SUBSCRIBENew Year’s Eve
New Year’s Eve and I was working for 12 straight hours from 0600H to 1800H and it was quite hectic and lots of preparations being done for the flood of wireless mobile traffic that will be surging when the year’s coming to a close.
After turning over the activities to the next shift, I hurriedly left the office and went to Colon St., the oldest street in the Philippines, to take photos of people doing last minute shopping at the side streets, usually:
FOOD - for the media noche
FRUITS - for a traditional ritual that is being practiced by many households. Originally, there should be 13 kinds, preferrably round fruits but due to uncertain times and the difficulty of obtaining the 13 varieties, considering that this is December (well, some vendors even sell these, unripe) 7 will do. This is said to ensure abundance for the coming year. On the downside, you’ll have to contend with opportunistic vendors who price their wares quite high
FIRECRACKERS - a Chinese tradition, to ward off evil spirits and bad luck
