Masskara Festival 2012 - This is it!

Hi bloggers and readers! I really appreciate the time you spent here. This is going to be my last post about Masskara Festival. For those who want to catch up, thank you. Click HERE (MF 2011). Then, HERE (MF 2012).

I was with two dancers in SM Bacolod City mall.

Masskara Festival 2012 - Fullybooked hotels

Thank you guys for reading my Masskara Festival 2011 post. As I've said, it wasn't a total blast, and it made me want more. I promised myself to join Masskara Festival this year, and God has been good. He provided me with everything at once - vacation leave from work, enough money, and amazing companies. 

life's really good in Bacolod City

Masskara Festival 2011 - Makes me want more!

Masskara Festival is one of the most popular festivities in the Philippines that attracts tourists round the world. It began in the year 1980, when people of Bacolod City suffered from economic crisis due to the low price of sugar. 

This is during the Dance Showdown

Finally!

I got nominated numerous times with this Liebster Award. For those who nominated me, thank you so much. I was touch that there are bloggers who noticed me. I started blogging since 2009, but I posted hard issues before. It was politics, and I got bored with my own posts. Lol

My two blogger friends encouraged me to start blogging again. I started last March 2012. I got excited every now and then, and got new followers.

Sam, which blog I am really fond of, nominated me with this Liebster Award. There are thousand fashion blogs in blogosphere, but her posts have content, not just narcissistic photos. Click HERE for her blog.

The Liebster Award is given by fellow bloggers to up and coming bloggers who have less than 200 followers.  The meaning of Liebster is German and means sweetest, kindest, nicest, beloved, lovely, kind, pleasant, valued, cute, endearing, and welcome. 

Buglasan Festival 2012 - Cultural Booths

Buglasan Festival is a two-week celebration here in Negros Oriental, Philippines. Our city - Dumaguete City - is the capital. The provincial government decided to permanently put a structure where booths of every municipalities and cities are situated. 

This year's Buglasan Festival has three venues to decongest the crowd. The permanent booths are in Sidlakang Negros, while as per requested by many people, in Freedom Park, and Rizal Boulevard.

This is Sidlakang Negros, where the permanent booth structures are contructed. The structure looks like a house, and each city and municipality can decorate and display all products they want. Each municipality has the same size of booth. Photo by Francis B. from Dumaguete City.

Buglasan Festival 2012 - Street Dancing

Hi bloggers and readers! Thank you for your comments on my last post about Buglasan Festival 2012. For those who wanted to read it, CLICK HERE.

These colorful costumes were really awesome.

Buglasan Festival 2012 - Dance Showdown Competition

Buglasan Festival may not be one of the famous festivals in the Philippines, but it's surely one of the most colorful festivals Filipinos celebrate every year.

From the root word "Buglas" means "reeds", a tall grass-like plant found mostly in wet places. You may be thinking that Negros Oriental, our province, is a swampy area. A big 
NO. 

Halloween Special 2012

I know it's late for this post, but I still want to share about what happened to our Family Day. Halloween was the theme of the event. Since we're cost-cutting, only kids and children were given free meals.

A trick or treat was the most exciting activity. Kids were toured around collecting candies from different stations. Our supervisors wore horrible costumes and make-ups. There were kids who reakkt screams, 'coz the make up were just so real.

Let me share you some photos.

Know your favorite MOMO

Casaroro Falls - Halloween 2012 Tragedy (NO JOKE)

One of our visitors informed us about the tragedy in Casaroro Falls yesterday - November 1, 2012. He's a fireman, and he's colleagues were part of the rescue team.