Celebrating Chinese New Year in Binondo

Dragon Carving

Dragon Carving

This year, I was fortunate enough to celebrate Chinese New Year at the Manila China Town in Binondo, Manila. It was a great experience for me because 1) it was my first time to be in that part of Manila (believe it or not, in my 4 years here) and 2) it was my first time to have a photowalk with my new colleagues (I just hit my 3rd month with the company a couple of days ago).

Me

Me

The day was filled with walking (hence the term photowalk..LOL), and I got to witness revelry in the streets. I also got to eat dimsum and dumplings for free (success!). :) Sharing some of the pics I took that day.

Dragon Charm

Dragon Charm

What's Chinese New Year without Tikoy?

What's Chinese New Year without Tikoy?

Or this?

Or this?

Or this?

Or this?

Small Dragon

Small Dragon

Big Dragon

Big Dragon

Capping the Day in front of the Binondo Church

Capping the Day in front of the Binondo Church

 

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2012: Year of Travel

This is not some sort of hype or Chinese calendar thing-y–this is rather a declaration for myself. I thought that this year is going to be a year that I will go out rather frequently. If possible, I would like to go out of the house every weekend.

It doesn’t have to be far. It could be an outing at a nearby resort or a long drive to another city…just as long as there is adventure, new discoveries, and fun times with family and friends.

So far, confirmed trips will be in Bohol late April and Cebu-Ormoc-Tacloban in mid-May. For Holy Week, we are still contemplating on either Dumaguete or Bantayan Island.

I had been itching to go because it seems I had been staying put for so long already. There is just something in me that wants to travel, to sleep in hotels, to lug around luggage and take-home gifts, to take pictures of places and scenes, and to ride a boat, a bus, or a plane.

This is going to be a year of travel and adventure. Whoppeee!!!