Everyday City | Crossing Jones Bridge

12.02.2019 – It is the4 second day of December how far have we’ve been gone deep to 2019 and the next thing you’ll notice is that it is 2020 already. With all the things that has been happening I haven’t been keeping up with a lot just a journey everyday got me occupied and it is always a treat to pass by the iconic Jones Bridge. Past 1PM it was really a slow crawl crossing this bridge and from a far you’ll see it is nearing the final stages of completion as construction workers are hard at work putting together where the four statues will be placed. Actually, the first two has been welcoming as I strolled my way to the foot of the bridge at the right side of Monday.

Everyday City | Black Friday in Makati

11.29.2019 – Another week has ended and there will be LOTS of people in shopping malls as Friday is Salary Day. It is also the end of November by tomorrow (Saturday) expect more horrendous traffic in an overly dense populated city. But earlier today it wasn’t that bad and it isn’t either normal though you get the drift about the weekend. Black Friday is supposed to be an American shopping tradition, but outside of USA some countries followed suit with their own sale. It happened in Australia and some parts of Asia namely the Philippines included. But what makes it crazier is how much people fork up a lot from their hard earned salary all for half the price or even more.

Grind in Photos | City Lights & Rush

11.28.2019 – Commute in Manila is no cake walk and it’s always in a rush as part of the daily grind. It is a challenging place to commute due to a very dense population, but it has its upswing when it is about perspective. Being the capital city of the Philippines Manila is busy day in and day out when it comes to commuting. The night life when things winds down is not considered things will slow as most of the commuters around are still in a rush despite that the travel is less stressful compared to its peak hours. Thursday brings something unusual which depends on everyone’s point of view but the images here will give you an idea.

Traffic Horror Tales | 3 Hour Quiapo Trip

09.26.2019 – The month of September is almost done and as the day goes by traffic has become far worse than you’ll ever think to live in a densely populated area in the Philippines. Every day it has become part of the daily grind for most Filipinos living in a city as things have become gloriously terrible by the hour. If the local mass transportation has not evolved in the last two decades and the dwindling sidewalks that include proper pick-up points were not enough to be taken out by road widening projects. Then things get more horrible than the usual horror stories you encounter every day while on the road in this part of the country.

Everyday City | Christmas Day

12.26.2018 – The Holiday Season in the Philippines is insanely festive that people are all over the place prior to Christmas Day. But once that day is finally here that’s where you tend to realize there’s A LOT of them spending these annual Holidays from far off places that you tend to wish it’s like this every day but its not. Spending the Holiday Season again in Manila and the last one was more than two years ago. Back then my perspective was different it’s the usual thing year in and year out. You spend it like the last few years of your adult life. This season I take like any ordinary day like last year when I was out heading to work late at night.

Christmas Full Moon in 2015!

12.25.2015 – The aftermath of Christmas Day doesn’t end with a whimper as reported yesterday there will be a full moon since 1977. It’s sort of a déjà vu if you think about it since nearly 38 years ago the original Star Wars “A New Hope” first came out in theatres that would change the movie landscape forever. But enough of Star Wars this is about a full moon that has happened on Christmas day. It’s no Death Star but it’s definitely going to be one of those rare sightings you won’t see again until the year 2034 and captured it up close!