Have you ever been on a heritage tour? I have. Last August 21, 2009 Friday, the Cebu Bloggers Society had come up with an idea to have a Cebu Heritage Tour for the group’s video documentation. That day was a holiday to celebrate and remember the death and bravery of Benigno “Ninoy” Aquino or the Ninoy Aquino Day as we call it. Also, we will use the output of our video documentation as part of our Audio Visual Presentation. We went to different historical places within the Cebu City area only.
Our first stop was in Basilica del Sto. Niño. Our meet up time was 8am but apparently, people arrived at 9am already so we were behind our schedule. We then started rolling the camera. Our lines are about the Expression of Individual and Collective Will.
Janmck was the first to deliver his line which quoted “believing that all change must begin within ourselves” just outside in front of the Basilica. In the Basilica Candles, Ken Jesryl stated his line which quoted “we hereby commit to begin the change that we seek in the world by taking simple personal actions. These are, among others, to –”. Outside the Basilica, where the Magellan’s Cross is located, Agnes delivered her line which was “understanding that the environment is not about the birds and the bees;” and Rabsin, with the City Hall in background, stated “rather; it nothing less than about Life itself, and the Sources of Life and Land, Air and Waters;”. From there, we then walked to Colon St. for Sir Timoy to say his line which was “b. Separate and properly handle our wastes.” And from Colon, we then rode a jeepney to Capitol. Bryan then delivered his speech which was “toward this goal, we will exercise our sovereign authority as a people to be expressed in the form of electoral vote”. I then was next to deliver mine at the Lapu-lapu monument still in Capitol which was “we will impress this message upon our political leaders that we now have this individual and collective political will. We implore our leaders to take heed”. Atty. Ethelbert then was next who was the one who prepared our script and the director of our video documentation. At the Palace of Justice, he then stated his line “in the event they fail or refuse to do so, we will render them irrelevant. And where appropriate, we will use the force and the power of the Law”.
It was nearly 12noon and our stomachs were crumbling. We then headed to Larsian in Fuente to have lunch. It was Bryan’s birthday so we surprised him with a cake. We had a very sumptuous barbeque meal plus the cake. Thanks to Vanjohnn and Winston for the treat.
We then continue our tour so at Fuente Circle we headed. Vanjohnn stated his line which was “the accumulated effects of which is now manifesting in the ongoing and perplexing climate changes threaten the very existence and future of human life”. After Fuente, we then went to Enovlink to charge the battery of the video cam and so as to chill a bit. We then continue our journey. Some of us headed to IT Park to continue the shooting. Beejing took the shoot in IT Park in which he stated “realizing that the crisis of water depletion and contamination, air pollution and land degradation,”. I and the others accompanied Vanjohnn to their school which is in Velez College. It was my first time to enter in their school. Afterwhich, we then headed to Ayala where Kevin was able to say his line in the Terraces which was “e. Where possible, plant and nurture vegetables and other plants even in small pots. This will increase our self-reliance for food. More importantly, it will restore the human connection to the natural processes of life”.
That ends our heritage tour. Well actually, that is only the part one of our heritage tour. There’s still a part two for those who were not able to join us that day.
Wow. Imagine in one day, we were able to visit 7 hostorical places in Cebu? That was really amazing. I really enjoyed doing the video documentation and touring around Cebu. Might as well join the part two of the heritage tour. Yay!
Here are some of the photos taken during our tour:
