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One time game show contestant, oft-time urban roamer. I have nothing much to say, I'm the quiet one...which is probably why I take photos too much.

For decades, the pedestrian crossing between Shang For decades, the pedestrian crossing between Shangrila Plaza and SM Megamall was such a pain point due to its poor placement such that sidewalk in the SM Megamall portion was practically nonexistent due to an obstructing boundary wall, forcing pedestrians to walk by the side of EDSA itself. But finally, things have been sorted out despite that it took a damn long time for it to be done with part of the wall now demolished and opened to pedestrian traffic.
10 years ago and some days ago, we were invited to 10 years ago and some days ago, we were invited to guest on the radio program hosted by Grace Bondad-Nicolas to talk about documenting Philippine heritage. This was done actually a few days before the registration of our nonprofit organization Grupo Kalinangan, which aims to document and promote Philippine cultural heritage.

This year would be/would have been the 10th year of the organization. Regardless of what had transpired in the past 10 years, I have always been proud of the work we had done and the passionate heritage advocates I have met along the way.
After years of being stuck at home during New Year After years of being stuck at home during New Year’s celebrations, the opportunity came to spend it somewhere else, a place quite nice and near to me. So what better way to document the experience than create a video about it...something I haven’t done for a long, long time.
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  • Transportation

    Line 2 East Extension: No thank you Aquino and (P)Abaya

    July 8, 2021

    The passing of former president BSC Aquino III and the inauguration of Line 2 East Extension has led some arguments on the late president's contribution to this project. The Urban Roamer is happy to give a history lesson on that.

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  • Quezon City,  Transportation

    North Avenue Grand Central Station: the common station dream realized?

    October 5, 2020

    The ongoing work at the North Avenue Grand Central station gives one hope after years of being deprived of the lack of interconnectivity of our mass transit lines

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  • Transportation

    The extensive pre-war rail network of Greater Metro Manila

    September 20, 2020

    How extensive was the rail network of what's now Greater Metro Manila before WWII? The Urban Roamer made a map and this post to show how far-reaching it once was.

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  • Transportation

    Time For A New EDSA Mass Transit Line

    November 17, 2017

    I’ll start by getting this sentiment out of the way: the current Mass Transit Line 3 in EDSA sucks. And it’s not just because of the technical problems it all too often suffers from. From an aesthetic, design, and capability standpoint, the current Line 3 just sucks so bad. Consider the following issues of the system right now.

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