It's not everyday we see a ginormous can of Red Bull in our office parking lot. Unless you're looking for a cardiac arrest, drinking that much of the energy drink in one sitting is definitely not recommended.
My Manila
Photos of the Manila I experience daily
May 22, 2013
Wings
It's not everyday we see a ginormous can of Red Bull in our office parking lot. Unless you're looking for a cardiac arrest, drinking that much of the energy drink in one sitting is definitely not recommended.
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Hilda
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May 21, 2013
Playful
I really like the bright and mixed up splashes of color used on the facade of Eastwood Mall.
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Quezon City
May 17, 2013
Building blocks
One of the brick walks of Eastwood Central Park, flanked by the colorful Eastwood Mall and the 1800 Building (an office building), leads to the Excelsior (a residential condominium building) across the street.
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May 15, 2013
No vendors allowed here!
Vendors outside the Immaculate Heart of Mary Parish church selling peanuts, corn, dried fish, suman and kakanin (Filipino delicacies usually made out of sticky rice), and palabok (a rice noodle dish). I guess the church's rule against vendors isn't very strict.
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Hilda
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food,
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May 14, 2013
Is it or isn't it?
For as long as I can remember, this was the location of the Infant Jesus Kindergarten School. There is no longer any sign, so I assumed that it is no longer here. But a Google search for the school still points to this address (or one in Hamilton, Ontario), so I'm in a bit of a quandary. Maybe I should ask my husband to walk there during a school day when he doesn't have a class to help me satisfy my curiosity.
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Hilda
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May 13, 2013
"Official" graffiti
In a country full of politicians who slap their names and faces on publicly-funded projects every chance they get, Quezon City's politicians are probably the worst. They don't even wait for projects—if there's a blank wall, it'll end up with one local politician or another's name, in the guise of public reminders. Similar to Vincent Belmonte's sign, councilor Jessica Castelo Daza says that "Cleanliness is a sign of a progressive nation." I guess neither realize that cleanliness isn't just the absence of garbage.Today, we troop to our voting precincts for national and local elections. I honestly still don't know which local candidates to vote for.
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May 12, 2013
Three days
I spent the last three days at Betania Retreat House, run by the Congregation of the Religious of the Virgin Mary, in Tagaytay City in the province of Cavite. Three days with no internet, no cellphone, and no gadgets (I took this photo when our retreat group arrived, then put away the camera too). Three days of meditation, contemplation and prayer. I hope they will be enough to get me through another year with patience, serenity, and grace.
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Hilda
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May 8, 2013
Coffee and chicken
There's a new Seattle's Best Coffee and Kenny Rogers Roasters in our neighborhood.
They're pretty small to have such an enormous sign.
I like how the sign looks small against the big sky, though.
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Hilda
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May 6, 2013
May 5, 2013
Day off
Trellis Restaurant, which I posted about back in 2009, has been in our neighborhood since 1980. The quality of the food has never changed throughout those three decades. One other thing about it has not changed either: it remains closed during Sundays. In a city where many families gather together for lunch out after Mass, it's quite surprising.
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May 4, 2013
Body treats
Our neighborhood is full of small businesses located in converted houses. Aside from restaurants, spas are also very popular. One of them is Asyenda Beauty & Wellness, which offers different kinds of massages, facials, and salon services. Most of them are very inexpensive too. How does a one-hour full-body massage for US$8.50 sound to you?
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Hilda
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Quezon City,
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May 2, 2013
What do you want to be when you grow up?
One of the iconic images associated with the Philippines is the colorful jeepney. For many years, however, there was a scarcity of these motorized works of art on our streets—most of them were either painted with a single color or left completely unpainted. I'm finally seeing more painted jeepneys again, but mostly in the City of Manila.
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Hilda
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art,
Manila,
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April 30, 2013
Low smog
This was the view from my room during my first-ever overnight stay in a hospital in mid-April, in The Medical City. We are looking southeast over Pasig City, and in the foreground is Valle Verde, a gated residential community. I love the fact that you can hardly see the houses because of the trees, but I think it's only because I was just on the fifth floor.
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cityscape,
Pasig City
April 29, 2013
Drumming up support
I heard drums and a lot of noise out in our street yesterday afternoon, so I grabbed my camera and ran outside to take photos of whatever it was. Turns out, it was a group of candidates for district councilor and their supporters making the rounds of the barangays.

There were even utility vehicles equipped with speakers blaring out the campaign songs of the candidates.

The candidates themselves were walking along with their people, and I ended up being introduced to and having to shake the hands of three of them. The worst part was, I had to let go of my camera to do so, so these were the clearest shots I got of the sortie and I wasn't able to take photos of the candidates (who all looked exhausted after walking around all afternoon in our summer heat—one lady told me ours was their fifth barangay).
The Philippines will have its midterm general elections—national and local—on May 13.

There were even utility vehicles equipped with speakers blaring out the campaign songs of the candidates.

The candidates themselves were walking along with their people, and I ended up being introduced to and having to shake the hands of three of them. The worst part was, I had to let go of my camera to do so, so these were the clearest shots I got of the sortie and I wasn't able to take photos of the candidates (who all looked exhausted after walking around all afternoon in our summer heat—one lady told me ours was their fifth barangay).
The Philippines will have its midterm general elections—national and local—on May 13.
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Hilda
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events,
government,
Quezon City
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