Tuesday 24 September 2013
Mama Mary Church
Tuesday, September 24, 2013 06:53:47
Suyen working on pictures in the morning. Our clock has not adjusted to Philippine time, so we are up at o-dark thirty. Suyen has been up for hours.
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Oano Avenue -- Mystery surrounds the story of the Radisson Blue Hotel....
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Oano Avenue, Cebu City
Minglanilla, Cebu
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Minglanilla,_Cebu
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Minglanilla, Cebu, Philippines on Cebu South Road
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Minglanilla, Cebu, Philippines on Cebu South Road
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Sandro was pointing out to me that not all airbrush jobs on Jeepneys are equal. THIS one is very good.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jeepney
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Also, while doing the Philippine transportation tour, don't forget the Tricycle, which transports everything... usually all at once...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Motorized_tricycle_(Philippines)
This one was just southwest of the Linao Barangay Hall on the Cebu South Road
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Kawit Point, Cebu City, Cebu Philippines
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Cebu South Road Properties
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Seeing a cargo ship from the South Road Properties Road, Cebu City, Cebu, Philippines
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Lighthouse viewed from Cebu South Properties road, Cebu City, Cebu, Philippines
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Cebu Subway CSCR Tunnel -- Cebu South Coastal Road Tunnel
Carcar
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Welcome to Carcar
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Carca, Cebu, Philippines
Natalio B. Bacalso South National Highway
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Carcar, Cebu, Philippines
Sibonga, Cebu
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sibonga,_Cebu
Tuesday, September 24, 2013 10:36:01
Barangay Simala, Sibonga Cebu, Philippines
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Mama Mary Church towers over Simala
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Birhen sa Simala, The Monastery Of The Holy Eucharist
https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.472348336171962.1073741825.421543931252403&type=1
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I am trying to frame the main steeple in rebar of new construction in the foreground.
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It is a hot day... hot HOT HOT!!!
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Obese American Tourist mounting the stairs...
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Some of the angels guarding the church
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...and Santo Nino, of course..
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Suyen
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Mama
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A statue of Mary over the main entrance...
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Once inside the sanctuary, you must remove your shoes and keep silent...
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Praying a petitioning prayer to the figure of Mary...
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Too many cameras... too many steps...
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ah.. an angle...
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Suyen snapped these pictures of the actual miraculous Mary figure.. I don't know if she was supposed to..
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This figure of Mary, which was once a factory reject, was brought here, and began to perform miracles. If you go by the statue, the fragrant smell of flowers is present. People pray petitioning prayers to Mary in hopes that they will be answered.
Tuesday, September 24, 2013 11:19:39
In the museum, many outfits that Mary wore in processions and also Mary figures from around the world.
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Part of the ceiling of the church...
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Petitions...
Tuesday, September 24, 2013 11:40:50
Sandro's turn...
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I don't know what to do...
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I got to the top, when I was hit with what I call
Lapu Lapu's revenge. It is the same as Montezuma's revenge, only I have contrived it to be named after the local chief who killed Magelan. Anyway, I got to the worst possible place, all the way at the top of the church, when the uncontrollable urge struck. I barely had time to make it to the bathroom all the way outside and down at the bottom of the hill (the many steps down) before I had to go. When I got there, the water barrel that had been previously full was empty, there wasn't enough tp, and the toilet was fouled by somebody else, (probably some other American) who had been hit with the same ailment. I survived, though, and made it back into the museum. This was the beginning of my annual filipino sickness that I usually get while vacationing here. I hope it wasn't a sign of rejection by Mary.
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Family portraits...
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I am giving the bewildered look... in this case, I might actually be bewildered and suffering from Lapu Lapu's revenge.
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Services are going on all the time...
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On the way back, using Sandro's wifi, which worked very reliably, I got some pix of my livestreaming on www.Chasertv.com. This was coming down from the Birhen Sa Simala shrine on what is called, simply the road to Mama Mary Sanctuary.
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Suyen is surfing while everybody else looks beat and bored.
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Carcar City Circle
Tuesday, September 24, 2013 14:04:28
Sandro went to buy bread and medicine for me. Meanwhile, many very hungry looking street vendors descended on our car wanting to sell us something. It makes me sad.
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Traditional Philippine Commercial house in downtown Carcar, very beautiful.
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