Good Old Filipino Games

The months of April and May are synonymous to fiestas to us Filipinos. Fiestas nowadays appear to be more of a political fare than a religious one. A few decades back, these days are celebrated to thank God (or the barrio's patron saint) for a bountiful harvest and it is also a time for people to pray for a good rainy season for the next planting season. Nowadays, it has become an event for politicians to show off their faces on banners and to sponsor a lot of beauty pageants so their name will be mentioned on stage. Gone are the usual games and stuffs. Its as if it has been replaced by dance contests and gay pageants. This is the same reason why I got really surprised when last Easter Sunday, we saw a typical fiesta game that seems to have been forgotten.



Youngsters are climbing up a pole greased with well what else but grease to get their prize. And yes, since the pole had been greased it was really a hard way up. People viewing the game was telling that the game had been going on for hours and no one can even touch the top of the rope. Until this boy came.




Yes, it could be a hard way up but it was worth playing (and watching). Hmm, makes me wanna go to the province so i can enjoy viewing and perhaps playing more Filipino games like this. I even promised the kid that we will be playing sungka on my restdays. Care to join?

I want my Satellite TV

My family had always been a TV fanatic. Back when we were younger, we have always been motivated by the fact that the first one who handles the remote control will be the one to dominate the TV screen for that particular day. It´s a good thing that when I got married, my husband have always stayed away from holding on to the remote control, or at least not when his favorite anime series is on air. I actually envy people who can enjoy the luxury of a Satellite TV Service without them being burdened by the price. Do you think nothing can be better than getting them installed by proffessional installer? I bet you haven´t heard that DirecTV is actually giving away all the equipment for free and yes, this includes either a DVR or an HD-receiver. If I could move in to California to take advantage of all these freebies, I would easily do. Apart from all of this, they also offer the best programming amongst all Satellite TV provider. Perhaps there will be never be a dull moment for my family if we could have DirecTV installed in our household. Jian would surely enjoy having his favorite cartoon all day long, oh and I would probably don´t have to wait until the wee hours of the night to watch the news from all over the world.

Will there be anything more relaxing than that? I bet none.