San Sebastian Church of Lumban Laguna as one of those we visited during 2012 Visita Iglesia
Photo processed and posted in Instagram.
There’s no stopping the real estate boom in this country and the way to go is up.
Even in our immediate neighborhood, we see a lot of communities sprouting up, residential buildings mostly. There is this big group of residential buildings that seem to loom wherever we are within a certain radius in the community. Scary, the way I see it, it’s like a reminder that “these residential buildings are here to stay”.
Shudders at the thought that some of these residential buildings being built (not necessarily these ones in the photo) have 40+ units on each floor.
Being a bit old fashioned, I wouldn’t mind a house standing on the ground, thank you very much. I’d rather look at manufactured homes for sale than live several floors above the ground. I wouldn’t want to be caught in a building during an earthquake.
I just hope there are still enough space for us to build a new home when the time comes to move out of this neighborhood.
Filipinos, being the only Catholic nation in SouthEast Asia, are known to be a religious flock.
Seeing religious symbols is common since Catholic homes have their own altars, churches are big and imposing and even public places have these religious symbols on display.
Below is a symbolic religious representation of Jesus Church in a church we recently visited. This church in Bacolor, Pampanga is special because it was half-buried in mud when Mount Pinatubo, a volcano believed to be inactive, erupted twenty years ago.
Same church has recently been under the spotlight as venue/location for a tv series featuring a child who can miraculously cure sick people.
