New Year in Eastwood City

All my life I had been celebrating New Years Eve in our house or someone else's house. The usual noise making and firecracker lighting, following Feng Shui rules and traditional Filipino customary, it becomes boring over time. Now its time to break the old habit and start a new way of celebrating the start of the year. We are torn between viewing the city's merriment over the cliffs along Sumulong Highway in Antipolo and the hurly-burly of Eastwood City. Since we have no available transportation, we opted for the second.

Eastwood City is located along C5 Road in Quezon City. Another ecozone, buildings in this center is the home for top oursourcers IBM and Dell and first class restaurants and fast food. The newly opened Eastwood City Mall has a park with dancing fountain, amazing landscape and an area easily convertible to a stage for mini concert. Witness the fun we had, it sure beats cooking at home, and eating dinner, watch the fireworks then sleep after the clock strikes twelve.

A digital countdown at the stage.

Eastwood City is one of the foremost pet-friendly places in the city.

R& B singer Kris Lawrence

Coke Zero is one of the major sponsors of the event

Four more hours to go to midnight.

I wish there's a hydrant around in here.

Artwork along the hallway of Eastwood Mall.

Half past three Kyla entertains the crowd.

I want that shirt!

I'm tired!

Gigantic floral mobile hangs from the mall's ceiling.

And so is a gigantic golden wreath.

Journey front man Arnel Pineda rocks the night.

Coke Zero's resolution wall.

Write on the wall, get a balloon for your resolution.

Eastwood's Walk of Fame.

One of the country's biggest star: Tony award winner Lea Salonga

And the biggest of them all: Manny Pacquiao.

Orbs and stars along the Citywalk.

Hey, look at me!

Pet owners

I know talent when I smell one.

Human mannequins and mime roam the streets of Eastwood

00:00:00 Happy New Year!

Confetti!

And fireworks!

Coke Zero balloons released

   

A Harlequin joins the crowd

More photos of the night's revelry