Speaking of Disney, I guess you're all familiar with Cory in the House?
The Disney channel original series, Cory In The House!
I watch that on Fridays, but I didn't see it last Friday because...
...I was in The Philippine's House myself.Well, okay, I was in the Philippine President's House, the Malacanang (I can't find the enye character here..).
Here I am, in President Quezon's old chair, which President Marcos also used when he declared martial law. Wow, I look good as a dictator. MWAHAHAHAHAHA!!!My dad's office had an idea of going on tour on the Malacanang Palace. We did go around the place, led by our tour guide. The Palace, actually, is not only the home of the President (in fact, I learned that not all Presidents lived there. The law says that Presidents can live there if they wanted to. There are only three Presidents I know so far who didn't live here: Aquino, Ramos, and Estrada) but also a museum, a monument filled with memoirs left by past presidents and our history's prominent figures. Here, fill your curiosity with these pics.
Does this window look familiar? Maybe to the young 'uns, not so much, but this window was where the Marcos family was last seen before they left for the US in the aftermath of People Power 1. Mind you, it looked creepy in real life.
This dude looks rather insignificant at first, but wait 'till you read the name of this bearded Portuguese. Can ya read it? It's on the top left. Oh, alright, it says Hernando De Magallanes. That was his Spanish name, I think. He's known to us Filipinos as the famous expeditioner Ferdinand Magellan, the guy who discovered the Philippines. He also proved that the world is round.
Now, who's that handsome dude (I mean't the picture, dolt)? If you really tried to see that name on the picture, you'll read Cristoval Colon. Yeah, you'll be asking "who's this fruitcake?" Well, the world better knows him as Christopher Columbus, the dude who discovered part of America. He actually landed in America when he thought he was in India. Weird, huh?
Here you see me sitting on a 100-year old chair. There are four of these chairs in this room. Actually, it doesn't look old at all.
Check out these old pieces of paper. These are the first blueprints of the Malacanang. Too bad they're inside a glass case facing the sunlight, 'cause I can't take a pic clearly. See the Spanish design in it, though? Oh, and inside the Malacanang complex, all the houses look Spanish-made. It's like stepping into a portal back to the past (wow, it sounds like a movie promotion).
Check out this bust of former Prez Fidel V. Ramos. Looks lifelike, eh? My sisters think it's freaky. I think it's an amazingly brilliant piece of sculpture (it's just a piece, since it's not whole).Those pics were inside the museum. Now check out the formal halls inside the residencial area itself.
Wait, here is a picture of us in front of the legendary Pasig River. It looks normal in this picture, but if you see it in real life, it's depressing. I mean, we've had about 11 presidents live in the Malacanang, but no one has ordered to clean it up. The smell was unbelievable. Our tour guide said that this part, to smell the unbeareable stench of the Pasig River, was the highlight of our tour. And to think that it's happening in the President's backyard.
This is us in the Heroes Hall. It's below the Rizal Hall, where the big occasions happens. This hall was for semi-formal events. Can't really say much about it, 'cause there's nothing much to say about it.
Now here's me, standing on the stage in the Rizal Hall. It's really cold in there, because the President was there at that moment, having a meeting with the press or something. We actually just sneaked in to get the best of the tour.
So that's my Malacanang escapade. I can now say that I've been in the Malacanang.
Whoa! That was long. It's awesome what a stream of Hanna Montana songs can do to me and my creativity and desire to post.
And now my fingers hurt.
