The document summarizes the author's experience bringing their daughter Celine to celebrate the three-day feast of the town patron saint in Apalit. Some key events included watching the "Libad Kangha" procession on the first day where the saint is paraded along the river. Celine enjoyed meeting new people and was very social and engaging with the crowds at just 8 months old. The author's cousin Abbie, who is pregnant, was excited to meet Celine in person and held her for many hours, hoping her own child will be as healthy and beautiful as Celine. By the end of the long day of celebrations, Celine was exhausted and fell into a deep sleep.
The document summarizes the author's experience bringing their daughter Celine to celebrate the three-day feast of the town patron saint in Apalit. Some key events included watching the "Libad Kangha" procession on the first day where the saint is paraded along the river. Celine enjoyed meeting new people and was very social and engaging with the crowds at just 8 months old. The author's cousin Abbie, who is pregnant, was excited to meet Celine in person and held her for many hours, hoping her own child will be as healthy and beautiful as Celine. By the end of the long day of celebrations, Celine was exhausted and fell into a deep sleep.
The document summarizes the author's experience bringing their daughter Celine to celebrate the three-day feast of the town patron saint in Apalit. Some key events included watching the "Libad Kangha" procession on the first day where the saint is paraded along the river. Celine enjoyed meeting new people and was very social and engaging with the crowds at just 8 months old. The author's cousin Abbie, who is pregnant, was excited to meet Celine in person and held her for many hours, hoping her own child will be as healthy and beautiful as Celine. By the end of the long day of celebrations, Celine was exhausted and fell into a deep sleep.
The document summarizes the author's experience bringing their daughter Celine to celebrate the three-day feast of the town patron saint in Apalit. Some key events included watching the "Libad Kangha" procession on the first day where the saint is paraded along the river. Celine enjoyed meeting new people and was very social and engaging with the crowds at just 8 months old. The author's cousin Abbie, who is pregnant, was excited to meet Celine in person and held her for many hours, hoping her own child will be as healthy and beautiful as Celine. By the end of the long day of celebrations, Celine was exhausted and fell into a deep sleep.
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For the first time, we celebrated the feast of the town patron, Saint Peter, or what the Apalit
people call him
as Apung Iru, with our daughter Celine. Together with m hubb and Celine!s nann "Atching #aria$, we %ourneed to Apalit on &une '(, ')*), a da before the three+da feast of Apalit which starts on &une ', and ends on &une -). The first da of the feast was much awaited since this is da for the .ibad /ang0a, where Apung Iru is %ourneed along the Pampanga 1i2er, in a mini+pagoda in colorful flu2ial procession escorted b a fleet of brightl decorated boats. Apalit town fiesta ga2e us the opportunit to e3pose Celine to different people. In the apartment we rent, she feels being caged with her Lola and her nann. I am afraid that with that condition, she will become a loner, sh girl. 4pon meeting her #add!s cousins, I was e3pecting she has that stranger an3iet. It reall surprised me that she!s not cring anmore whene2er the cuddle her. At ( th month, Celine was a crowd pleaser, a darling of the crowd. Aside from her chubb cute figure, she catches attention b smiling at them, cooing at the people she meets and showing her newest milestone, close+open. She!s the star bab for the -+da fiesta, mabe being the first girl grandchild is one of the factors aside from being a charming sweet little darling she is. 5er Tita Abbie "wife of her #add!s cousin, #onhill$ who is pregnant is 2er much e3cited to see her in person. As e3pected, she 0issed her, held her for how man hours "I was ama6ed that Abbie endured long hours holding a weight bab$, plaed with her, and watched her closel while she sleeps.. hoping that her little darling she now carries will become as health, smart and beautiful as Celine. .oo0ing at her face, it!s so ob2ious that Celine!s reall en%oed the e2ent. At the end of the da, Celine was so tired and 0noc0+off to bed soundl.