This past weekend I attended an Asian Festival in Pennslanding....From Saturday, June 19 to Sunday June 20, Pennslanding (part of PECO's multicultural series) organized the 2nd annual Asian Festival that celebrated the uniqueness of the various Asians in the Philadelphia community...
The festival was tres cool, they had asian food, arts and crafts and the songs and dance...I didn't care much for the food (big shocking surprise!)...I spent $13 on chinese art (paper cutting)...I was really impress with the traditional dances...the chinese and korean "fan dance"...of course the traditional filipino dances (tinikling, pandanggo sa ilaw etc.), the chinese opera, the cambodian flower dance (welcome dance), the martial arts demonstration, the chinese yo-yo demonstration, the classical chinese songs (reminisces, memory), korean ribbon dance and drum playing for harmony, chinese lion dance...the costumes were very exotic...
the day before this, I saw West Side story in Walnut Theater (America's oldest theater) and I was reunited with the delicious Gelati (italian icecream -->I had my first taste of this in Europe, I ate a cantaloupe flavored gelati mixed with panni cottta (caramel dairy-based ) It was so delcious, it was creamy and just right (not too sweet or bland)...
Religious fanaticism is scary...
Posted by Michael Diezmos at June 19, 2005 8:59 PMi also saw west side story. at the walnut. with miranda. friday night. we went the same time? at least close (same weekend) if not the same night? i'm not surprised. although someone should mention the irony. i like to state the obvious. (don't neglect the obvious ever, especially in college.)
we planned to go together with lekika and i think makulit remember? i remember seeing the sign outside the theatre a few years ago. wasn't it exciting? i remember thinking it was so far away and questioning where we'd be now, what would have changed or stayed the same. and here we are. le temps vol. weird. maybe there is a place for us, and it's the walnut street theatre. imagine the possibilities, mig.
That is so cool, Mike! And I definately agree with you that religious fanaticism is scary. So many people kill and die in the name of God and for what end?
Posted by: Evan at June 21, 2005 12:16 AMPatish,
It wasn't the same friday.
not 6/ 17? alas!
Posted by: ton ancienne amie at June 26, 2005 11:17 PMare you insulting my cousin or just in general? (either`s fine with me!)
Posted by: p at July 12, 2005 6:15 PM