San Carlos City in Pangasinan is such a lovely and vibrant urban area just like Pangasinan's capital town, Lingayen. I basically grew up and went to school in the area and after several years, I thought I should visit the place again check out how things are going over there, especially Virgen Milagrosa University Foundation, my Alma Mater. And I want to share the pictures I saw over the internet(and in facebook in particular) and yes they really look stunning just like what you will see in the following pictures and videos:
VMUF Campus:
Foreign students enjoying playing soccer inside the VMUF campus:
VMUF Commercial:
While inside the campus, I tried to browse the internet with mg Qube M1 Netbook through the schools 10MBPS WIFI service because I forgot to bring my cellphone and oh yeah, it was really blazingly fast. And speaking of cellphone, I really really love this very futuristic and very slick design:
The whole phone is made up of transparent plastic material...aint that so cool?
I recently visited this very historic place in the Philippines and I am not disappointed with what I saw. I really enjoyed my trip and want to share some pictures of what I saw. In general, the sprawling complex has so much to offer, it is not overcrowded with people, and there so many beautiful things that the eye can feast on.
This is the Pangasinan Capitol Building...one of the Architectural Treasures of the Philippines.
The front and back of the capitol building is a sprawling park. The Governor of the province is planning to transform the surrounding areas of the capitol grounds to be the next major Central Business District in the Philippines similar to Makati, Ortigas Center and Fort Bonifacio.
Aside from the Capitol Bldg and its park, there are also three other beautifully restored bldgs around it, these are the Urduja House, Sison Auditorium, the Capitol Resorts.
The Urduja House is the official residence of the governor, and here are some photos of it taken from another blog:
There is also a must see which is the interior of the Sison Auditorium(it is a mulitpurpose bldg suitable as a venue for theatrical plays and musicals, conventions and exhibitions, concerts, etc), which I think is perhaps 100% more beautiful than Metro Manila's CCP:
At the back of this building is the famous Lingayen Gulf and is the place of the most romantic and beautiful Sunset.
You can view this famous Sunset at the rooftop of the Capitol Building. I stayed there overnight and strolled early in the morning and jogged at their huge track and field stadium.
Their downtown is also a place of interest because there are 2 big malls and a lot of fast food restaurants like Jollibee and McDonald's.
Update: Lingayen Capitol Grounds has new tourist attraction: The Lingayen Baywalk is currently being extended to the adjacent town.
And a new tourist wharf is being planned to be constructed along the baywalk:
update as of 4/21/2016:
The tourist wharf was cancelled but there are a few major tourism related projects that were currently implemented which includes the restoration of the Spanish-era Pangasinan Capitol Bldg, a new Limahong Museum along the Agno River and a high rise Condotel bldg.
Update: 10/04/2022:
A lot of new developments has happened in surrounding areas of the Capitol Grounds. Unfortunately, the planned condotel did pushed through, but so many resorts were put up along the bay walk area. I grabbed several youtube videos for you to enjoy:
Another interesting point of interest is the Daang Kalikasan which was voted as the Country's Highway with the most beautiful view by a certain youtuber(sorry I cant remember his name, I think it was "SefTV"). I grabbed an image from the internet(I have not gone there y myself but I heard that it is really beautiful.
