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Honoring the Past, Understanding the Present, Embracing the Future Kalilangan is derived from the rootword “Kalilang” which means festivities, jubilation and celebration. It is a Maguindanaon word which connotes unity and gathering of leaders, tribes, and families. Kalilangan celebrates colors, ethnicity, thanksgiving. There's actually more that depicts Kalilangan, and we here in General Santos City celebrates Kalilangan for a lot of reasons we are thankful for. It is also the 71st Foundation Anniversary of General Santos City. And I am so proud to say that I celebrated this year's Kalilangan with awesome friends and visitors. In the afternoon of Feb 27, just after lunch, our group headed to the streets. And awesome colors awaited us in Pioneer Avenue. Bariles taking colorful shots of the street dancing. Colorful costumes, drumbeats, heart-pumping drumrolls and huge musical instruments paraded the street. Awesome noise surrounded the air. The heat of the sun never stopped u...

I was late, the show was already starting when I came, but nonetheless I was awed at the result of the long nights of rehearsals these candidates suffered. For the Kalilangan, we have the Lakan at Lakambini ng Heneral Santos, while it's the ever infamous Miss Gensan whenever September comes for the Tuna Festival. I cannot give you a good description on how they performed but I was surprised at how beautiful these ladies are, and how macho these Gensan guys are. The lovely Filipiniana gowns were designed by an international designer to the name of Johnny Abad. Admittedly, these are the gowns that i would love to fit, they really are sexy. The contenders in their lovely gowns and colorful barongs. We have been trying to behave ourselves, at times, when there are pageants like this, I usually cannot keep my mouth shut. But this time, I behaved. The fact that our university has a candidate, I was actually praying she'd make us proud. She did not, though I was satisfied with her a...

Kalilangan started off with this Car and Bike Show at Robinson's Place, General Santos City. To my surprise, I cannot take my eyes off some of the lovely wheely things I have seen. The kids were also surprised at how grand these cars and bikes looked. These cars drive my mind back to those good old days. But there are also those who are much into the future, as they are called futuristic cars with enhanced dashboards and nice steering wheels, to the gigantic rims and tires. Ahh, so much for mechanical stuffs. But these babies, sing to me: Baby won't you ride my car? First off, the bikes. They look oldies but naturally goodies. I can only imagine my grand dad hovering in the streets with this bike. Cool. There were only a few of them as the show was basically put up for cars. And for those who are into these stuffs, drool baby, drool. I bet you have seen much much better cars than these, but they are the cars which can only be found nearing and passing by the city streets. The o...

You very well know that I'm busy. Yes, I am. That's because every year during March, I and hubby accept on the side jobs doing layout designs for graduation printing needs. It's actually a tough thing to do because we are employed during the day and works double during the night. We have been doing this for years already and even without marketing strategies, our clients already know whom to contact when this season comes. Nevertheless, I will not forget that I owe you my Kalilangan 2010 Festival experience. This year's Kalilangan is by far my most exciting. But then again, patience is a virtue. So I ask you to be patient until such time I gather my thoughts and pics, and I will surely share to you how we Generals celebrated our Kalilangan Fest. Did I make you smile with this pic? I hope I did.

On the news early today: 3,000 chickens slowly dying due to dehydration. Fishponds being readied for fish scare. Typhoid fever outbreak. Measles outbreak. Dehydration! And later while bloghopping, I stumbled upon this: This is how hot our earth is coming to. So sad, but this is reality, it really is very hot. I don't know how to pacify my kids in this sacrifice, the aircon is a must, but the frequent brownouts are making our lives miserable. But this cannot stop the Generals from celebrating! It's Kalilangan Festival and this Saturday will be the Big day! I will be having blogger friends come visit us, so this is one reason to be happy! Check out the schedule ! The heat will not keep us from chanting, Kalilangan! Manayaw Ta sa Dalan! Happy Kalilangan Festival General Santos City!