My Province: Q.C.

My dad asked me if I can go with him in a photoshoot somewhere in Timog. I said "Yes, I'm not busy today." When we arrived there, there were a lot of people waiting inside the studio because the make-up artist hasn't finished the model's make-up and hair style. So we decide to go to Starbucks in Victoria Towers because it's so HOT! When we went inside, it's full. My dad ordered grande Green Tea while I ordered tall Java Chip. After we got our fraps, there was a vacant table so we hurried before someone else take the seats. My dad was reading the newspaper while I was reading InFlight Magazine. 

There was an article inside the magazine about the last frontiers in the country. Amazing. There are places like these in our country. Most of them are not familiar to me like Sohoton National Park, Palaui Island Marine, Mt. Pulog National Park, Biri-sa Protected Landscape and Penablanca Protected Landscape. 

After an hour in Starbucks, we assumed that the make-up is done so we went back to the studio. When we got there, the photographers are outside and the make-up is not yet finished. My dad changed his mind because each photographer has to pay P 750 for the studio. So That would be P 1,500 if I will take pictures too. We decided to go home because it was 4:30pm and we need to catch up mass at 6pm. 

On the way home, I took these shots (kasi sayang naman yung dala kong camera).

G.A. Sky Suites and Corporate Tower, DILG building at the back

Quezon Avenue (I love the trees here)

Elliptical Road

Commonwealth Avenue and UP-Ayala Techno Hub footbridge 

before Tandang Sora

Tandang Sora Flyover

Construction of C-5 Flyover

I really like Quezon City. It's my birthplace, my hometown and my province? I consider this as my province because I don't have a province! And I'm proud of my city. HAHA. Quezon City during the Spanish Colonial Period was (I think) a province. According to my lolo's kwento (according to his lolo's too HAHA!) That Quezon City before was just a plain rice field. Some parts are hilly, grassy, while other areas are forests. It was only developed by Manuel L. Quezon. His dream was to establish a new capital where all important government buildings, new monuments and parks will be located.

Today, it no longer looks like a province. In 70 years of development, it has populated the whole area. From squatters to posh subdivisions, markets to huge malls, small alleys to super widen roads... It became the home of commercial areas like SM North EDSA, Trinoma, Araneta Center, Eastwood etc. TV networks and companies are also here in QC like ABC/TV5, ABS-CBN, GMA Network, UNTV,  NET25, GEM TV, NBN, RPN/Solar TV and IBC.

There's so many important institutions, places, parks here in QC. Just wikipedia/google it because I'm lazy to type them all here! HAHA

And there's more to come! Thanks to development :D They plan to make North and East Triangles into a business district. Yehey! There will be more office buildings, malls, condominiums and parks. 

I just hate the slow construction of C-5 flyover in Commonwealth Avenue and the C-5 road in UP. It's causing so much traffic there especially in UP area. Trucks would go there every morning, plus the jeeps, buses, private cars going to school and work... (Grabe talaga ang trapik!) I think we need a highway exclusively for the trucks HAHA!! (parang Singapore lang ah. Ang dami ko pa naman plano para sa QC pero oh well HAHA, posible siya pero imposible magawa sa panahong ito)