If you love studying and nature, then this place is for you. Hello dear hivers! I would like to take you to a tour around what I considered my second home, my college alma mater.
Visayas State University is a premier state university in the Visayas. It is located in the City of Baybay, Leyte. It is a leading global university in agriculture and allied fields, flanked by Mt. Pangasugan, a high mountain range and the Camotes Sea. It is considered the most beautiful educational campus in the Philippines.
Studying and immersing in nature is the way of life here. Everywhere you go, you are surrounded by the beauty of nature. From the magnificent view of Mt. Pangasugan to the calm and inviting Camotes Sea, it will fullfill every love you feel - love for the sea, the mountains, the trees, the flowers, the beach, name it!
After I graduated, I have visited the school a few times. The photos I post here are taken during my visits to the school years ago. It may not give justice to how beautiful this place is but still it will showcase the beauty of the campus.
The campus is divided to the upper campus and the lower campus demarcated by the national road. The upper campus is flanked by Mount Pangasugan while the lower campus by the Camotes Sea.
Let's start with my home here in VSU, the dormitory located in the upper campus where I stayed most of my college years. It is the largest dormitory in VSU which has a capacity of 266. It's building has two wings, Wing A and Wing B with three floors and 4 floor levels. This dormitory is called Sampaguita Ladies Hall. It stands on the foot of a hill and facing a ricefield, the Molave Hill and Mt. Pangasugan. It is surrounded by lush green trees and grasses. The students here jokingly call it "Titanic" because during the night when the lights are on, it looks like a ship floating on the sea.
๐๐ฏ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ช๐ด ๐ฅ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ฎ๐ช๐ต๐ฐ๐ณ๐บ ๐ ๐ญ๐ฆ๐ข๐ณ๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ข๐ต ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ธ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ฅ "๐ณ๐ฆ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ฅ" ๐ฅ๐ฐ๐ฆ๐ด๐ฏ'๐ต ๐ข๐ญ๐ธ๐ข๐บ๐ด ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ฏ๐ฐ๐ต๐ฆ ๐ข ๐ฑ๐ฐ๐ด๐ช๐ต๐ช๐ท๐ฆ ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ข๐ฏ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ. ๐๐ต ๐ช๐ด ๐ฃ๐ฆ๐ค๐ข๐ถ๐ด๐ฆ ๐ช๐ฏ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ด๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ด๐ต๐ฆ๐ณ ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ ๐ธ๐ช๐ญ๐ญ ๐ฃ๐ฆ ๐ฆ๐ท๐ข๐ญ๐ถ๐ข๐ต๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ข๐ด ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ธ ๐ด๐ต๐ณ๐ช๐ค๐ต๐ญ๐บ ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ ๐ง๐ฐ๐ญ๐ญ๐ฐ๐ธ ๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ด๐ฆ ๐ณ๐ถ๐ญ๐ฆ๐ด ๐ด๐ถ๐ค๐ฉ ๐ข๐ด ๐ค๐ถ๐ณ๐ง๐ฆ๐ธ๐ด, ๐ค๐ญ๐ฆ๐ข๐ฏ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ, ๐ท๐ช๐ด๐ช๐ต๐ข๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ๐ด, ๐ด๐ต๐ถ๐ฅ๐บ ๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ๐ด ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ฐ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ด. ๐๐ง ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ ๐ฃ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ข๐ฌ ๐ด๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฆ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ณ๐ถ๐ญ๐ฆ๐ด ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ฅ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐จ๐ณ๐ข๐ท๐ช๐ต๐บ ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ'๐ญ๐ญ ๐ฃ๐ฆ ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ฏ๐ฐ๐ต ๐ฃ๐ฆ๐ค๐ข๐ถ๐ด๐ฆ ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ ๐ข๐ณ๐ฆ ๐จ๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ฅ ๐ฃ๐ถ๐ต ๐ฃ๐ฆ๐ค๐ข๐ถ๐ด๐ฆ ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ ๐ฉ๐ข๐ท๐ฆ ๐ฃ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ฏ ๐ฃ๐ข๐ฅ. ๐๐ง ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ ๐ข๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ช๐ต ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ข๐ฏ๐ด ๐ต๐ฉ๐ข๐ต ๐ช๐ฏ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฏ๐ฆ๐น๐ต ๐ด๐ฆ๐ฎ ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ ๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ง๐ช๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฐ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ฑ๐ญ๐ข๐ค๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ด๐ต๐ข๐บ. ๐๐ง ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ ๐ด๐ต๐ณ๐ช๐ค๐ต๐ญ๐บ ๐ง๐ฐ๐ญ๐ญ๐ฐ๐ธ๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ณ๐ถ๐ญ๐ฆ๐ด ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ ๐ธ๐ช๐ญ๐ญ ๐ฃ๐ฆ ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ต๐ข๐ช๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ ๐ฅ๐ฐ๐ฏ'๐ต ๐ฉ๐ข๐ท๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ธ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ณ๐บ ๐ธ๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ด๐ต๐ข๐บ ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฏ๐ฆ๐น๐ต ๐ด๐ฆ๐ฎ.
Near the Sampaguita Dormitory is the School Gymnasium and the new Oval for sports activities, the Molave Hill and the Animal Science Department.
๐๐ฉ๐ช๐ด ๐ช๐ด ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ธ ๐ฐ๐ท๐ข๐ญ ๐ธ๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ด๐ฑ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ต๐ด ๐ฆ๐ท๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต๐ด ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ข๐ค๐ต๐ช๐ท๐ช๐ต๐ช๐ฆ๐ด ๐ข๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ญ๐ฅ. ๐๐ฉ๐ช๐ด ๐ด๐ฑ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ต๐ด ๐ง๐ข๐ค๐ช๐ญ๐ช๐ต๐บ ๐ธ๐ข๐ด ๐ฃ๐ถ๐ช๐ญ๐ต ๐ธ๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ฏ ๐๐๐ ๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ด๐ต๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ 25๐ต๐ฉ ๐๐ฆ๐จ๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ข๐ญ ๐๐ต๐ข๐ต๐ฆ ๐๐ฏ๐ช๐ท๐ฆ๐ณ๐ด๐ช๐ต๐ช๐ฆ๐ด ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐๐ฐ๐ญ๐ญ๐ฆ๐จ๐ฆ๐ด ๐๐ต๐ฉ๐ญ๐ฆ๐ต๐ช๐ค ๐๐ด๐ด๐ฐ๐ค๐ช๐ข๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ (๐๐๐๐๐) ๐๐ข๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ด.
Going up to the hills is the beautiful Molave Hill. You can find there some of the oldest and largest trees. You can also find the Olympic size swimming pool used during ths SCUAA games.
As you go down from the Molave Hill and walk around the Animal Science Department and around the gym you'll find these beautiful scenery you just can't get enough of.
You think you have seen so much beauty already? There is more! Next stop is my favorite area of the school, the Ecopark. As you enter the gates of the school, a few steps away you'll find a miniforest. It is an area full of lushful trees. Some are large old trees and some are younger trees of different species. There are benches under the trees where you can relax and just breathe in the fresh oxygen. This is also a perfect place for students who are waiting for their next class who don't want to go back to their dorm or boarding houses. Around this area are school buildings of the different department.
At the opposite side of the the ecopark, there is a gazeboo and arcs with vines growing on it. Looks like a perfect place for weddings. As you walk through this arcs into the gazebo it feels like you are walking down the aisle to your wedding.
Going up, you can find the admin building. The admin building is where we do transactions such as paying our tuition fees and getting our TORs. But to go there, you have to take an uphill walk that will surely make you sweat. Then, if you are going inside the admin building you'll have ta climb up a long stairs. What a great way to exercise! But every sweat you drop is worth the beauty before your eyes.
Just beside the admin building is an area where there are many coniferous trees. I like this area because it felt like I am in a different country. If only we have the winter season.
There are still so much beautiful areas of the school I was not able to capture. And it would take 4 years to fully explore around the school. Hahahh! And this is just the upper campus. You haven't seen the lower campus yet. I hope I'll be back next time to show more of its beauty. I miss my alma mater.
This school taught me not just the knowledge and skills that I need to take on the next steps of my dreams but it taught me to appreciate and love mother nature more.
Have a refreshing weekend everyone. Thank you for dropping by.