Tuesday, May 06, 2003
Project Wood and Stone: Into the Walled City
Today after our English102 class, my partner in researching and I took off to Intramuros to conduct an on-location report by taking pictures and seeing what we are researching right in front of us.
We ate first at KFC at Waltermart around 1030am and then Ate Angge tried all the BPI Tellers so she can withdraw but there was always a problem. We travelled to Dasmariñas Bayan and in front of the church there was a waiting [San Agustin] air conditioned bus. We got inside and she sat by the window on the 2nd to the last seat. Momentarily, the bus departed for Lawton.
We didn't know exactly what to take to get from Point A to Point B. We knew where these places were located, but there are were so many jeeps with so many different places to go to that it was chaos! We took one jeep and then had to get off since it was the wrong one. We had to cross the streets under criss-crossing roads all underneath a fly-over. Fast cars, buses, jeeps, you name it.
We finally arrived at the Post Office and there were these majestic fountains there. We couldn't help it so we took pictures there despite the people around on the park benches probably looking at us as tourists. But we're not! We're just researchers! I took out my Pocketpad and Pen and wrote some things down.
We rode a jeep "Quiapo and Pier" and zoomed around the exterior walls and gates of Intramuros until arriving just in front of the Manila Cathedral. We got off and proceeded into the Plaza. We took more pictures and went inside the cathedral. It was dark! I mean, it didn't invite the sunshine into it. A few people were praying at the back and Ate Angge and I walked around observing things and asking permission to take pictures. Ate Angge interviewed one of the maintenance crew (no adminstration was available at the time) who was double shifts cause he was also at the entrance of the Cathedral tending to incoming visitors.
We took lots of pictures but since this Cathedral was still "very lively" with people, it wasn't really a place we'd find a tour guide. We bought some pasalubongs in one of the little chapels on the corner of the main cathedral. Then, after spending almost an hour walking around and observing things, we decided to go outside and head down the streets of Intramuros towards the San Agustin Church.
I saw my crush several times. In fact, there were so many clones of my crush out in the sunshine. Then of course there are the look-alikes of my crush. The red and green ones. Of course, my crush is still the silver one. We saw two Satin Silver Metallic CR-V's in the parking space right in front of the San Agustin Church. You should have seen how I looked like. We also spotted an ABS-CBN Truck and later onwards an ABS-CBN Van.
We proceeded into the San Agustin Church and of course, this isn't as "public" as it used to be. It's now mostly a museum. We pay'd 25 pesos for the College Student fee (compared to 50 pesos for the regular entrance fee) and proceeded inside. According to the guard when I asked, we are allowed to take pictures in the Courtyard and in the Hallways but not in the many rooms that contain the artifacts. Darn. Oh well. Ahem.
We walked around and the museum was empty. It was just us, two or three guards roaming around, one or two housekeeping, and two bored women behind the Cashier and Refreshment Sites. The place was very quiet. You can hear the fountain in the center of the courtyard in the very center of this part of the church.
We took pictures and we went into the San Agustin Church proper. It felt weird, because we've been looking at that church through the pictures. The recent logo I'm currently using for Brodcst Msktir "Wood and Stone" is a view of the church from the upper balcony.
It was surprising though when we saw the flooring included tiled lapidas. It scared Ate Angge a little and the effect wouldn't be shortlived since the church was quiet and empty. Ate Angge's camera which makes a rotating-film sound once you take a picture could be heard throughout the main church. My camera (er, Jerson's... i'm borrowing my classmates camera) has this bright flash which can catch attention.
We roamed around and when we got to this room which was quite far from the guards and the housekeeping, I took a stolen shot of the retablo with so many saints in it. It felt weird... breaking the law!
By that time, we had grown very weary and tired. On the 2nd Floor I started to reminisce my 2nd Year Field Trip to this place. Anyways, we went downstairs and there were four new visitors roaming around. I had a glass of Iced Tea and then we left.
On going home, our plan was to leave around 6pm but it was still 3pm! We had already accomplished visiting the churches we needed to visit on the first of two set-dates of on-location researching. We walked probably two kilometers to escape Intramuros and cross the wide-road on the edge of Luneta Park. We rode on a jeepnee and got off at Lawton. We entered the sakayan complex (my first time there) and we both ordered some refreshments. There wearn't any [San Agustin] buses to reverse the route we had taken to get to Lawton. It was both our first time commuting on these parts of the web of roads and streets. Anyways, the buses were headed for Nasugbu, and other places in Batangas and Laguna. One lane was dedicated to Dasmariñas, Cavite, but vans were lined up there.
Ate Angge and I got separated since I was to get off at SM Bacoor and she was going home to Dasmariñas. She rode on a "Dasma Bayan" while I rode on a "Imus" van. After thirty minutes of waiting in separate vans, my van went first. When it left the Sakayan area I noticed a [San Agustin] bus headed for "Dasmariñas Bayan"... meaning, we should have explored the entire sakayan area instead of getting on the first thing we saw which were the vans!
Yikes! Oh well. But now I know. Hey, many new things learned today from our experience with my partner in research Ate Angge as we ventured into Intramuros and back again. That ends the first set-date for researching.
On the second set-date for researching, we head to Baclaran, Las Piñas, and maybe Parañaque churches. But this time, we have the company of some of our classmates. So it's going to be exciting once again this Thursday.
Today after our English102 class, my partner in researching and I took off to Intramuros to conduct an on-location report by taking pictures and seeing what we are researching right in front of us.
We ate first at KFC at Waltermart around 1030am and then Ate Angge tried all the BPI Tellers so she can withdraw but there was always a problem. We travelled to Dasmariñas Bayan and in front of the church there was a waiting [San Agustin] air conditioned bus. We got inside and she sat by the window on the 2nd to the last seat. Momentarily, the bus departed for Lawton.
We didn't know exactly what to take to get from Point A to Point B. We knew where these places were located, but there are were so many jeeps with so many different places to go to that it was chaos! We took one jeep and then had to get off since it was the wrong one. We had to cross the streets under criss-crossing roads all underneath a fly-over. Fast cars, buses, jeeps, you name it.
We finally arrived at the Post Office and there were these majestic fountains there. We couldn't help it so we took pictures there despite the people around on the park benches probably looking at us as tourists. But we're not! We're just researchers! I took out my Pocketpad and Pen and wrote some things down.
We rode a jeep "Quiapo and Pier" and zoomed around the exterior walls and gates of Intramuros until arriving just in front of the Manila Cathedral. We got off and proceeded into the Plaza. We took more pictures and went inside the cathedral. It was dark! I mean, it didn't invite the sunshine into it. A few people were praying at the back and Ate Angge and I walked around observing things and asking permission to take pictures. Ate Angge interviewed one of the maintenance crew (no adminstration was available at the time) who was double shifts cause he was also at the entrance of the Cathedral tending to incoming visitors.
We took lots of pictures but since this Cathedral was still "very lively" with people, it wasn't really a place we'd find a tour guide. We bought some pasalubongs in one of the little chapels on the corner of the main cathedral. Then, after spending almost an hour walking around and observing things, we decided to go outside and head down the streets of Intramuros towards the San Agustin Church.
I saw my crush several times. In fact, there were so many clones of my crush out in the sunshine. Then of course there are the look-alikes of my crush. The red and green ones. Of course, my crush is still the silver one. We saw two Satin Silver Metallic CR-V's in the parking space right in front of the San Agustin Church. You should have seen how I looked like. We also spotted an ABS-CBN Truck and later onwards an ABS-CBN Van.
We proceeded into the San Agustin Church and of course, this isn't as "public" as it used to be. It's now mostly a museum. We pay'd 25 pesos for the College Student fee (compared to 50 pesos for the regular entrance fee) and proceeded inside. According to the guard when I asked, we are allowed to take pictures in the Courtyard and in the Hallways but not in the many rooms that contain the artifacts. Darn. Oh well. Ahem.
We walked around and the museum was empty. It was just us, two or three guards roaming around, one or two housekeeping, and two bored women behind the Cashier and Refreshment Sites. The place was very quiet. You can hear the fountain in the center of the courtyard in the very center of this part of the church.
We took pictures and we went into the San Agustin Church proper. It felt weird, because we've been looking at that church through the pictures. The recent logo I'm currently using for Brodcst Msktir "Wood and Stone" is a view of the church from the upper balcony.
It was surprising though when we saw the flooring included tiled lapidas. It scared Ate Angge a little and the effect wouldn't be shortlived since the church was quiet and empty. Ate Angge's camera which makes a rotating-film sound once you take a picture could be heard throughout the main church. My camera (er, Jerson's... i'm borrowing my classmates camera) has this bright flash which can catch attention.
We roamed around and when we got to this room which was quite far from the guards and the housekeeping, I took a stolen shot of the retablo with so many saints in it. It felt weird... breaking the law!
By that time, we had grown very weary and tired. On the 2nd Floor I started to reminisce my 2nd Year Field Trip to this place. Anyways, we went downstairs and there were four new visitors roaming around. I had a glass of Iced Tea and then we left.
On going home, our plan was to leave around 6pm but it was still 3pm! We had already accomplished visiting the churches we needed to visit on the first of two set-dates of on-location researching. We walked probably two kilometers to escape Intramuros and cross the wide-road on the edge of Luneta Park. We rode on a jeepnee and got off at Lawton. We entered the sakayan complex (my first time there) and we both ordered some refreshments. There wearn't any [San Agustin] buses to reverse the route we had taken to get to Lawton. It was both our first time commuting on these parts of the web of roads and streets. Anyways, the buses were headed for Nasugbu, and other places in Batangas and Laguna. One lane was dedicated to Dasmariñas, Cavite, but vans were lined up there.
Ate Angge and I got separated since I was to get off at SM Bacoor and she was going home to Dasmariñas. She rode on a "Dasma Bayan" while I rode on a "Imus" van. After thirty minutes of waiting in separate vans, my van went first. When it left the Sakayan area I noticed a [San Agustin] bus headed for "Dasmariñas Bayan"... meaning, we should have explored the entire sakayan area instead of getting on the first thing we saw which were the vans!
Yikes! Oh well. But now I know. Hey, many new things learned today from our experience with my partner in research Ate Angge as we ventured into Intramuros and back again. That ends the first set-date for researching.
On the second set-date for researching, we head to Baclaran, Las Piñas, and maybe Parañaque churches. But this time, we have the company of some of our classmates. So it's going to be exciting once again this Thursday.
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