L-R: dancer Meg Sanchez, Yours truly, and restaurateur-actriz Nina PobladorScene I: Introduction to Manila
IT'S TIME TO PUT ON MAKEUP, IT'S TIME TO LIGHT THE LIGHTS...
And so it finally came to pass that the Intramuros "Talk to the Walls" tour as a cabaret occured last Thursday, December 1, 2005 at 12:00 noon for the Young President's Organization annual international conference. All went well. Frankly, I couldn't find a nicer bunch of presidents. Nobody threw tomatoes, nobody chewed gum nor chatted like a bunch of silly schoolgirls while the show went on. There was applause after every scene (some merely polite. some bordering on enthusiastic) and their comments ranged from; "Have you ever pissed anyone off by what you say?" (Hmmm. Obviously, he has never heard of Betty), to "Job well done, chap.", to "Nice pants." Oddest comment of the day: "Your commentary has given me a new found respect for the Philippines." (Why? Does this mean you had no respect for us before?) Either way, I think I'm a step closer from moving this thing I'm doing out of the realm of "tour guiding" to something much more in the vicinity of "art". It might not be a very big step though, but nevertheless, it's closer.
Scene II: Pre-Hispanic and Hispanic Periods in Philippine History.
Scene III: Chinese Influence on Philippine Culture into the American Colonial Period.
Scene IV: The Death of Manila in 1945.
