Baguio Centennial

Visit the Baguio Midland Courier, to view 5 sets of photographs taken by various Baguio-based photographers on the celebrations:

http://www.baguiomidlandcourier.com.ph/baguio_day09.asp?mode=1

Here's a Baguio Centennial anecdote which, by the author's admission, is something "you'll never get to read anywhere":

During the program that followed the parade, Kidlat Tahimik (Eric de Guia, Genie's brother) was going around the grounds in his G-strings with videocam on hand to shoot everything he could. Later that evening, I met him with his wife, his kimmot and the latter's girlfriend at the Centennial Dinner at Country Club, attended by about 1,200 persons. He related to me that at some point, he chanced upon the representatives of Baguio's sister cities. After shooting the group from Guam very close to noon, one of them approached him and reached for his hand and said, "Heto oh, kumain ka na muna." Kidlat looked down on his hand and so a folded US$1.00 bill. He did not bother to return it and said he was going to frame it.

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Anyways, if you are considering retiring in Baguio, consider investing in a G-string and videocam and ply the Burnham Park route on weekends and holidays for your daily keep. (Rey Paraan)