For The Sake of Planning: Part 1

It was 30^th of August when my group and I decided to spend the day to walk around and observe the cities. Well, it is for the cause of our subject Planning 2 under Arch. Bober. Since were going to make a Transit-Oriented Development Plan, we’re required to visit the site we chose to study and take some photos. We came up to the idea of riding a LRT train, then stop in every station. From Anonas Station, we stopped to Betty-Go Belmonte station. 

We skipped Araneta-Cubao station since we’ve been there for several times and it is a very common spot. As we dropped by from the train, we viewed some establishment nearby Betty-Go station. The abandoned building beside the station is very appealing because of its art graffiti façade. There are also commercial establishments in the area, but residential zone dominant the site.

Our next destination was in Gilmore station and we found that it almost has similar to view the Betty-Go station. We rode again, and stopped to V. Mapa station where the SM Sta. Mesa is located. We didn’t add Pureza station, because I had an ex who’s studying in EARIST near the station, and I’ve told them that there’s nothing interesting in the place. Nyahahaha.

The second to the last station in LRT 2, happened to be our last train destination. Legarda Station is dropped off area of most of the college students in Manila, if not all. Recto station never had been our option. As we bought a ticket and rode a train again to go back to where we began, we’ve finally decide that we will choose Betty-Go Belmonte station as our prospect site. To be honest, there’s nothing special in the area that made us chose that. We only came up to the idea that our study might be easier if we will choose a less density area.

After the decision has made, we went to Mang Inasal Araneta branch for our lunch and ordered 3 pieces of unli-rice. It was really a busog-much-time, that after we ate, walking was quite difficult for us. So we took the shuttle and went to the SM Cubao to rent a pc. We’re about to do some research for our study, but we end up playing Left4Dead. Then we went to Ali Mall to walk around, spend the rest of day to window shopping. We bought a sundae to Mcdo and took a shuttle once again, and went home. That was our journey for that day ended.