Happenings

Bird's eye view of the Mall of Asia, located in Manila (3rd largest mall in the world)


Well let's see now, I've visited a lot of shopping malls here, have done my share of damage to my bank account balance (which was low to begin with).

I've enjoyed spending time with niece and nephew (6 and 1 yrs old respectively). They are cute but my niece is a little diva princess. Whatever she wants she demands but in a cute way, Ahh... youthful exuberance I say.

I went to watched the Ramon Obusan Folkloric Group at the Cultural Center of the Philippines. The show was titled "unpublished dances of the Philippines series 5". It was a nice show, different from what we normally see from filipino dance companies. There were vignettes on the different babaylan roles and how they were adapted to dance by the different tribes. A whole scene of celebration for a young muslim prince as he was circumcised and thus started his road to manhood. Unlike the garden variety of dances that one normally sees from "traditional" folk dance groups, it was refreshing to see dances that you normally wouldn't see unless you spend time with certain tribes and see them it their most basic form.

I went to Tagaytay province and saw Taal volcano. Took my niece to ride a horse around the track.

Lastly all it seems that I'm doing a lot of here is eating. I've never eaten Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner on the same day. I normally would have liquid breakfast and lunches and then eat dinner. I definitely can feel it (weight taken on)

I think I'm gonna run a few laps around the neighborhood before the rain begins again.