Lino Photography

this is the washington monument viewed from the reflecting pool

viewed from the jefferson memorial

from another angle…

 The Washington Monument’s tall, slender obelisk towers above the Mall in the nation’s capitol, dominating the skyline. A grateful public constructed it in the nineteenth century to commemorate George Washington.

this is my share for this week’s theme balingkinitan (slender) for litratong pinoy.

i’m back from a 4 day trip from singapore…

the merlion at sentosa

 The Merlion statue recalls the story of the legendary Sang Nila Utama, who saw a lion in Singapore (originally known as Temasek) while hunting. The 37 metre (12 storey) high statue can be entered through the ground floor, and one can take the lift up to 12th floor to view the city state. Opened in 1996, it is the tallest Merlion in Singapore.

this is the view at Clarke Quay during daytime

Clarke Quay is a historical riverside quay in Singapore, located within the Singapore River Planning Area. The quay is situated upstream from the mouth of the Singapore River and Boat Quay.

Clarke Quay was named after Sir Andrew Clarke, Singapore’s second Governor and Governor of the Straits Settlements from 1873 to 1875, who played a key role in positioning Singapore as the main port for the Malay states of Perak, Selangor and Sungei Ujong.

more pics to come…

With the possible exception of the Oblation statue, nothing symbolizes the University of the Philippines more than the 130-foot Carillon Tower - a structure unlike any other in Diliman, a ringing echo of the University’s glorious past.

Built in 1952 at a cost of some P200, 000, the Carillon has serenaded generations of UP students, teachers, employees, and campus residents with its sweet cascade of chimes, rising above the early morning mist and attending the fall of twilight. From UP Beloved - and Planting Rice to the Beatles tunes and The lnternationale of later years, the Carillon grew with the times, and itself grew timeless, marking the same hours of different days as if to remind the listener that some things never change - love, honor, idealism, the joy and the challenge of learning beneath the broad canopy of a university life.

It was a musical instrument - to be technical about it, an assemblage of 46 tuned bells sounded by hammers, controlled from a keyboard or clockwork mechanism - whose player we never saw, a perfect surrender of the person to the music. What was important was for the bells to be heard, for the listeners to be reassured that there was order in their universe - and not just order but beauty and pleasure, especially at the beginning and at the end of a long day.

When it played, the Carillon charmed us without the boisterousness of a brass band or the self-absorbed intensity of a piano; its delight lay precisely in its distance. It was a soothing voice over your shoulder, a scattering of happy notes in the vagrant wind. The Carillon could be heard in all corners of the campus, from classroom to laboratory to janitorial closet. It was solace democratized.

article from http://www.upcarillon.org/history.html

this is one of the photos i took during our mini EB at UP…