Hamlet will be here in Sta. Cruz, Laguna

To be or not to be: that is the question:Whether 'tis nobler in the mind to sufferThe slings and arrows of outrageous misfortune,Or to take arms against the sea of troubles,And by opposing end them? To die: to sleep;No more; and by a sleep to say we end*
William Shakespeare's Hamlet is one of his famous works. It's a story of a prince of Denmark whose father was murdered by his own uncle. He then spends most of his life in revenge of his father's death.
The Seventh Stage Production House is bringing this play here in Sta. Cruz, Laguna. At the Pedro Guevara Memorial National High School Multi-purpose Gym on December 4 and 5, 2010, there will be two shows: 10:00 am and 2:00 pm.
Tickets are at Php150.00 each.

Fudge De Leon in Hamlet

The play is directed by Mel Magno and features our very own Fudge De Leon together with JC Cuadrado, Mikel Campos as Prince Hamlet. With them are Orly De Dios, Juan Carlo Tarobal and Mondrian Sampang.
This is the sword fight scene taken from one of their performances.

Please send me a message for inquiries about the tickets.
**Video and Images are used with permission from Fudge De Leon.*William Shakespeare - To be or not to be (from Hamlet 3/1)

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The tank is still standing.

I was out the whole day yesterday.  But it was good because the weather was cool.  This is what I love the ber months for.  A little windy and the breeze is not like coming from things like the oven or a vent.

Anyway, I promised in one of my entries that I'll take a picture of the capitol's new face once it was done.  I missed taking the picture of the front side yesterday.  But I think what I found out is more worthwhile to note at this point.  The front side will come a little later when I have to go there again Thursday next week.  Help me wish for a flat light so I can get another good picture.

As the title, says, the tank is still standing.  I intentionally included the tank because I think it's already a landmark.  This is noteworthy because since I was young, I have seen this tank at the back of the hospital and somewhere along the capitol grounds.  I also know that this tank was never filled with water since I can remember and in fact, there were some urban legends I heard about it.  Thirty years have passed since.  And I wonder if it's been there for more than that.

Anyway.

What I really wanted to show you is the fountain and what used to be there.  If you're from Sta. Cruz, Laguna, you should know the place behind the old capitol building we simply call cultural back in those days.  This structure is circular with a stage and a little canteen on the side.  Back then, students practice their dance routines and other cultural presentations on this building and have a snack at the store.

Then, it was torn down and became a parking space.

Now, a fountain stands there.

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Rafflesia Leonardi

Rafflesia Leonardi is the biggest flower here in the Philippines and third largest flower in the world.  This flower is found in Luzon here in the Philppines.  It is a parasitic plant species that belong to the genus Rufflesia.  Julie Barcelona, a botanist working on Philippine ferns and rafflesia, and her colleagues, named this flower after the Filipino botanist, Dr. Leonardo Co.

Last Saturday, Leonardo Co returned home, after years of hiking the mountains and the woods studying plant life.  But Leonardo came home in a coffin, with his coworkers, friends and family crying for justice.  Leonardo Co and four of his companions were allegedly caught in a crossfire between the Armed Forces of the Philippnes and the New People's Army somewhere in Kananga, Leyte last November 15, 2010.  Co and three others were killed.

Julie Barcelona, a botanist who had named "one of the most beautiful rafflesia " after Co, said that he once told her, "My worth and the things I have done will be appreciated more after I'm dead."  Barcelona recalled Co as saying.

Instead of a featured Lagunian today, I chose to point the spotlight to Leonard Co, a Filipino botanist and taxonomist.

What he said is actually one of one of my purposes why I created this blog.  I want celebrate the lives of those people in our neighborhood, here in Sta. Cruz, Laguna, who work not only to make a living but also to be of service to the community.  And I wanted to do that while I can still talk to the person, and not in circumstances like this where I only have to rely on what is written about him/her and what they do.

While we await the justice for the deaths of people like Leonardo Co, I choose to celebrate the lives of the people in our neighborhood who, in those small deeds that they do, made our lives a little better and easier.  

**Image copied from this website.

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