A good time was had by all in the first La Laguna Tour last Sunday. We were blessed with good weather and enthusiastic participants. We expected to spend less than 1 hour in Calamba but because there was a massive crowd gathered in Rizal shrine we end up surpassing the allotted time I originally planned. Fortunately, the traffic […]
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[youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mel2KbnyeJ8] We recorded this podcast for one special reason. To promote a project that has been simmering in our minds for months—a history tour of Laguna. While we both know that it’s an uphill battle to get it rolling, we’re determined to make it happen. That great Spaniard novelist Miguel Cervantes wrote, “a closed […]
I visited the new monument dedicated to José Rizal located just in front of Calamba’s city hall yesterday and was surprised to find a monument made with great reverence, historical enthusiasm and respect! I’ve seen my share of Rizal monuments around the country. This one was obviously well planned unlike the other ones. In the past all municipalities were encouraged to put […]
The Hill Town I woke up around 5 in the morning, ate my usual breakfast and headed straight out to catch the earliest bus to Wilhemsfeld (pronounced ‘V’ilhemsfeld) the town where Rizal wrote the last chapters of his Noli. The importance of this town is monumental in our history. Here he found the inspiration to […]
What I discovered recently is how its so much better traveling around old towns in a bicycle. It won’t always be possible as tehre are limitations in the number of places you can reach but nothing beats the health benefits (which I desperately needs!) and the mobility it affords. Since I was expecting some rain […]
It’s amazing how time flies isn’t it? The Calamba native, considered as the greatest Filipino hero of all, will be celebrating his 150th birthday. Actually, we’ll be the ones commemorating since his long been gone. Aside from his career as a writer for the “propaganda” we seem to have forgotten his other side. He had […]
Probably, the most challenging trip in recent memory for me. Lacking sleep and rest, straight from work, with the hottest of seasons upon us – I committed to worship in all seven Yglesias I listed down from the other night with the help of Layug’s classic, “A Tourist Guide to Notable Philippine Churches”. The mission […]
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