My Manila

"Museums should be places where you raise questions, not just show stuff." ~William Thorsell, past Director & CEO of t...

"My life is full of mistakes. They're like pebbles that make a good road." ~Beatrice Wood (1893–1998), American artist a...

"Alive without breath, As cold as death; Never thirsty, ever drinking, All in mail never clinking." ~J.R.R. Tolkien, The Hob...

"Don't judge each day by the harvest you reap but by the seeds that you plant." ~Robert Louis Stevenson (1850–1894), Sco...

"Art-making is not about telling the truth but making the truth felt." ~Christian Boltanski, French sculptor Made of recycle...

"Unlike a fountain that circulates the same water in an enclosed, perpetually recycling system, a human being circulates thoughts in ...

"I'd rather be a big fish in a specialized pond than a little, little fish in a more generalized big pond." ~Leonard Laude...

"Things don't have to be extraordinary to be beautiful; even the ordinary can be beautiful." ~Matthew in Wicker Park (2...

"After silence, that which comes nearest to expressing the inexpressible is music." ~ Aldous Huxley, Music at Night and Other ...

There is an old story by Ateneo de Manila Grade School teacher Mr. Juan Javier which explains how the Holy Guardian Angels became the patr...

I've already posted a photo of the grand central fountain of Liwasang Bonifacio (Bonifacio Park) with the Manila Central Post Office ...

The little tiger bus that brought us around Zoobic Safari 's many attractions. Except the part with the free-roaming lions and tigers, ...

Spotted near the waiting area of the Zoobic Safari . Cousins, indeed. Both were absolutely determined to ignore me.

My husband and I finally visited the Zoobic Safari inside the Subic Bay Freeport Zone . The 25-hectare park has many attractions, but the o...

The Pamulinawen Fountain at the Aurora Park in Laoag , Ilocos Norte is named after a maiden in a traditional Ilocano folk song .   The ...

The Ilocos Norte Capitol, located in Laoag City , which is the province's capital, as seen from Aurora Park with its Pamulinawen Foun...

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

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

From May 12 to 24, my husband and I went on a road trip through the Central Luzon and Ilocos Regions, stopping at cities and towns that we...

I do not know if the lanterns and string lights hanging from the trees of the Jaime C. Velasquez Park in Salcedo Village, Makati City are ...