Fruit Trees at Baguio City

Lowland feel is actually felt in some areas in the Highland city.

Early morning ambience

tempting one to just hang around and not go to work

Alinggatong Tea

Desperate moments may come when you need to trust reports on herbal remedies. Alinggatong is said to help for some health issues.

Sign of growing old.

Whenever I am on a ride for a travel during my younger years, my eyes were kept open. I would, then, observe and put to memory the landscape and the beauty that defined the path I was traversing. Now that I am past my younger years, whenever I am in transit, my eyes are closed. For now, traveling time is an opportunity to make a recall of the landscape and the beauty that were.

What is birthday in Kankanaey?

Birthday is used as is by kankanaey speakers. My guess is that no birthday celebration is done by our ancestors. Hence, there was no need for a local term of birthday then. Nowadays, as the current generation are into birthday celebrations, the word birthday is used as by the locals. "Man-birthday si uncle si bigat." = Uncle will celebrate his birthday tomorrow. "Ay tan birthdeym baw?" = Is it your birthday. "Happy birthday ngalod ah. " = Happy birthday then.

Prayer during typhoon

Dear Lord, Thank You for keeping my family, friends and I safe while the strong typhoon is passing by. For those who were unfortunately affected, we pray for comfort and rechanneling to the safe path. You alone can help us. Amen.

Review of typhoon-related Kankanaey words

udan = rain dagem = wind geday = land erosion teg-in = cold bayakbak = extremely strong drip of water ewang = strong flow of water that is getting in along the way The threat of the fusion of the strong wind, the downpour of rain, the whistle, the darkness, the cold temperature, ... lingers. Have mercy on us.