The dagger

Once viewed as a whole and the angle for viewing is eastward, the Bell Tower looks like a staggering, gigantic dagger -- standing by its handle planted on the grounds while the sword tip pointed to the heavens. If one ever noticed the four end corners of the roof in the second floor which are curving upward, this section of the structure resembles the quillons [see knife anatomy 8] of the charax dagger. The charax is double-edged and the middle part of the two edges is hollowed. I recall the nightmare I have had where I found myself levitating inside the hollowed middle of the huge vertical tapering structure.

ob·e·lisk

  (ŏb′ə-lĭsk)

n.

1. A tall, four-sided shaft of stone, usually tapered and monolithic, that rises to a pointed pyramidal top.

2. The dagger sign (†), used especially as a reference mark. Also called dagger, obelus.

 obelisk

1. A monument of Ancient Egyptian origins, consisting of a tall tapering shaft of stone with a pyramidal top.

2. A tall, four-sided, stone pillar, especially one erected as a monument in ancient Egypt.

source: thefreedictionary

The bell chamber

The Bell Tower has six stories [or floors] or seven if the dome with the cross is to be included in the counting [but the dome is hardly a floor!]. First floor is the museum-turned-office; second floor, the shrine that houses the statue of the Blessed Virgin Mary; third, fourth and fifth, the three balconies; and the most important part of the bell tower, the bell chamber, in sixth floor.

The 'X' sign on the ceiling of the bell chamber and the clock

"X" is a multiplication sign or "times sign" -- "sign of the times." We will see multiplied constructions of belfries in the Archdiocese, not the conventional belfries attached to church buildings but "freestanding" belfries, the Church version of obelisks.

The three sixes

The middle part of the bell-cum-watch tower located immediately beneath the bell chamber is divided into three balconies and each balcony has its own spiral staircase -- thus, three spirals are equal to three sixes!

Three bells on east side of the chamber, six bars divided by three and worn upon each of the crown and clappers hanging within the mouths are taking a peek by the railing.

The time and the emblem

It's the SIXth hour, SIX minutes [and SIX seconds?] of the clock in the morning at the time of clicking the camera [without intending to do so] and the photograph reveals the bell support framework is patterned after a Masonic emblem.

The Pagoda Bell Tower

Living a life of simplicity even in the life of faith spares Nature from destruction; and when Nature is being compromised, such is the gauge if life were lived in excess. Construction of the new bell tower was, indeed, unnecessary since one already existed at the foot of the Big Cross atop a Noah's Ark-inspired cathedral. But, the construction was pushed through and at the expense of a century-old acacia tree! Without the belfry, salvation can still be attained if and when that which is CENTRAL to our FAITH is prioritized and celebrated the proper way. Damage is already done, all right; and the only way to clean up this mess is self-forgiveness and preoccupation to proper celebration of the 'breaking of bread' instead of being busy with unnecessary things to faith. But, the ill effects of natural desecration linger so that, whether we like it or not, we are living with the consequence.