We were surrounded by faces with a beaten-down look you see in airports and other transport terminals during a holiday. That look which says, “Next year mom and pop are visiting our house!”. Mine bore a more beastly expression. Resembling that of a zombie mom’s, sans the blood and decaying skin. A drooling Luna on…
events/festivals
Rio Carnival 2012: Party Tickets For Two And A Half
It was chaos around the brekkie buffet table at nine-ish in the morn. Fellow guests have awoken late as well and were zombie-walking their way out of the lift and into the restaurant. No alcohol was served but the room smelled like it. We thrashed our way through the befuddled crowd and heard murmurs of…
Puerto Galera Reggae Festival 2012: An Irie Getaway
It was a throwback to the early 2000s in the Philippines when I frequented 70s Bistro and Xaymaca, dated a dread head, and didn’t mind watching a live band performance of “Get Up Stand Up” thrice a week. Only, it felt odd not lugging around a toddler… And sweating alcohol. The venue: Encenada Beach Resort,…
Oktoberfest, Munchen: Inebriated, Inevitably
“Dees ees your dream, ja? Aaktoberrfest.”, his query was more of a confirmation.“Uhm, ja. Very big dream.”, I admitted, though a bit taken aback. The crowd was raucous, I barely heard him. The air smelt of alcohol, roasted chicken and grilled sausages. Tent waitresses donning the dirndl sashayed up and down the aisles carrying six…
Sinhala New Year: Of Firecrackers And Fireflies
… Drumbeats too. My husband and I strike without plans. When we arrived at Sri Lanka’s Bandaranaike International Airport in Katunayake last April, we had no idea that the country was celebrating Sinhala New Year. We only found out when a cab driver told us that there were no public buses in service for it…
Photo Essay: Panagbenga Festival 2011
So this is the Panagbenga Festival… Jovial, multihued, flamboyant. I was able to witness the Grand Float Parade partly because we currently reside in Baguio, and partly because fellow blogger Joel sort of forced me too. Just so you folks know, I have never featured a festival here (except Oktoberfest which is an entirely different…
Snapshot Saturday: Barrels of Fun!
Full Moon Party
Kota Kinabalu Pre-Chinese New Year Celebration
Forget Climate Change
Smoke gobbling Manila. View of Malate, Paco and Sampaloc from Burgundy Westbay Tower’s Roofdeck.Streets of Manila turn into war zones every New Year’s Eve. And the annual theme: Forget poverty, forget climate change. Considered as one of the happiest people on the planet, the Filipinos greeted 2010 with a bang. Literally. Despite catastrophic Typhoon Ondoy’s…