Not even rain can stop the people of Tañong, Malabon from celebrating New Year’s Eve. The tradition of building life-size paper mache of famous cartoon character still continued and then paraded the streets of Tañong, Malabon. And, at the strike of 12 midnight, this paper mache will be blown up to pieces using firecrackers.

Yesterday was a good day for street photography, mainly because there are a lot of people out there, mostly children. And, people don’t mind to be photographed =)

While tempting, I can only take a few shots as I have to continually watch my two kids as they ran across the busy crowd at the San Bartolome Church. Here are some photos:

Back in the old days, when the only means of entertainment is the Nintendo Family Computer, the Betamax and all sorts of physical activities like habulan, siato, tumbang preso, luksong tinik, etc. The one thing most of the kids my age look forward to is the Perya (Carnival). Every Christmas and Fiesta, me and my friends would visit the local plaza on a daily basis and spend our evening inside the Perya.

Now, looking back, the place is not the same. In a way it has become sad. Yes there are still happy faces, but, by walking around and spending time with the place again, I can tell that it has lost something…

On my way to a photo project, decided to take some shots on Bayan, Malabon area…

When I shoot photos outside, I usually allow myself to wander around a certain place. I’ve been coming back and forth in the Navotas Centennial Park, there are a lot of good subjects there if you allow yourself to be patient, and I guess same goes with any other place.

Yesterday was the La Purisima Concepcion Fiesta at Malabon. Just took some photos and bought kalamay =) Photos below and some random shots at the Navotas Centennial Park.