I will start my blog with my experienced as I traveled to my home town - Bacong, Negros Oriental, Philippines. It's been a long time already that I was not able to visit Bacong and even to return home in Brgry. Calangag. I was not able to see the changes that the town has. I felt like a stranger to my own town. What a bad realization? But anyway, I was able to glance my home town as I was invited to accompany my neighbor together with my Auntie heading to Negros Oriental Arts and Heritage (NOAH) yesterday. My neighbor, Herminia Larong (commonly called "Ate Hermz"), was asking the whereabouts of NOAH because she will buy a cabinet made of wood. She wanted a cabinet for her artist friend to design it as she started also to collect things and decorative made of wood.
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| Ate Hermz posed in the showroom |
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| Ate Hermz and I |
So, we were there at NOAH. We looked at their showroom and asked for a cabinet but we're not able to find a simple cabinet instead. As I've seen their (NOAH) products displayed, I was really amazed with the Baconganons' creativity. Their main products, which are stone-made and marble-made, are really nice. Stone-made products are ranging from souvenir items to furnitures with varying sizes. Me and Ate Hermz are very excited until we could not stop to give a pose and take pictures with the place. Unfortunately, we couldn't take photos of the stone process at their factory because it was Saturday which is only open form Mondays to Fridays. Although, we did not get what we want their but we make ourselves satisfied with things they have at the showroom. In fact, Ate Hermz bought a frog made of wood as an addition to her frog collections. She bought two and gave one to my Auntie. She also bought other products for her personal use.
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| Pugon |
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| Native Bingka |
About 1:00pm, we left NOAH to go home supposedly but Ate Hermz wanted to take advantage with the opportunity to look around the town. He asked me if we could take some place to see more at Bacong but I couldn't think of any place aside from Bacong Church and Old Convent which is now known as Holy Family Formation Center until we finally decided to go to Valencia instead and we were already at the North Poblacion that time. We turned our route as we wanted to pass the Combado road going to Valencia. As we turned our way, we saw a man and woman baking the Native
"Bibingka" beside their house. They were busy and in a hurry packing up the
bingka to a box. We stopped at their house and wanted to buy
Bingkas. Before we knew it, the
bingkas were already sold to a certain customer. But we tried our best to buy at least three pieces just to satisfy our craving mouth and stomach for such native delicacy. After a long negotiation and plead, indeed the woman granted our request. Before we left from that house, we take some photos while the man taking the
bingkas to the
"pugon". I even tried to do the same and pose for a picture. We give thanks to them and left heading to Valencia. We ate the bingkas inside the car and guess what? It really tastes good as it was baked from
pugon using firewood and still hot.
On our way to Valencia, I saw a place where we could take some snacks to relax also. So, I said to Ate Hermz if we could stop for a while. In my mind, this place is really new because I've never seen this before. The place is called
"BAMBULO". They have place to dine in, lodges/cottages to stay, kiddie pool and mini golf. I asked the receptionist/cashier as to when they were started operating. She replied that they started just recently last January 2011. Then I said that this is really new. She added that it is owned by a Filipina married to a Swiss National.
The place was really nice. The structure was made of bamboo and
nipa or
sinibit with bamboos and river crossing under the bridge connecting to their cottages area. Their concept centered with bamboos. It's a restaurant, place for hangouts and vacations within so many bamboos around that you could spend for your loved ones and
barkadas. They offer varying menus from food and beverages including recreation. It was a perfect place for relaxation.
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| The Menu |
With its aesthetic design with a touch of the our native house, we couldn't resist to take some photos and pose to different areas within. I even go down to the river side to see the flowing water from the spillway up. We ordered buko-halo and spent our time chatting until 4:00pm. We never go to Valencia anymore.
We left the place to return home at 4:00pm. It was a good adventure although I am tired. I really spent the day with fun and excitement. Until next adventure and next gateway to stop.
About 1:00pm, we left NOAH to go home supposedly but Ate Hermz wanted to take advantage with the opportunity to look around the town. He asked me if we could take some place to see more at Bacong but I couldn't think of any place aside from Bacong Church and Old Convent which is now known as Holy Family Formation Center until we finally decided to go to Valencia instead and we were already at the North Poblacion that time. We turned our route as we wanted to pass the Combado road going to Valencia. As we turned our way, we saw a man and woman baking the Native "Bibingka" beside their house. They were busy and in a hurry packing up the bingka to a box. We stopped at their house and wanted to buy Bingkas. Before we knew it, the bingkas were already sold to a certain customer. But we tried our best to buy at least three pieces just to satisfy our craving mouth and stomach for such native delicacy. After a long negotiation and plead, indeed the woman granted our request. Before we left from that house, we take some photos while the man taking the bingkas to the "pugon". I even tried to do the same and pose for a picture. We give thanks to them and left heading to Valencia. We ate the bingkas inside the car and guess what? It really tastes good as it was baked from pugon using firewood and still hot.
On our way to Valencia, I saw a place where we could take some snacks to relax also. So, I said to Ate Hermz if we could stop for a while. In my mind, this place is really new because I've never seen this before. The place is called "BAMBULO". They have place to dine in, lodges/cottages to stay, kiddie pool and mini golf. I asked the receptionist/cashier as to when they were started operating. She replied that they started just recently last January 2011. Then I said that this is really new. She added that it is owned by a Filipina married to a Swiss National.
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