MANILA---DAY ONE WITH PRINCESS DR BECKY LEOGARDO, HER 3 CHILDREN DANIEL, GLORIA AND RAPHAEL AND 2 NANNIES LINDA AND JACKIE AND 1 BLOGGER KEE HUA CHEE

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OUR FIRST DAY IN MANILA WAS PRETTY RELAXING AS WE SIMPLY CHECKED INTO THE 5-STAR ASCOTT HOTEL AND RESIDENCES AND CHILLED OUT. WE WERE TOO LAZY TO DRESS UP FOR DINNER IN SOME FANCY RESTAURANT AS OUR MAS FLIGHT WAS DELAYED BY OVER  AN HOUR.

SO PRINCESS BECKY LEOGARDO SENT HER MAID TO BUY KFC FOR THE KIDS AND NICK HER CHAUFFEUR TO BUY FOOD FROM MAX RESTAURANT. WE DINED IN THE APARTMENT'S SPACIOUS DINING HALL AND CALLED IT A DAY.

BUT I WENT OUT EXPLORING AS ASCOTT IS LOCATED IN THE HEART OF MAKATI, AKIN TO STAYING IN MANDARIN ORIENTAL IN KUALA LUMPUR SINCE ALL ASCOTT IS SURROUNDED BY THE SHOPS AND MALLS!

TO MY RIGHT IS SM OR SHOEMART. TO MY IMMEDIATE  LEFT IS GLORIETTA 4. ABOUT 20 STEPS AWAY IS RUSTAM THE UPSCALE DEPARTMENT STORE. TOGETHER THEY NEED ABOUT 3 DAYS TO EXPLORE! AND THEN THERE IS THE NEARBY LANDMARK MALL AND EVEN PRICIER AND CLASSIER GREENBELT MALL, HOME TO HERMES, LOUIS VUITTON AND GUCCI. ALL WITHIN 15 MINUTES WALK! 

 GLORIETTA 4

 GLORIETTA 4

 GLORIETTA 4

 GLORIETTA 4

 LOVE THIS SHOP IN GLORIETTA 4

 THE ITEMS ARE SHOWN BASED ON THEIR COLOURS!

 BLUE, PURPLE AND GREEN!

 VIOLET AND ORANGE PRODUCTS

 YELLOW, GREEN AND BLUE!

 THEN I CAME ACROSS AN ENTIRE ARCADE WITH STATUES OF JESUS CHRIST AND VIRGIN MARY! AS A DEVOUT CHRISTIAN, I AM ALWAYS DRAWN TO SUCH IMAGES! I HAD NO IDEA THEY WERE DISPLAYED HERE AS I WAS SIMPLY WANDERING AIMLESSLY LOOKING AT THE SHOPS! SOMEHOW JESUS CHRIST AND MOTHER MARY MUST HAVE DIRECTED ME TO THIS PART OF GLORIETTA MALL SO I COULD PHOTOGRAPH THESE MARVELLOUS, UPLIFTING AND INSPIRING RELIGIOUS WORKS OF ART!

 PRAY TO VIRGIN MARY!

 CHILD CHRIST

 RAYS OF LIGHT EMANATING FROM HIS HEART

 WOOD CRUCIFIX 

 FACES OF CHRIST AND HIS MOTHER

 COME TO ME

 SEATED ON CLOUDS IN HEAVEN

 JESUS CHRIST ENTHRONED IN HEAVEN

 MOTEHR MARY THE BLESSED

 JESUS CHRIST AND HIS FATHER

 CRUCIFIXION

 OUR SAVIOUR

 HE DIED SO HE COULD SAVE US!

 PUT YOUR TRUST IN JESUS THE LORD

 CHILD CHRIST

 BABY JESUS AND CHERUBS

 CHERUBIM SURROUNDING BABY JESUS

 THE DOVE SYMBOLISES CHRIST AND RESURRECTION

 JESUS AS KING OF HEAVEN

 PUT YOUR TRUST IN JESUS FOR ONLY HIM CAN SAVE YOU AND BRING YOU TO ETERNAL SALVATION

 LOOK AT HIS HEART

 SMALL ITEMS

 CRUCIFIXION 

 JESUS SAVES!

 WORSHIP HIM 

 JESUS AND HIS MOTHER WITH BOUNDLESS HEARTS

 RAYS OF SALVATION FROM JESUS CHRIST

 MY LEICA TOOK THIS DRAMATIC SHOT

 JESUS

 CHRIST

 ENTHRONED CHRIST

 JESUS IS KING OF HEAVEN

 QUEEN OF HEAVEN

 NUN

 OUR LORD

 OUR MOTHER OF PERPETUAL SUCCOR

 JESUS SEATED ON CLOUDS

 RUSSIAN STYLE

 RUSSIAN ORTHODOX STYLE

 MOTHER MARY AND LAST SUPPER

 MOTHER MARY AND LAST SUPPER

 JESUS LIVES!

 JESUS I TRUST IN YOU

 KING OF THE UNIVERSE

 REMEMBER JESUS DIED SO WE CAN BE SAVED 4EVER

 PRAISE BE TO THE TRUE GOD

 JESUS BLESSING US

 CROWNED JESUS

 MOTHER OF GOD

 OUR LADY OF PHILIPPINES

 VIRGIN MARY

 RUSSIAN ORTHODOX PAINTING

HIS HOLINESS THE POPE

JESUS WITH RAYS OF SALVATION

NATIVITY

CROWNED CHILD CHRIST

FATHER JOSEPH, MOTHER MARY AND BABY JESUS

ONLY I CAN SAVE YOU

MOTHER MARY OUR LADY OF PERPETUAL SUCCOR 

MOTHER MARY STANDS ON PLANET EARTH AS QUEEN OF HEAVEN

A MOTHER HOLDING HER DYING SON...

THE PAIN OF A MOTHER...

BIRTH OF OUR LORD AND SAVIOUR

MOTHER MARY AND BABY CHRIST

MOTHER AND CHILD

MOTHER OF PERPETUAL SUCCOR

BLESSED VIRGIN

PERFECT WOMAN

PERFECTION PERSONIFIED

WE PRAY TO YOU!

CROWN OF THORNS

JESUS WEARING CROWN OF THORNS

FATHER JOSEPH AND HIS SON

FATHER AND SON

CRUCIFIED JESUS

JESUS ROSE FROM THE DEAD IN 3 DAYS

MOTHER OF GOD

MOTHER OF GOD

BLESSED VIRGIN

PERFECT WOMAN

PRAY TO MOTHER MARY

MOTHER MARY WILL INTERCEDE ON YOUR BEHALF

MOTHER AND CHILD

MOTHER AND SON

EVERY HOME SHOULD HAVE A STATUE LIKE THIS

JESUS CHRIST WITH BOUNDLESS HEART 

JESUS WITH LOVING HEART

JESUS LOVES YOU!

I LOVE JESUS

BABY JESUS IN CRIB

MOTHER MARY

PRAY TO HER

ST GEORGE SLAYING THE DRAGON

ST GEORGE SLAYING THE DRAGON WHICH IS SATAN

ST GEORGE AND THE DRAGON

JESUS CHRIST GIVES YOU ETERNAL LIFE

FIND SALVATION THROUGH JESUS CHRIST!

PRAY TO VIRGIN MARY

VIRGIN MARY IS MOTHER OF GOD

SHE HELPS ALL WHO BELIEVES

BELIEVE AND YOU WILL BE SAVED

MOTHER MARY IS PERFECTION PERSONIFIED

CHERUBIMS HOLDING BOWL

3-D RESIN FRAMED SCULPTURE

3-D VIRGIN AND CHILD

MOTHER MARY IN HEAVEN

HEAVENLY CHILD

JESUS CHRIST AND HIS MOTHER WHO CONCEIVED HIM THROUGH IMMACULATE CONCEPTION

DRAMATIC PHOTO OF JESUS CHRIST WITH OPEN ARMS AS REDEEMER OF OUR SOULS

JESUS CHRIST RULES THE PHILIPPINES AND THE WORLD AND THE UNIVERSE AS PHILIPPINES IS THE ONLY ROMAN CATHOLIC COUNTRY IN ASIA SO IT IS MOST BLESSED

OH, MALAYSIAN OWNED BRITISH INDIA STORE IS ALSO IN GLORIETTA 4

OUR SERVICED APARTMENT IN ASCOTT MAKATI

OUR LIVING ROOM

DINING ROOM

SITTING ROOM

COMFY

STYLISH ASCOTT!