after a lunch visit at Dichie’s Marikina house and spent some time with Ali and Vito, J and I decided to visit the Antipolo Church.
it’s a nice ride going up the hi-way to Antipolo with the wide road and trees lining up along the road. there were not enough signposts to help you reach the church, good thing J remembers how to go there. :) at the church, locals started to approach you and sell you stuff.
1. young men leads you to a parking place. once parked, a barangay official prepares a receipt for your parking fee http://twitpic.com/773cm
2. outside the gates of the church, suman vendors asks you to go to their store and buy suman from them after you’re done praying inside
3. others beg you to buy rosaries, pendants, scapulars and other religious items so that their children will have something to eat or can go to school
4. there are photographers also that can take your picture and sell the shots
honestly, I hate annoying sales people. it irritates me. it’s like shopping in a department store and salesladies keep on following you wherever you go and suggest which one is good. as if they know you well. minsan kakalabas mo palang ng simbahan, nagkakasala ka na. hehe.
In short, Antipolo Church experience = not nice. What’s nice about it? I can’t remember anymore, kasalanan ng “not nice” stuff. :) my bad.
Antipolo Church, uploaded by rorenz.
