Calamba City was a place I frequented during a colorful time in my life. I passed by it first during a high school press conference in Sta. Cruz, Laguna, passed by it more often during my trips to my hometown.
This church is amazing not only because of the architecture and age being built in the 19th century, but more so because of certain practices that I have not seen anywhere else yet. For one, female churchgoers still wear or are provided with a veil during communion.
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| Floor tiles |
I am always fascinated with old style floor tiles. I think I have a collection of photos on this that I need to make an album of.
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| A blurred shot of the ceiling towards the altar. |
The church gives you that feeling of nostalgia, of the old world. I could imagine how people prayed here during the Spanish times. It is where Jose P. Rizal, my peg, was baptized three days after he was born on June 22, 1861.
I was able to enter the Rizal Shrine first in high school during that regional press conference. Every student should be able to have that experience of going places where history happened.
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| Lighted streets of Calamba |
Going around the city is easy via tricycle and it was nice to see well-lighted streets. Makes one feel safe. Our towns and cities should be just like that.
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| Liana's Discount City |
Before SM City Calamba, Liana's was the to go place for people especially in Parian. It was just nice to look back at the beautiful things in Calamba and see them now again when growth and development has happened already. Gotta pay another visit to this city soon.
So hindi na pala green ang paint ng Rizal shrine?
ReplyDeleteNot sure masyado about the color Kuya Ding, 2008 pa to eh, hihi.
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