CALAMBA SHRINE & HOT SPRINGS
Erle Frayne Argonza y Delago
A privilege
it was to visit Calamba many times
From 80s
through early 2000s did I come to strut
The
glorious home of noblest Asian hero Jose Rizal
A resource
speaker for educational tour companies
Accompanied
by fellow patriotic professors
We who once
served club Education Forum
Ennobling
tasks as teachers were thereafter tapped
To showcase
Rizal Shrine and Rizal cults to listeners
Enthused
students and adults from diverse schools
So did I
visit Calamba many times to bath
In its
famed hot springs shaped by tour resorts
Into
swimming pools warm waters flowed like lake
Bathing in
the waters burnt down germs and fungi
In the
company of social activists and pals
From among
university professors of UP fame
Shrine
& hot springs
To treasure
moments of thought sharing and baths
Beacon of
Rizal staying in my psyche till old age
[Philippines
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