Getting married way down south is a chore to pull off (logistics wise) moreso when (I’ve heard) going home to, say, Las Piñas on a weekday could take comuters and private car owners up to 4 hours on the road during the past week. That’s owing to the Skyway being extended to Alabang plus the heavy rains. it is in times like these that I’m glad I’m living near where I work.

Still, the Caleruega Church (or is it a chapel?) in Nasugbu, Batangas remains a popular venue for weddings even for those who do not live anywhere near Tagaytay. I’ve college friends who flew in their relatives from Iloilo and Surigao for a Caleruega wedding. Ah, the torture! Those who are lucky to have witnessed a Caleruega wedding, though (granting the weather cooperates), would recount how it’s so much worth their while to share the moment with friends who chose to get married on that church atop of that hill, the long drive aside.

I have recently been in one, my fourth, for the wedding of friends Carlo and Cay. They won’t be in the photos that I’ll be showing below, but here’s their wedding video as shown during the reception,for those who are curious.

Since I was tasked to be one of the groom’s men who luckily had absolutely no role to do during and after the wedding ceremony, I made use of my time by taking shots of the church, inside and out. Photos taken using the Nokia N82 camphone (surprise, surprise. Not! LOL).

All the photos in this post can also be viewed on my flickr stream.

Also, starting with this post, I shall be introducing a new feature that can be found at the end of my blog entries from here onwards. I’ll showcase something that should have recently crossed my mind like this one:

TOTALLY RANDOM: On my way to the nearby convenience store a while ago, I noticed several bats flying about, circling the air before landing on one tree before the next. A morbid thought crossed my mind: what do I do when the bat flies right smack to my face, its wings both reaching to the back of my head in an embrace? Maybe I’ll faint after two seconds tops.