My Manila

"Painting is so poetic, while sculpture is more logical and scientific and makes you worry about gravity." ~Damien Hirst, Engli...

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

"That's universal—we all want to bring every good thing to our children. But what's not universal is our ability to provide e...

"Remembrance of things past is not necessarily the remembrance of things as they were." ~Marcel Proust (1871–1922), French nov...

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

"We expect too much of new buildings, and too little of ourselves." ~Jane Jacobs (1916–2006), The Death and Life of Great Amer...

"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...

"Men do not quit playing because they grow old; they grow old because they quit playing." ~Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr. (1841–1...

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

"In the kingdom of glass everything is transparent, and there is no place to hide a dark heart." ~Vera Nazarian, The Perpetual...

"A room without books is like a body without a soul." ~Cicero The mural inside Fully Booked in Bonifacio High Street is pa...

"There are no seven wonders of the world in the eyes of a child. There are seven million." ~ Walt Streightiff The Mind Muse...

Bonifacio High Street has many fantastic restaurants and is, therefore, very popular as an evening destination. Because of this, even the s...

The pavilions of The Blue Leaf in Taguig City open to a garden which can be used as an extension area for events held in the pavilions. No...

The handsome exterior corridor of the Banyan Pavilion of The Blue Leaf events pavilion in Taguig City. I really like the slanting wooden p...

The fountain at the water plaza and amphitheater of Bonifacio High Street (BHS) Central.

I've never eaten at Uncle Cheffy , which apparently specializes in brick oven cooking. This is their branch at Burgos Circle in Bonifaci...

The Picadilly Star Corporate Center, a 26-story office building in Bonifacio Global City (BGC), isn't particularly eye-catching during ...

Canadian Geese. The Goose Station (a play on " dégustation " and the fact that the chef-owners love foie gras and feature it in...