The Philippines experience (7)-new year

Has not committed a Festival.

Think as long as they are closed on holidays. But once a strange place full of festive cells, want to eat a big meal, drinking, desperately ...

2008 New Year's Eve, in Manila, I wish one of the Festival.

Nearly three in the afternoon before lunch, a typical meal of the Philippines--roasted chicken.

Because of the extremely hungry, food a person is on the table for two, bow to the silent until the bite to eat after the last bone is each issue of exclamation. O'clock came into the family restaurant, several Chaozhou cuisine, very on appetite. Chinese trade is good!

Because ate very bracing, walk to the afternoon visited Manila Baywalk digestion.

Didn't want to Bay side full of people, more than sunset. Judged to have activities. Sure enough, the big fountain nearby saw the banner "Mayor Alfredo S. Lim and the City of Manila invite you to watch the Fireworks Display at Baywalk." Suddenly feel like invited guest. Fireworks show to zero to start at midnight, we go for a drink.

Baywalk in a row on the road open-seat restaurant and bar.

With live band singing. Filipinos voice is recognized around the world. In the Philippines, the beauty of sound can be heard. New year's Eve, we sat on the curb, it only took about ten blocks, can drink local beer, heard the very professional bands. Sitting around a few foreigners, of course we are also the foreigners, there are more people in Manila dinner drink and chat laugh ...

Twelve have left a few minutes, we went to the crowd gathered in the hands of the fountain, also took not drink beer.

When there are ten seconds away from zero, noise suddenly stopped, in some places, including the US, followed by loudspeaker sound loud countdown, "Ten, night, eight...three, two, ONE!" Then it is a chorus of cheers and fireworks of brilliant ...

This is not the most beautiful Fireworks, but I see most of the time invested.

Felt, it was a unique moment in time, to stay in the heart ...

On the way back to the shelter, and seen all the lovely people of the Philippines.

A small road is covered with a long firecrackers, foot, over 50 meters long. Two people simultaneously from two lit firecrackers, to see two small spark crack in the heap snapped up gradually. Because of this, the traffic was not smooth, but didn't see any drivers or pedestrians. On the contrary, we are looking forward to a have enthusiastically watch this scene, was full of people. Maybe because the flat, firecrackers-burn slowly. Deafening sound lasted fifteen minutes on foot. When the final aggregate around two o'clock, last firecrackers rings, cheering and clapping to celebrate together. The crowd gradually loose, gradually ...

Such a thing, in Shanghai, I must have too noisy and stay away.

Such a thing, perhaps would not have happened in Shanghai. But then I cover their ears, and top with dust, from beginning to end, there seems to be hope, hope that this little noisy!

Go to the hotel, he saw a bar.

He said, "Let's go surfing! and say happy new year. "I said," good! "spur of the moment, a little more in the early hours of January, we at Manila Internet, actually really received the Shanghai friend said to me," Happy New Year! " ...

2008 new year, really like the new year!

(Final)