Home Again for the Holidays

I'm home again at my hometown---TACURONG.

Well, of course the last thing I heard the word Tacurong in TV was the time where NOVO got burned and it was shown at TV Patrol...Yeah--it was a sad event. But wait, there's more..hehe...The second to the last time I heard the name of our hometown in TV was the time where a bomb exploded at the public market, which happened to be just a hundred steps away from our place. Again, it was shown at TV Patrol.

....But, there's more to Tacurong than those unexpected disasters. It is not known other people that though our place is somewhat called as, "bukid" by the urbanistas, yet when you experience a night at our hometown, for sure you will never hear yourself singing "Silent Night." Even I myself did not expect that our place would be this so alive in the evening.

Going at our City Plaza, you will be surrounded by the colorful and invigorating lights on the trees. Well actually, it has been part of the tradition of our place to have a Light a Tree Competition every Christmas. And not only that, the city government aslo sponsored a fireworks display which lasted for about 30 minutes. It was not that long, yet it was such an amazing experience, since even the urbanistas are not that exposed to superb fireworks display. Take for example Davao City, wherein no matter how developed it is the people there are not allowed to light firecrackers even during New Year's Eve.

And what more? There were also presentations each night starting December 16, 2008 by the Tacurongnians. Students, office workers, educators, senior citizens, NGOs and the like all had a part in sharing their talents to the public. There is also a night food counters at the City Plaza so people who come and enjoy the show as well as the lights around can have a sumptuous meal after.

Of course, the shows are not confined on the stage and during evenings because the performers also gave their presentation at the end of every Misa de Gallo.

Celebrating the holidays has never been that boring here at our hometown. Most especially, the residents of Tacurong are really God-fearing. I can say that one of the reasons why I am this devoted to going to Sunday masses, Misa de Gallo and the like is because I was reared in a place where people place high regards with their religion---I was reared in Tacurong.

So if you have time...
Come visit our place...
And experience the Holidays the "T" way...


Happy Holidays everyone...


xoxo to all of you...