No videoke in Cagbalete

Text and photos by: Sonny Yabao It was only when we pitched our tent and cooked dinner and opened a bottle of brandy did we hear singing voices with the familiar electronic sound in the background a few meters away. It’s paradise lost again, I thought. But then our loud conversations did seem to drown…

Marni

Text by: Kimmy Baraoidan Photos by: Chris Quintana and Kimmy Baraoidan An LED sign screams the word “Tattoo” from a window on the second floor of a small building next to a church. The building’s ground floor houses a small eatery full of employees from the mall across during lunchtime. The smell of freshly baked bread and…

Old man, long road

Text by: Kimmy Baraoidan Photos by: Chris Quintana  Summer is coming to a close, yet the heat is still unforgiving in the small town of Los Baños, Laguna. The trees are at a standstill, so still that not even a light breeze is blowing. The sticky, heavy air makes moving such a chore. Then, out…