The long Holy Week holiday is now over. It is now back to regular programming, so to speak, for many folks here. This means back to seeing those crowded scenes, the heavy traffic along the roads, especially aggravated by delayed road work projects. I hope the past Holy Week break made you appreciate how orderly and nice the city can be and we can only hope we do not see it just once a year. Until then, as they say: just keep calm and carry on.
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Roamer’s Roundup: Holy Week 2014 Edition
It is that time of the year once again as the Holy Week is being commemorated by Christians around the world, especially among the Christian faithful in the Philippines, to remember the events in the life of Jesus Christ from his triumphant entry to Jerusalem, celebrating the Last Supper, leading to his passion, death, and resurrection. While the celebration of Holy Week came from the influence of Spanish Catholicism that was introduced in the country in the 16th century, it has certainly evolved over time as Filipinos, especially the Catholicized ones, not only embraced this celebration but also added their own flavor into it, so to speak. These traditions still…
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Reminiscing Manila’s Magellan Monument
Intramuros by the Pasig River was home to a towering landmark, but what became of this Magellan Monument and where is it now?
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The Guide To Mass Rail Transit Names
Over the years of the Urban Roamer, I’ve come to realize that there are things pertaining to urban life, the ins and outs, the ways things go here n the Manila metropolitan landscape that many are unaware of. Thus, I have decided to set up another semi-regular feature on this site which I call “The Guide.” Think of it as a handy reference of sorts of what you need to know about how the city works when it comes to some aspects of its urban landscape, all its quirks included. The first I am going to tackle here in “The Guide” is a subject close to and has long been…
