Philippine Independence Day, the Netherlands

June 12 is the Philippine Independence Day
The Philippine Declaration of Independence occurred on June 12 in the Philippines, where Filipino revolutionary forces under General Emilio Aguinaldo (later to become the Philippines' first Republican President) proclaimed the sovereignty and independence of the Philippine Islands from the colonial rule of Spain after the latter was defeated at the Battle of Manila Bay during the Spanish-American War.
The Filipinos in the Netherlands celebrated it yesterday. This is one of the Filipino activities which many Filipinos are looking forward to every year. We left home around 10:30 a.m. to Spaarnwoude Park where the celebration was held. The organizers prepared a show like singing and dancing. Many brought tents and a lot of food with them. We didn't bring anything since we just wanted to roam around and meet friends. There are several reasons to go there, to meet friends, to buy Filipino products and food, etc. There were many food stalls.
My goals to go there were to meet my friend (Jenny), I know her from a Filipino forum. It was a short meeting because they went home early. To meet my old friends and of course to buy Filipino products and food. It was nice meeting old friends and enemies (not really, hahaha) whom I have not seen for almost 3 years and a half. It was unbelievable to see my friend's children grow very fast. I have a friend who was pregnant when we left and of course her child is now 3 1/2 years old. I bought mangoes and noodles. Annabel likes noodles. I roamed around to look for dried fish but I found big ones, I like small ones. I went home without it. We went home around 4 p.m. I bought chicken bbq so that I didn't need to cook for supper. My husband also enjoyed meeting his friends from a Filipino-Dutch forum.
Suffice it to say that it was a nice day not only the weather but above all meeting old friends.