It’s time for me to get to know Quezon City a bit closer. Been living here for almost 10 years now but still I got a lot of things and places here to discover. Just like the ones we visited yesterday.
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In line with the celebration of the 75th Founding Anniversary of Quezon City. QC officials held a bloggers tour that would let bloggers get to know Quezon City on a closer look. The bloggers who joined in were grouped and given destination assignments. 
I was part of the 1pm team, which we named #PangkatKyooti (gets? pabebe na QC). #TeamSuspects (John, Earth, Ruth and I) decided to wear green for today. Which unexpectedly is part of the direction of QC, to go GREAT, GREEN, GROWING. 
Our destination was Eton Centris, Bantayog Memorial Center and the Chinatown of QC – Banawe.
Eton Centris
Eton Centris wasn’t new to me. Living in Quezon City its one of the nearest park and commercial place in my area. Eton Centris is poised to change the skyline of Quezon City with its urbane master plan and distinctively modern architecture. The place is so easy to locate, if you are riding the MRT station coming from the south or North EDSA, just go down at Quezon Avenue station and from there you will see a direct link going to a two-level commercial centre called Centris Station.
What are the other things to expect at Eton Centris?
Centris Walk– This exciting strip is master-planned to be the new dining, lifestyle and entertainment capital of the metropolis.
Eton Cyberpod CentriS – This is the Business Process Outsourcing (BPO) office space component lined along EDSA. Elements – This is an events venue that is suited to accommodate social functions like weddings, birthdays, family parties, and corporate functions like conferences and seminars. One Centris Place – Eton Centris’ newest residential condominium that lies next to major thoroughfares through a direct walkway connected to Centris Station. There are still other things planed to line up here at Eton Centris, but what really catches my attention as always is the unique architectural design at Centris walk. I’ve been wanting to ask what was the purpose of this alien like cover.
Made from steel and tarpaulin, this statement piece was just created for aesthetic purposes and densest really have a definite purpose ( aside from cover).
Bantayog Memorial Center
Located just at the back of Eton Centris, Bantayog Memorial Center (BMC) stands on 1.5 hectares of land from the Land Bank of the Philippines through proclamation No. 132 dated July 25, 1987. It was my first time to visit this place and I was surprised actually to learn about this one. The Inang Bayan Monument, was the one you could probably notice along Quezon avenue. But its easier to be missed because of the distractions at front. The 35-foot monument depicts Mother Philippines (inang bayan) lifting a fallen martyr but looking at the future full of hope.and fortitude. It was designed and created by Sculptor Edgardo Castrillo.
On the other side, you’ll see the Wall of Remembrance, in black granite immortalizes the martyrs and heroes in the martial law era.
We also got a chance to visit and do a walk-through at the Bantayog Museum which tells the history of the rise and fall of the authoritarian regime. Here, we got a little discussion on how the youth nowadays look at and compare the times of today to the Marcos era. They (Museum guides) believe that the youth nowadays have been brainwashed to believe that life and economy in the martial law is better than today. What do you think?
I wasn’t able to join the Banawe tour, I might just do another tour on that area I guess some other time. Sarap sana ng fried siopao at dumplings! Anyway if you want to see the other destinations bloggers visited check out the hashtag #QCBlogventure and other happenings in QC at #QC75.
