16 February 2011

Hot Air Balloon 2011


(This is the result of my feeble attempt at video-editing. I have the old version of iMovie so it was kind of hard to manipulate. I find editing very calming. I forget the woes of law school because I get so OC with the details of the video. :p)

This was the third time we went to the HAB Festival. As their tagline goes, it was a day of everything that flies. There were kite-flying, aerial shows, Japanese lanterns (Tangled!), bubbles, and of course the HABs. But you have to be ready to rough it out and walk walk walk! The schedule for the HAB shows was first thing in the morning and last thing in the afternoon. In the morning, they let the balloons fly. The evening was a grounded light show. Between that, we had nothing to do but eat (kwek kwek and goto!) and take pictures. Tickets were still at P150 and a balloon ride was at P7000. Because we weren't able to get photographer's passes, we were lucky enough that a friend had access to the field. Otherwise, we would have had a hard time, because there were a loooooot of people behind the fence so an unobstructed view would have been impossible.

For me HABF is always a great opportunity to feel like a kid again. To be excited about the little things, like being able to launch a kite, wave to airplanes, pretend the balloons are Christmas lights, and role play Star Wars scenes beside the Darth Vader balloon. It is also fun to spend time with family and friends over all kinds of food, from sour worms to pastel, because there's nothing else to do in the afternoon!

0 comments:

Post a Comment