9th IYAS Writing Workshop 5: The Hacienda Ruins

May 1, 2009: 5th & last day ng 9th IYAS Creative Writing Workshop. Araw ng pictorial, cultural & historical tour sa The Ruins (early 1900s mansion) at Silay, at graduation ng Fellows.

Pagkatapos ng last workshop sessions, nagkaroon ng group photo ang mga Fellow at Panelist ng IYAS. Sumunod ang field trip sa The Ruins sa Talisay City (katabi lang ng Bacolod).

Ilang bagay tungkol sa The Ruins mula sa brochure:
- the largest residential structure in the Philippines ever built at that time
- mansion of the haciendero Don Mariano Ledesma Lacson and his wife Maria Braga
- Italianate architecture w/ neo-Romanesque twin columns
- burnt down during WWII by guerilla fighters to prevent the Japanese from using it as their headquarters.

Ayon sa co-Fellow namin, nitong mga huling taon lang natuklasang muli ang nasirang mansyon sa gitna ng malawak na taniman ng tubo. Target rin daw 'to ng mga ghosthunters.

Pagkatapos libutin ang The Ruins, pumunta kami sa Silay City para sa Part 2 ng aming tour...at nasa susunod na album 'yun.

Ang kumpletong albums ng 9th IYAS Creative Writing Workshop:

• Part 1 -- Bacolod Arrival


• Part 2 -- A Rousing Start


• Part 3 -- Lovin' Bacolod


• Part 4 -- Bacolod After Dark


• Part 5 -- The Hacienda Ruins


• Part 6 -- Silay-Talisay Historical Tour


• Part 7 -- Our Graduation


• Part 8 -- Leaving Bacolod

May ilang pics dito na hiniram ko mula kina Jowie at Petra.