Asian youth adventure

5 years and still counting. the asian youth days have made its mark in world's history 5 years ago. youth from all over asia gather around for celebrating Gods goodness. worship and praise through songs, prayers and dances are just some of the things that you can experience in this once in a year event. every year this event is held in diffrent countries, and now the philippines became the host for the 5th ASIAN YOUTH DAY. youth delegates from all over asia joined this said event. as they arrive here in the philippines they are then distributed to the diffrent dioceses' surrounding imus cavite where the main event will be held. fortunately, paranaque became one of the chosen diocese to become a host for some of the delegates. being a youth of the vicariate of san antonio de padua, i volunteered myself to become one of the team members in the transportation team of the diocese of paranaque. delegates that we handled mostly were from Myanmar, China, Cambodia, Pakistan and the youth from the Cannossian Movement. there were also local delegates from Nueva Viscaya, Davao, Ipil, Infanta, etc..

at first i thought our duty was just to fetch the delegates from airports and bus terminals, but what happend was much more. i started my volunteer work on saturday <> activities for that day was really tiring. there was the pilgrimage where we had to do the stations of the cross while having each stations in diffrent churches along las pinas and muntinlupa. after visiting 3 churches and finishing the stations of the cross, a mass was then celebrated at Mary Immaculate-nature church in moonwalk village. after the thanksgiving mass, its party time! a barrio fiesta was held at the back of the church where delegates, local and foreign, shared dinner together. filipino delicacies were the menu for that night. the fiesta was really fun. bands and dance groups showcased a world class performance. the las pinas boys choir, which gave the philippines an international award became guest performers for that night. even the singer princess velasco awed the audience with her acoustics.our saturday ended at around 12 midnight already, but before we went home we joined the delegates from nueva viscaya to see thier home here in our subdivision. together with tita ruby and the others, we shared a moment of laughter together with our fellow youth.

thus the story ends on a monday morning after a breakfast at st. joseph's parish in las pinas city and a farewell party at the st. andrews cathedral. goodbyes fled the place were we handed over the delegates to the youth of cavite. MOA became the last place where we had to spend time with our new friends. in the middle of the day, we parted ways with the delegates and wished them a happy life and hoped that we will see each other again.

YAsia FIESTA!