Pampanga: Giant Lantern Festival 2010

Better late than never! Congratulations to Barangay Santa Lucia for winning the Giant Lantern Festival 2010. They beat defending champions Barangay Dolores who placed second this year. Completing the top three is Barangay San Nicolas.



It's actually very difficult to judge the competition. But I guess the winners were quite obvious this year. I felt though that we need to jazz up the music next year for better audience impact. It should be a mix and remix of Christmas, pop and traditional music. It's also weird that some entries had similar music for the first round. I hope they become more creative next year and invest on the festival pieces.

See you all at the Giant Lantern Festival 2011 on December 17, 2011!

Lady Santas bring cheer on SEAIR Christmas flight to Boracay

Have you every taken a flight on Christmas Day? Well, I did for the first time yesterday. I took a SEAIR flight to Caticlan. And guess the surprise we got! Free goodies from SEAIR courtesy of two Lady Santas. And we got our own Santa hats as well.


Here are the Lady Santas greeting the passengers as they get down from the plane in Caticlan.


I was able to take some photos. Good thing many of the passengers took their own videos and I found this one on YouTube. So enjoy! I hope Glee's Puck enjoyed this Christmas surprise too.

Mark Salling of Glee flies to Boracay on Christmas Day

Mark Salling, who plays Noah Puckerman or Puck on Glee, took the last SEAIR flight to Boracay on Christmas Day. I was actually on the same SEAIR flight to Caticlan and got to have a photo taken with him while he was checking-in at the Manila Domestic Airport.


Here's a photo of Mark Salling with the SEAIR flight attendant. It was a really cool Christmas flight which I'll talk about in another post.


Thank you Mark Salling for visiting our beautiful country. And thank you for tweeting that you are in Boracay. It's a great boost to Boracay and Philippine tourism. Welcome and I hope you have a great time!