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| San Agustin Church |
This blog has long been overdue. I just want to share another amazing day of my life the “
Usapang Kanto” way. There’s no better way to do this kind of whole day affair other than doing it with your family. We started the day with a good food at one of my family’s favourite Filipino restaurant in Intramuros, Ristorante Delle Mitre, located near CBCP. We had the usual and as ever, I had their mouth watering signature dish, sinigang. We tried their coffee. It’s fine, value for money, nerve stimulating hmmm anything that will describe a good brewed coffee but it will not change the way I crave for Sumiyaki at UCC and my Bustelo at home will still be better than Ristorante Delle Mitre’s signature coffee. I’ll make sure that I try their pastries on my next visit.
Anyways, my brother was invited in an exhibit in San Agustine Church. It was an exhibit of images of saints made out of ivory. It was Fr. Pooh’s friend doctor, whom I forgot the name (I’m sorry), who made and designed the images. The location was really secured because the images are really valuable and expensive. Cameras were not allowed inside the exhibit rooms so ergo, I don’t have any pictures. It was my first time to roam around San Agustine Church because most of the time, we only stay inside the church. I never thought that San Agustine is a one big museum. There’s a 17
th or 18
th century feel when you’re inside the museum area. Accdg to my brother, all the churches in the Intramuros area fell down during the war because of the bombings except for San Agustine Church and also, the most valuable treasure of the church is the church door. I so love being with kuya when we do museum trips because he always has a trivia to say. I lost count of the numbers of rooms we’ve been to but I can tell that some of the rooms have a creepy feel, some gave me goosebumps. It was probably just
paranoia because I know that it’s an old church so there’s a big possibility that there are a lot of entities
inside it. The best room we went to is the room where the bamboo organ is. If I’ll paint an 18
th century choir area, I will paint it exactly like that. Big chairs with oversized hand rest, big strips of wood for the floor, ceiling high bamboo organ and the view of the whole altar. It was a very hot day when we went there and as much as I wanted to, I can’t stay inside the exhibit rooms for long because not all of the rooms were well-ventilated. Good thing, there’s a friendly refreshment store by the exit. The exhibit left me with good feeling. Overall, it was such a good exercise of nationalism and religious beliefs.
We spent the next half of our day at the Resorts World to watch the Sound Of Music. It is always a must to have coffee before watching a play. Maybe not for everyone but at least for my family, I guess our blood is partly coffee and we badly need to sustain it haha!
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| SanAgustine Church Entrance |
The lead star, who portrayed the role of Maria Von Trappe, on the date we watched The Sound of Music was, Joana Ampil. We were lucky enough to get a good seat; we were like 5 rows away from the stage. My mom always gets sleepy when watching plays or performances onstage, but she never snoozed throughout The Sound of Music. I even saw her singing once in awhile. The last time she snoozed on a play was with “Sampung mga daliri” by the UST conservatory of music (please don’t get me wrong, I’m a fan of “Sampung Mga Daliri” and it was incomparable to the Sound of Music, I just used it as an example to express my mom’s sleeping habits when watching plays) The Sound of Music was such a blast. All of them did well. I love the accent and their voices and the orchestra. It was never a snore fest and I highly recommend everyone reading this blog to watch it. I think it will run until February 2012. Aga Muhlach’s daughter, Atasha, was so adorable. I can go on and say a lot of good things about it. I guess you just need to watch it to experience it yourself.
The lead star, who portrayed the role of Maria Von Trappe, on the date we watched The Sound of Music was, Joana Ampil. We were lucky enough to get a good seat; we were like 5 rows away from the stage. My mom always gets sleepy when watching plays or performances onstage, but she never snoozed throughout The Sound of Music. I even saw her singing once in awhile. The last time she snoozed on a play was with “Sampung mga daliri” by the UST conservatory of music (please don’t get me wrong, I’m a fan of “Sampung Mga Daliri” and it was incomparable to the Sound of Music, I just used it as an example to express my mom’s sleeping habits when watching plays) The Sound of Music was such a blast. All of them did well. I love the accent and their voices and the orchestra. It was never a snore fest and I highly recommend everyone reading this blog to watch it. I think it will run until February 2012. Aga Muhlach’s daughter, Atasha, was so adorable. I can go on and say a lot of good things about it. I guess you just need to watch it to experience it yourself.