what wonderful evening for my farewell to this visit to the Philippines. tomas and i followed the bright lights and heaps of noise to explore the x-mas celebration presented by SM Clark. (here they begin playing music and put up decorations for the holidays in September. SM is a mega mall chain strung throughout luzon, the main island.)
tomas, gullible but adventurous, came with me to scream, as I giggled on the roller coasters. apparently it was his first time, ever! I sorta tricked him by having him not realize what we were doing by distracting conversation. during this time, I paid for the tickets, climbed into the trains, and finally, we were locked in. Then he realized where he was and said to me, "oh my god." by the end of the night we went on two more rides, bumper cars, ate disappointing nachos, played games, had lots of fun. . . and I didn't stop giggling either.
