The Muse of Mini-Musings: Unofficial Report of Noh in Baguio

The Noh group, Nohgakushi (noh master) Naohiko Umewaka with Kidlat Tahimik (center) --- call him Kid. Kidlat Tahimik

After 5 days and 4 nights of (almost) non-stop rain, I am back from Baguio.

I was an unwilling escort of the group I accompanied when I left Friday but I slowly enjoyed their company and actually missed them (although not a whole lot!) when they left me behind. Oh okay, maybe just for 3 minutes. Because after they left for Manila, I went to another meeting for another project. Sigh. Such is life.

The project was a success, save for small annoyances like last-minute equipment requests and demanding diva moments; but all bearable. The group was understanding enough and tried to adapt to whatever circumstances were presented them.

I have enjoyed this trip as I was able to meet a lot of new people who I wouldn't have met in my usual projects, since they were mostly from the academe. I met Kidlat Tahimik and his son, Kabu (Kabunian, for long) go to their crazy restaurant-vegetarian bar and even to their wild residence.

My only gripe is that I was the token photographer of the group. Ergo, I am not included in most of the photos. Thus I fulfilled my photo-op-less stay in Baguio by taking my own photos inside my room.

Friends, behold my new hairdo.

The new hairdo is not really so new. I remember having this hairstyle when I was supposed to graduate in college. Exactly 10 years ago! Hehehe.

Anyway, after the Noh group left, I was able to enjoy my solitary silence and enjoy the foggy sights at the SM Baguio. I also bought 4 magazine back-issues and stuffed myself with Max's Chicken. To this time, I don't want to eat chicken for a long time.

A couple of hours later, the Budo (budu--- voodoo, sabi daw ni University Vice President) demonstration group came in.

The event was fun, although there could have been more audience but the mere fact that there were no classes, drove the attendance to be less than 500. Still it was a decent turnout.

The Budo group was composed of mostly men, save for a girl (nan-sai desuka? niju-sai desu.) who was the direct descendant of the Takenouchi family -- experts of the martial arts of sticks and tying -- in short, props. The girl, Michiko, was quite popular with the boys in the audience. However, I had my eye on the young virile male of the group, Akira.