Here in the Philippines the fiesta is broken into 3 days and today is the final day of the fiesta in the barangay(area) of Tejeros in Makati City where I am staying. Last night there was a talent show and from what I saw there was a lot of local talent on show. I missed the singing but caught a bit of the dancing and it was hard to tell that they were just amateurs, thats how good the quality was. Today started pretty early at just before 6 AM to prepare for the Manny Pacquiao fight against Ricky Hatton. We had seats to watch the fight at the local mall in one of the cinema screens and by 10 AM the place was packed. It was only after the fight that I discovered that every cinema screen in the city was fully booked as well as every place which had a big screen TV. They are fanatical here about Manny and the whole country was at a standstill during the fight. No traffic, nobody on the streets and no crime. I had never heard cheering like I had when Hatton got knocked down the first time in the 1st round. After that the cheering just intensified and after Hatton got knocked down the cheering was just non-stop. It was an awesome experience and I cant wait for his next fight now.
After the fight we went back to the house and just relaxed and watched all the action going on outside. Its over 30 C today and the humidity is off the charts so I wasn't about to go venturing outside anytime soon. There is way too much food here and too few people to eat it but I guess thats the fiesta way. Its getting close to duck now and the humidity seems to be getting to a bearable state so I might have a look around later but there is an ever growing contingent of happy, drunken Pinoys celebrating both Manny's destruction of the “Hitman” and also their Fiesta so something tells me that its gonna be a messy night. Wish me luck….
PS: a couple of pics of the band that was performing in the street here today.
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