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May ga-lagaw guid man? Daw ka mari-it guid abi

Is it just me, or does MassKara 2026 feel completely mari-it? (Yes, I know the word technically means haunted or spiritually eerie, but it literally feels like the life has been sucked out of the city, or like some bad vibe is ruining the festival mood 😂).

It’s already October, but everything feels incredibly dull and dead. Usually by this time, the streets are bustling and the festive energy is high, but right now it is so cold and unenthusiastic. Where is everybody? People aren't even going out this weekend.

Is this all because of that half-assed plaza rehabilitation project? They promised it would be completely finished before MassKara started, but it looks totally rushed and substandard. Even Mayor Greg publicly blasted the TIEZA contractor in the news because the quality is just unacceptable. They displaced the local vendors and locked up parts of the plaza for months, and the final result just ended up killing the soul of the downtown area.

What do you guys think? Are the Lacson strip and the BCGC the only areas saving the festival this year, or is MassKara 2026 really just a flop?

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u/xamoshi — 12 days ago
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Establishments that accept Apple Pay?

Diin nabal-an nyo nga mga establishments and restos nga ga accept na Apple Pay diri sa Bacolod?

u/xamoshi — 2 months ago
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Anyone here from Tangub? Quick question about a "UFO" experience in Punta Bato back in the early 2000s.

With all the recent buzz and public discussion surrounding the UFO/UAP footages being brought up again by Trump, I finally built up the courage to share an experience I’ve kept in my back pocket for over two decades.

This happened back in the early 2000s (somewhere between 2000 and 2004). At the time, I was just a high school kid in the Philippines. I wasn’t actually from the area, but one evening I found myself hanging out with about 3 or 4 friends in Purok Punta Bato, Barangay Tangub, in Bacolod City.

If anyone knows that area from back then, you know it was completely different from how it is today. It was pitch dark, very undeveloped, sparsely populated, with rough dirt roads and surrounded by tons of massive, tall trees.
We were just walking down the road heading home in the dark when everything happened in a flash.

Suddenly, we saw this bright, glowing red light. It was round and moving incredibly fast—unstable and erratic—weaving right through the upper branches of the tall trees. It moved at such an insane, aggressive speed that our immediate thought was that we were watching something crash. Aside from the dominant red glow, I caught flashes of what might have been blue and white lights mixed in, though it all happened too fast to be 100% sure.

The most terrifying part? It was completely silent.
We tried to rationalize it later, but the timeline just doesn't add up for normal explanations:

It wasn't a commercial drone: Consumer DJI-style drones flat out didn't exist in the early 2000s.

It wasn't an RC helicopter prank: An RC hobby copter from that era would have had a loud, buzzing gas or electric motor, especially in a dead-silent, undeveloped area. This thing made absolutely zero noise.

Because it was moving so fast and came out of nowhere, it startled the absolute hell out of us. We didn't stand around to take notes or investigate—we genuinely got terrified, turned around, and booked it. We ran as fast as we could, which is why we couldn't observe it for longer.

I still think about it whenever UAP footage makes the news. Did anyone else living in or around Bacolod City in the early 2000s ever see anything similar floating around Tangub?

u/xamoshi — 5 months ago