A Long Overdue Post - Part I

I’m experimenting with Flickr. It now has a plugin for wordpress. I’ve also been promising some friends that I’d be posting some of our old photos. Before I forget, note that I took the pictures for most of these shots (90%+). Also, these pictures are not perfect as the digicams back in those days were sporting a max of 640×480 they also drained 4 Energizer batteries in less than a day. Here you go!

Here’s almost everyone. There were 17 of us delegates then. For those who are wondering why we’re all wrapped up and looking like tourists, we were in Rome for Great Jubilee of the Year 2000 and also for the Holy Week. We were there from (searches memory) April 16 or so and stayed for about 10 days. I will check my old passport for the dates as this was 7 years ago. Wow!

An audience with the Pope! We got to stay in the Pope Paul VI Auditorium. We got tickets to the event beforehand and they were color coded. If you got a green one (special) you get to greet the Pope. In the next pictures, a professor at the University of Asia and the Pacific, also a Philippine delegate, got to greet the Pope. She’s the one kneeling in front of the Pope. The Pope gives his greeting and then leaves. During all this time, some Spanish girls in front of us kept singing.

Outside the auditorium, we see the people who sing for the Pope–identified by their orange sash. They were still singing as they walked out of the auditorium, Aggie (in Red) is trying to out-walk them.

Having lunch. Since we walk around a lot, we bring our lunches in white paper bags (very sturdy ones indeed!). These were packed by the conference organizers and they became an identifier for us. Lost your group? Look for someone bringing along a white paper bag!