It’s unmistakable. Bacolod is the most laid-back the word ‘laid-back’ could get.  I like Bacolod City. Try googling Bacolod and you’ll find out that it once ranked Number 1 as the Most Competitive Mid-Sized City in 2005 and was named as the Best Place to Live in the Philippines last 2008 by Moneysense magazine, with Makati as second and Manila down at 11. If one believed in signs, a flight delayed for 7 hours might have been the end of it.

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The surprises never end. Early Friday morning, we headed off to Victorias City, an hour north of Bacolod City. Andrew agreed to meet us up and bring us to the Church of the Angry Christ, including a side trip to their demo farm.  Apparently, the ‘demo’ farm is a 3000-sqm swampy land that now produces herbs, crops, and vegetables, and where groups of swine, chicken, duck, and rabbit are raised organically. The land, owned by Andrew’s family, was originally a

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