these kids really like this human statue at luneta, i cant remember when did i start seeing human statue at the metro but i know that this kind of entertainment have a long history in Europe. i really do admire the patience and control of living statues and how they can keep their cool
about two sundays ago, i did a half day tour of manila with diwa of http://walkwithyoung.com
by the looks of it, the kid was winning :) overheard the proud father of the kid that the little girl (i think he said she's about 11 years old) compete for her school, and her father brings her at the chess plaza to find worthy opponents for her which serves as good training for her, and that they travelled far just to go to the place and wake up early. what father's will do for the love of their kids huh.
a sample of 19th century house at san nicolas area in binondo, where the neighborhood is lined with old houses that withstood the bombing of manila during the world war II... but sad to say it seems that these houses can no longer stood the test of time, due to neglect and/or "progress', meaning torning down the old houses to build buildings. it's just sad to see these beautiful architectures full of history being torn down and left to decay.
Lavezares Street corner Barcelona Street in Binondo. A typical morning street scene in residential areas in Manila, where folks - young or old - gather in the streets and stand by (istambay) with a group of friends and neighbors discussing anything and everything under the sun :)
a street named jaboneros at binondo, this street belong to the old san nicolas area i think. and the street was called such because it used to be a street for soap makers. what is enchanting about this district is the way they "tiled" the street name and the district is also full of old houses, just too bad that when i visited the area there were two vacant lots where really nice antique houses used to stand. more of the old street and old house in the succeding posts.
as mentioned in yesterday's post, that tunnel is the way that will lead to the hidden chapel inside fort santiago - the our lady of guadalupe shrine, a very small and quaint chapel.Reducto de San Francisco Javier. This tunnel and ravelin were added in 1773 during renovations in Fort Santiago. This area protected part of the riverside area and the seashore. Cannons were placed on platform on top. Gunpowder and ammunition were stored in chambers below. This fortification was restored in the 1980s and has been converted into a shrine for the image of Our Lady of Guadalupe
Enshrined herein is the replica of the image by Juan Diego wherein the tru image of the Blessed Mother was miraculously imprinted before Bishop Zumaraa of Mexico in 1531 and occasioned the instant conversion of natives to Christianity. A replica was brought to the Philippines in 1565 by Friar Urdaneta in the Legaspi expedition and also occasioned the same instant conversion our Blessed Mother under the title Our Lady of Guadalupe was declared by Pope Pius XI on the 16th of July 1935 as the Heavenly Patroness of the Philippine Islands.
this is the way to the hidden chapel inside fort santiago - the way to the shrine of our lady of guadalupe
"I am nothing special; just a common man with common thoughts, and I've led a common life. There are no monuments dedicated to me and my name will soon be forgotten. But in one respect I have succeeded as gloriously as anyone who's ever lived: I've loved another with all my heart and soul; and to me, this has always been enough. " ~ The Notebook
"Gone - flitted away, taken the stars from the night and the sun
from the day! Gone, and a cloud in my heart." ~Alfred Tennyson
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