The Charm of Old Makati

I'm a fan of history, culture and arts and I try to immerse myself in it as much as I can. And in my limited time and budget, I have to make do with day trips to some historical place, usually an old church, which I so love to take pictures of.

I use the internet to research on my destinations. One of my favorite things to research and later on travel to about are old structures found in very modern cities. Some places I love to visit are the old churches of Manila, the old houses along Quiapo, Binondo and San Nicholas, the post war mansions in New Manila. The list goes on.


New in my list is my interest in local festivals and traditions. One of them that caught my atention is the Baile de los Arcos of Bgy. Poblacion in Makati. 


Makati to me has always been a 'new' city. I do not frequent it because I thought that besides the Ayala Museum, The murals along Reposo, and the Filipinas Heritage Library, I have nothing to visit there. Then I read a blog, Traveller on Foot. His blog is very compelling to read and from his blog I learned of The Baile de los Arcos. It is a tradition unique to the old town of Makati (The old town is now part of Bgy. Poblacion). Here, nine girls dance, pray and sing in honor of their town patrons: June 29th for Sts. Peter and Paul, and 30th for the Virgin of the Rose. This tradition is very old. It is started at around the 18th century and is still observed until now.

The Procession about to start from the centuries old church.

The procession route runs along a st. of the barangay.

The Baile starts after the High mass and procession held early morning on the two fiesta. I visited on the 30th, The feast of the Virgin of the Rose, so it is the image that is paraded on the streets.

The float carrying the image is positioned fronting the plaza and the stage where the girls will perform. 

After the hour long procession, the carroza bearing the image is positioned in front of the plaza. The girls and musicians take their places.

The image of  Virgen de la Rosa

A close up of the image

The nine girls take their places.

In my next post, I will describe the full Baile in detail. Till then!

So I'm back. Well, I'm settling down on my new job. Been there for a week. I'm enjoying so far. Happy. Jubilant even. This move, though unsettling opened to me new boundaries and opportunities.

I am a cowardly person in a sense that I do not like to go out of my comfort zone. What almost kept me from making the move from a job to another is the fact that I need to adjust once again to my new environment. To meet new people, and all that. Also, I do not like to leave my co workers. They are a wonderful bunch of people; I love them so much. But I thought that this is for the best. Whatever may come of this move, I have to accept freely. But fear for change almost made me change this decision.

Then I thought about my love for travel. I realized that when I go travelling, I go out of bounds. I leave my normal routine work to explore something new. When I go travelling alone, I feel a bit scared, but excited. Eager to see what's next. To savor the moment. To accept the good and bad things I experience as it is and learn from them.

So I put this mindset into my job shift. So here I am, having the time of my life moment so far. Yes I will miss people from my old place; in fact I will miss everything in it. But leaving does not mean forgetting. Leaving someone or something does not mean you love that thing or person less. Leaving might mean that one finds a better opportunity for himself; that he wants to enrich himself, immerse himself into new things so that he might reach his goals, and thus, happiness. But one does not forget. Never.

Jittery

So much change coming in from all directions. I must clear my mind and think. Concentrate. 

OK, back to work. Will post something of substance soon.

Resurrection

Well, this is my first post for this year, and the first one as well for the past three years. Blogging is not really my cup of tea, but I think I would like to try again. Today, I mark the reopening of this blog, now renamed The Wanderer - being in love with our culture, arts and history, it comes naturally that I itch to travel hence the blog title. And I like doing it on my own - just walking about, making changes on my plans as needed. I also am a wanderer in this journey of life. Though we may all have plans, this does not materialize as we planned it to materialize. We make changes along the way. We meet obstacles, friends and enemies. We are in truth, wanderers of an unknown future. Pretty scary for me, but pretty exciting as well.

>>>On a side note, I'm celebrating my first year as a worker. Yay! :)

The Best Ioannis Under One Roof.

INSTRUCTIONS:

Go to: http://thesurrealist.co.uk/slogan.cgi
:: Put your name in, and generate slogan after each question. ::

1. What do you say to yourself every morning?
Ioannis is our Middle Name. (Hahahaha XD)

2. What do you want other people say about you
Look for the Ioannis Label. (Of course you should! My label is now available in leading drugstores nationawide hahahaha XD)

3. Someone asked you out, your answer is...
Which twin ahd the Ioannis? (huh?)

4. How would you answer a booty call?
Welcome to Ioannis Country. (oh my WTF?!)

5. How would you introduce yourself to someone you really like?
Better Ingredients, Better Ioannis. (Hahaha yabang ko ha?XD)

6. to someone you dislike?
Super Ioannis is almost here. (?!)

7. You're in a conversation and you suddenly feel the need to pee, how would you excuse yourself?
The Future's bright. The Future's Ioannis. (O.o)

8. Your parents ask you why you got home late, you say...
Do you eat the Ioannis last? (uhmm...)

9. You're failing a subject, you say...
The Cream of Ioannis. (eeewww.. so wrong on so many levels...)

10. The love of your life asks you to marry him/her, what do you say?
Fall into the Ioannis. (hahaha SWAK!)

11. Your bf/gf is breaking up with you, you tell him/her...
Ioannis Unscripted.

12. Someone told you you're an asshole, you tell them...
Welcome to Ioannis Country. (Swak din kaso umulit na eh... booo)

13. What are the best words to describe you?
The right Ioannis at the right Time. (Oh hah? ;) )

14. If you're going to have a movie about your life, the title is...
Clunk Click, Every Ioannis (haha i would use this as a movie title!)

15. Your last words before you die...
Ioannis, take me away.(ok to ah...)

16. Your message to a special someone..
Onyl the crumbliest, flakiest Ioannis. (hahaha napaka suggestive naman... O.o)

17. Title of this post will be...
The best Ioannis under one roof... (Love this haha) ok dinaya ko pangit yung isa eh. get your Ioannis out ulit... oh well basta eto title ng blog ko....

Quiz thingy :)

It's Fun! Try nyo...

- Go to urbandictionary.com and type in your answers to the following questions.
-- Post your favorite definition.
-- TAGTAGTAG



1. Your name:

Ioannis

Cheap lard-ass Greek creature who dates a woman with an extremely large nose and no brain.

2. Your age:

18-The age where an American can:
1. Legally buy pornography
2. Legally buy cigarettes
3. Legally gamble in Indian Casinos
4. Legally be concidered an adult
5. Be tried as an adult in a court of law
6. Be drafted for a war they don't believe in
... but still cannot buy alcohol.

3. What should you be doing:
Sleeping- To masturbate furiously in your room while praying that your grandma doesn't come in. (Hahahahahaha OMG!)

4. Favourite colour:
Green-

1) Marijuana 2) Money 3) the horny color 4) envious 5) the color 1) let's go smoke some green 2) look at the green of my bills 3) She is wearing green.. she's horny! 4) bobby is green with envy. 5) grass is the color green!

5. Birthplace:
Quezon City - place where most of the hottest Filipinos were born (Hahaha benta)

6. Month of your birth:

August-
this is the month that everyone loves.usually people who are born in this month are known to be amazing in bed...very good looking...have amazing smiles...love to be around people...cannot stand sleeping alone...music is there everything...cannot stand drama but are always caught up into it somehow....love the party scene...have very many friends....make to many bad desicions...love junk food and anything to do with chocolate...addicted to sex...and thats all there is to it..(What a def...)

7. Last person you talked to:

Mom-1. The hardest and lowest paid, but most rewarding job in the world.
2. A intimate, familiar, and loving name to be called (by your kids).

>>nice def ito ha? :)

8. One of your nicknames:
Yanni-

Neo Classical/Instrumental composer born in Kalamata, Greece who is a self taught musician. Through pure talent, emotion and imagination he has composed some of the most beautiful music. His keyboarding and piano skills are unmatched.(Can relate to this ;) I'm very musical, so to speak.) but I also like this def hahahaha yanni-The sound that a wild Yak makes when either giving birth or taking a mondo shit "Yanni! Yanni Yaaaaaaaaaanni!! Yaaaaaaaaa(loud farting and squirting sounds) niiiiiiiiiii" > sigh of relief

9. Last thing you drank:
Water-

The 4th element required to summon Captain Planet EARTH FIRE WIND WATER HEART GO PLANET!

10. One of your friends:
jil- Jesus is Lord :D (wahaha!)

I tag anyone who wants to try this.....FUNFUNFUNFUN!!!

The Ten Coñommandments XD

I heard it over the Radio this morning and I find it amusing....I also found it from another blogger....

Enjoy

The Ten Coñommandments

1. Thou shall make gamit “make+pandiwa”.
ex. “Let’s make pasok na to our class!”
  “Wait lang! I’m making kain pa!”
  “Come on na, we can’t make hintay anymore! It’s in Andrew pa, you know?”

2. Thou shall make kalat “noh”, “diba” and “eh” in your pangungusap.
ex. “I don’t like to make lakad in the baha nga, no? Eh diba it’s like, so eew, diba?”
  “What ba: stop nga being maarte noh?”
  “Eh as if you want naman also, diba?”

3. When making describe a whatever, always say “It’s SO pang-uri!”
ex. “It’s so malaki, you know, and so mainit!”
  “I know right? So sarap nga, eh!”
  “You’re making me inggit naman.. I’ll make bili nga my own burger.”

4. When you are lalaki, make parang punctuation “dude”, ‘tsong” or “pare”
ex. “Dude, ENGANAL is so hirap, pare.”
  “I know, tsong, I got bagsak nga in quiz one, eh”
 
5. Thou shall know you know? I know right!
ex. “My bag is so bigat today, you know”
  “I know, right! We have to make dala pa kasi the jumbo Physics book eh!”

6. Make gawa the plural of pangngalans like in English or Spanish.
ex. “I have so many tigyawats, oh!”

7. Like, when you can make kaya, always use like. Like, I know right?
ex. “Like, it’s so init naman!”
  “Yah! The aircon, it’s, like sira!”

8. Make yourself feel so galing by translating the last word of your sentence, you know, your pangungusap?
ex. “Kakainis naman in the LRT! How plenty tao, you know, people?”
  “It’s so tight nga there, eh, you know, masikip?”

9. Make gamit of plenty abbreviations, you know, daglat?”
ex. “Like, OMG! It’s like traffic sa LRT”
  “I know right? It’s so kaka!”
  “Kaka?”
  “Kakaasar!”

10. Make gamit the pinakamaarte voice and pronunciation you have para full effect!
ex. “I’m, like, making aral at the Arrhneo!”
  “Me naman, I’m from Lazzahhhhl!"

Coffee with Shooger and Chrim-ah anyone? :))....