St John's Cathedral... A typical Sunday soiree for Filipinos

St. John’s Cathedral nestled near the Bukit Nenas forest reserve in the city of Kuala Lumpur is a focal point for most Filipinos every Sunday as this is where they meet with friends and families to catch up with daily life of love ones here and back home.
Even before the 8:00am mass is over (approx 9:30am), you can see hordes of the Filipinos streaming out of the church compound to gather outside the surrounding area. Some will leave for other parts of town while others will gather in nearby surrounding areas. Filipino traders can be seen setting up stalls to ply their trade, ranging from food, clothes to even manicure and pedicure. The food traders trade both breakfast snacks to lunch with rice , fish and their favorite…pork adobo (cooked in vinegar, soy sauce and garlic!) and the traditional Filipino dish, the famous Crispy Pata (which means pork feet), made from fried pork legs and is widely known for its crispiness and delicious taste. The dish is perfect with vinegar and soy sauce dip.
Most of the Filipinos buy toys, bargain clothes even VCDs, which most likely will be sent back to their families in the Philippines. By 11:00am, the place would have quieten down and the second wave of Filipinos (which is not many compared with the earlier mass) will start to ply their trade and this goes on every Sunday…a sea of colours with the Filipinos and their umbrellas and the hustle and bustle of their native tongue…Tagalog being heard in the air.