pre - all souls' day adventures

dahil allergic kame sa maraming tao, nanay, lola and i went to the north cemetery two days in advance of the traditional day of visiting the dead.

who would have thought, that of all places, dito ko pa makikita si ate cora. here's our shot in front of the north cemetery. ate cora was my roommate when i was still in college in intramuros. the ate i never had, i felt like a bunso when i was with her (and the other ates in the dorm). she now works for ibc13 as a news reporter.



we visited lola's parents, and lola luring's (lola's sister) husband with her clan. we had dinner at the nearby restaurant and took pictures at the parking lot of the chinese hospital (the nearest and safest parking lot beside the nort cemetery).



quiapo was the next destination. we went to the pea first then went anik-anik shopping. bough a fake havaina, charm bracelets from the muslims, mirror for nanay's office, oil lamp, and flowers. this was the only shot i took lest my camera falls into some snatchers filthy hands.



we were all set to go home, but nanay wanted to see what happened to the roxas strip after lim has taken over. and yes, it wasn't the same lively roxas like before. it's dark, lonely, nakakalungkot talaga. passing thru ccp, nanay called for dinner. we had dinner at chowking in star city.



here are some snapshots of lola at the star city



again, all set to go home, until we passed thru the dzrh office (which is at aliw theater). nanay mentioned that it was the dzrh office and tita dely (the old lady announcer who's been in the business for over 60 years) might be there. lola said we should drop by, so we did! when we entered, the security guard asked who we were and what's our business with tita dely, with a wide grin, nanay said - avid fans po kame.

here's lola and tiya dely magpayo