My Life is My Art My Art is My Life: experiencing bacolod

good friends are like stars... you don't always see them, but you know they are always there...

last thursday, i took the bus to manila and did the first leg of my trip to experience bacolod. i was with friends ritzie and kristian. the bus arrived in manila early so the three of us checked in at my place by the diamond hotel. bwahahaha!
we had the chance to catch on some lost sleep and freshen up before taking the afternoon flight that would transport us to bacolod.

i have never been to this place, tho i have heard so much about it. my ilonggo experience before this was a few bites of piaya for which bacolod is known for. and except for a few pleasant college memories with my former ilonggo dorm-mates in the eliazo-cervini halls at the ateneo, the place is practically alien to me.

Balay Negrense

The Ruins

@ Tana Dicang with Ritzie and KC

i never thought that my first ever bacolod trip would be the best ever short holiday i would take, and i had taken a lot other. after two days of experiencing bacolod, i took my flight and a bus ride home, filled to the brim.

Raymund BB Legaspi

Charlie Co

so today, i am grateful for my bacolod experience which has rekindled, reawakened, renewed old friendships, and introduced, bridged, started a few new ones.

27. my ateneo friends who i have shared my college life with at the eliazo & cervini halls. seeing them again, after more than two decades, has given me the chance to reminisce the good old days.

KC, Ritzie, Angelie Yulo, Alan Gensoli, Karina Montalvo, bidibidi & Connie de la Rama @ the Art District

connie, who made sure all the arrangements were done way before the trip dates, whose friendship made it possible to reconnect with angelie, karina, alan and francis.

Francis Te

who paved the way for us to meet new art friends and new farm buddies. and who hosted all our bacolod dinners. thank you so much, connie!

28. my new friends who i share my passions with, in the arts and in agriculture.


Raymund BB Legaspi


Charlie Co

raymund bb legaspi, charlie co and the orange gallery artists who have shared with us their own art experiences and welcomed us wholeheartedly in their group.