HIBALAG… sa sunod na pud?
Dear Journal, I am new here in Silliman and I am still adjusting to the environment. This school has such a long history and it shares its fair share of memories with the acacia trees that populate the entire campus. It’s still June and not long before August starts, I have already heard about this two-week long celebration where you get to climb on a wall, touch a snake, pet a goat or even get married. I took the opportunity to research this talked about Silliman event as I was interviewing some of my upper-class men in my college. They say Hibalag is where you meet a love that is temporary and doesn’t transcend. It is an old friend that you only get to meet occasionally but you cherish deeply. Our teachers would narrate how they built their own booths in the early days of the booth fest and how it has been a yearly tradition. Some of my relatives who also studied here recalled so much memories during Founders Week. They described Hibalag as if it was something they hold dearly. M...