May 24, 2009 we moved to our new home (my sister's new family home) at Sitio, Lamtang, Puguis, La Trinidad, Benguet. Its 9 km away from Baguio City proper. Fresh air, a quiet neighborhood, only the crickets who's noisy. While taking the track to the main road you could hear the stream flowing, the birds chirping and the crickets, you could hear the leaves being blown by the wind, the beautiful plantation of flowers and vegetables. And when you meet the neighbors they're all smiling. You could say that you're really home with nature.
No cables, no phone lines, but with free overflowing water from a spring...a very ordinary way of leaving, you could see children racing down the mountain, women carrying their babies at their back, ordinary houses build with hallowblocks and galvanized iron, unfinished houses but most of the residents have vans, FX, revos, and elfs.
And when you're there you really have to take note of the time especially when going to town, you have to be at least 1 hour early. I usually woke up 5:30 in the morning and get of the house at 6:30 everyday when I go to work. This time i have to embrace change in my day to day life, like waking 4:30 in the morning and going out of the house at 6:00 am to avoid traffic. Buy all the things needed before going home. To be home early, not later than 9 or else you would find trouble hiring a taxi cab to go home and spend two times or at times tripple the usual. I don't usually do the laundry because somebody comes and do if for us, but this time i have too. Going to bed early since there is no cable and our TV could only get 3 channels and my rooms outlets are not yet fixed but there is light, i couldn't watch DVDs nor listen to the radio. We've been there for a month now and I guess I've/we've accepted the change in our life...
Life in Lamtang has really brought us a lot of changes, became more closer to each other, more bonding time and more time with the children, children enjoying playing around/outside the house. Became thrifty especially with the use of electricity and lesser junkfoods and softdrinks (no nearby stores). Children in Lamtang are really lucky to still breath in a clean and fresher air.
LIFE IN LAMTANG IS BEAUTIFUL, ITS LIVING WITH NATURE!
top (L-R): Laurence (husband of malyn), marilyn, Norvey (wife of Noel), Noel
Marietta, Marivic, Grace, Jeremy(youngest daughter of Grace) and Charmain (daughter of Marietta
Noel, Marilyn, Mary Ann, Grace and Marivic
