My last year in college just couldn't get any more expensive! It all started with the OJT in Makati, then the Ilahas Fieldtrip in Cebu, then the graduation expenses, then the payment for the board review and then this! My teacher in PI 100 announced that we would be having a field trip in Manila which by the way makes up for 25% of our grade. Did I mention that she didn't mention anything about a field trip ever since we started having class? She just told us about this 'fun' thingy barely 2 or 3 weeks before the scheduled field trip. She was basically insisting that we join the field trip instead of doing a paper work for an alternative, I might add.

Why am I making a big fuss out of this? My reasoning is rather simple, I might say. I paid P10,100 for a field trip that in my opinion have very little to do with Rizal, who happened to be the central topic of PI100. And the services? Oh, don't get me started with it! I don't think that the services and sorts did not match up to the amount I paid for. First, they let us eat at Jollibee and Chowking (not that I have any thing against these fast food chains). Seriously, we paid that much and we are only supposed to eat at a fast food? Second, the buffet sucks. I'm not demanding for something popular. All I wanted was somewhere nice to eat where the type of food lives up to the price we are paying. I am not posting anything food related regarding about the field trip because there just wasn't anything worthy to post, to start with. Third, was that really a hotel we were staying? With around 200 people, they can get a huge discount to some decent hotel but they let us settle for something I would classify as a motel. Lastly, do you call strolling half a day at MOA a field trip? Like, what the heck is wrong with you? There were so many items in the itinerary that we haven't been to. I would have appreciated it if they haven't written down those items in the itinerary. It was just so disappointing. If I were to choose between that Ilahas field trip and this, oh, my answer would be clearer than a cloudless sky. I would definitely choose Ilahas. The services, food, & hotel were way better. There weren't problems while we were on the trip, unlike this one.  Also, we weren't given ample time to enjoy the stops in this field trip. I felt like we were always running after time, catching our breaths, instead of enjoying the moment.If there was anything nice about this whole tour, it would have to be the Corregidor part and our tour guide and coach captain who were very nice. You really can't blame us if we enjoyed watching movies at our bus more, instead of going out, don't you? :)

The first day was all about museums. I have nothing against museums personally, but what do they have to do with Rizal? Ok, so some have items related to Rizal, but they don't make up the whole museum. We are taking Rizal, not History, for chrisakes!

THE UST MUSEUM

It's not my first time to be in UST but it was my first time to visit the UST Museum which was closed the last time we went there. It is said to be the oldest museum in the country and I really like how they separated the sculptures, paintings and relics from one another. 

NATIONAL MUSEUM

The National Museum had to buildings. One for the Museum of the Filipino People and the other for the National Art Gallery. I was really looking forward for the National Art Gallery but unfortunately, we were only able to tour the ground floor. And it's not even a full tour of the said floor because we were not allowed to enter the sculptures room that was full of white sculptures (perhaps they think that due to our number, we might cause some damage).