I took Miiko and Athena with me to the Aliwan Fiesta, held last May 3 at the Quirino Grandstand and the Aliw Theater. It was sweltering hot during the day, when we were shooting, but I don’t regret not getting enough sleep to go there early. As soon as we finished taking portraits, it started pouring and we quickly hailed a cab to take us to the CCP complex where the performances will be.

It was really a tiring day — taking photos in the heat, then waiting for hours just for the performances. But who am I to complain? The performers probably had even less sleep than I did, they were standing in formation as early as 10am, stood under the midday sun, practiced throughout the day, had to deal with nosy photographers, then even got rained on! On top of that, they had to walk and dance throughout the parade route, and then dance for the judges. It’s really impressive how they were still able to smile after all that. I guess that’s what passion is.

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