Bangkarera 2011 at Barangay Estrella, Naujan, Oriental Mindoro, Philippines on a thursday (june 30, 2011)

june 30, 2011... thursday...
Bangkarera 2011 
at Barangay Estrella, Naujan,
Oriental Mindoro, Philippines

 white polo with blue details (vintage), blue jeans (jag), red & white sneaks (GBX), wayfarer (f&h), native bowler hat (msense)

giving instructions to the contestants...

at least I got my shirt... 

SIDE RANT: usually at events like this...

lagi nalang walang complimentary shirt ang mga taga HEALTH OFFICE (according to my colleagues, kahit previous activities)... lagi na lang kame kawawa e lagi naman kaming kailangan... show us some compassion... we work harder than some other people... today four kame sa team from health and ako lang ang may shirt... nakakalungkot minsan... lagi kame itsa pwera... sorry for the rant... need to vent...

let's continue...

part of the health entourage...

two RN heals...

 nurse allen & avy...

4th member of our team: Tito Teddy, ambulance driver...

police... managing the crowd...

coastguard providing assistance...

with mayor angie at the souvenir shop...

avy with her entourage, hehe = )...

one of them is no less than PNP chief Jonathan Paguio on her right... and SPO2 Pantoja on her left...

vice mayor toti (left), first gentleman casubuan (right)

let's start the game!

PARK lang?!?

kuya sherwin... Tourism Council president...

race was cut for a moment to give way to the fluvial parade...

let's get back to the race...

ANOTHER SIDE RANT: after a few runs... the race wasn't over yet...

we strolled away from the stage because we got hungry... NO FOOD were provided even for some of the committee including the HEALTH committee (only water! lots and lots of water)... and by the looks of it even for the coast guards and PNP... we took matters on our own hands and we find this...

 SIDE NOTE: it would only take 10 pesos to keep us happy and satisfied... we don't need fillet mignon and caviar...

we'd decided to just wait for the race to finished at the ambulance... thank God no injuries were noted...

LUNCH was not also provided... 

thank God our ambulance driver was from the area and he knew where the perfect place for us to eat...

FEAST!

 relyenong bangus (stuffed milkfish)...

 stuffed chillies...

 pork caldereta...

 chopsuey (sauteed veggies with chicken & quail eggs)...

 chicken curry...

 steamed crabs...

rice...

 gelatin...

 buko pandan...

 we hurried back to the Municipal Health Office  to say Hi! to the ophthalmologists who are doing Cataract surgery mission at Bahay Tuklasan... in other words we ATE AND RAN...

30th day PAYDAY...

as you know from previous post (if not, now you know)... i don't fancy this because of the huge deductions...

so tired today...

when i got home... i literally fall asleep...

this tourism activities are a nice way for promoting our town but please organize it well... everyone should enjoy it 100%...

...

chen