Feast of St. John the Baptist and Manila Day

Every town in the world named St. John today celebrates the feast of St. John the Baptist. In the Philippines, a predominantly catholic country, the annual celebration is met with the traditional playful dousing and sprinkling of water even to strangers to remind them of their baptism.

Manila, the capital of the Philippines is also celebrating its 437th year. The city is very close to my heart not only because it is my birthplace but also it is the place where me and my siblings were raised and educated. I even worked in Manila for 15 years, so i'm really a certified manilena.


Meeting of the Minds

We have a strange weather today, it rained hard in the morning but in the afternoon the sun shines again. We agree to meet carmen in the ice cream/coffee shop, then our other friends also showed up, so we just sit together and enjoy the nice weather.