First of all let me wish you all a MerryMerry Christmas a very wonderful and full of joy Christmas 2024. I know this Christmas most of us spend a lot of money to give our best to buy gifts for our family, friends, and loved ones. Opening a present on Christmas day and bringing a smile to their faces is priceless. So this Christmas season we bought our kids in one of the brightest sightseeing places in Ortigas the Meralco Christmas Village. The reason why this place is so popular during the Christmas season is because it is free you can see all those Christmas displays for free of course except the food.

Once we go outside to take a skateboarding sesh turning back is not a first option no matter how good or bad the weather, rain or shine we don't waste time we still need to find a way to finish our sesh. Last November 30, 2024, six days before Mark back to Abu Dhabi we had a plan to take a street sesh at night. When I went outside everything was good the weather looked good although the sky was a little bit cloudy at that time. The plan was to find a spot where we could skate we just started to skate outside of Sumulong Park I think after 30 minutes of warming up a light rain started to fall. We weren't easily distracted by the light rain so we still continued to play but suddenly the light rain turned to moderate rain so we didn't have a choice to stop and find a shed.

After my deck Neen Williams Twin Tail shape I used to back a regular shape to test if what is the real perfect shape to me. Don't get me wrong a twin tail shape is a great shape for a deck because you don't have to worry about where is the tail or the nose. With a twin tail shape if you land your tricks in a fakie position the feeling is still the same as in a regular position nothing changes. I used my twin tail deck for almost 9 months and one thing that I really noticed was that I felt my Kickflip was not as good in a regular shape deck that's why I used to back on a regular shape to see if my Kickflip was better to a regular shape than to twin tail shape.

I've been planning to take a walk at night in Antipolo City to witness the Christmas Tree Lighting Ceremony with my own eyes. I recorded all these scenarios using my new action camera the Insta360 Ace Pro 2 while walking and headed to the place where the lighting ceremony happened. I started along P. Oliveros Street and ended up at Sumulong Park since I recorded the whole scenario you can able to watch the full video on my Youtube and Facebook Page down below.

Sixteen days before Mark left back to Abu Dhabi I was able to skate together with the crew including one of the original TWS crew named Michael Milla although he wasn't skating anymore and he was there because Mark invited him. Wency Padura was there too he was also able to skate that day and it's been a year since the last time I skated with him because he is so busy with his work. When I arrived at Mark's house Michael and Wency were already there Wency executed some tricks into the ledge lying down in Mark's garage. Yep, we started our sesh in Mark's garage before we brought the ledge outside. So after we ate our lunch we started to pack our things and brought the ledge outside a couple of yards from Mark's house and then we started a serious sesh.

Twenty days to go before Christmas a season to be jolly every corner of the street sparkling and brightening because of Christmas decorations. Last Sunday, December 01, 2024, we went to Bonifacio Global Center (BGC) in Taguig City, Philippines to see how wonderful the Christmas decorations are there. Every year the whole of Bonifacio High Street is decorated with wonderful Christmas Decorations such as a Christmas tree and Christmas lights in every corner of the street. We do not visit this place every Christmas season but this year we've been able to visit the BGC that's why I took my chances to take some photographs of those amazing Christmas decorations. Let's see what I got.