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We reach this room at the back of the church. Inside it is this black, burnt figure of Jesus Christ. I’ve seen this on the net before. It’s the Black Nazarene.
Filipinos go gaga over this one day a year. Said it could grant wishes and perform miracles. Basically, tradition here is that people want to get their hands or handkerchiefs to come in contact
with the idol. Voila! A miracle or a wish will come true.
I don’t have any handkerchief with me so I’ll guess I’ll have to touch every inch of the idol to get all the miracle out of it because I see no exits in this room.
All I need is this miracle.
“Hey! San exit? They said meron dito diba?”
Carla ignores me and continues to climb up the Nazarene. I was joking when I said we needed a miracle but this girl. This girl is actually cli
