When life was slow and, oh, so mellow

self-portrait

Monday morning in U.P. Los Baños

I know it’s been too long since we last visited UPLB because we got lost on the way to DTRI. We passed a map of the campus but we didn’t stop to check our location thinking we’d know by instinct where to go and we’d land in DTRI without issue. But we were wrong. We ... (more)

The difference that five years make

kapok tree in U.P, Los Baños

Fresh milk and a kapok tree

*Republished from the January-March 2007 issue of Code Red Magazine (still available at National Book Store) It’s funny how life seems to repeat itself. When I was much younger, I went on many summer trips to Los Baños with my family, often to go swimming with the inevitable picnic basket in hand. Unlike these days ... (more)

Hammocks for sale and a road marker

A road marker stating the name of a barangay in Los Baños. The photo was taken through the open car window.

U.P. Los Baños

If I hadn’t made it to U.P. Diliman, I would have chosen to study at U.P. Los Baños. I love everything about UPLB–from the streets lined with palm trees…

Wooden kitchen utensils

More photos from the November 27, 2005 Laguna-Tagaytay road trip. Resorts and swimming paraphernalia are not the only products of the town of Calamba. Coconuts grow in abundance in the entire province of Laguna and one of the most common products for sale are the “sandok” made from coconut husks. Mortars and pestles fashioned from ... (more)

The 2005 Southeast Asian Games

It was the week of the Southeast Asian Games when we went to Laguna in November last year and the streets were lined with colorful banners. The swimming events were held at the Trace College in the town of Los Baños.