pinoys' sun</LI></UL> Photographers will be assigned to feature Philippine Tourist Destinations through a photo essay which will be published as the magazine's centerfold. Interested parties may email their curriculum vitae and sample of works to:  <UL> <LI><A href="mailto:anvalerio@gmail.com">anvalerio@gmail.com</A> <LI><A href="mailto:chi.balmaceda@gmail.com">chi.balmaceda@gmail.com</A></LI></UL>   For further inquiries, you may also PM me here.   Related LINK -... http://baguiowriter.multiply.com/journal/item/84/New_Global_Pinoy_Magazine_Looking_for_Writers_Photographers_Contributors Sun, 13 Apr 2008 17:52:00 -0000 Bencab's Paradise National Artist Bencab decided to celebrate his 66th oRbiT dAy with the staff and writing fellows of the 47th U.P. National Writers' Summer Workshop which, for the past several years now, has been held in Baguio City yearly. The UP Writers' Workshop is an intensive 10-day critiquing session for the manuscripts of mid-career writers preparing to publish new works. Bencab's sprawling garden-cum-farm in Baguio's suburbia was the setting for the party. His personal museum of artworks is being constructed there in time for the Baguio Centennial in 2009. Let me share with you this state of giftedness... http://baguiowriter.multiply.com/photos/album/88/Bencabs_Paradise Fri, 11 Apr 2008 19:28:57 -0000 Tiongsan Business Empire Before and After the Fire Caught a glimpse of the news with lots of statics while on board a bus back to Baguio April 2 yesterday. Didn't get from TV that it was Tiongsan that caught the blaze. It was still heavily on smoke at 12 pm when I passed by the area, the fire trucks were still on guard. The last time this business empire caught a disaster -- another fire at its Gen Luna branch -- was around 1998.There are 5 branches of Tiongsan Bazaars now in Baguio-Benguet. http://baguiowriter.multiply.com/photos/album/83/Tiongsan_Business_Empire_Before_and_After_the_Fire Thu, 3 Apr 2008 14:52:08 -0000 Baby Michael, a month-old (w/ Clong-Clong and Pachochot, KUNO) <a href="/photos/hi-res/upload/R-Vc6QoKCmkAAClf@0w1"><img class="alignmiddleb" src="http://images.baguiowriter.multiply.com/image/1/photos/upload/300x300/R-Vc6QoKCmkAAClf@0w1/Baguio%2C%20March%20%202008.JPG?et=JA%2B3x9wek9cZrGAYiEY4%2BA&nmid=&nmid=88784359" border="0"></a>Antonette w/ Lorenzo Antonio, a.k.a. Enzo (Pachochot) and Nicolo Antonio, a.k.a. Nico (Clong-Clong) <a href="/photos/hi-res/upload/R-U-vwoKCmkAAA-PVDU1"><img class="alignleft" src="http://images.baguiowriter.multiply.com/image/1/photos/upload/300x300/R-U-vwoKCmkAAA-PVDU1/With%20Douglas%20at%20Burnham%20Park.JPG?et=q%2Cc%2ChGckrsmkwIVkaraBzg&nmid=&nmid=88784359&nmid=88784359&nmid=88784359&nmid=88784359&nmid=88784359&nmid=88784359" border="0"></a><a href="/photos/hi-res/upload/R-U-ZAoKCmkAAAauSd41"></a><a href="/photos/hi-res/upload/R-U-gwoKCmkAABcam4E1"><img style="width: 225px; height: 300px;" class="alignmiddleb" src="http://images.baguiowriter.multiply.com/image/1/photos/upload/300x300/R-U-gwoKCmkAABcam4E1/Nicolo%20aka%20Clong-clong.JPG?et=N2JlX6wtHv%2B5CzAZhRzH3A&nmid=&nmid=88784359&nmid=88784359&nmid=88784359&nmid=88784359&nmid=88784359&nmid=88784359&nmid=88784359" border="0"></a>Nico at John Hay, then Burnham Park <a href="/photos/hi-res/upload/R-U-ZAoKCmkAAAauSd41"><img class="alignleft" src="http://images.baguiowriter.multiply.com/image/1/photos/upload/300x300/R-U-ZAoKCmkAAAauSd41/At%20Burnham.JPG?et=uzYM64IpHocVvxAG9bTpFA&nmid=&nmid=88784359&nmid=88784359&nmid=88784359&nmid=88784359&nmid=88784359&nmid=88784359&nmid=88784359" border="0"></a><a href="/photos/hi-res/upload/R-U-SQoKCmkAABcam3I1"><img class="alignmiddleb" src="http://images.baguiowriter.multiply.com/image/1/photos/upload/300x300/R-U-SQoKCmkAABcam3I1/1_215043776l.jpg?et=mJry4t%2Bzl3MUWksUIHqwOw&nmid=&nmid=88784359&nmid=88784359&nmid=88784359&nmid=88784359&nmid=88784359&nmid=88784359&nmid=88784359" border="0"></a>Leo Antonio III  (a.k.a. D3rd) <img src="http://photos.friendster.com/photos/42/36/2966324/1_652783494l.jpg&nmid=88784359&nmid=88784359&nmid=88784359&nmid=88784359&nmid=88784359" border="0"> <a href="http://www.friendster.com/photos/13568662/1/253888169"><img src="http://photos.friendster.com/photos/26/68/13568662/1_253888169l.jpg" border="0"></a><a href="http://www.friendster.com/photos/2966324/1/652783494"><img src="http://photos-324.friendster.com/e1/photos/42/36/2966324/1_652783494l.jpg" border="0"></a>         Baby Michael Anthony                      <a href="http://www.friendster.com/photos/2966324/1/140019288"><img src="http://photos.friendster.com/photos/42/36/2966324/1_140019288l.jpg" border="0"></a> <a href="http://www.friendster.com/photos/2966324/1/471564992"><img src="http://photos.friendster.com/photos/42/36/2966324/1_471564992l.jpg" border="0"></a> <a href="http://www.friendster.com/photos/2966324/1/248960538"><img src="http://photos.friendster.com/photos/42/36/2966324/1_248960538l.jpg" border="0"></a> <a href="http://www.friendster.com/photos/2966324/1/835663496"><img src="http://photos.friendster.com/photos/42/36/2966324/1_835663496l.jpg" border="0"></a>            Michael Anthony, a-month old http://baguiowriter.multiply.com/journal/item/83/Baby_Michael_a_month-old_w_Clong-Clong_and_Pachochot_KUNO Sun, 30 Mar 2008 17:03:00 -0000 Fascinating Teen Fashion http://baguiowriter.multiply.com/photos/album/82/Fascinating_Teen_Fashion Wed, 19 Mar 2008 05:33:52 -0000 U.P. Centennial Literary Prize -- P200,000 cash in the pot Start: Mar 18, '08 06:00a End: Apr 30, '08 5:00p Location: UP Diliman U.P. CENTENNIAL LITERARY CONTEST DEADLINE EXTENDED The deadline for submission of entries to Gawad Likhaan: The University of the Philippines Centennial Literary Prize has been extended to April 30, 2008, Wednesday, at 5 p.m. Gawad Likhaan was created by the UP Centennial Commission to celebrate the University’s 100th year. It is administered by Likhaan: The UP Institute of Creative Writing (UP-ICW). There are six awards, each one worth Php 200,000, for original, book-length works in English or Filipino in three categories: the novel or short story collection; poetry collection; and full-length work or collection of creative nonfiction or sanaysay. For more info: RELATED Link-- <a href=http://joeybaquiran.multiply.com/calendar/item/10005/Gawad_Likhaan_extended>Gawad Likhaan extended</a> http://baguiowriter.multiply.com/calendar/item/10017/U.P._Centennial_Literary_Prize_--_P200000_cash_in_the_pot Tue, 18 Mar 2008 10:55:07 -0000 Countdown to the Baguio Centennial Baguio Centennial 1909 - http://baguiowriter.multiply.com/photos/album/80/Countdown_to_the_Baguio_Centennial Mon, 17 Mar 2008 18:35:09 -0000 BAGUIO magazine The poignant story of an Ibaloi beauty queen, Chainus Guirey, Baguio's first Carnival Queen in 1915, grabs the limelight anew in this year's pre-centennial issue of the BAGUIO City Yearbook, a glossy magazine published by yours truly and Jack Cariño. Chainus became the toast of the Manila leg of the beauty contest, partly because of the Ibaloi gold accessories she wore then. At the time, the City of Pines as Summer Capital for the American colonial government was also in the headlines as a sore issue among the Filipino nationalists. But there's a tragic twist to her story -- Chainus died shortly after her rise to fame. During her funeral, schools were closed and classes were suspended. A large crowd, including VIPs, the religious and politicians of the day, attended her burial on Oct. 5, 1920, which was pre-faced by a requiem mass. More on this in the BAGUIO City Yearbook magazine pages, NOW available in Baguio local outlets. It will be available soon at Popular Bookstore a... http://baguiowriter.multiply.com/photos/album/79/BAGUIO_magazine Mon, 17 Mar 2008 16:25:31 -0000 100 Year of Teachers Camp Finally, undergoing restoration. http://baguiowriter.multiply.com/photos/album/78/100_Year_of_Teachers_Camp Fri, 8 Feb 2008 17:23:23 -0000 *2008 DFPP Creative Writing Workshop* DEADLINE for applications -- Feb. 15, 2008 The University of the Philippines' Department of Filipino and Philippine Literature (DFPP) will hold its DFPP Creative Writing Workshop on March 31-April 4, 2008 at the Soka Gakkai Center, Tagaytay City. The workshop is open to beginning authors writing in Filipino, preferably college students. Literary forms included in the workshop are poetry, short story, children's literature, play, and creative non-fiction (short essay). Applicants must submit five (5) copies of the hard copy 12 points, double-spaced manuscript, including its digital file. Authors may submit at least five poems, two stories (10 pages), two children's stories 5-7 pages), one one-act play, and one short essay (10 pages). Applications forms are available at the UP Department of Filipino, College of Arts and Letters, University of the Philipines, Diliman, Quezon City. Deadline of submission is on February 15, 2008. For details, call Mr. ... http://baguiowriter.multiply.com/calendar/item/10016/2008_DFPP_Creative_Writing_Workshop Fri, 8 Feb 2008 17:07:23 -0000 HU-- Soul Travel http://baguiowriter.multiply.com/video/item/3/HU--_Soul_Travel Fri, 8 Feb 2008 16:50:21 -0000 Man Asian Prize Exec to Meet with Local Writers Jan. 24 Man Asian Prize Exec Director to Meet with Local Writers, Jan. 24     Peter Gordon, Executive Director of the Man Asian Literary Prize, will be in Manila on Thursday, January 24, to promote the prize among Filipino writers and to speak on "International Opportunities for Filipino Writers." The UP Institute of Creative Writing is hosting his talk, which will be held that day at 2:30 pm at the AVR Room, 2nd floor, Rizal Hall (Faculty Center), UP Diliman.   The Man Asian—informally known as the "Asian Booker"—was established in 2006 and made its first award in 2007 for the best unpublished novel in English or English translation by an Asian. Filipino fictionist and UP professor Jose Dalisay Jr.'s novel Soledad's Sister made the shortlist of the inaugural prize, which drew 243 entries from all over Asia. The deadline for the 2008 Man Asian is March 31.   Gordon will speak about the prize and on literary publishing in Asia in general. The UPICW is invi... http://baguiowriter.multiply.com/journal/item/78/Man_Asian_Prize_Exec_to_Meet_with_Local_Writers_Jan._24 Tue, 15 Jan 2008 06:25:55 -0000 Hillside Dwellers Mountain dwellers could trade lives for "windows with a view" (He-heh!). This LANDSLIDE, certainly, is peanuts. http://baguiowriter.multiply.com/photos/album/65/Hillside_Dwellers Wed, 2 Jan 2008 19:09:57 -0000 1909-2009: Countdown to the Baguio Centennial <h1><a rel="nofollow" href="/photos/hi-res/upload/R3t07AoKCnMAAEp7khw1"></a><a rel="nofollow" href="/photos/hi-res/upload/R3t07AoKCnMAAEp7khw1"><img style="width: 337px; height: 204px;" class="alignleft" src="http://images.baguiowriter.multiply.com/image/1/photos/upload/300x300/R3t07AoKCnMAAEp7khw1/benguet_igorots%5B2%5D.jpg?et=cTtUeORCd2iVmh7K21EOJQ&nmid=" border="0"></a></h1><h1>Browse on                 Baguio History</h1> In the late 16th century, the Spaniards colonized the Philippines.  <h1 style="color: rgb(0, 0, 102);"><a href="http://baguiowriter.multiply.com/photos/hi-res/upload/R3t07AoKCnMAAEp7khw1"></a></h1> Seven years after the Spaniards settled in Manila, a<a href="http://jackcarino.multiply.com/photos/hi-res/upload/R3gfKQoKCm8AAAFNWUE1"></a> Spanish official, Juan de Salcedo, went to the North and into the mountains to search for gold. He then stumbled into a land of fertile valleys, virgin forests and ore-rich streams. Gold was found and armies of soldiers, priests and fortune hunters came . Numerous battles with fierce mountain tribes resulted in loss of life and livelihood. The Spaniards found the mountain people difficult to rule, thus they parcelled the com mandancias into rancherias that they placed in the hands of the landed gentry.<h1><a href="http://baguiowriter.multiply.com/photos/hi-res/upload/R3t1PAoKCnMAAFcdKQ41"><img style="width: 335px; height: 213px;" class="alignright" src="http://images.baguiowriter.multiply.com/image/1/photos/upload/300x300/R3t1PAoKCnMAAFcdKQ41/dog%20market.jpg?et=4Amkt3Qg9dAD8gDqtpKYcw&nmid=" border="0"></a></h1> In the summer of 1892, a young American zoological collector named Dean C.  Worcester was approached in the wilds of Mindoro Island, while at work, by Domingo Sanchez, a member of the Spa... http://baguiowriter.multiply.com/journal/item/75/1909-2009_Countdown_to_the_Baguio_Centennial Wed, 2 Jan 2008 04:24:00 -0000 JK Rowling's Ancient House Inspired "Harry Potter" <h2><a rel="nofollow" href="/photos/hi-res/upload/R3ZYNwoKCnMAADdDCdU1"><img class="alignmiddleb" src="http://images.baguiowriter.multiply.com/image/1/photos/upload/300x300/R3ZYNwoKCnMAADdDCdU1/2123766970_4cc3a3f329_o.jpg?et=w5OIDTl98nMZcnW0BPY7nw&nmid=" border="0"></a></h2> <h2>A fellow Flickr addict -- Roman "shexbeer" Sołowiej, of GDAŃSK, Poland, <a rel="nofollow" href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/shexbeer/2123766970/">http://www.flickr.com/photos/shexbeer/2123766970/</a> and <a rel="nofollow" href="http://www.shexbeer2.blogspot.com/">http://www.shexbeer2.blogspot.com</a> -- posted photos from his vacation last year in UK. They stayed in Tutshill near JK Rowling’s country house.</h2> <h2> </h2> <h2>He gave me permission to blog this photo.</h2> http://baguiowriter.multiply.com/journal/item/70/JK_Rowlings_Ancient_House_Inspired_Harry_Potter Sat, 29 Dec 2007 14:18:00 -0000 Safe Sex Poetry <a href="/photos/hi-res/upload/R07fYQoKCnMAACHRn@s1"><img class="alignright" src="http://images.baguiowriter.multiply.com/image/1/photos/upload/300x300/R07fYQoKCnMAACHRn@s1/5%20Pink%20n%20Blue.jpg?et=J6yXH601sffpppWXKOrJhA" border="0"></a>Safe Sex Poems. The Baguio Writers Group is mulling on giving away prizes for the safest and the sexiest poems during the poetry reading at Rumours Bar along Session Road, Baguio City on Dec. 1, Aids Day, at 9:30 pm.       The audience may vote for which is the safest and which is the sexiest.                                                                                                              ... http://baguiowriter.multiply.com/journal/item/69/Safe_Sex_Poetry Thu, 29 Nov 2007 15:14:00 -0000 Safe Sex Night *"Ribbed, Dotted or Strawberry: Poetry Reading on Safe Sex"* The Baguio Writers Group and Ubbog (a group of young Cordillera writers) will hold a poetry reading on safe sex. Dec. 1 at 9:30 p.m. at Rumours Bar Session Road, Baguio City. The event marks International AIDS Day. Entitled "Ribbed, Dotted or Strawberry," the reading features 10 poets who will celebrate sex and romance without life-changing results like pregnancy and STD. Open-mike reading follows. Volunteer readers are welcome and encouraged not to be intimidated by the subject. Safe sex has a wide scope. As one of the members said, it could just be gazing at the moon and thinking of the beloved. Or it can be as raunchy as torrid kissing, heavy petting, mutual masturbation. You may read your own stuff, read another's or heckle other poets whose idea this is. Please text or email Babeth Lolarga if you'll be in the shortlist of 10 readers. Her number is 0916-242-1637. The sponsors are Rumours, Ph... http://baguiowriter.multiply.com/calendar/item/10015/Safe_Sex_Night Tue, 27 Nov 2007 14:14:43 -0000 Things We Take for Granted in Baguio-1 HERITAGE BUILDINGS Baguio's built-heritage is largely ignored at the moment. Old theater buildings which bespeak of the glorious styles of pre-war architecture and of more peaceful times, are past fading out of the scene, getting decommissioned or simply over ran by the latest developments in the malls. Over at famous Laperal House (a.ka. White House or Haunted House along Leonard Wood Road) which is of 1923 vintage, a posh hotel will -- soon, sooner or a little later -- rise on the same spot. Want to take a look INSIDE this haunted house? Here are the LINKS--- Dr. Rudi Tabora's Site -- THE LAPERAL HOUSE: If only walls could speak Baguio after dark: <a rel="nofollow" href=http://www.manilastandardtoday.com/?page=goodLife04_oct31_2003>http://www.manilastandardtoday.com/?page=goodLife04_oct31_2003</a> The Laperal tragedy, the saga continues. Article on the fate that befell the family. <a rel="nofollow" href=http://newsinfo.inquirer.net/breakingnews/nation/view_article.php?article_id=93775>http://newsinfo.inquirer.net/breakingnews/nation/view_article.php?article_id=93775</a> More photos of the Laperal house from Multiply by 6: boy yniguez: <a href=http://boyyy.multiply.com/photos/album/129/THE_LAPERAL_HOUSE_?replies_read=15>http://boyyy.mult... http://baguiowriter.multiply.com/photos/album/32/Things_We_Take_for_Granted_in_Baguio-1 Wed, 14 Nov 2007 03:36:15 -0000