Last January 4, 2009, my husband and I attended the 44th birthday party of my husband's relative. It was held at her home. There was all night ballroom dancing to a live band playing various tunes. It was an enjoyable event highlighted by a performance of two (2) young female fire dancers.
One was lithe and statusque while the other lady dancer was petite and voluptuous. Both dancers danced gracefully while performing various moves with the fireballs hanging on ropes from both hands. I have placed a linked to the videos of their dance as taken by my husband Jun.
Below is a glimpse or short video of a fire dancer performing at the party. For a full video of their dance please click on the title of this blog post to be directed to my husband's YouTube Video.
January 15, 2009
November 5, 2008
Birthday Vacation in the Beautiful Islands of Palawan
| Birthday Vacation in the Beautiful Islands of Palawan | for everyone |
3:00 pm - We arrived at the Puerto Princessa Airport where we were fetched by vans and a pick up as pre-arranged by Arlo and Gigi. We went straight to the home of Nikay (Arlo's wife) in Roxas, Puerto Princesa.
7:00 pm - We were treated to a sumptuous dinner at a restaurant owned by Arlo's friend, who later on, graciously brought us for a stroll by their Baywalk. The smell of the sea at the Baywalk was beckoning to us. We were so excited for the days to come .......
October 24, 2008 3:00 am - All packed into our vans, we all journeyed along the long, winding road to El Nido.
11:00 am - Arrival at Marina Garden Resort in El Nido
11:30 am - 6:00 pm Went island hopping. Beer - Sea - Sun - Fun
7:00 pm - 11:00 pm Rest and Sleep .....
11:00 pm - 12:30 midnight - Dinner and relaxation with friends
October 25, 2008 6:00 am - I was jolted out of my sleep with the chatter and noise of someone talking on his cellphone. I was about to get up from my comfortable bed when a foreigner's shouted out to silent him. With a sigh, I slumbered back to bed.
10:00 am - My sweetheart woke me with a kiss ( he he) - it was my
birthday! Going outside, I received greetings of "Happy Birthday" from the group.
12:00 noon - An array of sea food and vegetables was laid out on a long table for lunch - a gastronomic delight!
2:00 pm - We were all on the road to Sabang, Puerto Princesa where the underground river is located. We stopped for around 20 minutes when the other van suffered a flat tire. We took this break to stretch our legs and of course ..... picture picture!
9:30 pm - We arrived at Taraw Beach Resort in Sabang.
Oh no! we were informed that there will be no electricity from 10:00pm to 5:00am. What a torture it would be! We finally resolved to pay for the fuel needed to keep the generators on. Great Relief!
We took dinner in one of the nipa huts before retiring to our quarters. Of course, they had a few beers - Red Horse and San Mig Lights, too. This vacation, beer was drunk like water by most members in the group.
It was agreed that everyone, except me, will leave at 6:00am and hike to the underground river nearby. They would be taking the Monkey Trail instead of the Jungle trail as the women decided to go with the men. Unfortunately, I could not take that route because of my knee injury last year. I would ride a "banca" at Daluyon and meet them at the entrance of the underground river by 9:00am. My boat ride would take only 15 minutes whereas their Monkey Trail Hike would take around 3 hours.
October 26, 2008 9:30am - We met up at the entrance to the underground river. We split into 2 groups and took 2 "bancas" into the underground river. Unfortunately, even with a flash my digital camera was unable to take pictures of the inner taverns of the underground cave. Our boatman was jolly and very informative while showing us the various formations of stalactites and stalagnites. With his creative imagination, we saw a bundle of fruit formations, images of Mary and Jesus Christ, a big mushroom etc. Bats abounded inside so we had to keep our voices low as not to disturb them. To the dismay of the men in our group, our boatman informed us that we missed the delegation of Miss Earth Beauties by one day. He he he
The underground river stretches 8 kms long but our permit only allowed us to go as far as 1.5 kms into the cave. So we had to turn around at a certain point. It took us approximately 45 minutes in and out of the underground river. By the time we left there was a long queue of tourist at the entrance waiting for their turns to go in. It was fortunate that we arrived early.
12:00 noon - We were back at Taraw Beach Resort where a buffet lunch was served in one of its large nipa cabanas.
1:00 pm - We were again on the road. This time we were headed for Honda Bay which our van drivers advised us were 2 hours away.
3:00 pm - Arrival at Honda Bay. We again split into 2 groups as the "bancas" could accommodate only 6 passengers.
4:00 pm - Snake Island - We all took a dip in the clear green water. My husband and friends fed the fishes with bread crumbs
5:30pm - We headed back to Honda Bay. This time the boatmen reved up, joyfully egged on by the group. A boat race for home began between the 2 boats.
A little past 6pm, we were safely back on shore. We all loaded back into the vans and headed to the home of Nikay in Roxas, Puerto Princesa. The last night at Puerto Princesa was the same as our first night. The group drank, sang and danced.
October 27, 2008 6:00 am - Lorena woke me up and asked if I would like to go with to market. I hurriedly got ready and we rode the pick up to the market. Souvenirs that we saw at El Nido, Sabang and Honda Bay were all found at the Puerto Princesa market. But the Puerto Princesa market is tourist haven for souvenirs, as these were comparably cheaper than the same items found in other places.
After the visit to the market, we passed by the airport where Yeye got our boarding passes before proceeding back to Nikay's home. It was good foresight as we had some minor snags before the group finally made it to the airport a little after 10:00am. Our flight was scheduled to leave at 10:15am.
11:10 am Touch down at NAIA Terminal 3. Home Sweet Home!
September 9, 2007
Lance's 4th Birthday
It was my nephew's birthday last Sept 6 and his mother's (my sister) birthday last Sept 5. So they celebrated their birthday together last Friday, September 7.
My husband and I went up to Antipolo City. I sat at the back seat with my left leg nestled comfortably on a pillow. My daughter Valerie, a 3rd year nursing student, was on OJT at a Health Center in Bayugo, Meycauayan, Bulacan. My sons Roy and Chris were at Emilio Aguinaldo College.
Here is a video of Lance who tried to blow out his birthday candles. His birthday candles kept relighting so his older brother Kevin and cousin Bimbim helped him extinguish the flame.
ALL FOR ONE AND ONE FOR ALL
Support The Filipino
September 3, 2007
I have dedicated a page in my website to articles showing Filipino talents, strengths, traits - Proud to be Pinoy articles, write-ups etc. Likewise, I have created a FILIPINO LINKS page listing links to other Filipino Websites. As such, I constantly surf the internet, read newspapers, magazines and even my emails for interesting articles of our kababayan here and abroad.
In one of my surfing forays, I came across the "YABANG PINOY" website. This is a group of young Filipinos aiming to support and uplift Philippine-made products.
A few years back, these names - Hyundai, Ssangyong, Kia, Samsung etc. - were small players in the international market. What do these names have in common? They are brand names of Korean products. I read in an article somewhere that the Koreans are known to be nationalistic with regards to their products. The Korean consumers enthusiastically buy Korean-made products. Today, these brands are globally competitive. The brands - Hyundai, Kia, Ssangyong, Samsung etc. are now well-known and respected in their fields in the international market. The nationalistic support of the Koreans for their products may be one big factor that has contributed to the rapid growth and globalization of their products.
YABANG PINOY's campaign for a social epidemic in Filipino pride and all things Filipino deserves not only the support of the Filipino consumers but that of the Philippine government, NGOs and socially oriented groups as well.
"YABANG PINOY" will be hosting the "GLOBAL PINOY BAZAAR" to be held at the Rockwell Tent, Makati City on October 21, 2007, Sunday.
I hope that by that time I will be able to walk without crutches.
I have dedicated a page in my website to articles showing Filipino talents, strengths, traits - Proud to be Pinoy articles, write-ups etc. Likewise, I have created a FILIPINO LINKS page listing links to other Filipino Websites. As such, I constantly surf the internet, read newspapers, magazines and even my emails for interesting articles of our kababayan here and abroad.
In one of my surfing forays, I came across the "YABANG PINOY" website. This is a group of young Filipinos aiming to support and uplift Philippine-made products.
A few years back, these names - Hyundai, Ssangyong, Kia, Samsung etc. - were small players in the international market. What do these names have in common? They are brand names of Korean products. I read in an article somewhere that the Koreans are known to be nationalistic with regards to their products. The Korean consumers enthusiastically buy Korean-made products. Today, these brands are globally competitive. The brands - Hyundai, Kia, Ssangyong, Samsung etc. are now well-known and respected in their fields in the international market. The nationalistic support of the Koreans for their products may be one big factor that has contributed to the rapid growth and globalization of their products.
YABANG PINOY's campaign for a social epidemic in Filipino pride and all things Filipino deserves not only the support of the Filipino consumers but that of the Philippine government, NGOs and socially oriented groups as well.
"YABANG PINOY" will be hosting the "GLOBAL PINOY BAZAAR" to be held at the Rockwell Tent, Makati City on October 21, 2007, Sunday.
I hope that by that time I will be able to walk without crutches.
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