Masskara Festival at Day

The next day, October 21st, we went around to shop for "pasalubong" since some of us are already going back to Manila. Our first stop was at a market where we bought danggit (or dried fish). Then we went to Bongbong's in Araneta Ave. (if that's really the place haha 'coz that's the information Foursquare gave me) to shop for pastries. Then we saw street dancers waiting for their competition to start. In the line ahead of the street dancers was the parade of the big puppets made by engineering students. Everything was just so colorful!

NEON!!!

with the street dancers

minions!

Pacman!

Comedy King: Dolphy

After that quick stop, we headed to Calea to buy cakes. On our way to the airport, we dropped by The Ruins. It's so picturesque! We super loved that place. Then we had another stop where we bought more pasalubong, but i forgot the name of that place. Anyway, after sending two of our friends to the airport, three of us went back to the city. We had dinner with my friend's relatives at Bascon's Restaurant then we headed to Flow for KTV! We were so full because of the unlimited treat of my friend's relatives haha!

so picturesque!

it looked like I was pasted on this photo

fountain of our friendship :)

:)

i swear, they were not moving!

at the balcony

the WATER room at Flow

The next day, October 22nd, was the day of our flight back to Manila. We had lunch with my friend's relatives, who were also our hosts there, at Delicioso. Yummy food! I loved their paella and Bailey's cheesecake! We spent the rest of the day in SM City Bacolod. Then we headed to the airport. Too bad my Sinamak (spiced vinegar) got confiscated 'coz it's not allowed in the plane. And I didn't like the fact that their luggage x-ray machine was busted so the security had to manually inspect our luggage. Anyway, but those things were not enough to ruin the entire trip because we totally enjoyed the trip!

yummy paella :)

I have this thing about having a photo taken at provincial SM Malls :))

Jojo Vito's Masskara-inspired home decors

our home and service (van) for the weekend :)

thanks Bacolod, we had a blast!)

I see myself coming back to Bacolod City...most especially during Masskara Festival! I really had so much fun! Bacolod, indeed has a lot to offer -- yummy food, good people, and nice places.:)

First time in Bacolod: Arrival for Masskara 2012

I think it was in July when we asked the travel agency to book us a roundtrip flight to Bacolod for the Masskara Festival. Good thing one of our friends has relatives there so our accommodation is free.

It's my first time in Bacolod, and I didn't expect it to be a nice place with really nice people. The Masskara festival surprised me because it's very colorful and happy. It's super cool that I was able to understand what the Ilonggos were saying 'coz I have somehow learned the Ilonggo dialect from my friends from Iloilo.

We left Manila on Friday night, Oct. 19. We were picked up by my friend's aunt from Bacolod Silay International Airport then we travelled around 30 minutes to the city. We had dinner at Nena Rose, where we ordered the city's specialty which is the Bacolod chicken inasal, pork barbecue, and an iced tea tower. And we ate using our hands! It was a treat by my friend's aunt. Super awesome!:)

 Waiting for the plane...

we were too hungry to take a photo of our food haha

We headed to my friend's grandmother's place. It's a huge house inside a village of huge houses. We stayed at the guest room, which was connected to the main house but had a separate door. It's great news for us because if we arrive late at night, we can just proceed to our room from the gate, without having to pass through the main house. haha!

 the guest room

Since I was trying to rush my last paper for the semester, it took us a while before leaving the house to experience the Bacolod nightlife. At 11pm, we headed out. The driver took us to Dugout Sports Bar because there's a Smart-sponsored event there and we were supposed to meet with our friends from Vans. Unfortunately, something came up and they didn't make it. Too bad we had to pay Php 250 'coz we were not in the guestlist. We're supposed to join the reserved table of our friends to get in for free but they didn't arrive. Actually there wasn't much of a crowd there because everyone's at the Globe Tattoo/Republiq/Opus rooftop party at L' Fischer Hotel. At 1am, we headed back to the house to rest and prepare for the following day.

 Dugout

sleepy faces haha

Next post is about our experience in the Mambukal Resort:)