Sinulog 2012 -minus the mardi gra

*Warning: This post would document my 'lil' Sinulog 2012 experience. :)

Ohh no, I can't say it was an unfortunate thing that our Sinulog experience was so little. Having less Sinulog 2012 activities was a better and very much welcome consequence of something more important.. and maybe when I would find the right words to say (or write) I would post it here. In the meantime, I am happy to say that despite the turn of events for January (and he is not even through :( ), we did find time and physical strength to still enjoy as a family.

Going back, I know its quite late for this Sinulog post (even for the post prior to this). This, together with the Fish Kebab post were backlogs that have been sitting in my drafts for days and its only now that I found a longer time to sit down and post them.

Saying 'lil' maybe an overstatement. This Sinulog experience post won't talk about the mardi gra or the different religious traditions done during this festivity. I know those were the very essence of Sinulog but (again) I choose not to take part of them for a bigger and more important reason. My lil Sinulog experience all revolved on this recently added but equally anticipated activity -the Fireworks display. I'm not sure if I have mentioned it before but I am an Ayala loyalist, and that fact would at least (hihihi) explain why it was my first time see the Fireworks Contest hosted by SM City Cebu. I knew from my Ayala-Fireworks-Display experience before that people literally overflow in activities like this that is why the spectators that came to SM didn't surprise me. What surprised me though, was the 'condition' of the crowd. The whole Kaohsiung St. (a block away from SM Northwing) was full with parked cars and people watching the fireworks from afar. (Pardon my ignorance, didn't I just mention it was my first time? hehehe) Just see it for yourself.. :)

The crowd was so overwhelmingly excited. You can even hear them counting down as we wait for the next contestant's display. What's funny too was that right after the 8th contestant's display was over, the street became a street again, instantaneously, the vehicles started moving, as if they just stopped because it was Red light -a very long stop for that matter.

So much of the crowd. The Fireworks display was also a cool picnic experience also for our big fam (my parents and siblings were with us too). We decided to buy BBQ and Puso from Mattias, parked Papa's oldie pick-up @ a spot (3rd lane) we luckily found and had our dinner while spectating the Fireworks display. We'll, it was past 8pm already so deadma na sa crowd and off we ate and spectated.

Puso and Chorizo

the 'kalat' (including a shoe, hahaha)

Opps, don't be disappointed, I intentionally drafted this post so the photos of the fireworks would be at the end part as it would surely be a photo-flood. Enjoy!

Photos of the Fireworks display, in no particular order..

xoxo