This is Not a Fashionable Post

I originally wanted to post something about fashion because I love looking at those beautiful outfits (plus bloggers love those kind of posts, don't you?). But eventually, I figured out that I can't share a lot about the topic because I'm this laid back girl who loves to read fashion magazines/blogs while in her jeans and oversized shirt. It's fun to cultivate my inner femininity but honestly, I just can't pull it off. So instead of my mindless opinions about these wonderful pictures:

 

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(isn't she lovely?)

and this

 

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I'm going to talk about this:

 

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You are not in a state of delirium.

That's a real house, carried by real people in a real life-setting here in the Philippines.

(Philippines is a real country too! naaaah! We're somewhere in Southeast Asia)

 

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That house-lifting activity is not a fictional scene. We call that Bayanihan. Bayan means country so the word under the Filipino grammar basically means "being one" or "helping each countrymen" This usually happens in the countryside where houses are mainly made from light materials such as bamboo and nipa because by law of whatever-science-subject, you can't lift a concrete house. So basically, if you want to change your address,   just ask a group of  your muscular neighbors to pull out your house from the ground and off you go, hello new  location!

Question: Does this still exist until now? 

I have no idea. But I was lucky enough to witness this maybe 10-15 years ago. I was so amazed!  It was like

Howl's Moving Castle