Community Tour and Courtesy Visit to Governor and Mayors 

 January 23rd, 2018

This day, our activities are Community Tour and Courtesy Visit to Governor and Mayors. At 06.00 a.m. I wake up in the morning and directly took a bath and prepared my self. Then, at 08.00 we started to do our activities. Firstly, we went to the Mayor Office of Camiling. When we arrived there The Mayor of Camiling has not come. So, we met the Vice Mayor of Camiling firstly and then took the picture with him. Then, we met the Mayor of Camiling and the employee of this office served us the traditional food called “ Tupig”. It made from rice and coconut. It was so delicious. After that, we listened to the advice from the Mayor of Camiling and then took some pictures.

After we visited that office, we went to the Veteran Park in front of the Office. There, we found the statue of Hero in the Philippines. In the Park, there was also the tree called “Camilla” that makes itchy if we touched it. It was the symbol why that town called Camiling. Then, we went to the house of one of the Heroes in the Philippines named “Maria Sanders” but we couldn’t enter the house because the keeper of the house was too old and couldn’t hear us. Then, we continued our journey to the Mayor Office of Santa Ignacia. It was the different town with Camiling.

There, we met the Mayor of Santa Ignacia and she was really welcoming us, also gave us some advice, and took some pictures with her. Then, we went to wooden crafts. There, we could find so many products that made from bamboos like the speaker, photo’s frame, key chain and etc. Then, we went to Pascasio Pottery. It was the place to made crafts from the clay, like pots, vases, pottery and etc. All of the things here made from clay. We also learned how to made the crafts by looking the process to make it. 

After that, we went to Tarlac Capitol. It was the Governor office of Tarlac. The office was so big. When I enter this office, I was so excited because the office was so beautiful. The office is consists of two floors. The first floor we could find the statue of ex-President of Philippines and the photo of the first woman that came from Tarlac who has been the President in the Philippines. On the second floor, we could find the photo of all of the President and Governor of Philippines on the wall. The room of Governor was on the second floor. The second floor was like the luxurious place. It was so beautiful. I never forgot to take some pictures here.

After visited the Governor office, we went to Monasterio de Tarlac. It was the Holy Land here. The place was on the mountain. Along the way, we could see the beautiful view of mountain and river and everything was green. It was like back to nature. It was so cool. When we arrived there. I couldn’t say anything. I was so speechless and so excited. It was really really beautiful. There, I wanted to take some pictures in everywhere. In Monasterio de Tarlac, we could find the big church that had beautiful shape and design. The design was like European. We also found the statue of Jesus Christ. We also could see the beautiful view from the highest. I never stop amazed. I just wanted capture the moments here.

Then, we went to the Camiling traditional market to buy everything that we need to cook at the Hostel. After that, we back to the Hostel and took the rest because we were so tired but we still never stop to amaze.