MANILA - the city of people, city of friendship, city of life. A city which got less attention by fellow Malaysians*. When talk about Philippines, we only know Arroyo, Imelda Marcos, Fidel Ramos, Joseph Estrada, People's Power ...or Mount Pinatobu perhaps? (hah, truly is we love talking about politics...). Other than that, we might know about its political crisis, economic crisis, food crisis or any other 'crisis' there.
Yet we forgot the city of Manila where the heart pumped from Makati through its vein of EDSA (Epifanio de los Santos Avenue) and its artery of Roxas Boulevard has many things to offer.
Oh...how i miss its friendship and hospitality....:wave:
*sorry, i give my comment from the eyes of a Malaysian.
Nice photos Oshkosh.kay:
I haven't been in Manila for a year and a half now tho the last time I was there I didn't have much time to go around coz I went straight to the airport.
great pics again!
binondo looks in bad shape despite the fact that the country's tycoons and millionaires have chinese orgin. :lol:
i hear they were gonna do something about it.
agree, Binondo must be revived (along with other urban decays) as it is the history of Manila...
Filipino (based on Tagalog and Spanish) is the national language, but even tho english language is the 2nd language, but most (if not all) signage are written in english...
Filipino (based on Tagalog and Spanish) is the national language, but even tho english language is the 2nd language, but most (if not all) signage are written in english...
Ayala Avenue is the main avenue of Makati (the financial district of Metro Manila). Ayala Center, which is also along Ayala Avenue, is the most celebrated shopping district, together with Greenbelt in Makati Ave.
In those photos, you are looking towards Makati Avenue and entrance to Greenbelt (the brown structures).
Sorry, If I got you confused again. jajajaja! But anyways, your photos are always stunning! Thanks for showing the different faces of Manila. :cheers:
"here, the FBGC is said to be the 'future' CDB of Manila, as you can see there's no powerlines, no jeepneys, no poors and no Jollibee also, you can see here are: aligned trees, luxury condos, open air malls, nice cars and office towers...."
From the towering condos, you can easily see the contrast across C5.
oh that kid so cute! he looks like my nephew by the way, that is CCP or the Cultural Center of the Philippines. a lot of Pinoys jog around that CCP complex and also in Luneta/Rizal Park.
filipino becoming very paranoid of terrorism, until every door of shopping mall or supermarket has this security....haha, luckily they are not as strict as those in the airport...
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