blessed new year

world pyro olympics, 2007.

i've always been amazed at the length men go thru in the pursuit of entertainment. dukes and kings sponsored shakespeare and mozart to write plays and music to entertain them at their parties. sony electronics made it's name by making radios and tv affordable to the masses. audio-visual gadgets abound in the market, with sizes ranging from the small portable mp3 players to the giant lcd screens that's seem to be the new must - have of the 2000's. in fact i work in an industry that caters to the entertainment industry - animation.

so i guess it was no surprise that i find myself overcoming my aversion for heavy traffic and crowds just to watch the 2007 world pyro olympics. unlike last year, we didn't buy tickets that will allow us to watch the fireworks explode almost directly over our head. we just positioned ourselves near the sm mall of asia, and waited for the pyro display. i find it less impressive than last year's, perhaps due to the distance. but i got an inkling why kids and adults alike risk losing their limbs trying to recreate such impressive fireworks display every new year's eve. hey admit it, we don't believe anymore that all those burst of light and noise would drive away demons, right? in the end we just enjoy the sight too much to go without it. well fleeting as it is, am glad to see the look of awe at the faces of the kids that watched the pyro olympics. there will come a time enough that all these kids will grew up and look at all of these as just crowd, heavy traffic and inconvenient lack of parking. but hopefully they will come back and watch...for the sake of their own kids. ( but please, if they're still babies, leave them at home, ok? )


morning light, carmel house, alabang.

leave you with this image taken as i come in early for work.