My Manila

"As long as Lego bricks have been in existence, the soles of fathers' feet have been in danger." ~Jonathan Bender, author...

"People used to play with toys. Now the toys play with them." ~Idries Shah (1924–1996), Reflections A colorful train that d...

Stroll, play volleyball, build sand castles, take a bangka ride (you can choose what size bangka you want), or just stand still and enjoy...

What looks like a checkers -like game with the board marked on the sidewalk and bottle caps as playing pieces. It was beside a restaurant, ...

Sungka is a Philippine mancala game. The sungkaan (the game board) is usually made of wood, shaped like a canoe, and is portable. Howeve...

CITY DAILY PHOTO THEME DAY: THE WATER'S EDGE • A toddler trying to get out of the kiddie pool of the Makati Shangri-la Hotel without...

The management of Landmark Department Store seems to be having a fun time coming up with promotions for their shoppers. Back in March, I p...

If the zorbs that were temporarily available at Eastwood Mall were bigger, I would have loved to try them. Alas, they were only for child...

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...

Back in November of 2009, I wrote about our office's annual Christmas outreach program called Lights for Hope . The 2010 event did not h...

Another childhood favorite in the playground at the Rizal Park is this hippo. My sister, cousins and I felt like we were on top of the worl...

I was so surprised to see that the playground in the Rizal Park that we used to frequent on weekends when we were kids is still there, and ...

During the past two weeks, Manila's daytime weather has still been that of summer: hot. But it has also started becoming very humid, and...

I saw this small Lego city in Trinoma mall the same day I saw the elegant Santa , but it probably has been there since way before Christmas....

Ballet Manila (see yesterday's post ), aside from principal ballerina Lisa Macuja-Elizalde , may not be as technically proficient as Ba...

Like last year , and the eight years before that, our office organized the Lights for Hope Christmas outreach party for young children in t...

After a heavy, delicious meal, what better way to spend a lazy Sunday afternoon than playing board and card games with family and friends? A...

Today all over Metro Manila, malls competed for their share of consumer pesos by hosting Easter programs and games for children. For such-an...

That's pretty much all you need to shoot hoops, which probably explains the popularity of basketball in the Philippines. It can't be...

Many of the children during the Lights for Hope Christmas outreach party live in extremely dense shanty communities. A few of them didn...