Wednesday, December 28, 2011

Lights of Happiness - Part 2

" How often has the Christmas tree
Afforded me the greatest glee!
O Christmas Tree! O Christmas Tree!
Much pleasure thou can'st give me. "

So goes the traditional German carol. A Christmas tree is a decorated evergreen coniferous tree. Since Iloilo is glued to a tropical country where there is a dearth of real evergreens, we have to make do with the artificial ones. Yes, the kind you buy in a store downtown or the mall. The one we place inside our homes and painstakingly decorate it with all the trinkets and love we can find. Well, all the money you can spare if you'd like it to look professionally done.

Tuesday, December 6, 2011

Lights of Happiness - Part 1

It's the cool and crisp evening air. 
It's the chaotic traffic of cars and shoppers everywhere. 
It's the sound of carols that you often hear. 
It's the twinkling lights of Yuletide cheer.

The Christmas season is definitely on us. Right after they kept the candles and took down the Halloween decor.  To each his own way of enjoying the holidays. Endless parties. Bonuses. Gift checks. Exchange gifts. White gifts. And all the gifts in between.

Thursday, December 1, 2011

Damires On My Mind

The whirring sound of the pulleys alerted the people of an oncoming rider. Some have their cameras ready. Others hoist their kids up for a better view. Then the rider zips by. A few break into a cheer but most go back to whatever they were doing - either eating, drinking, swimming, singing or strolling. It's a typical weekend at Damires Hills Tierra Verde, a leisure farm resort in the hinterlands of Janiuay, Iloilo.