The Trigger Happy SQ

Hi guys! It’s been a while since I updated this blog. I’ve got some things to say and I’m gonna say it now :)

First of all, many thanks for visiting and leaving your comments. Although I can’t answer them one by one, I just want you all to know that they are highly appreciated, be they good or bad comments. We all learn from each other and I’m thankful to those who gave me a piece of their minds hehehe.

Did I ever mention that photography is addicting? It is actually! So much more if your captures inspire or move someone. During the last holiday season, I got two emails from avid readers of my blog (that’s not updated too sorry). It was so heartwarming to be sent a personal message, saying how much one appreciates his/her surroundings because of pictures you’ve taken. I do hope you guys will still continue appreciating what nature offers. Nature is nurturing as they say.

With this, I leave you a quote and a self-portrait using a door knob :)

The real voyage of discovery consists of not in seeking new landscapes but in having new eyes.- Marcel Proust

How was the long weekend everyone? I’m pretty sure most of you went to your respective provinces to commemorate All Saints/All Souls Day. For me, we pretty much stayed in Baguio and was able to roam around Ilocos on November 1.

Right now, I just want to share a picture I took in a local mall here that had a Halloween costume party. This boy is singing, “Makita Kang Muli” (OST of Panday) as his mother urged him on. The boy is wearing a barong and had bandages on his head. He of course won a prize. This picture is the 11th entry of my Project 365.

For now, take care everyone :) I’ll be uploading pictures from Ilocos in my future posts.

As promised, the 3rd entry.

The former Diplomat Hotel in Dominican Hill, Baguio City, Philippines is believed to be haunted. In the early 1900’s it was bought by Dominican friars from the American owners. It has now been abandoned.

The stairs leading to the second floor of the abandoned Diplomat hotel. We didn’t climb up to the second floor. We’re scaredy cats :)

One of the fountains in one the hotel’s courtyards. The fountain has headless angel statues. Still, it is quiet in this part of the hotel. Of course, I believe that this part was once beautiful. It still is, just in another way.

The walls of the abandoned hotel… A bold statement of the hotel’s old age and history. The walls of the abandoned Diplomat Hotel, Dominican Hill, Baguio City, Philippines. This was taken beside the fountain in one of the courtyards of the hotel.

Bare corridors and rooms allows you to walk and imagine what could have happened inside. It used to be a rest house for Dominican friars, then a school, then a refugee camp. It was then acquired by a company and made into a first class hotel, catering to foreign and local tourists.

According to some visitors, weird noises and screams can be heard from the hotel. Some say, a headless apparition with its head on a platter had been seen here too.

During our visit there, we were not able to prove this. Not that I wanted to.

Outside the hotel is a small garden. The statue of St. Martin de Porres, (Father of the Poor, Patron of the Needy, Help of the Sick) can be found here. One has a wonderful view of Mount Cabuyao and the city from up here.

And the last photo from the hotel…

The hotel will be turned into a museum in 2009. It will showcase Baguio City’s development through the years. The city will be celebrating it’s centennial year in 2009. I sincerely hope the local government will preserve this historic site. And I hope you guys can visit the place. It is a beautiful place.

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