If you've visited an evacuation center, you'll know how huge sanitation problems are. There are not enough toilet facilities and, because most evacuation centers are public … [Read more...]
Worst typhoon in 40 years
September 29, 2009 By 38 Comments
Power in our area has not been restored as I compose this column (for Manila Standard Today). I am seated at the Areva Pavilion of the MMLDC compound along Sumulong Highway in … [Read more...]
Cul-de-sac
December 4, 2007 By Leave a Comment
This photo was taken a few meters from the bridge that connects Marikina to the Balara area in Quezon City. … [Read more...]
Street sale
October 17, 2007 By 13 Comments
The streets of Metro Manila are one big marketplace for vendors. From the sidewalks where pedestrians have been effectively ejected to the intersections where peddlers race … [Read more...]
Garbage as art
August 28, 2007 By 8 Comments
These photos of a garbage truck were taken late one afternoon along North Avenue in Quezon City on our way to TriNoMa Mall to attend a birthday dinner. I was trying to capture … [Read more...]
Quezon Memorial Circle
August 21, 2007 By 7 Comments
The 66-foot memorial monument to the President of the Commonwealth Republic, Manuel Luis Quezon, stands on an expanse of 27-hectare circular lot (numbers from WOW Philippines) … [Read more...]
TriNoMa, Triangle North of Manila
August 16, 2007 By 5 Comments
TriNoMa is a mall owned and developed by Ayala Land, the same company behind Glorietta and Greenbelt in Makati. As to why it is a triangle, Wikipedia has the details including … [Read more...]
Scenes from a shopping mall
July 7, 2007 By 5 Comments
I don't remember the last time I went to a shopping mall where there was an ongoing mall-wide sale and bought nothing. I don't think it ever happened before. Well, until last … [Read more...]
Street sign
May 21, 2007 By Leave a Comment
A street sign I wish to see in all the streets in the Philippines. … [Read more...]
U.P.’s Sunken Garden on election day
May 18, 2007 By 1 Comment
The Sunken Garden of the U.P. Diliman campus is located within the academic oval. It is surrounded by the Main Library building, the College of Law (Malcolm Hall), the Student … [Read more...]
Lights, lights, lights
January 20, 2007 By Leave a Comment
From the baywalk on the last night of the World Pyro Olympics, a view of the Mall of Asia's pedestrian overpass connecting the mall to the baywalk. … [Read more...]
The view from the carpark
January 16, 2007 By Leave a Comment
So, how does one pass the time in a carpark building where the line of exiting vehicles move only a few inches every 10 minutes or so? If your camera battery is still okay, … [Read more...]
Mall of Asia
January 14, 2007 By Leave a Comment
We went to watch the 2007 Pyro Olympics yesterday at the baywalk behind the Mall of Asia. We were there a few hours before the fireworks show started so we could get decent … [Read more...]
Bonsai garden, U.P. Diliman
January 10, 2007 By 3 Comments
The first time I heard about the bonsai garden in the U.P. Diliman campus was during a Christmas party. Our friend, PJ Juinio, a true blue bonsai afficionado asked if we had … [Read more...]
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