Instant #1
We went to Sariaya, Quezon this weekend to attend a wedding of my wife’s niece (yes, I have a wife now.). Actually, we were one of the ninongs & ninangs. It was a good ol’ traditional barrio wedding – simple catering and mobile setup. This will be my third time attending such a setup and this will be my first time to be ninong in a wedding. I know, I’m not that old but I’m old enough. :-) And besides, these newly weds are practically kids. 16 years of age - both of them. Damn, so young, what a waste. I mean, at that age, there’s the rest of the world to explore. They haven’t even experienced Manila life, I guess. Or even college, at that. Ang dami nyo pang gagawin sa mundo. The girl’s pregnant. Tsk. Oh well, that’s life and the decision is theirs. I will not meddle but as ninong, IF they ask for help, guidance and advise, I am here. All they have to do is ask.
Instant #2
After eating and a short program, it was time to go. We had planned to go to my in-law’s place just in the other baranggay and probably spend the rest of the morning to… well, I dunno. But as we were moving towards the main road, we just decided to go to a resort. We have clothes for changing, towels, and of course food! As with barrio wedding tradition, sponsors and relatives were given food for take home. So you have the whole family, a ride, food, clothes and towel… plus you have a nice weather – all sunny and clear, so what’s the missing element? The beach!!!
Good thing I brought along my trusty Panasonic VS6. This camera phone is just nice. The quality is not that good but heck, that's still 2MP and I'm pretty much ok with that compared to VGA. I love this phone. Although I'm seriously look at getting a DSLR, a simple one just to get my feet wet on DSLRs. The ones like Rors'; point and shoot.
There’s heck of a lot of beach resorts there, of course, we went to the nicest one: Dalampasigan Beach Resort.
It WAS really nice. The place was huge! …and we had it for ourselves! Off-season, no one else was there. The pool was all ours, the beach was all ours... ahhhh, the life.
Of course, as with any other beach outing you can’t go without… BEER!
This is what I’ve been craving for… no, not beer. A time to relax. Enjoy the outdoors. Enjoy the sun. Having a beach and a pool along with it that idea never really crossed my mind so imagine how I felt. It was bliss.
And here we are enjoying the beer.
And of course, the beach.
It was around 3pm when we left the resort and head straight to my in-law’s place. Not an hour had passed and the drinking session began. Quezon province is famous for their Lambanog, so it’s natural for the men here to have high alcohol tolerance. I’m all good. I had my fair share of drinking fiasco in my heydays of alcohol abuse. I think it was around 9pm when my wife, Nelia, “saved” me from these veterans and went off to sleep. It was a good sleep.
Waking up isn’t that bad. When I had the alcohol just right, I mean just enough and not in a level where I’d spill my guts out from vomiting, the waking part is all good.
Early morning, we went again to the beach, but this time, the fish port. Not the big, messy, chaotic port but just like any other beach except that nets are set from the shore up to a certain distance. Up shore, a place is set up for a peculiar way of selling these fish. Bidding. I’ve never seen anything like this before. A bucket-full of freshly caught fish up for sale to the highest bidder. And unlike the auction, the bid is whispered to the seller. Then ultimately, when the seller agree to the price then the sale is good.
Too bad, I left my Panasonic phone in the bag so I just used my P900's VGA camera. Sucks.
The bidding takes place here.
And these are what gets sold.
The view were nice and I'm really pissed that I didn't get the desired output from this camera. Oh well, this is my attempt to make these scenes artistic. Bleeekkkhhh.
And this one is reeeeaaally frustrating. I saw a bottle and I wanted to shoot it in a nice way. I can't describe it but I know what I want. But this came out...
Yea, I know what yer thinking... garbage! Frustrating.
Anyway, after buying some fish we headed back home. My mom in-law already knew what she'll prepare for lunch. And lunch was great! Kamayan! That was the first time I experienced something like this and it was really nice. Hehe.
Before the on-slaught.
After the mayhem.
Hehehe. This is one of the best weekends I've ever had in a looooong, long time. And what's great about it is... we're going back there this weekend! Hehehe.
Ah yes.... the life..
