Our Lady of Manaoag Shrine, Pangasinan, Philippines

Visited the shrine of Our Lady of Manaoag for the nth time.  Had the sudden urge to give thanks and pray.

 The wood carving at the base tells the story of Our Lady of Manaoag

San Roque Dam, Pangasinan, Philippines

Had the chance to see the place.  It is awesome and breathtaking.  You will marvel at man's capacity to do great things.

This is where we were billeted

Canteen and Function Halls

Pool Area

 Villas

 Agno River

 Itogon, Benguet at a distance

 Releasing water in preparation for the incoming typhoon "Ramon"

 the dam from the observation deck above

 Dam Spillway gates

 

 Dam structure

 

 Spillway gate

 the water level

view of the dam structure from below

 power generators

 

 a bridge over the Agno River

Provincial Capitol, Lingayen, Pangasinan

Had the chance to visit once again Lingayen, Pangasinan.  Had access to the capitol offices, their auditorium and their training and development center.  A big surprise, comparing the achievement of this provincial government with the other provinces, This one, did good.

Lingayen Church

 Altar of the Lingayen Church

 

Facade of Lingayen Church

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Capitol Resort Hotel

 

 Lobby of the Capitol Resort Hotel

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The Provincial Capitol

 Session Hall of the Lingayen Provincial Board

 

 Office of the Provincial Governor

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Sison Auditorium

Lobby of the Sison Auditorium

 Ceiling of the Sison Auditorium

 Auditorium Stage

 Auditorium Main Entrance and Control Booth (2f)

 Auditorium floor

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Training and Development Center

 

The National Museum - National Art Gallery

The NM is upgrading their facities and galleries.  One thing that I have noticed is the big improvement on their official website.  nationalmuseum.gov.ph it is professionally done and the color pallete blends well.

I had the chance to visit it's galleries lately.  The old galleries were still there, there were no changes made it was not tweaked, the lighting is still poor and they don't look well maintained.  Although, they have opened new ones, and are renovating the other galleries.  Hopefully, with the able leadership of it's current director,  who knows, they may be able to surprise us.  There has been an improvement if I may say so.

 The Balanghai boat at the NM grounds facing Taft Avenue

 The ceiling of the session hall of the former Senate of the Philippines

 

Newly renovated courtyard

Rizal Park - Children's Playground

The Children's Playground looks good.  It's refurbishment has been successful because what the park authorities did was, clean it up and paint it over. It did not introduce new ideas into the park that messed up the original concept. Improvements were limited to the paved walkways,  and fixing up the ponds and fountains.  Kids will surely enjoy.

Rizal Park - Other Attractions

It should be Tomas the train.  Where do you find a colorful engine and a period train? Onli in da Pilipins.

WTF

Artist's Haven - The idea is good but the execution bad.  If you want to showcase the works of the artists why hide it in an almost forest atmosphere.  The whole front fence should be torn down and expose the artworks within.  If you should collect an entrance fee, design the foot traffic on a one-way direction, but please remove those mound of plants, fugly.

 The Dove's Birds House should be open up so that the doves are free to roam around and people free to feed them. Like in most parks on other parts of the world.

 The Fountain - It is already attracting crowds so move those heroes' busts to the gallery of heroes on the other side of the park.  A HEROES GARDEN it should be aptly called it would be a sight to behold if those busts are presented in rows in a unique pattern.

 This replica of the Aguinaldo House  - It should be demolished it is ill maintained or if not, turn it into a park information office. To serve some purpose.

 The Diosdado Macapagal bust should be placed in a President's Gallery somewhere in the park to make it relevant.

This sculpture on the unborn fetus should be fixed.  There is something hanging in that sculpture maybe the park authorities are not aware of it.