Byahilo conquers the Dutch soil
Posted on June 1, 2007
Last January, I saw myself realizing one of my greatest dreams: to witness the grandest Philippine festival with my own two eyes. I prayed hard for it. A week before the Grand Parade, I was very very nervous in the office, because my 10-day vacation leave might not be approved. (Hell, it was filed February 2006!)
I prayed so hard to the Santo Niño to let me go to Cebu to witness the Sinulog, but he gave me more than what I have asked for. After the Sinulog, a series of good fortunes came to me.
By mid-February, I was contacted by a publisher based in Amsterdam, The Netherlands. They asked me if they can publilsh the photos I took and a photo of me at the parade. They also asked permission to have this blog post be reprinted in a magazine. They also reprinted my personal profile I posted here. Of course, I agreed.
Then a few more weeks laters, I was surprised to see a mailman delivering me a copy of the magazine sent from Amsterdam. This is not the first time that my photos have seen print, but I was just so ecstatic because this is the first time that my photos were published abroad. You see, the Santo Niño was really really mabait to me. I simply asked him to let me go to Cebu to witness the event, but what did he do? He just allowed my photos to conquer the Land of Windmills and Tulips. Dank u Nederland!
» Filed Under Events, Festivals, Random Thoughts
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hindi talaga ako mahilig sa mga festivals. nyahaha!
nasabi mo na sakin yang Netherlands na yan. hehe. wala lang. daan!
wow.. globally competitive naman itong blog mo!!.. nice pics naman kasi eh!..
Continue your travel in every provinces.. in a way.. you promoted Philippine Tourism across the globe!
i enjoy reading your entries. they have some useful information and they’re entertaining to read at the same time… how was your trip to amici? anyway, i made an entry about it. hahah!
huwaw! ang galing nman! Idol! Hindi lang pa la pang pinas ang telent mu kundi pang international pa! Ang galing mo kasi kumuha ng mga litrato! Isang pambihirang talento!
hi thanks all!
mike, dinner/meeting @ amici was great. great food! abangan mo writeup ko about it soon! bukas early morning na naman ako. I’ll invade the Salcedo Saturday Market!
hahaha
enjoy your next trip, enrico! =)
hahaha
see, i told you that you shouldn’t mind the little things which disturb you at the moment… just face the fact that bad things signify good fortune. More blessings and keep trusting in GOD
Congrats!
Now you need to learn to speak Dutch! By the way, a nice language!
Ang galing! Pang international talaga talent mo. WHen you really pursue your passion you go places talaga. Hope to see more of your work in print.