Ilocos Norte Road Scenes

This is the Sinking Bell Tower in Laoag City. Older folks said that a man on horseback can enter the tower in the old times. Now the tower has sunk such that those who are allowed to enter have to bend. The bell tower is just a walking distance from St. William Cathedral. The cathedral was built in 1612 by Augustinian friars to replace a wooden chapel.

The bell tower has been a common sight when I attended junior high school at the MMSU Laboratory High School that I did not give it much attention. Today, the sight of it also means "I am back home."

The following photos were taken along the road during my last trip to Ilocos Norte via bus.

                         Entrance to Vigan
 

Somewhat blurred...well they are really blurred...

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Some nature shots

                     

This intersection is so memorable. This is located in Batac, Ilocos Norte.

 

Manong vendor who sells those native household tools is about to cross the intersection towards the city center of Batac. He came from the Paoay-Batac road in front of the sprawling main campus of Mariano Marcos State University. The pedestrian lane bypasses the national highway.

The San Nicolas municipal hall

Park beside San Nicolas municipal hall

The San Nicolas rotonda, on the far right you can see the municipal hall and its red rooftop.

Just a glimpse and yet so excited! Laoag!

Another pic of the welcome arc of Laoag City

The Gilbert Bridge that connects Laoag to other towns

                                               

      The Aurora Park is like an island at the foot of Gilbert Bridge

                  

The Marcos Hall of Justice Building is the 2-story building in the background

A shopping square near the provincial capitol of Ilocos Norte

The Dingras municipal hall. From Laoag to San Nicolas, on to Sarrat, the town of Dingras comes next.

                     

                     

                     

Provincial feels

     

               

                   

I realized that you also have to reconnect sometimes...

yesterday's guy

     How many of us women regarded their first amour or ex or ex-boyfriend as somebody meant for them?

when you are young and in a relationship you find ways to spend time together. we did hear mass a few Sundays ago there at the Immaculate Conception church in Batac. very memorable courtesy of young love...

To even think of it now is really yucky! Hay! I'm sorry but that's how I feel now.
How could have I even thought or felt that my first boyfriend could be my last?
What silly hormone overloaded post teen! Yeah! I was 20 by then I think! See?! I can't even remember my exact age at that time! Was I really 20 or 19 going on to 20?
Wrrrrr! Well! So much for first loves!

taken at the miki stalls in Batac, Ilocos Norte. just a different view of the new city, there were no Jollibee, Chowking, or McDonald's before when I was still a college student there. note to mysself: this was taken while waiting for the mango-graham shake with Chinkee, while Jen and Jane were waiting for us at the empanadahan (we just came from Sinait, Ilocos Sur to express our sympathy to Glenn and his family during his mom's wake) 

The memory hit my neurons when I was browsing Facebook awhile ago.
My goodness! The guy looks u*** now!
He looks beat!
Whatever happened to that guy?!
He looks so spent.
I even saw that his l***c**** is linked to him. And even his c**** by marriage (I assumed) and his w*** (I assumed again) were among his Facebook links.
Hmmmm... How time changes all of us.
I know. I know! This is real chizmiz (gossip) overload!
Well I can't help it!
Just human here!


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