The Holy Week Procession in Baliwag

On our way home from my friends house, I saw that there were so many floats gathering near the Church.

Yes there's a procession tonight. I took some photo's again and a very short video before the procession start. It's more now that last year but still I didn't captured them all. So tired running after the other floats, didn't notice that I've been walking around for long hours. There's still sun light when I started taking photos and it's so dark already when I ended and I can't even walked fast because there were lots of people blocking my way.

Sermon in the mountain

Teasing Jesus

The wedding in Cana Galilea (see the Jars)

Jesus announces His death

Jesus changed image

Jesus visited Marta and Maria's house in Betania


Mary Magdalene wiped Jesus feet with perfume

Jesus and the Samaritan

Jesus healed the blind

Lazaru's resurrection


Jesus enters Jerusalem

Weeping in Jerusalem

Cleaning the Temple

Jesus bids farewell to His mother

The last supper

The washing of His apostles feet

Praying in the garden of Gethsemane


Sorrowful Jesus in the garden

Judas betrayed Jesus

Jesus healed the ear of Malco that cut by St. Peter

The captured of Jesus

Jesus and Anas

Jesus and Pontius Pilate

2nd time Jesus faced Pontius Pilate

Choosing between Jesus and Barabas


Washing hands of Pontius Pilate

Asking Him predictions

Crowning with thorns

Mocking Jesus

The Holy Week Procession in Baliwag II

Jesus judged by P. Pilate

The acceptance of the cross

The carrying of the cross

Jesus the Nazareth

The 1st fall of Jesus

Jesus meets His mother

Veronica wiped the face of Jesus

Face marks of Jesus in Veronica's cloth

The 2nd fall of Jesus

The 3rd fall of Jesus

Simon of Cyrene helped Jesus to carry His cross

Jesus agreed to be nailed

Striping his clothes

Giving Jesus vinegar with bile

The crucifixion

Installing the cross

Mary was entrusts to John and vice versa by Jesus

His cafe was used

Longinos cuts the ribs of Jesus

Removing His body from the cross after he died

Pieta

Ready to be buried


San Entierro - Jesus laid in glass

Virgen De La Soledad

Sta. Maria of Betania

Sta. Marta

Sta. Cleofe

Maria Susana

Mary Magdalene ... (ehemmmm..)

St. John Evangelist

Mater Dolorosa - The Grieving Mother

Sta. Salome

Pancit Palabok

Usually every Good Friday aside from going to church though there's no mass, we always watch where there's a Penitencia (devotees who self-flagellate and sometimes even have themselves nailed to crosses) or watch any Passion play called Sinakulo, or listen the commemoration of Jesus' Seven last words (called Siete Palabras). But seems like I'm so tried that I don't want to go out and my children too.

We missed the long street procession the other night, I thought there's another one last night but they changed the schedule ( how come I didn't heard that, I'm so damn). But if you want to review just visit the link, I posted it last year...

http://mychikara.blogspot.com/2009/04/good-friday-penitent.html http://mychikara.blogspot.com/2009/04/good-friday-procession.html

We're just watching TV to know watch the happening to other places, no regular TV shows, all local shows are religious related except cable channels.

Most people in the cities head to the provinces for the long Easter weekend, most stores and malls are closed. I can hear here in our house the voices of the people singing the Life story of Jesus Christ (Passion of Christ) from the church, we called it Pabasa. Some family do it to their own place, they sing the whole 'Pasyon' book for 24 hours - nonstop, of course not by one person only but alternately and visitors and volunteers are allowed to read, I mean to sing too. And foods too are offered to the readers and visitors.

Around 1:00 pm, the phone rang and on the other end was my friend, asking me why I didn't come to their place and watch the "Penitencia".

I told her that I was not in the mood to go out and it's so hot outside. She got mad at me (not seriously) because she said she prepared a "Pancit Palabok "for us, and it's so scrupulous to make and who's gonna eat that noodles.

I answered, Noodles again, I cooked stir fried noodles today too but... Owkie..Owkie... we go na, just to eat her Pancit Palabok, he he he.

Pancit is a Filipino term for noodles. And there are lots of pancit variation Filipinos have. Me I cooked today a Pancit Bihon Guisado (stir fried noodles). And my friend cooked a Pancit Palabok - smothered with a thick, golden shrimp sauce and topped with: Shrimp, ground pork rind (she mix the shrimp and pork with the veggies), hard-boiled egg(sliced), tinapa (smoked fish) flakes, freshly minced green onion, pork sitsaron (coarsely pounded) and fried minced garlic(but hers was a bit burned :)

See my Shirt... so nice isn't it.

Bought K-Pop CDs

Today, Wednesday, me and my 2 daughters went to a mall near here in our house.

Our original plan was to go to Manila, but we just changed the plan because this week is "Holy Week". Lots of people come back home to their home town, so it means to say that the traffic is so tight and all terminal buses are busy and "full pack"( I'm using the words again , he he he).

To go to Manila is so easy and fast but coming back home is so hard. I don't want to line up in terminal for how many hours just to take a ride back home, and I don't want to rent a car either just like I always used to (I'm a bit thrifty now he he)

So we just decided to shop here but there's no 'The Face Shop' outlet here, so I have to cross the item I need to buy in TFS in my list :(

First stop to the book store, my babies bought a new sketch pads and anything that they need for their drawing hobby. They love to draw so much you know specially my youngest princess and their hands are really good not like me, my drawing is no good :( . Me just bought one on sale Jap. craft magazine. That's what I love so much , anything handy craft, but no no no to drawings.

Next stop to the record bar. I bought K-Pop CD's (Korean Pop) though it 's a bit expensive - TVXQ and Super Junior. I like the Mirotic of TVXQ and the Sorry, sorry of S.J.


But actually I'm looking for the CD of U kiss because I've heard that they gonna releasing their album here under Universal Records but still it's not available here in the province ( that's why I want to go to Manila). There' s no SS501 too, but I saw BOA, fx, SNSD, and Shinee albums.

Then we walked around the mall browsing all the new items but shop nothing. Then last stop to the grocery, bought some fresh fruits and my children love Jap. mayonnaise and Jap. snacks only. Actually I've done my grocery shopping yesterday for the whole week.

On our way home, Mycah again have her favorite Jap. corn on her right hand and on her left is an ice cream, while my Stephannie, have the large Zagu ice cold drink on her right hand and on her left is a box of tiny Bibingka(rice cake) that they will share to their Kuya Mark (elder Bro.) back home.