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I was talking to Hubby the other day when I realized that I need to improve my skills set. But honestly, I want something different. I want to study in one of those cosmetology school in Florida. I don’t know if I can still find time to go to school personally since I have to attend to my two babies plus the Hubby of course. But I really want and need to find something different to do. I’ve been bored for the couple of weeks already that I want to get out of the house and start improving myself! Going back to school would be one of them.

Well, Hubby is an alumni of this school – Colegio de San Juan de Letran. One Saturday we were at the area so we decided to drop by and took some photos of this school.

Here’s what I got from the Letran’s website…

Colegio de San Juan de Letran emerged from the fusion of two similar institutions both located in Intramuros.

The first was founded in 1620 by Don Juan Geronimo Guerrero, a retired Spanish Officer, who transformed his hermitage home into an orphanage called the Colegio de Niños Huerfanos de San Juan de Letran. Its purpose was to educate and mold orphans into good Christian citizens.

At about the same time, another institution by the name of Colegio de Huerfanos de San Pedro y San Pablo was established by the Dominican brother Diego de Santa Maria at the Convent of Santo Domingo.

The founders of these two institutions with identical origin and purpose did not only share a common concern for the children of Intramuros but they were also linked by strong bonds of friendship. It was not surprising therefore that their institutions were merged into one even in their lifetime in 1630 and became known simply as the Colegio de San Juan de Letran.

For more info, visit Letran’s website.

Colegio de San Juan de Letran
151 Muralla St. Intramuros, Manila
Tel No: 527-7693 to 97

Yesterday, Sunday, we went to University of Sto. Tomas (UST) hospital chapel to attend my Lola’s memorial mass. It was raining hard but good thing that the roads along Espana were not flooded at all.

According to the History of UST, the University of Santo Tomas is actually the oldest existing university in Asia and in terms of student population, the largest Catholic university in the world located in one campus. That explains the old buildings in the campus particularly the Church. Too bad it was raining hard that we weren’t able to take some photos.

I love the facade of the church and makes me think of the Spanish era. There are so many things that you can see inside the campus which include:

Arch of the Centuries
Benavides Monument
Main Building
The Cross
Statues atop Main Building
Beato Angelico Gallery
Central Library
Central Seminary
Santissimo Rosario
UST Botanical Garden Museum of Arts & Sciences
Publishing House
Rector’s Hall

I have yet to explore more about this campus and hopefully will be able to get photos the next time we will visit the place. But for the mean time, if you are interested in enrolling in this school or would want to hear mass at the church, you can visit their website here.