maybe a family of cactus (an dahon nanahon), this blooms once a year (i think) and for only one night. my nanay has this for a plant, and exactly in the eve of her (and chikki's) birthday, the queen of the night blooms. we waited til 10pm to have this pictured (which makes me wonder now how kenken knew this would bloom that night). we could wait no longer its full bloom (maybe around 12mn?) - in culaba, we are used to sleeping at 7pm.
in culaba, biliran. climbed our roof to get a better view but this is the best picture i could take given the circumstances. the next day, it was signal number 2. sunrise also was red, i was told. when i woke up at 6am, the only 6am i had after the storm, the sun was already very up. will get back.
nanay's 72nd birthday, chikki's 22nd (in white uniform, now a nurse), plus mischiefs of these kids, now grown ups - these were the reasons why i went home very recently. (storm hit us hard, stranded for 2 days, but worth it all)
at one point, the driver stopped the van to give way for my shooting, to my surprise. (nakita ada nya nga nagkuri ak sige picture habang naliko it van, nabump, natatahuban an scene hit mga kahoy...guinpalusad pa nya ako) a bit embarrassed, i excused myself from the rest of the passengers.
biliran province. never really thought of this as interesting site except this time when i visited my hometown, passing by this side of the island after long long years. (shaky coz of bumpy road)
not really a fan, but twas fun. kids and i went there to enjoy the night. we were not disappointed.
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