Fiesta sa Lipa with theTribe

Summer is the time for vacation, basketball leagues, beach outing and fiesta here in the Philippines. From Luzon to Mindanao locals celebrate this for different reason and for different patron saints. It’s been a part of our culture and tradition for a very long time and still practiced in most of our provinces.

But there is one particular place and fiesta that became a part of me and had been a part of me for eight straight years now. It’s the Feast of Sta. Cruz in Brgy Kayumanggi at Lipa, Batangas, during the third day of May. For eight years now I see to it that on the 3rd day of May, I’ll be with Boss Vic (supremo) executing our drinking session till our body can’t take it anymore. Together with Roger (thetribe) who is in his 6 straight years now, we would find ways to go there no matter what, from filing sick/vacation leaves, haft day and official/personal matters, we would see to it that we’ll be there.

But this year we had different company, we travel with our fellow tribe member Marie and my Gf Mitch, It seems that for every year we have different companions going there and sadly those who are originally share the same passion of going there are not anymore available. The group may change it members but the routine is pretty much the same, after filling up our stomachs with different dishes we head on to filling it up with liquor, from gin to brandy, to rhum or beer, while singing with a videoke machine.

Back then we used to go to a small river and we take a dip. But as the time passes by, we can only manage to spend a single day there, and it makes our activity there, reduce to drinking. Then after the drinking session is over, we would then be asked to eat a meal before we leave. SWEEEEEEET

See you next year.