or Wedstramuros. Wenztramuros. or whatever. basta it was a Wednesday and i finally set foot in Intramuros. yeah... i'm that much of a foreigner.
starbucks before and after. the adorable, domed, stone-walled starbucks in the morning.
in Manila Cathedral we met Ken Weber, a keyboardist whose passion flew him all the way from the United States to the very hot Philippines. "I read about this pipe ogran on the Internet and I knew I just HAD to play it," he said, with much fervor.
walked around the Walled City. vintage architecture (evinced in photos, i need to learn how to stand straight), antique shops and museums, stone roads and brick walls. art oozed into as far as toilet cubicles. a (probably crazy) man looking through a hole in the wall.
opening secluded doors, going through windows, there IS air, you will NOT die (hahaha) ! the sound a horse's hooves make. the kalesa man in checkered green and yellow who knew the city like a well-read book. "To foretell the destiny of a nation, it is necessary to open the book that tells of her past," Jose Rizal wrote.
thank you for adopting me for a day, kath. love.
wow! first time mo talga? :)) turista ka nga! :))
ReplyDeleteYou're welcome Adi. :-) It was much of a discovery for myself as it was for you. And I really loved the Ken Weber experience. It's something that goes to my treasure chest of keepsakes that has your name on it. Thanks for sharing these pics. :-)
ReplyDeletethis is a cool shot. :)
ReplyDeleteyou'll see my art on some random wall one day. just like this. beautiful, adi. =]
ReplyDeletewas he Kathy's friend or something or did you randomly meet him in the bamboo organ thing?
ReplyDeletehehe i remember playing with these with a kid...
ReplyDeletelovelyyyyyyy
ReplyDeletePS i've never been to Intramuros =))
I lurve this.
ReplyDeleteYou cut your hair munchkin!!! It's pretty. :-) And yeah, we missed you. Sana you were with us. When we met the organist so ever randomly, we thought, naku...Katrise would've loved that.
ReplyDeleteadi, idol talaga! grabe!:)
ReplyDeletedude, read. hahaha.
ReplyDeletewe met him randomly. :)
thank you :) it's the tunnel leading to the little chapel. where the golf course is. if my memory is doing me good it's the chapel of our lady of guadalupe.
ReplyDeleteYeah I love it too. :-) It makes me imagine what it's like when I'm going to heaven na or something. Haha.
ReplyDeleteyeah XD sorry na! hahahah. at least i went before leaving the country again diba. hahah.
ReplyDeleteor new dawn! wheee
ReplyDeleteoh bakit??? san nanaman kayo pupunta?!?!
ReplyDeleteNew dawn! (sigh)
ReplyDeleteapparently ireland. some time late this year. bleh. haha. aalis na kami at di pa tayo nagkikita!! kayo, aren't you guys going anywhere?
ReplyDeletethis is actually a painting in one of the antique shops we went into (doors of which almost don't want to let you out. kath and i panicked a little when we couldn't open it HAHAH). it was kinda out of place in that shop. for one, it was so VIBRANT. i wanted to buy this paintiiiing.
ReplyDeletelet's go to australia! there's an area in melbourne (i think) where they actually encourage people to transform the face of the walls. i saw photos from my relative who lives there. GALENG.
what i remembered when i saw these was baguio. when i was a kid and i was there i actually bought one. hahahaha. word.
ReplyDeleteno kidding?! hahahah you should go there some time. and ride a kalesa. woot. XD
ReplyDeletedo you know how to sew? let's make one!!! :D hahaha
ReplyDeletehahaha! grabe naman. thanks, sabrina. :)
ReplyDeletenice pics adi! a lot has changed since i've last been to intramuros. last time i was there, there was an literally underground club called mas y mas. probably closed down coz the loud music didn't help preserve the relics. :D
ReplyDeleteIt's sewed??? Kala ko paint! LET'S MAKE ONE!!
ReplyDeleteHey Kev, Yeah!!! I was just telling Adi that it'd be a nice project. Galing no???
ReplyDeleteSewn pala. I suck at spelling. Hahahaha. Let's all be like old people on rocking chairs making one of these! :D
ReplyDeleteRocking chairs??? Hahahah! Uhhh...yeah...
ReplyDeletemy dad saw your pictures... he liked them... :) you have the eye daw... :D
ReplyDelete(maybe you're wondering what made him comment... he is a photographer! :D)
or yanno we could be cooler and sit in the grass on a picnic mat with a massive piece of cloth between us. and whoever else wants to join. with music. and little pieces of cloth everywhere. GAME? :D
ReplyDeletewow. tell your dad i said thank you so much :)
ReplyDeleteoooh sayang that would've been a sight to see. oh well. compared to that, the walled city is a lot more peaceful now. :)
ReplyDeleteHahaha! Yeah! The we can take more headshots in the grass! HAHAHA
ReplyDeleteomg HAHA. that calls for more 400+ (i'm rounding off na i'm sure the number's gonna go past 400 tonight hahaha) replies in more albums. what else can we make smaller on your face? tell gian to do it to your nose this time. :))
ReplyDeleteI like this ... Is this Kathy? A perfect picture that portrays how she was like when I met here 3 years back.
ReplyDeleteLooking forward to meet you soon, Adi ... & to take some photos with you. Turuan mo ako ha? :D
Hahahaha! Yeah that's what I felt too when I saw this picture she took of me. :-) I'm excited na. :-)
ReplyDeleteyes it is :) this and the next photo are two of my favorite photos of everything i've taken.
ReplyDeletelooking forward to meet you too! and yes of course i'll teach you what i know. actually i don't know that much, i just get really carried away talking about photos. haha. :)
watda heck this haole boy doing here?
ReplyDeletewhat does haole mean? this guy was great. read the description of the album. he travelled all the way to manila just to play that organ.
ReplyDeletei think this is where the old ateneo stood. haha. la lang.
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