Around Cebu

With the end of the Asean Summit and the preparation leading up to Sinulog, there were a few things going on around Cebu. I met up with an old family friend we knew from Jordan, Tita Lillibeth, her sister, and her friend Lilly. We had dinner at Cafe Laguna and then drove around to see some of the preparations for Sinulog.

The had steel shipping containers setup by the old fort as free accommodations for people coming in from out of town. It seemed weird to me...a scene from the movie "I robot" popped into my head.

We drove around trying to find parking spots, but it was pretty busy. So we decided to go check out the Miss Cebu 2007 pageant at the Waterfront hotel. Tita Lillibeth has connections with the mayor of Cebu so we were able to get in for free.

The people there were a mixed of girls, guys, and gay/drag queens/weird looking people. It was interesting to see, but a little awkward at times. It's a little unnerving to see a drag queen that's bigger than I am.

The show itself was interesting. One judge was canadian, a former miss something...don't recall her name. We missed the swimsuit part and arrived during the interview portions. There were some pithy questions such as:

"What would you do if you found out your boyfriend is having an affair with your father?"

and

"If you were a nun, what kind of underwear would you wear ?"

Anyways, here are some pictures. I had to use the ISO 400 setting on the camera so the pictures look a little fuzzy: