Experiencing Kalilangan Festival 2010- Day 1
2 Mar
If I haven’t been blogging or plurking much lately, it is because I was in General Santos City for the city’s Kalilangan Festival. The festival is a celebration of General Santos’ 71st Founding Anniversary and this year’s theme is Honoring the Past. Understanding the Present. Embracing the Future.
I was also there during the Tuna Festival last year and its grandeur was breathtaking. And knowing first-hand that the Generals celebrate their festivals with much aplomb, I immediately said yes when our small group of Davao Bloggers was invited by Orman Manansala, the Kalilangan Festival Director, to participate in the event.
We left Davao City around 7:30 am of February 24 and arrived in GenSan before noon on the same day. We got off at Robinson’s Place for a quick lunch at Giacomino’s Pizza with Avel and Orman . I am a big fan of Giacomino’s so I conveniently forgot about my diet and enjoyed my chicken and pasta meal with gusto!
After lunch, our group hied off to Family Country Hotel to freshen up and rest a bit before that afternoon’s event. I must say that the de luxe rooms we were assigned to were definitely spacious and clean and comes with the best amenities.
I, along with Angel and Lyle, were invited to sit as judges in the Lakan at Lakambini ng Kalilangan Pageant Night. Since the Pageant night required us to look our best, Angel and I made a quick trip to Envy Me Salon at Robinson’s to have our hair and make-up done professionally. The salon’s top hairdresser and make-up artist finished mine in a record 30 minutes so our group arrived at the pageant venue just in time.
This blogger, post-Envy Me Salon....nukzzz! (photo by Chattee Lara)
Choosing the rightful winners among the 22 pageant hopefuls was no easy feat. Taking my judging task seriously, I took into consideration the contestant’s appearance, pose and projection, and intelligence. I expected that only the cream of the crop will emerge as winners that night and thankfully, the very deserving Caroline Lim and Gevic Romero were crowned Lakan at Lakambini ng Kalilangan 2010.
Lakan at Lakambini 2010 Winners (photo by Orman Manansala)
After the Lakan at Lakambini Pageant, we went to the Oval Plaza to watch the Bb. Gandang Hari Pageant where we ooohed and aaahed at the contestant’s beauty and poise. And if I thought I was prettier than usual that night, my self-esteem took a major beating when I saw most of the contestants, especially Contestant #9, because she is more womanly than I’ll ever be! Lolsss….
Yes, sweetie, life is unfair! (photo by Lyle Santos)
Dinner that evening was at Piyesta KTV and RestoBar with Orman, Avel, Donna, Emman, Marzz, Romarie, Chattee, Dulce, Ria, Angel, Lyle, Mandi, and the contestants of the Lakan at Lakambini pageant. We truly enjoyed the Piyesta spread Donna and Emman prepared for us, and as usual, I had a sashimi platter all to myself. :p
Dinner at Piyesta (photo by Chattee Lara)
yeheey!!! nag-post ka na rin finally!!! loveeettt!
Ang dami ko pang kulang. I will work on the other posts pa. But I’m glad you love this one.
Kaya naman pala pinatagal-tagal pa ang pag post… Kasi pinag-effortan ang blog post.
Like Orman, I love this post maybe because I enjoyed every second of our Kalilangan Experience. Ibang klase talaga ang Generals kung magparty.
I totally agree. I put in a lot of effort in writing this post.
Our Kalilangan experience was soooo good that I’m afraid this post is not enough to describe the kind of fun we had during Day 1.
I love GenSan!
yey!!! love love it!!! the post showed how you enjoyed day 1… can’t wait for day 2,3,4 and 5 hehehehehehehe
thank you…
We must go back to Gen San again soon.