I was waiting for NHI to go back from their lunch when I decided to pass time strolling around Luneta. I found a good spot where there was a perfect shade. I gaped at the monument and started to remember memories of my childhood, when my father would bring the family to picnic in its […]
A brief history of this historic Iglesia we recently had the chance to visit last month. Considered by our local church official as one of the ‘jubilee churches’(old pre Spanish churches in Laguna) alongside with the shrine of Sto. Sepulcro in Landayan, SanPedro and the other old century old churches in Laguna (Nagcarlan, Pila, San […]
I’m not sure if Rizal stayed in Muntinlupa, chances are good that he did not, did he ever visited this sleepy hilly town? that also has no historical reference so clearly during his days the young hero did not have anything to do with the once Augustinian domain which at that time partly belongs to […]
Me, MIke & Pepe at the Rizal Shrine in Calamba, originally uploaded by Arnaldos’ shutter. I’m not certain if I said it right in Spanish but this two guys are just awesome! They are my first ever recruits – Pepe Alas and Mike Adzuara! It is my grand aspiration to enlist more people to team […]
Nuestra Señora de la Paz y Buenviaje, originally uploaded by Arnaldos’ shutter. My recent visit to the Antipolo church has brought back one of my fondness memory of mahal na araw rituals – the lenghty hike from our residence in Makati to its hilly footway. A spiritual cleansing through physical distress. I’ve only done it […]
Arnaiz & Alas, originally uploaded by Arnaldos’ shutter. So far I have only two other members since I started this group a month ago. I hope I could increase the numbers once I get the club published in our company’s weekly journal. I’ve also requested for a regular article the would primarily focus on interesting […]
Fortification, originally uploaded by Arnaldos’ shutter. I found what look like to be a fortification or a small bridge below the present bridge in Poblacion, Muntinlupa. I was curious enough to take this picture and ask some people around what’s this structure. No one seems to know. This could very well be a footbridge since […]
The Historic Pagsanjan Church, originally uploaded by Arnaldos’ shutter. I went to this place under the cover of wanting to take the boat ride to the falls but the history nerd that I am-of course was more interested in finding sites that would be of interest and it was not hard to find one for […]
Shrine, originally uploaded by Arnaldos’ shutter. Located at the end part of the local cemetery in Bilibid one can find this peaceful haven. A shrine dedicated to the Japanese soldiers who died in Muntinlupa and the neighbouring towns. The shrine is also a cemetery because the Japanese soldiers who were executed are buried here. Legend […]
Alberto – Alonzo House, originally uploaded by Arnaldos’ shutter. In a recent visit to the Alberto house in Biñan. I was awed by its beauty but at the same time regret its present condition. This classic stone house displays the prominence and style of the family that has occupied it for more than 200 years. […]
Recently I discovered the kapilya where Rizal at an early age made his prayers to the Holy Virgin. The Nuestra Señora de la Paz y Buenviaje located in La Paz Biñan (namesake of popular old church in Antipolo) its a 15 minute walk from the town proper. It was once a modest chapel built with […]
From Bahay Kubo to Bahay na Bato to … by Robert Gardner “Houses have their own ways of dying, falling as variously as the generations of men, some with a tragic roar, some quietly, … while from others … the spirit slips before the body perishes.” (“Howards End”, E. M. Forster, 1910) Wherever I traveled […]
Biñan played a brief but pivotal role in Rizal’s schooling as a young boy under the guardianship of Maestro Cruz. although he described the town being ‘ugly and small’ the now crowded municipality help develop Rizal during his critical formative school days. Unfortunately much of what remains in Maestro Cruz’ school is now gone. The […]
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