Archive for March, 2009

Dampa (Seafood Paluto Restaurants, Pasay City)

Posted by Fred in Food on March 9, 2009

Dampa is a Filipino word which basically means a “hut”. If we use dampa in conjunction fresh seafood, it connotes a row of restaurants that cook fresh seafood, bought at stalls nearby, according to your wishes. If Mactan/Cebu has sutokil, Metro Manila has its dampa. Read the rest of this entry »

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MV Doulos (South Harbor, Manila City)

Posted by Fred in Places to Go on March 9, 2009

The month of March ushers in summer in the Philippines. And with the headache-inducing heat in the past couple of days, it’s beyond doubt that summer is officially upon us dwellers of this 7,101-island archipelago. Read the rest of this entry »

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Museong Pambata (Manila City)

Posted by Fred in Places to Go, Things To Do, To See on March 4, 2009

It’s funny how parents would go far and wide just to bring their kids to some place magical. Enchanted Kingdom in Sta. Rosa, Laguna. Splash Island in Binan, Laguna. Ocean Adventure in Subic Bay. But at the heart of Metro Manila, just beside the Manila Ocean Park and opposite the Luneta Park, is a place specifically created primarily for kids — the Museong Pambata. Read the rest of this entry »

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Shopping in Divisoria (Manila)

Posted by Fred in Places to Go on March 3, 2009

There are many malls in Metro Manila where you could shop until you drop (figuratively and literally speaking). We have featured one Ayala Mall and two SM Malls. Malls come in different sizes and designs. They differ in crowd and prizes. There are malls which appear to cater more to the rich, than to the lower economic segments. Then there are “malls” that are frequented both by the rich and the poor alike because of one unifying factor — constant low prices. Read the rest of this entry »

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National Museum and Post Office Building (Manila City)

Posted by Fred in Places to Go, To See on March 2, 2009

The architecture of buildings built during the American occupation of the Philippines tend to be similar, exactly identical, even. So maybe you’ve noticed that the building of the College of Law and the College of Education, facing each other at the other sides of the sunken garden of UP-Diliman, are the same. But we are not talking of the University of the Philippines here. Read the rest of this entry »

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