Tuesday, March 24, 2009

black and green

Black, green and trimmings in red are the colors of the toga for the Doctorate in Medicine degree holders in Silliman. Red for SU, green for the life that physicians seek to uphold and black for the solemnity of the graduation exercises.

Black and green and touches of red also seem to be the motif of the following pictures I took last week when we went to Bais for some errands. Though I've driven many times to my father's hometown in Sta. Catalina (98 kilometers south of Dumaguete), this was my first time to drive that far up north. Bais is actually only 44 kilometers from Dumaguete but several stretches of road and some bridges were under repair so it took me almost one and half hours to drive to Bais.


shady road from Bais to Tanjay



locked gate


the chapel and flowering trees beyond the locked gate



la casa grande


6 comments:

Lloyd said...

These are wonderful, evocative photographs!

ness said...

Yey! Thanks, Lou.

Lloyd said...

Seeing those roadways, that wrought iron gate, the church, the house, is probably akin to going back in time, to colonial Philippines. They also look like something you'd see in plantation-era Hawaii.

ness said...

I was actually reluctant to post these pics because they're kind of eerie... makahadlok ba. Woooooo...

Vk-mahalkaayo said...

kanindot sa?

ee always ingon sa akoa to visit tayasan, one and only sister of mma, nagpoyo didto,

pero tungod sa tyan, wa gyd mi kalaag,....

thanks for sharing........kanindot uy, maka hadlok pd basin mapareha adto story bitaw, 1980´s, kadto student nga iya girape....malabyan gani na ilang dakong balay, going to dagat in dgte?

limot na ko dah......time to, i am still in college.

ness said...

Yes, I remember that story. Grabe, sa. Murag unbelievable pero tinuod.