The night life in Baguio City is rather interesting. Unlike most cities in Malaysia where the people are either out partying or staying at home, the people of Baguio have a different way of spending their nights.
The ever famous Session Road in Baguio City is not only the home to street vendors during the day, but also at night. At night, a whole new world unfolds in the streets of Baguio. Food and cloth peddlers are replaced with DVD sellers and child beggars. It’s not really a nice feeling when a child walks up to you and begs you for money. 1 Peso is not a big amount to give. However, when you give one, a whole colony of children will come begging from you as well.
Homeless people and scavengers are also seen going through trashes looking for recyclable items. Being in a third world country, it may seem a normal thing to the society living there. But most of us, found it hard to truly understand what was happening.
Nevertheless, we kept our spirits up as we explored the night life of the streets of Baguio. And eventually, we came across something or rather a place where most members of society would be against its establishment. It was a striper club. To be exact, a male strippers club.
The girls were really excited about it. But the guys were not. Anyway, we still went ahead to the stripper club. It was the first time for most of us. When we got there, the setting of the club was very Americanized and there was a cage-shaped podium where the strippers would perform.
The male strippers were not really gay strippers. They were heterosexual and were doing it for the good money. One of them said he was introduced into the business by a friend and later realized he was making a reasonably good amount of money. And they also said that they offer sexual services if they were asked depending on the amount of money offered.
The situation in the bar on the other hand was different for both the guys and girls. The guys were starting to feel a little uncomfortable seeing other men strip in front of them. Yet all was not lost as we were told that there was a female strip club just above the male one.
So, we, the guys went up. The female strip club was almost the same. Although, it had more performers. But it wasn’t really a nice show to view. We did get to see some strippers in action but we realize that most of them weren’t really happy doing it. It was like they were forced into doing it.
In the end, the night life in Baguio is definitely filled with lots of amazing things to do. It may not have the best night lifestyle in the region, but it’s different in its own way. And poverty is definitely a factor in all of this.
By Aron
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Hi , I’m Tas a Filipina and a student in the University of the Philippines (UP) Cebu City. You said “being in a third world country, it may seem a normal thing to the society living there. But most of us, found it hard to truly understand what was happening.” The answer to that is not so complicated which is simply that the Philippine government provides little social welfare services and that the reason for this is the lack of political will by government officials and politicians to respond upon these problems— Homeless people, scavengers, children beggars. There is mismanagement and misprioritization in the allocation of the National Budget whereby social services receive very little allotment. The Department on Social Welfare Development (DSWD) is responsible for giving home and care to such people but it lacks sufficient budget. Actually the main problem is that Philippine politics and economy is dominated and controlled by few elites who are self-interested and not concerned about the development of the country and the eradication of poverty.
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what u said about baguio city at night is only half true..yeah sure there is some beggars at night but me living here for a very long time now i dont often see them..and if u classify my beautiful city as a "normal" third world city then i beg to differ..i must advise u that this city was built by the americans so it s a lot different from any other city in the country..and thats why many foreigners prefer to stay here than any other city in the country..about the stripper thing..well what advanced city doesnt have strip clubs in them?. u talk about it like its a bad thing but even if its a bad thing then why did u even go to one in the first place?.. word of advise... next time you visit and blog about a city, remember this one thing.. "the eyes see what the mind wants to see.."
Dear Anon,
If you had seen our video regarding the gay bar we visited, Spider, then you would have realised that there was no censure meant in this post at all.
We are just university students in a foreign land, in search of new culture and experiences through lots of humble understanding.
So of course the gay bar was just another part of the experience which we wanted to see very much as well and it was a very interesting experience.
what is the name of the club? I want to know.
Well said
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