Whether you are fond of reading magazines online or not, do check out the newest magazine to hit the online newsstands, Crossroad Magazine. And yes, I’m saying it partly because the Urban Roamer is in it as a contributor. First things first, you may ask what Crossroad Magazine is about. Basically, it is an online magazine that deals with travel. But be not mistaken that it is like one of those travel magazines you get to see and read in print or online. As explained by the folks behind it, it “tells about life stories and travel – travel features (places) and personal travel experiences. A travel on foot and…
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A Museum for the Katipunan
Bonifacio Day is fast approaching, so if you are looking into commemorating in your own way the birthday of Andres Bonifacio and his contributions to Philippine history, the Urban Roamer suggests you check out the Museo ng Katipunan, so far the only museum dedicated to the life of Andres Bonifacio and the movement he founded, the Kataastaasan, Kagalanggalang na Katipunan ng mga Anak ng Bayan, which we all know better as the Katipunan. Opened in 2013, (in time for Bonifacio’s 150th birth anniversary) the museum is located not in Bonifacio’s birthplace in Tondo, Manila. Rather, its location is just beside the vast Pinaglabanan Shrine in San Juan, the site where Bonifacio…
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Ozone Disco: Remembering the Tragedy
One of the most shocking and tragic events that shook the metropolis during the 1990s would be the fire that consumed not only the establishment that was the Ozone Disco Club, but also 162 souls as well as injuring 95 others. It was known at the time as the worst recorded number of deaths in a nightclub. While the event no longer holds that record, that event on the night of March 18, 1996 is one whose spectre still haunts the metropolis and its night club scene. More than 18 years have passed since the events of March 18, 1996, news came out recently that the Sandiganbayan or the country’s…
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The Circulo Del Mundo and Its “Egg”
If you are going to or from the NAIA Terminal 3/Newport City area, or even just passing by the area, you are surely not to miss the rotunda called the Circulo del Mundo. More than that, you are sure not going to miss the structure built on that rotunda, a steel structure which some say looks like an egg. While personally, the structure looks to me like a futuristic spaceship with lots of “windows”, for the sake of convenience and popular opinion, the Urban Roamer will just go with the opinion of many that it looks like an egg. For one thing, the presence of a structure at a rotunda…