Tuesday, November 18, 2008

Zendo Anniversary

Louie, EJ, Jade and I spent Monday at the Zendo in preparation for this coming Sunday's Zendo Anniversary. Louie found some old photos dating back to the construction of the "new" wing of the zendo (which includes the dormitory and the zendo hall itself).

We managed to put up 3 photo exhibits: a history of the zendo in pictures, the Leyte Memorial Sesshin (which was attended by Fr. Willigis Jaeger,Fr. Hugo Enome La Salle and Sister Elaine MacInnes), and The Zendo images (shots of the zendo done in black and white).

We also took out from the closet some rare memorabilia of the zendo. Rollie senei and I will be exhibiting some of our buddhas from our collection as well.


Monday, November 03, 2008

Road Trip Update

Baguio City -- We left Candelaria, Zambales at 9:30 am of November 1 for the second leg of our Road Trip. We headed next to Aringay, LA Union to visit our relatives from our mother's side. We took the back road from Zambales via Santa Cruz then into Pangasinan, passing by counteless cemeteries along the way, and arriving in Aringay at 1:30 in the afternoon. After a hearty lunch of talaba, shrimps, igado and pinakbet, we visited some of our other relatives in the area. By 4:30 we were on the road again, via the Aspiras Highway that connects to Marcos Highway. It took us about a little more than an hour to get to Baguio City, but it was worth it. We checked in at Prince Plaza and then headed to Jay-J's Inasal for dinner then to Giligan's for some "nightcap".

The next day we went to SM and Session Road where we met up with my niece Lolski. We had a simple dinner at Dencio's in CJH and then headed to Kaffeklatsche for some coffee. After coffee, we headed to Gili's to watch the bad Backtrack, plus have a little booze on the side.

We took Lolski to her dorm around 11:00 pm and had a couple of more beers at our hotel room before retiring for the night.

We decided to exted our stay in Baguio for another day. Today we will meet up with Loklski and visit our Lolo Sergio at the Naval Base, then go to Mines View Park for some shopping and Bulalo.

updates to follow, pics posted under Road Trip 3