My Manila

It all started with the shocking discovery earlier this month of a scam headed by one woman involving fake non-government organizations (NG...

Yesterday, I showed you the finely detailed ornamentation of the pavilions in the Chinese Garden of the Rizal Park. Unfortunately, the qual...

The detailed ornamentation of the pavilions in the Chinese Garden of the Rizal Park is amazing. Tiles, woodwork and painting—I cannot even...

From the 2007 Philippine Daily Inquirer article about the honor guards at the shrine of Philippine National Hero Jose Rizal : Battle-test...

The "lake" pavilion at the Chinese Garden of the Rizal Park .

The Philippine flag flying high— very high—at the Rizal Park .

The wrought iron benches at the Rizal Park are made for two people, but not for lovers. My Manila will be on autopilot from November 1 ...

One of the vine-roofed walkways of the Rizal Park Orchidarium.

On the two long sides of Rizal Park's central lagoon are paths that are lined with the busts of Filipino heroes. It's good to see ...

A gazebo over a tiny pond in the Chinese Garden of the Rizal Park . I was going to wish you all peace, prosperity, success, good health ...

I almost didn't notice that yesterday was my 1,000th post! So, just for the fun of it, I now mark my 1,001st post with the silver spher...

The arch over the entrance to the Chinese Garden of the Rizal Park . If anyone knows what those four characters mean, I'd appreciate a...

The lampposts at the Rizal Park have two decorations which are reminders of our colonial past: the kalesa of the Spanish era … and th...

The mural of a jeepney , an invention after the Philippine-American war , on the wall of the park fronting the Quirino Grandstand has Phili...

The open-air pavilion beside the pond in Rizal Park 's Chinese Garden . See what's reflecting what at James' Weekend Reflec...

Two buffaloes flank the steps leading to the Quirino Grandstand in Rizal Park . The carabao (Bubalus bubalis carabanesis), with its long ...

The dinosaur playground at the Rizal Park . It is at the side of the park nearest Taft Avenue (named after William Howard Taft ) and the Lig...

Standing beside the Filipino-Korean Soldier Monument at the Rizal Park is another sculpture created by Filipino artist Juan Sajid Imao . I...

The Orchidarium, which proudly houses some of the Philippines' abundant wealth of orchid species, is part of the Rizal Park complex. Un...

Metro Manila sorely lacks clean public restrooms. Even in the much-visited Rizal Park (and in most of our malls too, for that matter), if y...