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President Arroyo flew from The Mansion in Baguio City to peaceful Sagada in Mountain Province two days ago. This morning, Dominic and I left Tuding to ride a GL/Lizardo bus on Halsema Highway from Baguio City to Sagada for six hours (including two rest stops). Our old bus suffered the separation of the retread on an inner rear tire, so the bus was sidelined for a while as the driver and conductor removed the outer wheel and tire, then the tangled-up, separated tread, then the tire that it had come off, then put on the spare tire. »→

Yesterday I walked from Vizco’s to, then up Mount Santo Tomas, Kubayao, Tuba, Benguet. I spent two hours, fifty minutes to reach the top, as I knew exactly how to get there, unlike the first time, and I wanted to arrive before nightfall. I saw the city lights this time, as darkness fell while I admired the view from the summit. I didn’t take a camera, though. »→