Happy Birthday, Godfrey!

I want to be an artist

To paint pictures just for you,

So when each birthday comes around,

I can send you quite a few. 

- Anonymous

Happy Birthday, Godfrey! April 12, 2014. 

Locale of Pintong Bukawe, District of Rizal (Part 2)

Globe Telecoms has very very low and very intermittent signal in this place. I cannot even buy Suncell prepaid load in the store across the street. 

My mom saw a laundered choir robe hanging outside another store adjacent to the house of worship. There we met Bro. Jo, an officer of SCAN in this locale. He also introduced us to his wife and daughter, both are also church officers. I bought some turon (wrapped banana) and waited in the SCAN office while mom socialize with them. 

12:30pm when my brother arrived from performing his church duties. Only then we were able to cook for lunch. Mom and I did the laundry and washed the dishes. Jeff on the other hand watched tv. 

Here are some more photos of his place. 

This is the house of worship from the outside. The 3-color banner is hanging in the canopy. 

This is the gate, taken from the inside of the compound. 

The inside of the house of worship looks awesome and neat. It's humble in size but well kept. I'm just not sure if I can post them here. 

At 5:00pm, mom and I bid farewell to my brother and the other church officers. Since the transportation is limited, we were sent to the main road by one of their head deacons via a tricycle. 

Locale of Pintong Bukawe, District of Rizal (Part 1)

Last May 1, mom and I visited my brother's destination assignment in Locale of Pintong Bukawe in the Ecclesiatical District of Rizal. 

To get there, we took MRT from Taft Ave. station and alight in Cubao. Along Aurora Blvd. we took a jeepney going to Cogeo, Antipolo City. Good thing, that day was a non-working holiday so the traffic was not so heavy. 

When we arrived in Cogeo, in front of Puregold Jr. is a jeepney terminal going to Maarat and Pintong Bukawe. While waiting for the other passengers to board, mom asked me if we should already buy some food to cook. I refused thinking that probably we could just buy some meat or fish when we get there. I didn't know that there's really no market in that area and residents have to travel to Cogeo to buy food for storage. 

It was already 10:45am when we arrived there. The road was so rough and dusty. My brother was not yet around when we get there and we cannot get inside his house. I took some photos of the INC compound while mom is looking for someone to help us. 

This the locale's signage posted in fence. 

This is the guard house / SCAN office. 

This is the bulletin board just in opposite the front entrance of the house of worship.