ISANG DAAN NA PO KAMI!.....

REGISTRATION AREA.....





CHIEF ORGANIZER DR. MENG C......





IM RESIDENTS BATCH 2002 (REUNION ORGANIZERS).....





DR. AND DR. R. JARA (THE SUNSET MONTAGE AS BACKDROP).....





IM RESIDENTS BATCH 1998 (HEADED BY FORMER CHIEF RESIDENT DR. NEMIE N.).....





IM RESIDENTS BATCH 1999 (HEADED BY FORMER CHIEF RESIDENT DR. IRIS THIELE T.).....






FORMER CHIEF RESIDENT DR. CECILLE "JESSICA ALFARO" J. ENJOYING THE PROGRAM.....





FORMER CHIEF RESIDENT DR. ETERNITY L. PERFORMING A DANCE NUMBER.....





DR. AND DR. A. DANS SWINGING TO THE MUSIC.....





EVERYBODY DANCE.....






"Never ever give your services for free." "Sir, paano kung matalik na kaibigan mo ang humiling sa iyo?" "Nasasayo na kung pagbigbigyan mo pero isipin mo, sino kaya sa inyong dalawa ang nakinabang ng husto?"

This is the first lesson that I learned from one of my photography instructors, if one wants to turn professional. It assures the novice professional that at the end of the day, he has money to put food on the table. I have always wanted to turn pro, but I'm not sure if I have the guts to ignore people who are close to me.

I was asked by Dr. Meng Chungongco to shoot the 100 anniversary of the Department of Internal Medicine of PGH, the area where I was formerly associated with. The sad part was that I was asked to do it Probono! Despite the grandiose atmosphere of the event, no budget was set aside for the documentation of the event through video and photography. I really had major reservations in accepting the offer. But the reason why I agreed to do it was out of friendship. It would have been nice to see old friends again. That made me relent.

Unfortunately, my file of pictures taken for this event were included in my laptop "mishap". It's a good thing that I have already given the cd to Dr. Meng before the incident happened. I know I took lots of pictures, but these were the ones I was able to recover.

ALIWAN FESTIVAL.....

I went to Manila, at Roxas Boulevard specifically, to shoot the perfect sunset that is needed for a tarpaulin montage to be used in a reunion of IM doctors of PGH. I was surprised though when a stretch of the boulevard was closed to traffic. I didn't have a clue what was going on so I asked for some information from a cigarette vendor. He told me that the Aliwan Parade was starting, with the participants just exiting the grandstand area and proceeding to the CCP complex, passing by Roxas Boulevard.

This festival is the mother of all festivals, so to speak. Top street dancers from different parts of the country and representing the festivals from which each province is observing, come to Manila on the last Saturday of April to give Manilans a glimpse of the action. Not everyone can afford to visit each province during a town fiesta. Hence, Aliwan was created.

I am sad though, since my laptop crashed by some mysterious means and almost all my photos of this event have been wiped out. These were the only decent set that survived. Lesson learned!