Are we going to make it to the list?

The UNESCO World Heritage Committee is currently in Christchurch, New Zealand for the 31st session of the World Heritage Committee. Part of their activities will be naming new sites of outstanding cultural value and inscribing them as part of the UNESCO World Heritage List. Currently there are 45 candidates for the inscription. But do you know that one of the candidates is from the Philippines?

Old Manila streets lose names to politicians

I actually got this message from fellow blogger Ivan Henares. Originally published in Philippine Daily Inquirer:

MANILA, Philippines—Like old buildings and structures, old names of streets and public places are part of historical heritage.

For a city like Manila, which is celebrating Araw ng Maynila today, many streets have been identified with the history of the place and considered integral to its character. Many historical events occurred in the city’s streets, boulevards, avenues and plazas.

España Boulevard in Sampaloc district, for example, was the route of the country’s biggest funeral procession, that of the martyred opposition leader Benigno “Ninoy” Aquino in 1983. From the late 1940s to the present, protesters and demonstrators walked here on their way to the gates of Malacañang. The University of Sto. Tomas was relocated on this street in 1922, and was the site of an internment camp for Allied prisoners during World War II.

Another Tour tomorrow!

Yeeeha!

I just came back from Pampanga. Just took a two-hour sleep then head off for work. Tomorrow morning, I will be joining a tour. I’m kinda excited because I have waited for so long to have this tour finally start. We will be the pioneer batch for this tour! ahehe

So where am I going, actually? Oh, I won’t be flying to far away lands. Actually the tour will be done right in Manila. In what many people say as the largest complex of Art Deco buildings. Got a hint now? Anyways, I will definitely blog about this experience when I get back.

I still have a lot of pending posts waiting to be published. Among them: My Red Kimono lunch, Bonifacio High Street, Choco-late de Batirol, and the Manila Chinese Cemetery.

I just hope I can find time now to post these stuff.

Flowers for moi

It’s just so nice and refreshing that the first photo I saw in my mailbox today is that of a flower, I took last week at the Chocolate Kiss in Bahay ng Alumni building, University of the Philippines (UP Diliman). Flowers are so amazing and works magic in relieving one’s stress.

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