Death and Resurrection by BenCab

Since it was my kids’ first time to be in Baguio, they had to see what the great hullabaloo is with Burnham Park. Their classmates had been telling them there is a lake/sea in Baguio City, an information that I corrected. “Darlings, Burnham Park has a pond, not dagat,” I told them. And boating in Burnham was a must-do in years gone by when Baguio was “the place” to be before it got swarmed by tourists and clogged by SUVs.

So off we rode a boat for PHP 150 a trip around the pond. Little Girl 2 cried because she was thinking we were all going to sink.

After the little trip to Burnham, we drove down to Bencab Museum along Asin Rd. When in Baguio, you must visit this Museum. People were raving about it and now that I’ve been there, I was like, “Ok, nice museum.” But it’s not otherworldly or something that defies gravity. But I do appreciate the art.

View outside, from the  ground floor patio

Here are some art works that I liked. Sorry, I wasn’t able to document who did what. (Bad blogger)

The following paintings are by BenCab

And then of course, there’s BenCab’s collection of indigenous art—> sculpture of the bulol or rice god.

There’s one gallery devoted to the rice gods but I didn’t take photos that much because they were boring without the annotation on the exhibits.

Somebody save this museum from mediocrity! Have it curated well, please.

In the meantime, have to say goodbye first. Next entry is about the traffic jam along Kennon road and why I would think twice about spending Christmas again in Baguio.