Royal Palm Avenue, UPLB

Royal Palm Avenue
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University of the Philippines, Los Baños
October 2011

Royal Palm Avenue
Samsung Galaxy U (SHW-M130L) 5MP Camera
University of the Philippines, Los Baños
October 2011

If you enter the University of the Philippines, Los Banos via its main gate by foot, you just have to go straight and you'll pass by the Royal Palm Avenue. This is the road between Hum Building and Phy Sci with lots of Royal Palm Trees.

During my freshman year at the university, jeepneys still pass The Royal Palm Avenue route and the view inside the jeepney is a sight to behold. Imagine a series of royal trees standing tall to welcome you as you enter deep into the university. Bring back the Royal Palm Avenue - Main Library - Phy Sci - Bio Sci Route!!! You'll get a chance to pass through columns of Royal Palm Trees as you go straight into UPLB's main library or Phy Sci. And the view is really awesome you'll fall in love at once! Now, that's what I call "Royal Treatment". 

So, what's special about these Royal Palm Trees? Well, they're just one of the twelve celebrity trees that UPLB recognized during its Centennial Anniversary. This trees are part of the what the university calls "Heritage Trees" which withstood the test of time and survived typhoons after typhoons. According to the committee, these trees are already 100 years of age!


Souces:
https://sites.google.com/site/plantbiouplb/botany-in-uplb-1910-2010-1/centennialheritagetreesuplb100 

Converse Factory Sale XD

The Loot
Samsung Galaxy U (SHW-M130L) 5MP Camera
Marikina Converse Factory
December 2011

One thing nice about working? You have the money to spend!

I received the word that there will be a Converse Factory Sale in Marikina so my teammates and I rushed there. It was around 6:00 a.m. when our shift ended so we arrived there at around 7:00 a.m. There were a lot of people waiting outside and it was already full of people inside the factory!

I got lost in the sea of unfamiliar faces but to hell with that! I grabbed this really huge plastic bag the kuyas were giving out and headed to the shoe racks. I stuffed all the goodies I can see inside the plastic until it was too heavy for me to carry around (talk about workout, hahahaha).

After all that grabbing, I went to a corner and narrowed down my choices into three awesome shoes!

Mimie and I after haggling

I got the shoes for only 1,000 php compared to its price in SM North which was around 2,100 php. I'm not a big spender on shoes but I think this pair was worth it. Besides, my friends can't help ogling whenever I wear this pair and that always puts a smile on my face.

Panoramic View Inside the Factory

Passiflora coccinea (Red Passion Flower)

Passiflora coccinea (Red Passion Flower)
Samsung Galaxy U (SHW-M130L) 5MP Camera
Monterey Hills Subdivision
April 2012 

My friends and I were scouting house and lots at Monterey Hills Subdivision in Marikina when I saw this flower. At first I thought it was an enlarged flower of a cacao tree, but when I looked closely, it isn't. This is the first time I have seen this flower but I know, that I have seen something like it before. The structure of the flower's main parts is unique I'm sure I've seen it somewhere. But alas, Manong owner doesn't know what it's called (sighs). 

We were on the way back when it struck me that the flowers I just saw closely resembled the flowers I always see at the back of VetMed dorm in UPLB. I also saw a purple blue variation of it on the Flora Filipina Exhibit and it all came back to me! This should be a species from the Passion flower family, so I used Google to identify this plant.

A Girl and Her Red Lips

Yours Truly
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Iskang Sabaw's Residence
April 2012

Beauty fades and skin sags

And when the time comes,

No one might remember...

How good looking you were

But they will always remember...

Your sweet smile and red lips