My Sinulog 2011

Sinulog is one of Cebu's biggest event where people all over the country would love to attend. It is an annual celebration in honor of sr. santo niño which is celebrated every 3rd sunday of January. Expect to have heavy traffic, busy streets, crowded places, and fully booked hotels all over the city by then. However, this year was quite different for me probably because of the non stop rain. My family joined the procession the day before the big day. It was quite a long walk which explained our sore feet when we got home. We then attended mass on sunday morning despite the heavy rain. It took us more than 30 minutes just to get inside the Basilica del Sto. Niño because of quite a number of devotees who were there to pay tribute to the patron. Indeed, it was very difficult to find your way through the thick walls of people. We then left the church and headed home right away thinking I'd be stuck there for the rest of the day since the drizzling hasn't stopped. I watched tv after lunch untill i convinced my boyfriend to take me out and join the party outside. We passed through colon st., then to sanciangko, and then to jones avenue where we witnessed adorable street dancers and beautiful floats carrying some local celebrities provoking loud yet delightful cheers from the crowd. We pushed our way through to get to robinsons's place where we dined at family's choice restaurant and had chicago white pizza at Sbarro to fill our empty stomachs. We wandered for a while at fuente osmeña circle and took some pictures as we walked along. We bumped into some old friends, had some chitchats, and luckily took a vacant jeepney going to ayala to watch the fireworks display. We arrived in ayala just before the fireworks ended and catched up with my cousin and my sister thereafter. We watched some live band playing at the parking lot and were amused by a couple of comedians from manila. We stayed there past midnight and then decided leave. It was a struggle to get a taxi then even at that time of the day. We even reached jollibee mango but there was no sign of a vacant taxi. Some of us decided to just eat for a while. Too tired, my boyfriend and i decided to go ahead. Fortunately, we managed to ride a jeepney to take us home at at 1:00 in the morning. With aching feet, sleepy eyes, and exhausted body, I climbed to bed at 2 am and fell fast asleep in just a matter of seconds. Yet, after all that we've been through that day, I'd say, that was just another fun memory to bank on.