Tag Archives: Manila

Contrasts

This photo appearing in a BBC article (via brownpau) on the Philippines’ poverty divide shows “a shocking contrast of rich and poor.” I encountered many contrasting images such as this in the Philippines. The following photo taken…  Read more

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Ninoy’s Cell

Today is apparently Ninoy’s 22nd death anniversary according to a couple of blogs I regularly visit. When Benigno “Ninoy” Aquino was assassinated in 1983, my family and I had only been living here in the United States for…  Read more

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Gallery of Presidents

We took the following pictures in Intramuros last 4th of July. As an “outsider,” it’s my lame attempt at commenting about the current Philippine political situation. To those who may get offended, advance apologies. I deemed an image of Marcos’s…  Read more

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Our Trip So Far – EDSA and Cubao

After heading back to Manila from Cavite, we visited my wife’s aunt in Cubao. Cubao is my old stomping grounds. We lived in Project 4, and Cubao was where my family would go to the movies, eat out and shop.…  Read more

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Pusit Good

Friendster‘s a hit in Manila, according to this Wired article. It “first gained traction with the large Filipino community in the San Francisco Bay Area, then spread across the Pacific.” Although part of this community, I have for years…  Read more

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