Its been some days since my last post as me and the family are now in Manila for a short two week vacation. Its been quite a tiring past few days actually. We first went to Cabanatuan City in Nueva Ecija province to attend the wedding of one of my wife's friends. It seemed like a rather conventional wedding, with the exception of people clapping at the bride as she was making her processional (which kind of ruined to mood for my wife) and the fact that people left in droves even when the reception wasn't over. One thing that I discovered was how beautiful and fast the North Expressway is; its almost like going to one of those major free ways in HK or in any Western society. Cool prices as well... I guess that is the cost of progress.
Once out of the NLEX, we entered Maharlika Highway for the trip to Cabanatuan. For the unitiated, Maharlika Highway is the major artery leading all the way to Cagayan and Isabela Province, and was one of the many roads inaugurated during those heady days of the New Society. A comparative road to its west is Macarthur Highway, which crosses Bulacan to La Union. From here, the scenes are more laid back and bucolic. Although you can see modern life creeping up here and there, what with the many fast food outlets in the major towns, and the numerous modern "resorts" catering to the middle classes of these provinces. Yet, you could see the old country charm that is missing when you drive through Manila, what with all those genteel charms of country life like children lazily running around the streets, and those medieval penitents, carrying crosses to holy sites far from our minds.
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