Makati City, Philippines

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I saw this guy at the party and assumed that he was a black guy. He was a dark Filipino.

I didnt see one single black person and I was looking. They would probably be very popular here.

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West Rembo

Walking around just after Christmas and all the little boys had their toy guns out in the street shooting the neighbors.

Ah, it's nice to see I tell ya.

"Hey Joe" [Bang! Bang!]

I returned fire with a borrowed sawed off shotgun seen in pic 2.

The toy guns there look remarkably real and have no red tip. "That looks just like my Glock!"

Oh and a sidenote to Wolf. One of the malls that we were at has a gunstore in it.

We were walking by and I saw some short shotguns in a display.

"What the.....!?, we gotta stop in here for a minute!"

With a license, a Filipino may legally own a handgun and this shop sells them.

There were Glocks and Smiths on display in the case. The proprietor said that one must have a license and to get a license you have to be Filipino.

Anyway......

Here are the kids and their guns.

Another sidenote. The kid in pic one is drinking out of a plastic bag, which is quite normal as the beverage is poured into the bag at the store to retain the returnable bottle.

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OK, there is the shooting, now lets check out an ambulance.

This is the Makati Ospital ambulance. It looks nice from the outside but the inside doesnt have nearly the same amount of life saving equipment as we have here in the US.

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This is very hard to see but what is inside is basically a cabinet and a tank of some kind.

Just for the record during the time that I was across the street snapping pics, there was a patient loaded into that very ambulance on a cart.....and....it....was....very....hard.....not to go and get his pic!

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Party, party, party, everyone's having a party.

The next door neighbor invited us to a party for his niece. She's turning one year old today....but the important thing to know is that there is free food and booze there.

Cool, we're there!

To be polite until everyone has at least one pass through the buffet, I dont load up. After that...it's every man for himself though.

It seemed funny to me that the family just set up the tables and parked the cars to block the traffic from the street. This street sees a fair amount of tricycle traffic.

With very little warning or hesistaion everything was set up....right in the middle of the street.

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This was my first pass through the buffet. Chicken, rice, fish.

There was plenty there though. The chicken as seen on my plate was the best. When everyone is busy eating and not paying attention to me, the plate was nearly completely loaded with the sweet saucy chicken.

No, it's not monkey Zip!

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This is the family that the party was for. Don't ask me their names, I dont remember.

The man is Filipino and the woman is Chinese....the little girl is just out_of_control cute.