Spare me Some Fish Balls

Out on the street on a sunny day, during the Sinulog Festival Celebration Amiel was enjoying his delicious fish balls. Go Amiel!

Cebu Sinulog Festival Cebration 2008

Sinulog Festival is one of the biggest celebrations here in Cebu City. People from different cities and provinces traveled just to witness the event. Basilica del Sto. Niño is too crowded that it seems impossible to go inside and light a candle. The celebration is a religious event for Catholic people in honor of the Child Jesus, Niño. These pictues I have posted below show the different performances from the different participants. All I can say is that the event was great. My only concern is, this celebration is becoming commercialized. Businessmen are taking advantage of this event and some industries just participated the event to be recognized. They made beautiful floats and hired models. I just wonder if they still feel the true spirit of the celebration. To all the dancers, congratulations, you have done a great job even if it rained.

What Lies Ahead?

This is my friend Jerry. He' s like a brother to me and I'm glad I had the chance to meet this guy. He's too young yet too mature and brave enough to face the challenges in life. I took this picture since this is the time when he made a decision to leave the company where we work together and move forward. Sometimes he seems to be strong to fight for the battles and cruelties in life. But no matter how patient we are, there are always limits to things. I think the time has come where Jerry felt that he had enough, enough of trying to be kind to people who don't know how to reciprocate the feeling. Well, the future may seem dark, but I know he won't be scared. He'll keep on doing things which would lead him to reach for the sky. No matter how dark the situation is, I believe that there would always be some light to guide your way. Keep on moving Jerry! Go...go...go!

Tempura

A street tempura vendor was busy preparing tempura for my mother and friend. This is a mobile store, the vendor would usually push the cart and stop where there are many people. He could also park the cart near the schools. This photo reminds me of my university life. My friends and I used to spend few minutes outside the gate to enjoy a stick of tempura. Every time I see a man pushing a tempura cart, I would stop for a moment and wish I were back in my hometown where life was so simple. All I had to do was study hard so I could maintain the general average required by the scholarship office. But in spite of the pressure I still cherish the memories I had. Many things happened and I survived. Thanks to the tempura vendor, he was one of the reasons why I would look forward to every end of my class so I could taste the spicy tempura and while walking home together with my friends. I appreciate these people who find ways on how to survive in a developing country. This is one of the best example that people would not experience hunger by doing a decent job. I hate to see people who live to beg, and others spend their entire lives blaming the government why they are so poor. I hope that people will wake up and start working instead of blaming the president. A tempura is not just a tempura. The man could earn as much as 500 pesos a day. So instead of being stuck in a four walled corner receiving 200-300 pesos a day, wake up! Make a difference! start something small and if you're serious enough this small would become something great!

Undisciplined Cebuanos

The pictures below just proved how undisciplined Cebuano people are. I don't mean only few, I mean a lot of Cebuano people are so apathetic. Just after the big Sinulog event, after the people had fun, the streets turned out to be a dumping site. Ever since I first witnessed the Festival in Cebu last 2004, people never changed. It's a shame that we have a lot of visitors coming from the different corners of the world, but we don't care for our streets. I just wanted the government officials to do something about it. If other cities can maintain a very clean environment then why can't we? Is it really hard to implement a city ordinance that would disciple the people? Mayor Thomas Osmeña, I know you have observed the dirty street and rivers in the city. I believed that we can still do something about it. I love Cebu and I'm sad to see that people are just so stupid not to care about throwing their thrashes anywhere. If we won't care then who will? Mayor please do something!

Behind these SMILES...

These are the reasons why I smile.

1. When friends and colleagues say hello and hi. They bring a positive force and their smile will inspire me and I'm happy to know that people are sincere.

2. I smile when I reminisce the past. I have cried for the lost of love and when I think about it, I smile because I'm glad that I'm completely human capable of loving and feeling hurt.

3.I smile when I'm with my friends and family. They make me feel complete and make me forget my worries in life.

4. When I see someone cries, my first reaction is to smile and it's a sign of appreciation. I'm happy to see someone who is brave enough to show the world that he/she is weak. I really admire people who can cry in front of other people.

5. I smile when I fail because with failures I learned to do it better and it would be a good example for others not to do the same mistake.

6. When I hear good music I smile. It reminds me that life is full of harmony and melody.

7. I smile when I read good books. Books are great escape from the reality of life and they teach many lessons about making the most in my life.

8. I smile when I received sweet and sincere messages from people I care, whether they are in the form of emails, chats or sms. Thanks to great programmers who designed these applications.

9. I smile when I share my dreams when my friends and family. It's a sign that I trust and love them.

10. I smile when I see someone who is happy and successful. I wish that everyone is going to achieve his/her dreams and always see some reasons to smile.

11. Nature beauty, such as the oceans, rivers, forest, birds, clouds, sun, moon, plants and cute animals.

12. Pictures: Those moments shared with special people in special places.

13. Food...food...food and food...hehehe ramyun, kimchi...chicken and pork adodo hmmmmmmmm so delicious!

14. Rain, I love it when it rains. Plants are happy and I believe it's a gift.

15. Babies, they are so cute and innocent.

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