It was a bright night as the moon shone brightly and the stars twinkled across the sky. The trees and nipa leaves were swaying with the breeze as if dancing for us. And there we were aboard a small boat, or banca, quietly drifting along the narrow river. Then, as we came deeper into the river, we saw some lights sparkling at trees. It was like the stars coming down at us, but they weren't stars. It was like staring at a Christmas tree that sprouted at a river bank. It's just that they were not Christmas lights, either. They were fireflies. Who would think that they all convene here when darkness comes? We came a bit closer to the trees, trying to get our cameras capture this natural beauty. Unfortunately, the fireflies seem evasive because they don't register in our cameras. But there we were enthralled at such a magnificent view, something cosmopolitan people see in the big cities.