SINULOG 2009 - 2.8 M People in Attendance!!!

the pics are kinda late.. i was quite busy the past weeks that i didnt really have time to update my small space here... i have ots of posts lining up but cant pst em all at once...tsk tsk...

anyway, these are my pics last Sinulog. 2.5-2.8 Million people went out to celebrate the feast of the Sto. Nino...undeniably, Sinulog is the queen of all festivals and Cebu, the country's powerhouse of faith. Tangub won the contest for the traditional category while the Bee contingent won in the free interpretation category. Cebu was teeming with people. Celebritie were around to join the festival and everyone was on high spirits.

There was a photo contest held and I was kinda jealous of the contestants' high-end cameras. I just love the sound when they click and click. I bet they were taking great photos...well, i can only do so much with my digicam. I am posting em below...hope they're evn good enough...

My First Mass for '09

i had the time of my life when i wen to the Sto. Nino Basilica to hear mass. The novena is said each day until Sunday whne the big feast will happen and thousands upon thousans flock at the basilica to say their prayers and pay homage to the Sto Nino. It was a sight seeing all the devotees of all ages waving their hands to the Holy Child. It has been a long time since i have heard mass and I am glad I did. Somehow, my feet carried me to Colon and down the Basilica without any plans at all of going there.

And i took pics!

Sidetrip in Dumaguete

On my way back to Cebu, I had a little spare time to roam inside Silliman University, walk along Kagwasan Avenue, pray inside the Dumaguete's centuries-old stone church, and wander aimlessly around the city streets. Though I always pass by the city evrytime I go home, I never had the chance til last weekend to really immerse myself in the crowd (again)of the ever gentle Dumageuetenos. Indeed, the city has come along way since I last studied there - hmmm circa 2000, haha. more traffic, more stores, more bars, more booze lying around the boulevard, more foreigners and more people rushing to and fro. It wasn't as busy as it used to be and I love more the way it was before.Hmmm, but that didnt stop me from taking my precious time and enjoying it with the sights and sounds of the city.

I just love Dumaguete...except the weird NORECO posts that are literally on the street already. hahah...







ALIENS BAI
and then there came the omnipresent Koreans who are slowly invading the country - they're just everywhere. Next thing we'll hear they are also in Sulu studying at the Notre Dame of Jolo...LOL...well, this group of the arirang race does look somewhat lost..



I also was able to take, well, better photos than what i have above..LOL.. and of me at the Silliman University Library.












Meeting the Original Punk
....but nothing could prepare me to see Krissie's dad like this ----- which led me to ask, didn't the Dumaguete punks know that Ninoy was the original punk?...tsk tsk...