La Communidad de Zamboanga

Natives from Zamboanga City (where my mother is from) celebrate the Feast of Our Lady of the Pillar (city patroness) annually. So this year, we were invited by Tita Gie.

It started off with a mass. Messages from the city politicians were addressed before dinner was served. Food was good except for the “buko pandan” which I think had some vanilla syrup in it. Then, there was the dancing… or should I say “line dancing” which Filipinos here basically enjoy.

I must admit though that it wasn’t really fun compared to the 1st time I attended such. We went home with Tita Gie to NJ and stayed overnight.