December 2011
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New monorail done by 2016, says BCDA →
The planned railway system linking all business districts in Metro Manila is expected to be completed before the end of the Aquino administration, according to the Bases Conversion and Development Administration (BCDA).
BCDA president Arnel Casanova said Friday that the agency was in the final stages of finalizing its concept study for the project, which includes the alignment of the train line...
Anonymous asked: what are your favorite movies?
Anonymous asked: no offense, but bat lalagyan ng "NNAT"? nilagay ang nmat for GRADUATE school students since they have already complied the required four years education of college students and it's just to see if they did learn anything from it and how will they able to use and adjust to a higher standard of education. Enough na yung entrance exam dyosko. Hindi na kasi minsan sa students lagi yun...
Anonymous asked: In a recent nursing conference i've attended with the PNA president as speaker, she talked about how they are already making provisions to regulate the rampant sprouting of this schools, it's just that some schools have found out a way around these rules and continue to operate. anyways, nursing is on a steep downhill descent already and we should look now at other courses that would...
Google Sketchup is a great distraction from Tumblr. No, I don’t design houses or any stuff an archi might do. Roads are my specialty.
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Anonymous asked: I hope you can do some articles about the railway system of Manila during the 1900s.
jerardeusebio said: Maybe because they were happy people—they found out what they were really passionate about and they did it while they lived. Just a thought. :)
I also think about that. Maybe writing is really a stress reliever. Based on experience.
olddecembrist replied to your post: Jose Garcia Villa (1908 - 1997) Bienvenido Santos…
Beer, in Nick Joaquin’s case?
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Anonymous asked: just wondering... aside from the san sebastian church, what are other examples of gothic architecture structures here in manila/philippines?
Jose Garcia Villa (1908 - 1997)
Bienvenido Santos (1911 - 1996)
Francisco Arcellana (1916 - 2002)
Nick Joaquin (1917 - 2004)
I might wonder why our literary giants grew that old… All of them are more than 80 years old when they passed away…
plsburydoughboy answered your question: I’m actually running out of posts pertaining to…
Can you get info on older cities outside NCR? I know Iloilo has quite a history
would-you-have-sex-with-me-if-i answered your question: I’m actually running out of posts pertaining to…
History of Cagayan de Oro. Or old Philippine folklore
whatishotiswhatyousee answered your question: I’m actually...
“Nor was Global War was the first disaster to raze those old landmarks. But in...”
– Introduction by Nick Joaquin on Intramuros of Memory, 1983 (via theurbanhistorian)
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House OKs bill banning collection of fees from... →
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List of fireworks and firecrackers prohibited in... →
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Trending in 2011
These are the posts that made it in pinoytumblr for the year 2011.
The Significance of the Streets of Intramuros
Jack of all Trades, Master of All
The Manila Tranvia
The Stereotypical Katipunero
The Tree Planting Tumblr Meet Up
Manila, Awfully Disappointing
Pag-ibig sa Tinubuang Lupa by Andres Bonifacio
A City for the People, not a city of Automobiles
What a year, what a year…
Anonymous asked: i think fireworks have been forever intertwined in our culture and for me it's great unless people blame other people for their stupidity. If you play with fire, you should always know how to handle it.
Goodbye Philippines...
Plapla, watusi, super lolo, lolo thunder and all triangular firecrackers are already banned years and years ago. Except for Davao, nobody really cares as long as we greet the new year with a bang!
And then this year, a firecracker named Goodbye Philippines surfaced. This is a cross between a firecracker and a dynamite so it produces shockwaves when blasted. The shockwaves produced already sends a...
So how was your Christmas Eve and Christmas day?
Let’s say I have been a glutton for three days in a row now. Thanks god there’s palabok, no Spaghetti.
Merry Christmas again to everybody.
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Eraserheads - Christmas Party
Merry Christmas...
Nako, kung Sunday ba ang tree planting next year sasama na kayo?
Actually matagal pa ulit siya since June - December ang preferred planting season, ayon sa National Greening Program Guidelines.
Actually, sasama ba talaga kayo?
acupofwhippedcream replied to your post: Actually there are so many places in the…
And I assume these places (as in the areas) are abundant with such trees? :))
Maybe when the place is still unsettled by humans, there was an abundance of suce plant life. I doubt it now. Especially to the urban areas.
Actually there are so many places in the Philippines that are named after trees. So far you’ve gone to Talisay, Antipolo, Kamuning and Bangkal. Have you searched for the tree versions of these? Except for Kalayaan, Dormitories in UP Diliman are also named after some Native Trees.
Anonymous asked: Highly informative yung blog. Marami kang matutunan. May sense :)
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“Make no little plans; they have no magic to stir men’s blood and probably...”
– This quote is widely attributed to D. H. Burnham but not sure if he really uttered these words himself. But nevertheless, this is what his works tell us, they are all grand plans, no little plans.
