A Church...

Went home to the province during the Lenten Season...

This is Sts. Peter and Paul Parish, a Roman Catholic church, located at Ormoc City, Leyte, Philippines ...

...a detail of one of the church's stained windows

since we were there during Lent, the statues were covered to signify that Christ was still dead, and hasn't risen yet...

This church really holds special memories for me . . . after all, this is the church where i was baptized, had my first confession and communion, and where i got married! :o)

... and again!

just couldn't stop with the congee... had to add this spicy stuff, i usually see in Chinese restaurants... i don't know what they call it... maybe Kris , you can help? :p

absolutely LOVE this spicy [chili and oil, i think..] concoction!!!

some "real-looking" Chinese ** happened to sit beside us, and i was amazed at the amount of this spicy stuff they were using! no wonder it's part of the condiments normally found in Chinese restaurants..

.. makes me want to go back ...!!

**a sister has been repeatedly mistaken to be Chinese, but we're not...

Congee

i have always been a fan of rice...because of our culture, perhaps ... :))

we recently found a restaurant that makes a really good congee, [hehe, in our humble opinion] ( from here, it says that congee is also called jook, or juk, in China, and khao tom gung, in Thailand) which we call here as "lugaw"..

a satisfying meal without being heavy on the belly... :))


*that's seafood congee..all those wonderful additions (fillet of fish, shrimp, squid -the "skin" looked peeled, and it was this all white meat already- and squidballs) are underneath all that hot gruel...

... at the airport (NAIA)

took this shot while i got bored waiting for our flight... we were scheduled to leave on 6am..

we arrived there quite early, since our "driver" was also leaving for another earlier (5am) flight.. so we had lots of time to spare... but there's not much to do once you're inside the departure area!! lol...

while this shot was taken -obviously, hahaha- from inside the plane while in flight... nature really never ceases to amaze me..

i hope all of us can see the precious gift we've all been given... and learn how to take care of it. :)

visited Fort Santiago at Intramuros (Philippines) some time ago... and the first time i've been there!

the place is quite different from the one i was expecting..and i liked what i saw. :)

too bad we arrived there quite late already, so didn't get to see the museum inside..

will go back there again, if i have the chance.