Happy New Year

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Happy New Year.

Well the Filipinos certainly know how to celebrate NYE. You certainly can't miss midnight here - collectively I reckon as many fireworks went off around the place as a the fireworks display in a major Oz capital city.

Then there's the food - tables and tables groaning under the weight of all sort of delicious stuff - lots of it deep fried unfortunately.

One food item I couldn't resist taking a pic of was Ube - for Dr Holloway and Dunnie - it was YUM (remember Margie Carcallas offering you some when I was still on lvl 16????) - for the rest of you it's YAM - and yes the colour in the pic is real - no added food colourings.

The locals have a novel approach to disposable plates too; a woven bamboo plate (a small dwarf variety ) with a plastic film (akin to Glad wrap but without the clingy properties) slip over cover.

That's it for now - feeling a little shabby this morning . . . . . .

Manigong Bagong Taon

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Photos

Ube Cake
The colour is REAL and NATURAL