Christmas in Manila, Philippines

I was inspired by the photos the couple behind Everywhere We Shoot! took for their project with the Samsung Galaxy Camera, so I decided to take a walk around my neighborhood in Ortigas Center one night to take a few photos, and do the same thing before I went shopping at Power Plant one Sunday morning.

The Christmas season is a splendid time to visit the Philippines - the weather isn't too hot (though the past few days have been scorching while the nights aren't as bad, thankfully) and you are reminded of the holidays everywhere you go. It's impossible not to get into the Christmas spirit in the Philippines.

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If spending Christmas by the beach is more your thing - well, with our 7,000+ islands, we have that in the Philippines too! I haven't got any pictures of "Christmas in the Sand" though (my parents require me to be home during the holidays and the only traveling I do around Christmas is from Manila to my hometown in Batangas), but here's a song to get you in a sun, surf, sand, and Santa mood. Merry Christmas everyone!

(Also, more pictures under the cut!)

Colbie Caillat - Christmas in the Sand

Snapshots: Ace Water Spa, Kapitolyo, Philippines

Spent labor day in the company of amazing girlfriends! First thing on our agenda was a visit at the Ace Water Spa in Kapitolyo, which was loads of fun. I'll write more about our holiday in the city another time.

Happy Holidays from Filipina on Flip Flops!

Happy holidays everyone! As a family tradition of sorts, the holidays are a time to spend at home with my parents, brother and relatives, so I rarely go places come December. The picture above is a little bit of an exception though - I took it in Macau in 2007, about a week before Christmas, if I remember correctly.

I would've wanted to post a picture of what Christmas is like in the Philippines (because Christmas here is awesome - we take it very seriously! So seriously it lasts almost the entire last quarter of the year), but this year the holidays have been insanely busy with work and parties and all the things that keep a single, twenty-something girl's life colorful and crazy, so maybe I'll be better prepared next year and will have pictures for you then. For now, cheers, and a very merry Christmas to you all!