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. 
𝘐𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘥𝘰𝘳𝘮𝘪𝘵𝘰𝘳𝘺 𝘐 𝘭𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘯𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘥 "𝘳𝘦𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘥" 𝘥𝘰𝘦𝘴𝘯'𝘵 𝘢𝘭𝘸𝘢𝘺𝘴 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘯𝘰𝘵𝘦 𝘢 𝘱𝘰𝘴𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘷𝘦 𝘮𝘦𝘢𝘯𝘪𝘯𝘨. 𝘐𝘵 𝘪𝘴 𝘣𝘦𝘤𝘢𝘶𝘴𝘦 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘦𝘯𝘥 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘦𝘮𝘦𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘳 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘸𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘣𝘦 𝘦𝘷𝘢𝘭𝘶𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘢𝘴 𝘵𝘰 𝘩𝘰𝘸 𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘪𝘤𝘵𝘭𝘺 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘧𝘰𝘭𝘭𝘰𝘸 𝘩𝘰𝘶𝘴𝘦 𝘳𝘶𝘭𝘦𝘴 𝘴𝘶𝘤𝘩 𝘢𝘴 𝘤𝘶𝘳𝘧𝘦𝘸𝘴, 𝘤𝘭𝘦𝘢𝘯𝘪𝘯𝘨, 𝘷𝘪𝘴𝘪𝘵𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘩𝘰𝘶𝘳𝘴, 𝘴𝘵𝘶𝘥𝘺 𝘩𝘰𝘶𝘳𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘰𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘴. 𝘐𝘧 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘣𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘬 𝘴𝘰𝘮𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘳𝘶𝘭𝘦𝘴 𝘥𝘦𝘱𝘦𝘯𝘥𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘰𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘨𝘳𝘢𝘷𝘪𝘵𝘺 𝘺𝘰𝘶'𝘭𝘭 𝘣𝘦 𝘳𝘦𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘥 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘣𝘦𝘤𝘢𝘶𝘴𝘦 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘨𝘰𝘰𝘥 𝘣𝘶𝘵 𝘣𝘦𝘤𝘢𝘶𝘴𝘦 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘣𝘦𝘦𝘯 𝘣𝘢𝘥. 𝘐𝘧 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘳𝘦𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘥 𝘪𝘵 𝘮𝘦𝘢𝘯𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘯𝘦𝘹𝘵 𝘴𝘦𝘮 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘯𝘦𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘧𝘪𝘯𝘥 𝘢𝘯𝘰𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘱𝘭𝘢𝘤𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘺. 𝘐𝘧 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘪𝘤𝘵𝘭𝘺 𝘧𝘰𝘭𝘭𝘰𝘸𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘳𝘶𝘭𝘦𝘴 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘸𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘣𝘦 𝘳𝘦𝘵𝘢𝘪𝘯𝘦𝘥 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘥𝘰𝘯'𝘵 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘳𝘺 𝘸𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘺 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘯𝘦𝘹𝘵 𝘴𝘦𝘮.
Near the Sampaguita Dormitory is the School Gymnasium and the new Oval for sports activities, the Molave Hill and the Animal Science Department.
𝘛𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘪𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘯𝘦𝘸 𝘰𝘷𝘢𝘭 𝘸𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘴𝘱𝘰𝘳𝘵𝘴 𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘢𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘷𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘦𝘴 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘩𝘦𝘭𝘥. 𝘛𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘴𝘱𝘰𝘳𝘵𝘴 𝘧𝘢𝘤𝘪𝘭𝘪𝘵𝘺 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘣𝘶𝘪𝘭𝘵 𝘸𝘩𝘦𝘯 𝘝𝘚𝘜 𝘩𝘰𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦 25𝘵𝘩 𝘙𝘦𝘨𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘢𝘭 𝘚𝘵𝘢𝘵𝘦 𝘜𝘯𝘪𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘦𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘊𝘰𝘭𝘭𝘦𝘨𝘦𝘴 𝘈𝘵𝘩𝘭𝘦𝘵𝘪𝘤 𝘈𝘴𝘴𝘰𝘤𝘪𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 (𝘚𝘊𝘜𝘈𝘈) 𝘎𝘢𝘮𝘦𝘴.
𝘖𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘣𝘢𝘤𝘬𝘨𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘥 𝘪𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘚𝘤𝘩𝘰𝘰𝘭 𝘎𝘺𝘮𝘯𝘢𝘴𝘪𝘶𝘮 𝘸𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘪𝘮𝘱𝘰𝘳𝘵𝘢𝘯𝘵 𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘴 𝘴𝘶𝘤𝘩 𝘢𝘴 𝘊𝘶𝘭𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘢𝘭 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘌𝘥𝘶𝘤𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘢𝘭 𝘢𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘷𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘦𝘴 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘩𝘦𝘭𝘥 (𝘴𝘵𝘶𝘥𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘴' 𝘰𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯, 𝘴𝘺𝘮𝘱𝘰𝘴𝘪𝘶𝘮𝘴, 𝘨𝘳𝘢𝘥𝘶𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯, 𝘰𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘴𝘱𝘰𝘳𝘵𝘴 𝘳𝘦𝘭𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘰𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘴). 𝘐 𝘭𝘰𝘷𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘥𝘦𝘴𝘪𝘨𝘯 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘣𝘶𝘪𝘭𝘥𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘣𝘦𝘤𝘢𝘶𝘴𝘦 𝘭𝘰𝘰𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘢𝘵 𝘪𝘵 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘮 𝘢𝘧𝘢𝘳, 𝘪𝘵 𝘭𝘰𝘰𝘬𝘴 𝘭𝘪𝘬𝘦 𝘢 𝘴𝘢𝘳𝘰𝘬 𝘰𝘳 𝘢 𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘥𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘶𝘴𝘦𝘥 𝘣𝘺 𝘍𝘪𝘭𝘪𝘱𝘪𝘯𝘰 𝘧𝘢𝘳𝘮𝘦𝘳𝘴.
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.
𝘐 𝘤𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥 𝘪𝘮𝘢𝘨𝘪𝘯𝘦 𝘮𝘺𝘴𝘦𝘭𝘧 𝘸𝘢𝘭𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘨 through these arcs 𝘸𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘨 a 𝘸𝘩𝘪𝘵𝘦 𝘨𝘰𝘸𝘯 𝘸𝘩𝘪𝘭𝘦 𝘮𝘺 𝘮𝘢𝘯 𝘪𝘴 𝘸𝘢𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘢𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘨𝘢𝘻𝘦𝘣𝘰. 𝘠𝘢𝘺! 𝘚𝘸𝘦𝘦𝘵! 𝘉𝘶𝘵 𝘐 𝘢𝘮 𝘢𝘭𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘥𝘺 𝘮𝘢𝘳𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘥. 😁
When you are i𝘯𝘴𝘪𝘥𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘨𝘢𝘻𝘦𝘣𝘰𝘰 𝘺𝘰𝘶'𝘭𝘭 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘢 𝘣𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘵𝘩𝘵𝘢𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘷𝘪𝘦𝘸 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘤e𝘯𝘦𝘳𝘺 around you - 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘮𝘪𝘯𝘪𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘵 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘳𝘰𝘢𝘥 𝘨𝘰𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘶𝘱 𝘵𝘰 𝘢𝘥𝘮𝘪𝘯 𝘣𝘶𝘪𝘭𝘥𝘪𝘯𝘨 . 𝘌𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘺𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘪𝘴 𝘨𝘳𝘦𝘦𝘯!
𝘈𝘯𝘰𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘷𝘪𝘦𝘸 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘮𝘪𝘯𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘵, 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘨𝘢𝘻𝘦𝘣𝘰𝘰, 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘢𝘳𝘤𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘌𝘥𝘶𝘤𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘉𝘶𝘪𝘭𝘥𝘪𝘯𝘨.
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.
𝘛𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘪𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘢𝘮𝘱𝘪𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘳 𝘫𝘶𝘴𝘵 𝘣𝘦𝘭𝘰𝘸 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘢𝘥𝘮𝘪𝘯 𝘣𝘶𝘪𝘭𝘥𝘪𝘯𝘨. 𝘛𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘱𝘭𝘢𝘤𝘦 𝘪𝘴 𝘴𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘪𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘢𝘭 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘮𝘦 𝘴𝘪𝘯𝘤𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘪𝘴 𝘸𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦 o𝘶𝘳 𝘨𝘳𝘢𝘥𝘶𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘩𝘦𝘭𝘥. 𝘚𝘪𝘯𝘤𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘯, 𝘨𝘳𝘢𝘥𝘶𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘴 𝘸𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘩𝘦𝘭𝘥 𝘢𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘤𝘩𝘰𝘰𝘭 𝘨𝘺𝘮𝘯𝘢𝘴𝘪𝘶𝘮.
𝘛𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘪𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘪𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘪𝘤 "𝘚𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘤𝘩 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘛𝘳𝘶𝘵𝘩" 𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘵𝘶𝘦. 𝘛𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘪𝘴 𝘝𝘚𝘜'𝘴 𝘮𝘰𝘴𝘵 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘮𝘪𝘯𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘴𝘺𝘮𝘣𝘰𝘭. 𝘞𝘦 𝘶𝘴𝘶𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘺 𝘤𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘪𝘵 𝘔𝘢𝘭𝘢𝘬𝘢𝘴 𝘢𝘵 𝘔𝘢𝘨𝘢𝘯𝘥𝘢 𝘣𝘦𝘤𝘢𝘶𝘴𝘦 𝘪𝘵 𝘭𝘰𝘰𝘬𝘴 𝘭𝘪𝘬𝘦 𝘵h𝘦 𝘧𝘰𝘭𝘬 𝘤𝘩𝘢𝘳𝘢𝘤𝘵𝘦𝘳 𝘰𝘧 𝘔𝘢𝘭𝘢𝘬𝘢𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘔𝘢𝘨𝘢𝘯𝘥𝘢. 𝘈𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘣𝘢𝘤𝘬 𝘪𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘢𝘥𝘮𝘪𝘯 𝘣𝘶𝘪𝘭𝘥𝘪𝘯𝘨.
𝘝𝘪𝘦𝘸 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘢𝘥𝘮𝘪𝘯 𝘣𝘶𝘪𝘭𝘥𝘪𝘯𝘨.
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.
