Sunday, December 13, 2009
Filipino Community Day in Dammam
Mark Bautista was a visitor at the Filipino Community Day. We were, too.
Annually, Filipino communities in the Eastern Province of Saudi Arabia (encompassing Alkhobar, Dammam, Dhahran, Jubail, etc) hold a get together day for Pinoy families and bachelors. Annually, too, they invite various artists to grace the occasion.
Last year, it was Eric Santos. This year, the guest was Mark Bautista.
The Filipino Community Day was held at Cobra Park in Dammam, Saudi Arabia. (The place was used to be known as King Fahd Park).
We enjoyed it. The way Hiligaynon Communities handled the affair was so professional and commendable.
(They have assigned attendants to manage the parking and traffic of vehicles, and have barong-clad personnel to cordon the guest artist from throngs of Pinoy fans. I thought it was cool.)
Cobra Park is so huge and offered lots of rides. Best of all, they were free!
Enough said. Here are the rest of the photos.
(Top photo: Notice the the park's 'cobra').
The show was almost an hour long. I think Mark sang around ten songs, ranging from Tagalog ballads to English love songs to a medley of standards for the 'old kabayans' and capped the show off with Rivermaya's 'Posible'.
Throngs of fans!
...and throngs of cellphones!
After the show, off we went for the rides!
I remembered 'Final Destination' while seeing this.
The roller coaster against the sun. The queue was so long we decided to skip it even if we wanted to try it out.
Oh how we goofed around during the Filipino Community Day.
Quite honestly, it was fun!
nabasa ko nga yan adds nila last month dyan sa may enjaz. well i hope na marami namannapaligaya. sayang at wala ang idol ko. KH.
Libre lahat yung rides?!Galing naman! at ang gaganda ng cellphones nila lolz
Ang saya-saya naman, and I like Mark Bautista. Kudos to the concert organizer.
waw!
si papa po nandyan din ee, hindi ako matanung basta alam ko nasa jeddah sya. ahm? wala po akong clue sa lugar na yun...
saya!
gusto ko yung mga rides na ganun!!!
yung makikita sa final destination.
:P
hello po!
:P
Naks, parang "presidentiable" si mark dahil sa mga alalay nyang naka barong ah!
Totoo, libre ang rides dyan? Baka naman libre dahil kasama sa "package deal".
I think they hold a community day here, too. Pero hindi yata ako nag aattend. Heehee. I miss that ride in Echanted Kingdom. They call it "flying fiesta" there.
Sana meroon din ganyan dito sa Jeddah. Libre ang rides! By the way, now ko lang nakita ang ibang angulo ng mukha mo ah. Lagi ko lng kasing nakikita yung profile pix mo sa iyong blog.
Wow!
First time kong nakita rito sa Isla de Nebz na may mga pictures kayo. At nandyan pa rin ang pang-ad ng Nokia, "I Listen!" o",)
HANEP!!! Hanep si Nebz may photo blog na rin hehehe, ganda ng mga pics mo ha lalo na yun last picture. Dami rin pala rides diyan, wala kang sinabi kung magandang kumanta si Mark? Pero gusto ko siya kasi malamig ang boses (giniginaw kasi ako pag kumakanata siya LOL). Pero naks naman naka nokia siya sabi nga ni RJ, "I listen" LOL