The last day of the World Pyro Olympics 2008 drew a huge crowd especially that the weather was good and it was a payday weekend. I arrived at the back of SM Mall of Asia at around 5PM only to see what all the prime locations were taken. Some of my friends were already there and they manage to secure a small area on top of the sea wall...and its getting smaller by the minute as more and more people squeezed in.

Sensing that it would be impossible for us to setup our tripods in such a very cramped space, we decided to take up positions just behind the sea wall crowd. So most of my shots have people in it.

The first display started at around 7:30PM. It was called the Fellowship of Fire and it was designed by all of this year's participants.



Folks who went to previous World Pyro Olympics noticed that this year's presentations were noticeable shorter. The Fellowship of Fire this year, for instance, lasted only a mere 10-12 minutes.


The next presentation was from Philippine's very own La Mancha Pyro Productions (it was slated at 9PM so we had to wait for almost 1 hour for it). It was supposed to be pyro musical but somehow I missed the "musical" part (maybe I was just too busy taking photos hehe).


It was a very nice evening overall. I was expecting more of the fireworks but hey I got to shoot the last day of World Pyro Olympics for FREE.


The next challenge after the fireworks presentations was finding a place to eat. Every restaurant was practically overflowing with hungry customers. We ended up queuing at David's Teahouse after making a short tour of all the eating places hehehe. Food was ok and conversation was lively (thanks bai Oggie and Ferdz!). I didn't notice the time until one of the waiters presented us with our bill as they are already closing for the night.

I got more photos here.