Manila, Oct. 31 -- Some visitors have already decided to go to Heaven's Garden Memorial Park here on Halloween Friday to avoid the expected influx on All Saints' Day on Saturday and All Souls' Day on Sunday.

Some took the time to bond as a family over picnic lunch at the burial sites of their dearly departed.

Some others, like councilor Aldous Perez and his friends, were setting up tents at the burial sites of their loved ones - in the case of Perez, his father, slain mayor Caesar.

However, for those who have decided to go there on Saturday, they hire someone for the upkeep of the gravesite, including cleaning of tombstones to make them look neat and pleasing.

This writer, while looking for the tomb of the former mayor, bumped into a ...