Booksale | Inside the MCS Branch

Bookstores in the Philippines have become a common place, as they serve as an alternative to public libraries that have ceased to exist in the country. Because not everyone can afford brand-new books to use in school or even to have in their personal collection, there were secondhand book shops that provided an alternative. Booksale is one such store would possibly originated the concept all the way back to 1980. But others have followed in their footsteps in providing affordable reading material for students and bookworms. There has been conflicting news that books would likely exist in digital editions. But that is not the case, as book fairs and other book events will continue to promote having physical book reading over digital.

Makati Central Square | A New Art Haven

The Makati Central Square sounded like a new place in Makati City, but it’s not brand new; entirely more of a retro place updated to look fresh and reinvigorated for people to explore it again. It’s like rediscovering an old friend or a hangout place some might have grown up passing through during their urban travels. Strangely, they renamed it since four old cinemas were reconstructed to be something else. It was originally known as the Makati Cinema Square, hence the name, and going back to its early years, it used to house four cinemas. But over time, those four cinemas had slowly been replaced by being them by something else. As they say, the only constant in life is change, and sometimes it might depend on the good or the bad.