GOODBYE..GOODNIGHT..

THIS WAS OUR TERMINATION POINT. THE POINT OF END, THE END OF THE DAY, THE END OF THE TRIP, BUT NOT THE END OF LEARNING. SEE YOU..^^

THE HIGHLIGHT

WE WERE HEADING HOME. JUST WALKING WHEN WE'VE SEEN THE THIS BEAUTIFUL FOUNTAIN. THE CHANGING OF THE COLOR OF THE LOGHT ADDS MORE EFFECT IN FOUNTAIN. WE TOOK PERSONAL PICTURES HERE. (FOR POSTING ON FACEBOOK HEHE)

A VIEW OF PASIG RIVER WITH LIGHTS ON THE BRIDGE. IT'S NICE TO REST AND FEEL THE COOL BREEZE OF THE AIR BUT THE PROBLEM IS THE AIR IS NOT THAT 100% CLEAN AN DTHE SAFETY OF STAYING IN THE BRIDGE AT NIGHT TIME.

CITY LIGHTS

A VIEW OF THE PARK. NOTHING ELSE CHANGED. IT SUCH THAT THE PEOPLE STAYING THERE JUST INCREASED MOST LIKELY THE KIDS. LIGHTS ARE WELL SUITED FOR THE PLACE. VENDORS ARE AROUND BUT THE QUESTION IS, SAFETY. IF PEOPLE CAN STAY HERE, SIT FOR A WHILE WITHOUT THINKING OF ANY PROBLEMS.

RESPECT FOR A NOBLE

LIKE THE ARCH, THIS MAN IN THE MONUMENT WHICH IS THE FOUNDER OF THE PLACE DIDNT GOT ANY JUSTICE. THE LIGHT HE'S GETTING JUST CAME FROM THE LIGHTS ON THE POSTS. NO PRIVATE LIGHT IS DIRECTLY SHOOTED IN HIM.

THIS IS WHAT I'M WAITING FOR. I CAN'T GET A CLEAR SHOT OF THIS STUFF..HEHE.. I WANT IT IN MOVING MANNER NOT A STEADY ONE. HEHEHE.. A MARK OF FILIPINO CULTURE.

WHAT A LIGHT??NEON LIGHTS FOR THIS TYPE OF STRUCTURE. ALTHOUGH THERE ARE SPOTLIGHTS THAT'S LIGHTING IT BUT STILL NOT ENOUGH TO GIVE JUSTIUCE TO THIS TYPE OF STRUCTURE. IT SEEMS JUST AN ORDINARY ARCH FOR A PLACE TO PLACE WITHOUT ANY SPECIAL MEANING.

NIGHT LIFE..

WE DECIDED TO GO BACK TO THE PLACE WE'VE BEEN THROUGH BY NIGHT. HERE IN THE CITY A LOT OF THINGS CHANGE BY JUST A SNAP.

LOOK AT THE BONIFACIO MONUMENT AND ITS SURROUNDINGS. "ANDAMENG NAKATAMBAY AT MAY MGA NAGLALARO PA SA LIKOD NITO." SOME MADE THIS PLACE A PARK FOR PARTNERS AND A PARK FOR VEHICLES. WE CANNOT BLAME THEM ITS A NICE PLACE. AND A WELL-LIGHTED PLACE FRO PEOPLE TO STAY.

CLASS TIME!!! TIME TO GO BACK TO SCHOOL....

WARRIORS OF THE PAST

THIS WAS THE MARK OF THE PEOPLE WHO FOUGHT FOR OUR COUNTRY. IN DIFFERENT WAYS BUT IN ONE GOAL, FREEDOM. THEY WERE BEING REMEMBERED BY THE NATION THROUGH THEIR IMAGES. A GREAT CONTROVERSY CAME OUT BETWEEN THESE STRUCTURES WHEN THE LAPU-LAPU STATUE(right) WAS BEING CREATED. IT WAS BEING QUESTIONED BECAUSE OF ITS SIZE IN RESPOND TO THE SIZE OF RIZAL'S MONUMENT.

NEW DESTINATION

WE STILL HAVE TIME. WE WENT TO ANOTHER PLACE TO VISIT. ITS A VERY WELL KNOWN PLACE. IN THE PAST ALOT OF PEOPLE GOING TO THIS PLACE. BUT NOW ONLY FEEW HAD APPRECIATED ITS BEAUTY. BUT IT IS FOR SOME REASONS. AS WE HAD LOOKED IN TO THIS PLACE A LOT OF THINGS IS MISSING. ESPECIALLY THOSE THAT CAN MAKE PEOPLE STAY IN THIS TYPE OF PLACE AT ANYTIME OF THE DAY.

ON THE MID

ITS A DIFFERENT PARK. ITS PARK IN THE CENTER OF THE ROAD. IT SERVES AS THE TERMINATION POINT OF THE VEHICLES AND ALSO AN ACTIVITY AREA FOR PEOPLE. IT IS ALSO A PLOACE OF RELAXATION FRO PEOPLE. THERE ARE SEATS AROUND THE PARK AND DIFFERENT MARKINGS OF HISTORY IN THE PLACE. BECAUSE OF THE STATUES AND OTHER STRUCTURES THAT IS CREATED IN THE PLACE. WE JUST NOTICED THAT IN EVERY PARK WE'VE BEEN THROUGH, THERE ARE PEOPLE WHO LIVES THERE, OTHERS HAD CREATED THEIR OWN FAMILY IN THIS TYPE OF PLACE. WE JUST CANT UNDERSTAND HOW THEY CAN LIVE IN THAT OPEN SPACE. EVERYTHING IS PUBLIC. ESPECIALLY, THERE'S NO TOILET AND BATH WHICH IS IMPORTANT.

BREAK TIME!!!

EVERYONE NEEDS A BREAK..HEHEH. ENG BEE TIN IS ONE OF THE WELL KNOWN STORE HERE IN ONGPIN BECAUSE OF ITS DELICIOUS HOPIA. ITS VERY DIFFERENT AMONG OTHER HOPIA.

ROMAN ONGPIN

"MAKABAYAN PILANTROPO. ISINILANG SA BINONDO , MAYNILA, 28 PEBRERO 1847. NAHALAL BILANG TENIENTE PRIMERO DE MESTIZOS NG BINONDO, 1883-1885. ITINATAG ANG EL '82, UNANG TINDAHANG GUMAMIT SA PARAANG FIXED PRICE SA KALYE COLON NGAYO'Y BAHAGI NG KALYE SAN FERNANDO, 1882. TUMULONG SA KILUSANG PROPAGANDA. IPINIIT NG MGA ESPANYOL DAHIL SA KANYANG PAGTULONG SA MGA REBOLUSYONARYO , 1896. IKINULONG MULI NG MGA AMERIKANO, 6 DISYEMBRE 1900 HANGGANG 23 MARSO 1901. NAGLINGKOD BILANG INGAT-YAMAN NG UNION OBRERA DEMOCRATICA, 1902. NAGING PANGULO NG MGA SAMAHANG SIBIKO TULAD NG CASA ASILO DE INVALIDOS FILIPINOS POR LA GUERRA, LA PROTECCION DE LA IN FANCIA AT GOTA DE LECHE. YUMAO, 10 DISYEMBRE 1912. IPINANGALAN SA KANYA ANG DAANG SACRISTIA NG LUPONG MUNISIPAL NG MAYNILA BILANG PAGKILALA SAQ KANYANG MGA NAGAWA, 1815."

A UNIQUE MARK

WE HEADED TO THE CENTER OF THE CITY. WE NOTICED THAT CHARACTER OF SOME STRUCTURES WHEN WE'RE WALKING ESPECIALLY THE SIMPLE LIGHT POSTS THAT WAS JUST HANGING BUT GIVES MEANING TO THE PLACEL. YOU WILL FEEL DIFFERENT WHEN REACH THIS PLACE. YOU WILL THINK THAT YOU ARE IN DIFFERENT COUNTRY..HEHEHE.. WE PRAYED THAT WE CAN GO TO THE REAL CHINA. EHEHE..THAT'S A WISH. ITS VERY DIFFERENT AMONG THE LIGHT POST OF OTHER PLACES. IT DIDN'T DESTROY THE TYPE OF CULTURE THAT A CERTAIN COMMUNITY IS LIVING.

THE FILIPINO-CHINESE FRIENDSHIP ARCH

"WHEN TWO DISTRICTS ARE JOINED AT AN EDGE, THEY FORM A SEAM."

AFTER A RIDE WE'VE FINALLY SEEN ONE OF THE REASONS OF OUR TRIP. IT HAS A DIFFERENT, UNIQUE LOOK WE DONT KNOW HOW WE CAN EXPLAIN IT BUT MAYBE BECAUSE OF ITS CHARACTER AND THE MEANING AROUND THIS STRUCTURE, "THE FILIPINO-CHINESE FRIENDSHIP ARCH". BUT THERE'S SOMETHING THAT WE NOTICED, IT IS NOT INCLUDED THERE. MAYBE YOU KNOW WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT. HE DIDNT OWN IT WHY SHOULD IT BE THERE. IT SOMEWHAT REMOVED THE MEANING OF THE ARCH. IT GIVE POLITICS!!!!ARGH......

THIS IS CITY!!!!!!

WE WE'RE REALLY IN THE CITY. AS YOU'VE SEEN THOSE SKYSCRAPERS, (BUT NOT SO HIGH), THE PUBLIC ESTABLISHMENTS, BILLBOARDS, AND MOST ESPECIALLY ALOT OF VEHICLES. THEY'RE COMING IN EVERYWHERE AND HEADED TO DIFFERENT DIRECTION. USING THE MAJOR ROADS THAT'S CREATED AND SOMETIMES GOING THRU SMALL STREETS OR WHAT WE CALL "ESKINITA" JUST TO HAVE SHORTCUTS AND ESCAPE THE TRAFFIC THAT IS BEING CREATED ALSO BY THE MOTORISTS. JEEPNEYS, TRUCKS, VANS, MOTORCYCLES AND ETC., ALL OF THEM JUST PRODUCING POLLUTION.

CCM

IS THIS PART OF THE U-BELT?? HEHE.. THERE'S A LOT OF COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES AROUND HERE IN MANILA. SOMETIMES YOU WILL NOT NOTICE THEM ANYMORE. YOU JUST BE AMAZED THAT A SCHOOL IS THERE. THIS IS WHAT A CITY IS COMPOSED OF. AS WHAT I LEARNED IN THE STUDIES OF KEVIN LYNCH; "IMAGES OF A CITY".ITS A PART OF WHAT HE CALLS THE DISTRICT.

PLACE TO BREATH...HHMMMM

THIS PLACE CAN BE A PLACE OF RELAXATION. WHEN YOU GET TIRED AND EXHAUSTED IN THE LOOKS OF THE MODERN CITY, YOU CAN JUST DROP BY TO A PLACA LIKE THIS AND YOU'LL BE REVIVED AGAIN. THIS TYPE OF PLACE WAS THE MISSING FACTOR HERE IN THE CITY. WE WERE FULLY MODERNIZED. WE FORGOT TO LIVE IN THE REAL WORLD WHICH GOD CREATED TO US.

MAN IN SERIOUSNESS

IT'S REALLY A GOOD FEELING BEING IN A PLACE WHERE YOU CAN RELAX YOUR MIND AND BODY, LIKE THIS MAN. HE SEEMS VERY AT EASE. WE SAW HIM WHEN WERE WALKING TO THE NEXT JEEPNEY STOP. SO NICE TO HAVE A PLACE WHERE YOU THINGS LIKE THIS. ESPECIALLY HAVING THE FEELING OF BEING SAFE.

PHEW!!!ITS HARD TO WAIT FOR A JEEPNEY..EHHEHE.. WE THOUGHT WE WERE LOST. NO DIVISORIA IS STOPPING IN THE TERMINAL. WE DECIDED TO WALK, WALK, WALK.

Goodmorning Manila!!!

ON THIS DAY, JONEL AND I PLANNED TO TAKE A ROUND IN THE CITY OF MANILA, LOOKING FOR POSSIBLE SCENES AND SITES. WE RODE A JEEPNEY HEADED TO SM MANILA. WE DIDN'T KNOW WHERE WE WERE HEADED FOR. AS WE ARRIVED TO THE JEEPNEY STOP AND BEEN AMAZED BY THE LOOKS OF A GREAT LANDMARK NAMED "LIWASANG BONIFACIO". ITS THE FIRST TIME I SAW IT VERY CLEAN. ALTHOUGH THERE ARE FEW TRASHES AROUND BUT ITS SOMEWHAT NATURAL HERE IN MANILA. PLASTICS ARE ALWAYS AROUND.