It’s Back! The People-Friendly Festival Of Lights 2017 At Ayala Triangle Gardens, Makati City

Ho Ho Ho! Merry Christmas! It's less than three weeks away. Can you feel it in the air? Aren't you excited? Of course we are excited. Right? There are a lot of reasons to be excited, especially if you are a Filipino. It is not hidden that the Philippines is predominantly Roman Catholic nation. Hence, we have gazillion fiestas, we are happy people and we always want to celebrate life. Indeed, one celebration that we can't set aside is Christmas. OMG! I can't wait! I can't wait to eat classic Filipino sweet spaghetti and fruit salad on Noche Buena(Christmas Eve Feast). I can't wait to attend the Misa de Gallo or Simbang Gabi(Rooster's Mass), family reunion and white elephant gift exchange. Definitely, I won't forget my godchildren. I can't wait to buy gifts and expertly wrap it.

Moreover, our excitement even transcends on social media like facebook and instagram. Many millennials post pictures related to Christmas and add hashtags like #christmasiscoming and #12daysofchristmas. Believe it or not, different lights and sounds shows seem sprouting too everywhere like mushrooms as early as November. Let's not go too far, the best example to share is the Ayala Triangle Gardens "Festival of Lights" in Makati City. For nine years of annual show, it has now become like a household name every holiday season.

Welcome back again to Makati City! "Make it happen. Make it Makati". Being one of the richest cities in the Philippines it is sure for Makati to make great and spectacular things happen like the Ayala Triangle Gardens "Festival of Lights". It's my second time to create an article about this annual show, although(sad to say) I didn't get so much views last year on this blog. Simply because I really like it and fortunately for someone like me who lives nearby Makati CBD(Central Business District), going to Ayala is very easy almost everyday. The theme of the show also changes every year, from lights to sounds. So, there's no way for viewers to get fed up and usually it can only be seen for roughly sixty days, from first week of November to first week of January the following year. In short, you really need to see it and feel the spirit of Christmas.

Things you need to know before you watch the show. Just in case you have free time this week and you're planning to see the show. That's really a cool idea my friend! Luckily, the show kicked off earlier than last year. It runs daily, every 30 minutes from 6PM-10PM, from November 6, 2017 until January 7, 2018. Whether you're a blogger like me, photographer, employee working in Makati, group of friends, family or kid at heart. Everyone can go and really enjoy the dancing lights. It such a people-friendly show. Don't forget to bring umbrella and bottled water, if it rains or if everything doesn't go as planned. 

"Twinkle, twinkle, christmas lights. You're like diamonds in the sky." I was with my mom, sister and nephew when we watched the "Festival of Lights" last November. I thought we were somewhat stargazing in Ayala. For almost a decade of entertaining people, I can say that the wow factor is still there. 

Laser lights and haze machines were added to create more drama to the show.

Glimpse of the "Festival of Lights 2017" show. Sometimes it's better to create a video than to describe what's happening during the magical show.

Pretty much the challenges we had faced when we went to Ayala Triangle Gardens were the heavy rain which really prevented us to fully enjoy the show and yeah, photobombers which really prevented me to upload a perfect profile picture for my facebook account. But that's okay, for sure that was also an issue for them when they went home.

Selfie here, there and everywhere. Filipinos really are proficient selfie takers, even without a selfie stick we can surely find our angle and create an instagrammable pictures.

You're not dreaming. It's true. Honestly, there were times that I had to pinch myself to make sure I wasn't dreaming. I even thought of the famous "Avatar" movie. Just to share to you also, the show are created by roughly 1.6 million LED lights. Wow! Classic Filipino Christmas songs are also part of the sounds.

The Mcmicking Memorial. Not only colorful lights as preferred background for the profile picture but the newly unveiled memorial too. It was also became one of the best picture taking spots for spectators.

My family and I genuinely had fun watching the show even though it only lasted for roughly seven minutes. We needed to wait for another show since there's a 30-minute interval every hour. Due to the killjoy rain they decided to stop the show at around 9PM but I guess we're still fortunate to watch it for like an hour because usually they cancel it right away for safety reasons. It was also more fun compared to last year because I didn't go there alone. That's all folks! Thank you for reading this new article. It's truly one of my busiest months this year and the great thing about it is two or three more articles will be posted on my blog before we say hello to 2018. Another great news! I just started my vlog(video blog) on Youtube last week. Don't forget to subscribe on my channel SuperMarkyMacky MOR. It's also about travel and lifestyle. Be also part of my travel group on facebook. Just search SuperMarkyMacky & Folks and add your facebook account. Please also follow and like my facebook page Supermarkymacky etc. and instagram account supermarkymacky.