Keep those in mind!
This appeared on my class report for Archaeology 2.
The story started one Sunday morning, while waiting for the bus and all our teammates to arrive. We were already taking pictures of each other even before we left for Batangas. I never imagined what we were going to do when we get there.
The trip lasted for at least 3 hours. I was half-asleep then, but I think we made a backtrack somewhere in Cuenca (?). We took another route instead which travelled took me as near as 7 kilometers from my home, in Batangas City. Then went past Sta. Rita, then San Pascual, then Bauan and finally, Sta. Teresita.
We rested for almost an hour, I think, then we set off to what became my personal nightmare. We hiked all the way to Sta. Teresita’s Taal Lake coast to visit a church ruin were the town of Bauan used to stand, enduring the 70-degree slopes and slippery terrain (darn those leaves). Despite that, it was worth it, I thought, given that I was seeing something for the first time. We ate our lunch there before *hiking* all the way back again, using a shortcut we didn’t even take when getting there.
Heavily perspiring, we once again rode on the bus to visit the next church ruin at the town of San Nicolas. Fortunately, we didn’t need to hike all the way to this church ruin, as it was already by the side of the highway. Also, it had been thoroughly cleaned already, so the ruins are much much more visible than the one in Sta. Teresita.
After San Nicolas, we visited our last stop – Taal, Batangas. We visited two standing churches; the Basilica of Saint Martin de Tours and the church of Our Lady of Caysasay, before finally setting home, back to UP.
All-in-all, that was a marvelous experience for me. I became closer with my classmates in the process. All the hardwork I did during the trip was definitely worth it.
Pareng Serge texted me that classes on all levels are suspended in UP Diliman.
Enjoy.
More pictures will be published here as they become available in the future.
Yesterday, my Archaeology 2 class went on a trip/site visit to Batangas (Sta. Teresita, San Nicolas, Taal) to visit some church ruins.
I will upload the complete set of photos soon, so I took down what I’ve uploaded here. Stay tuned.
The photos are now available on my Multiply page.
Time to become a CRS stalker once again!
Those who will enroll for the summer term should note that CRS summer pre-enlistment will start tomorrow, March 3, 2008. I haven’t gotten the chance to look at the subjects that are available yet.
More CRS news to come your way during the pre-enlistment and enlistment runs.
On March 4, UP students will exercise their right of suffrage and vote for the next set of officers who will compose the University Student Council — the “mother” of all college student councils.
Three parties will go head-to-head on a match for the officership: ALYANSA, KAISA and STAND-UP. For chairperson, Third Bagro (ALYANSA), Steph Tan (KAISA) and Jerrie Abella (STAND-UP) and for vice-chairperson, Marian Panganiban (ALYANSA), Titus Tan (KAISA) and Airah Cadiogan (STAND-UP).
At the same time, college student councils will also hold their elections. On the Engineering Student Council, four candidates are vying for council seats as Computer Science Representatives (from party ARISE):
For a detailed profile of the candidates, refer to Issue No. 25 of the Philippine Collegian (disclaimer: Jerrie Abella, albeit “on-leave”, is the editor-in-chief).
Exercise your right to vote! On March 4, head out to your respective college polling centers and vote-vote-vote!
