A long queue in a metro station is becoming the norm that commuters have to face every working day.
Photo by Wata Dugayo
Month: March 2016
Post 025a
A mother and her children ride a baby bus, a hybrid of jeepney and bus, now only common in towns of western Cavite.
Photo by I.R. Arenas
Post 024b
This child enjoys wading in the pool.
Photo by Wata Dugayo
Post 024a
Outside the walls and fences of Old Manila (Intramuros) linger the homeless. Still they stive to survive despite the social chasm brought by inequality.
Photo by I.R. Arenas
Post 023b
To mitigate the unbearable summer heat, blocks of ice are lined up and are later dropped onto the pool. Can this have a satisfying effect on a crowd of revelers?
Photo by Wata Dugayo
Post 023a
The country’s favourite sport and pastime perhaps is basketball. Filipino youths can play anytime and anywhere, such as late in the afternoon and inside a town cemetery.
Photo by I.R. Arenas
Post 022b
A homeless child seeks refuge in the auspices of a church. Poverty is everywhere, even in the hearts of those who turn a blind eye on unfortunate children.
Photo by Wata Dugayo
Post 022a
This man walks outside the pedestrian sidewalk, holding his folded mattress. Probably homeless, he freely treads the highway, curiously almost quiet because of the Lent.
Photo by I.R. Arenas
Post 021b
A tiny bird in a small cage being sold in a busy street in San Jose, Bulacan.
Photo by Wata Dugayo
Post 021a
The mighty Quezon Bridge has been straddling the Pasig River, connecting Quiapo and Ermita districts, since 1939. It replaced the suspension bridge Puente Colgante built in 1852. Here is a trivia: Quiapo (kiyapò) is named after a water plant, while Ermita means hermitage.
Photo by I.R. Arenas
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These children mould balls of wax from candle residue. Churches and shrines like the Grotto Shrine in Bulacan, produce a lot of candle residue as devotees offer their prayers during Lent.
Photo by Wata Dugayo
Post 020a
Toshiro Suzue’s Tomodachi ga kita (My Friend Has Come, dir.: Ricky Abad) is one of my favourite plays. Here, the characters (Miguel Almendras and Sky Abundo) talk about their antics, dust, even persimmon seeds—probably things that close friends talk about, only that one has already died. This minimalist play is about rekindling memories with a lost friend.
Photo by I.R. Arenas
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