Lechon Fiesta

We had a “lechon fiesta” during the Feast of the Most Holy Rosary in Angeles City, Pampanga. Mama Mary’s presence has continued to shed light and inspiration to million of Filipinos, and specially, during fiestas when family and friends come together to share life’s blessings and a good crack of lechon!

And with the Garcia clan, a few rounds of mahjong would be the fun part of any reunion. This time, Victor de Vera, Mom, Melo Garcia and myself sat through a “high stakes” game. Nope? We played a game of 10 – 20. Ten pesos for a simple win and 20 pesos for a “bunot” win. Luckily, I won the first few games, which put a few bills into my “pot.” At the end of the game, I won around 500 pesos, which turned into longaniza and tocino we bought on the way home at “Pampanga’s Best” outlet.

In-between the “high stakes” game as Nedda would call it, Chief, Nedda and Toti would take over our seats. This gave Victor, Melo and I some time to rest our butts and grab some dessert. I got some “buko pandan” which was brought by Toti and his family. Only mom stayed on for all the games.

By 6pm, it was time to “pack up” the mahjong set. We said goodbyes to our host, specially, Tita Ache (mom’s oldest sister).

And we promised to have our presence felt again next weekend in Manila for Olga’s despidida and Melo’s dancing lessons for everyone!