The last time i went to this place was way back during High School! I remember the library feels like a cave. And maybe because I felt no gratitude that time, I cant remember a thing inside it. All i remember is that I did research about historical figures.
I went back there but instead of going directly to the library, i went first to the museum above. The friendly guard-on-duty told me that the museum was open and someone was there. I went up. I thought i would see interesting figures or something but all i saw there are paintings. The paintings were good. There was this big replica of the Spolarium and have a lot of pictures from the Sinulog Photo contests. But to summarize the place, it was empty. Maybe some relics or whatsoever you call them were transferred somewhere.
I thought the person that the guard mention was the janitor who at that time was cleaning a room in the museum. I was not disappointed, i was not actually expecting much. The culture of excellence of Pinoys when comes to culture and heritage is not that strong. I have seen much drama about this topic in the media. Something like the government should invest more on protecting its heritage blah blah.
What surprised me is that the library has changed BIG TIME! Excellence at work, I should say. There has been a mini internet cafe inside. And there are actually people/teens inside who are studying. I was happy seeing the view (I didnt have the chance to take pictures, I think "bawal"). The people in-charged were good too. I asked for books about the history of Cebu and a lady personally handed me some. I read for an hour. I actually love reading old books, it gives me that magical feeling. The book was old and i could see in the borrowers log that people from 1960's once borrowed it. It gave me chills and excitement.
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| "The battle of Mactan", the eyes disturbs me. |
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| "Spolarium", the replica is actually faded. The colors are not vivid enough. |
