I was searching for a new place to visit in my hometown Sagay City when I happened to read Fabrica at Wikipedia. The FI Faraon Institute is one of the old high schools located in Fabrica where my mother graduated her high school days. The same school was where the actress Susan Roces also graduated.

I remember my father used to tell me that they will walk almost three kilometers from home just to be in school because he also studied one high school year in FI and only few houses were seen in the place.

The school was surrounded by sugar cane plantation where you can even play rc helicopter because of a large open surroundings. But what I’m proud of is that according to Wikipedia, during its long boom years from 1910 to 1976, Fabrica was the most developed in terms of infrastructure, water system, electricity and lighting facilities compared to other barrios in the Philippines. Fabrica had two large movie houses then and one of it was owned by my later grandfather.