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DEC2015 Volume 17, No. 7

4 Not Your Usual Editor’s Note Baguio In My Mind

By Johannes L. Chua

TASTE #TravelForFood

6 Yummy Mix

by Mae Lorraine Rafols-Lorenzo 8 Sashimi Supreme

by Raymund Magno Garlítos

# SHARE TO Ü

12 Intense Interaction

by Mae Lorraine Rafols-Lorenzo 14 Magic Moments

by Mae Lorraine Rafols-Lorenzo 16 3D Fun

by Kathrina Paz Elefante 17 Grévin Greats

by Kathrina Paz Elefante 18 Make Mine Museo!

by Raymund Magno Garlítos 19 Wildlife Wonders

by Raymund Magno Garlítos

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21 Forever Baguio

by Mae Lorraine Rafols-Lorenzo 24 Comfort and Cool

by Mae Lorraine Rafols-Lorenzo 25 Literary Labyrinth

by Kathrina Paz Elefante 25 Space Oddity

by Kathrina Paz Elefante 26 Beer or Bust

by Mae Lorraine Rafols-Lorenzo 28 Pizza Perfect

by Mae Lorraine Rafols-Lorenzo 30 Sky High

by Kathrina Paz Elefante 31 Conquering Challenging Terrain

by Mae Lorraine Rafols-Lorenzo 32 Creative Forces

by Mae Lorraine Rafols-Lorenzo & Kathrina Paz Elefante 37 Highland Holiday

by Joseph T. Bautista

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DEC2015 Volume 17, No. 7

#GoingPlaces Editor-in-Chief JOHANNES L. CHUA

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Managing Editor MAE LORRAINE RAFOLS-LORENZO Executive Editor R AY M U N D M AG N O G A R L I T O S Associate Editor K AT H R I N A PA Z E L E FA N T E Creative Director MARK CABALANG Graphic Designers A N A PA Z N AVAT MARK ANDREW NERI

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Contributing Editors PINKY CONCHA COLMENARES, VIC ALCUA Z , GIGI ANGK AW, J O S E P H B A U T I S TA , ALICE SUN-CUA, ENRICO DEE, TA N YA S E V I L L A - S I M O N Contributing Writer GAEL HILOTIN Contributing Photographer K aren C abusora , J O V E L L O R E N Z O , ROMEO MARIANO, JERICHO SAN MIGUEL

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Contributing Illustrator DOM OCHOTORENA

Advertising Department Manager M A R I S S A V. L A PI R A Brands Manager IAN BELLEZA

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42 Peak Perfect

by Kathrina Paz Elefante 45 Finding Everland

by Kathrina Paz Elefante 48 Starry Starry Night

by Kathrina Paz Elefante 50 Perak Paradise

by Gael Hilotin 52 Coastal Comfort

by Alice M. Sun-Cua

# Great portraits 32 Chasing Baguio

by Jovel Lorenzo 54 Tangub Sparkles

by Enrico Dee 56 Hane Holiday

by Romeo Mariano

vibes & voices 58 TOP LOAD

More Options Than That Place

Called Sagada

by Joseph T. Bautista 61 MEDICALLY YOURS Don’t forget to wash your hands

by Alice M. Sun-Cua, MD 62 BYAHILO

Christmas De-Light!

by Enrico Dee 63 SUMPTUOUS BITES Upcycling Your Holiday Leftovers

by Chef Gigi Angkaw 64 FRAZZLED/DAZZLED Accidentally, A Tour Guide

by Tanya Sevilla-Simon 66 TRENDING 72 # Great personality 10+1: LJ Moreno-Alapag

by Mae Lorraine Rafols-Lorenzo

JOHANNES L. CHUA joechua11@yahoo.com

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Ever since I can remember, it was always Baguio. My first road trip (I think I was around 5) was in Baguio and I still have a vivid memory of pine trees and being perpetually cold. Years after that, a revisit to Baguio consisted of an awkward horseback ride at Wright Park (I fell!) and a disastrous banca ride at Burnham (I fell again!). I was not only cold, I was shivering wet.

Then high school came. My bestfriends Will and Kenford were my Baguio ‘besties’. Will’s vacation home in Balacbac has one of the best Baguio sceneries. And we would just sit there for hours until it was time to sleep.

Then came the ‘rendezvous’ years. Instead of entering my class in DLSU, I would enter the bus going to Baguio early in the morning. I will be in Baguio around lunch, grab some bite in one of the carenderias, walk around Burnham and Session Road, buy some peanut brittle and strawberry jams (there were no ukay-ukay stalls yet), and ride the bus back to Manila. I was home by 10 p.m.

Then came the ‘workshop’ years. I was enrolled in a poetry class for my Master’s Degree in Creative Writing under National Artist Dr. Cirilo F. Bautista. We were billed in Teacher’s Camp and we would all haunt ourselves with ghost stories. When we were not doing that, we were visiting writers and artists (I got to meet another National Artist, BenCab!) and even attended a poetry reading with Cordilleran writers. Years later, Dr. Bautista and I would travel together to Baguio to visit his home there and I was very amazed with his book collection and the small corner upstairs where he used to write his poems.

When I was involved with this magazine, Baguio never left my mind. There were numerous times when Baguio was the destination, or a jump-off point to Sagada, or the Mountain Province.

My most recent trip to Baguio happened two weeks before Kenford finally migrated to the US in the last week of October.

Together with Will, we did the Baguio trip like the old times, like when we were still young. We took the early morning bus and arrived in Baguio in time for lunch. It was a memorable trip, made more comfortable with our stay at Le Monet. We revisited old haunts, tried new restaurants (such as this wonderful Korean buffet place), and had a blast reminiscing our Baguio stories amid the cool crisp weather – but we also had our eyes in the future, how we have to move on in our lives and embark on new adventures.

But there’s one thing that is constant… which is our friendship, and of course, Baguio.

Yummy Mix Meet your meat fantasy at Sandaya Yakiniku

By MAE LORRAINE RAFOLS LORENZO P hotos by J O V E L L O R E N Z O

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