What can be more romantic than chatting with your girl while waiting for the sunset on a historic bridge? Or perhaps have her take a photo of you on a smart phone and share it on social media? Today, everything is shareable; everyone builds an image purposely for a number of likes and hearts.
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The farmer is king, and the fields are his dominion. (But the capitalist market is overlord of all.)
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Once, the Filipino people removed a dictator in a bloodless revolution that inspired other movements. The People Power Revolution of 1986 may not have fulfilled all its promises of a better life, but it reinstalled the fundamental rights of the people. Abuse and corruption in governance that ensued cannot take away the legacies of the revolution – freedom and democracy. This figure is the centrepiece of the People Power Monument by the prolific Eduardo Castrillo.
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Everyone is living in their own little world in a commune, that is the train carriage. Every now and then, passengers come and go at every station.
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You know everything is well when you still see a flock of birds doing what Nature designed for them to do. And perhaps humans can learn from the birds – that sometimes being carefree is what we need to be.
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The question that runs in one’s mind is “How did it get there?” Surely there are many answers. Yet the sight of nature taking over the proud machines of human invention is assuring enough that the organic always have its way of conquering the lifeless.
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This sun with a face is a symbol used by Andres Bonifacio, the forefather of Philippine independence. The one in the picture forms part of a memorial to the Bonifacio brothers, the other being Procopio, who were killed by fellow revolutionaries, at the order of a rival, in a mountain in Maragondon, Cavite.
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It seems unlikely that one can purchase shoes and shirts along a highway, not in a mall nor in shopping centre. But business is thriving even in a farming town.
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Ann Pamintuan’s Stallion (2014) is a sculptural cocoon made of welded metal. She is particularly famous for this medium, with her designs usually inspired by nature. This is located at the backyard of Museo Orlina in Tagaytay City.
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A brief conversation ensues between a bicycle and a motorcycle rider as they meet on a road almost hidden by trees, grass, and rice paddies.
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Most of the times, the unorthodox way of things is more fun, as what these passengers experience hanging precariously at the stern of a jeepney.
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