
October 17, 2009 was the second to the last Saturday bond with my friends since first semester gradually end then, again stuff goes unintended since all of our professors were absent that’s why friends and I decided to go somewhere, along with we all set to take a stroll at Fort Santiago.
“grabe! mamimiss ko bonding natin!” thanks sa mga kasama ko dito.
I remember before Eya, Helen, Mars, Kelvin and I were making list of to-go places and I remember this was a part of the list which we plan to go but now it takes place without making some plan. “Actually nakalimutan na namin yung mga plans na yun because of the busy school works lalo na si Kelvin na sobrang busy! pero thank god! Coz luckily nangyari parin cia without making plans”


Fort Santiago is just a short walk from our school given that it is only located at Intramuros, It is open daily from 8am to 6pm with the entrance fee cost 70 pesos for adults and 50 for us, students. Before having a tour within fort Santiago we first sit down at the picnic groove for a lunch.
I really enjoy the atmosphere at the picnic ground the place was in silent feels so relaxing then i remember what helen said “ang layo natin sa nakabihasnan” so right! and had a great time having lunch with them; since Justine taught us few things such as deep tagalong vocabulary, along with I can’t forget the “sukal” it is a yawning tagalog word! But for a painless idea it is usually known as “basura” which means garbage (owh! Thanks for that learning).
I enjoy having a lunch with them as well as how I enjoy the hotdog bun we’ve eaten. (Hell yeah! making fun with the dressing, nice dressing Arvin HAHA.)

After that, we started to stroll around first stop was the Our Lady of Guadalupe it was a small chapel, so for a minute we pray for our personal intentions afterward, we took picture around and again while walking around Justine again taught us a Korean song titled “chin kin byaw” .
“chinkinbyaw, chinkinbyaw, chinkinbyaw, chinkinbyaw
wa e o soyoso chinkinbyaw .. .“

This is a definite must. Fort Santiago is the top historical attraction in the Intramuros, and for those readers who will spare some time to read the history of the Philippines, then the tour of the Fort Santiago and the Rizal shrine housed inside, would become most rewarding.
“Fort Santiago has been a fortress, a torture chamber, a prison , a dungeon , a site of military atrocities, and yet today, walking around the site, there are no negative vibes about the place. There is just a relaxing, cool feeling, and it is nice to be away from the Manila fuss and noise. Don’t miss the Rizal Shrine of the Filipino national hero, Dr. Jose Rizal, with a lot of his personal belongings and furniture.” (From journal Manila-The Best kept Secret in Asia)
“pictures will tell i gain a countless memoirs!“