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The Pahiyas Festival had lots of homes decorated with vegetables and food in their walls and leafs made of grounded rice colored in pastel. This one was a close up shot in one of the flowers which at first I thought was just painted and adorned with beads but looking at it this close only shows it was all arranged beans. Imagine how hard it was for them to do this one by one. I like it a lot.

This was the first building we got our eyes into. See how huge this is?! I think this is the winner since they went all out on this one. The strips on the edges are all made of rice and rice stalks. Some of the round objects are all dried flowers and ground rice powder. The colored walls are made of vegetables. The flower petals are all made of anahaw, a plant normally used to make hand fans.

The petals of this flower is made of KIPING which is grounded rice added with water and coloring then put into real leaves and let to set out in the sun. After it dries they either hook them up with sticks like this or arrange them with threads and put them up as lanterns. The middle part of this flower is made of beans obviously.

These are paper mache giants. Made of old clothes and paper. These are worn by strong men on sundays and meant to scare kids. Oh no this is not halloween. LOL

This was the first pair of giants that greeted us when we arrived in Lucban, Quezon the main town where the festivities were held.

This was actually a great day for working out but I did not get to the gym. Apparently it was better for me to get into my house first so I went ahead and did my best to finish post processing my photos. I didn't really finish it but I got to do only several of them. I'm gonna finish the others soon. ^_^

The Art of Moving: A Good Thing

My Aunt already got my grandfathers stuff transferred from his home. He passed away just a week ago. We needed to get it organized and send some of it to charity. I know there are some Los Angeles Movers that would be able to get it done in a short while. I have a lot of things that I left there too. I have no intentions of going there since it is a little expensive. My Aunt is going to get help from the LA Movers and I hope they would be able to finish it before the month's end. If ever I need to get some of my property used for this move, maybe my garage can accommodate his stuff too. I wouldn't want to throw away all of it.

Movers Los Angeles area has been a great help for us. Without them my Aunts wouldn't have men haul all of these things for them. The simple call to 1-323-692-1060 was worth it because they gave them free moving quotes. I would recommend this for people moving in LA. It helped us so I wouldn't be surprised if it also helped other people in the same predicament. I did not have to go there physically anymore but they all got some help and that is a good thing.






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Max Confusion

You know, sometimes I think I'm funny. But most of the time, it's really just me. I think I offend people a lot when I talk but believe me I am oblivious to what I am actually doing. I never knew I could hurt them with mere words. I wasn't made that way. At least there was no intention to.

If I could have something changed with my attitude towards other people, maybe it is to care more than have more conflicts with them. I know I am not that evil but sometimes I just don't get why other people couldn't do what they are supposed to. I get mad at them and they tell other people that what I am doing is not right. I sometimes see this all wrong because they were the ones not doing their job and now they talk behind my back like that. Good thing this doesn't happen in the office. Or I do hope so.

Funny, I would probably freak out in a few days if I find out what they think about me. Either that or maybe get another place to do all of the things I want in life. If I'm not happy living here why in the world am I doing this?! FTW!

The Joys of Learning English

I have been teaching freelance since I was in high school and I must admit it was probably caused by my unnatural short patience of hearing wrong grammar from other people. My command of the English language has been noticed by both peers and my students. I may not be an expert with papers but I do a pretty decent job teaching those who can't understand that much in this side of the globe. I sometimes suggest they do English courses and that would be their better alternative. Nobody would probably question the quality if it comes from the place where it came from right?!

I would definitely try that out myself too since I still think I have lots of room for improvement. Certifications would probably make me better at it as well. If I had the chance to go back there I would never hesitate. I just had some minor issues with work and my new appointments so I never got the chance to study further in London. I am a little afraid of this and the fact that I am going to start over with my career after getting there. Teaching other non EU citizens would probably be one of the things I could do as a career but I fear for the time I spent building one in Asia and the fact that I am starting from square 1 in London would be really arduous! I'll try and think about that soon! I have all the time in the world anyway!