Philippine Independence Day 2012

Swe-cha woke up just in time for us to drop by for a quickie visit to this year's Philippine Independence Day celebration at Passaic.

We got there around 6p, not a lot of stalls selling stuff anymore (not sure if there were a lot earlier and we didn't go there to buy anything anyway) but the food stalls were still open. We had good timing too because things were winding down and the food was being sold at lower prices na.

Sago went from $3 to $1 / cup. Combo meals with 2 entrees and a cup of rice went from $7 to $5. Pork or Chicken Barbeque went from $3 to $2.50 per stick. Unfortunately, getting there late also had some drawbacks - for one, I was looking forward to having some bubble tea and when we got there, all the stalls did not have the boba (sago pearls) anymore. I was relieved to not get my bubble tea fix, I really need to lose weight!

We saw Ninang A, Tito S and the gehls, A & A. He chased a squirrel and a few kids on skateboards and a motorized scooter. He was so happy!

We carried Swe-cha while we were at the area of the food stalls, I didn't want him to get accidentally get poked in the eye by a skewer, get spilled on by hot food or accidentally touch a hot plate or cooking surface.

We released him and let him run off on his own when we got to the inner portion of the park. He was so excited about the ducks swimming in this body of water.

I pointed it to him and said "Wow, RIVER. The ducks are swimming in the RIVER." He ignored me - not a surprise anyway - and just kept hopping with excitement while he alternatingly shouted "uck" for duck and "ond" for pond.  Onga naman pala, that is not a river. *bonks head*