Jenny's Island Adventure

Its festival time in the Philippines and Negros Occidental has a list of celebrations   starting January to December . Bacolod celebrated the Bacolaudiat festival for the Chinese new year , while   hundreds of private vehicles went to the City of Cadiz   about 60.6 kilometers from Bacolod City over the weekend.   We woke up early last weekend wearing our white shirts , rubber shoes and shades some in pants and most young ones in shorts. We made sure the car was parked far enough not to be painted as the festival is also famous for the ‘lamhitanay’ where small plastic containers are filled up with paints in different colors at a price of P5.00, some in plastic bottles sold at P10.00 – P20.00 each, many would swipe paint on your white shirt , or spray paint on you and some would pour a bucket of paint to revellers.  We had to hold each other by noon when we walked around the streets as this was filled up, disc jockeys were playing music and l...

          Same time every year, many towns celebrate their festivals on the day of my birthday. Invitations come a week or two before the event and I just have to decide on which town I should go to. This year, with good friend Gharie Caceres of the Mabinay Tourism office sending the invitation by no less than power couple and schoolmate Mayor Ernie ‘Jango’ Uy and Councilor Joetry Abada Uy, how could one say no.           This year, fellow Senior Tourism Operations Officer of Negros Oriental Myla Mae Bromo Abellana and I met halfway in Negros Island to support the 15 th Langub Festival celebration in Mabinay . Vice Governor Mark Macias and Governor Roel Degamo also came to witness the dance festival with Board Member Mariant Escano Villegas and BM Rosario Ocay , we watched the street dance and proceeded to the showdown which ended at around seven in the evening. Shortly after , we we...