Welcoming the Year of the Metal Tiger
I was in Binondo earlier today to shoot the festivities at Manila Chinatown, today is New Year’s eve for our Chinese brothers. The coming year is the year of the metal tiger according to the Chinese calendar.
Believe it or not, it was an instant decision, I haven’t decided of going until I woke up this morning, this is my first time to shoot the event and it was the most tiring 2 hours of my life. The crowd and the never ending chase for subjects made all the fat flow out of my body.
Check out some of the photos I’ve taken today, just click the photos to view a larger version.
Before leaving Binondo, I passed by an Eng Bee Tin outlet to purchase some moon cake (Tikoy), yeah, Chinese New Year will not be complete without Tikoy. Kung Hei Fat Choi!
[...] a Quezon City ended, I seldom go to Manila, the last time I went to Manila was when I covered the Chinese New Year celebration in [...]