" Manila Metropolitan Theatre "

It was once a respectable and distinguished establishment called The Metropolitan Theatre.
Designed by Juan Arellano during 1930's.
I did some post awhile back, but from afar, see here.





Looking closely at its patterns and details.
Beautiful Art Deco leftovers in this structure, as molds and mildew starts proliferating.








almost 6 months after, the place is clearly abandoned,
the structure, dilapidated than ever and worst,
housed by vagrants and illegal settlers.
A pity that until now, it has been overlooked by the government.
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" waterfalls "

so this foto has got nothing to do with Manila.
It's just me, bored after dinner, watching re-runs,
went to the sink and take these shots. ^0^

Have a great day ahead!
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" Scribble "

kids will be kids,
this girl was writing something on the wall, clearly vandalizing it. ^-^
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" The Fighter "

It took me awhile before I could post this foto because
I was hesitant at first.

Wondering why this guy has this sheepishly grin on his face? ^0^
Well, in a typical boisterous public market,
a crowd started to gather around this barricaded area,
so curious as I can be,
I walked further to see what's it about and saw that there's an unofficial cockfight that's about to happen.
It's illegal to hold cockfights and place bets elsewhere except in particular places.
But the locals can be err, really stubborn at times. ^-^

I was hoping to sneak a few fotos to post when this guy quickly caught sight of me, and oops! I thought he'd be mad, but instead, gave me this aha!-you-caught me-smile.
So,in a jiffy, I ended up with a blurry foto of him and his dear rooster.
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" Are we there yet "

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" Divinity "

In a local street here in Manila there's a line of shops selling
religious relics and artifacts.
Pinoys tend to be superstitious if not believers of faith and the supreme being.
Regardless of whether or not you do,
I'm sure there's something interesting to see.
Take this shop for example, because I only have seconds before the car speeds ahead,
it was hard to get a good angle, so this is pretty far a good one.
When I was tweaking my foto, I was surprised to see that the religious figures are
still covered in plastics, for protection against dust and getting old I guess. ^0^
upon looking closer, they have a bust of Jose Rizal ( national hero) and they even sell tombstone!
how morbidly interesting is that?!


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" Parol "

counting the days before Christmas as streets are beginning to be filled with flickering lights and decorations a shop here in Manila though, is already selling
these fancy Christmas Parol.
it doesn't look interesting during the day, but its colorful lights are certainly magical at night.
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" De-construct "

a decaying wall and an old mattress that leads into a rundown house.
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" Lying down "

whoever said you can't text lying down? ^0^

One of pinoys pastime these days, tinkering their cellphone and texting. ^0^

what about you, do you rely on your fone often or you can live without it?
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" The guy with a cane "

He seem lost amidst the busy crowd in a public park.
He looks like a foreigner though...


afterthought:
Hi there dear bloggies,
How have you been?
I did take a long break off from posting.
Real life has been overwhelming and daunting,
but things have been patching up slowly.
Thanks for bearing with me. ^0^
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