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nobody@flickr.com (Beyond Forgetting) — Fri, 17 May 2013 18:29:27 -0700

Got this a week ago. Cheap at $20 per month. Don't ask me how to use it. I do not know. All I know is how to receive call or call somebody

Puente Colgante

nobody@flickr.com (Beyond Forgetting) — Thu, 16 May 2013 03:18:30 -0700

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Here's another photo of Quinta Market on the left side of the photo by John Tewel Pilot
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Puente Colgante (which is the term for a suspension bridge in Spanish; literally, hanging bridge) was the first suspension bridge built in Southeast Asia when it was started in 1849 and completed in 1852. It was built and owned by Ynchausti y Compañia, the business headed by Jose Joaquin de Ynchausti.[1] He commissioned the design from Basque engineer Matias Menchacatorre.[2] The bridge was first named Puente de Claveria, likely in honor of the Governor-General of the Philippines Narciso Clavería, who served from 1844-1849.

The suspension bridge measured 110 metres (360 ft) long and 7 metres (23 ft) wide, and had two lanes that allowed passage of horses and carabao-drawn carriages. It was also opened for pedestrians traveling on foot between Quiapo and Intramuros and nearby areas.

In 1854 Ynchausti brought together the Ynchausti family holdings under the above name. A Basque Spaniard born in Cadiz, de Ynchausti immigrated to the Philippines in the second quarter of the nineteenth century and built a business empire.[1] In 1889 Ynchausti y Compañia was the largest company in the Philippines.

The 20th-century writer Nick Joaquin described the bridge as it was in the 1870s: “Across the city’s river now arched … the amazing Puente Colgante, suspended in the air, like a salute to the age of science and engineering. The Industrial Age found its expression in the Philippines in the form of a bridge unparalleled throughout Asia.”[2]

Historians dispute local traditions that say the bridge was designed by Gustave Eiffel, who designed the Eiffel Tower in Paris. (This is also asserted about the Puente de Ayala.) They note the original bridge has been documented as designed by a Basque.[2] (In addition, the 1930s work was performed a decade after Eiffel died in 1923.)

Quinta Market

nobody@flickr.com (Beyond Forgetting) — Sun, 12 May 2013 17:22:09 -0700

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This was how I was introduce to Quinta Market via a ferry that we used to cross the Pasig River. We lived at that time in Intramuros.

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nobody@flickr.com (Beyond Forgetting) — Sun, 12 May 2013 07:24:24 -0700

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We celebrated Fr Mike Java's 40th Ordination Anniversary and his 65th Birthday, In rhe photo are Rose Axalan of Davao City, Linda Solis of West Covina, Lu Dulos of Iloilo, Virgie Lee of Baldwin Park and Berna Buenaluz of Zumarraga, Samar.

ARMY & NAVY CLUB

nobody@flickr.com (Beyond Forgetting) — Sat, 04 May 2013 18:47:18 -0700

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This place is probably there at Luneta, Manila, Philippines

Escolta

nobody@flickr.com (Beyond Forgetting) — Thu, 02 May 2013 19:14:23 -0700

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Escolta, Manila

nobody@flickr.com (Beyond Forgetting) — Sun, 21 Apr 2013 05:33:15 -0700

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Once upon a time ... in the distant past, Escolta looked like this!

What a lovely place!

Is it too much to ask if we could at least return the "tramvia" in Escolta and Rosario up to and a little beyond to the North of the the Minor Basilica of San Lorenzo Ruiz?

Ayuntamiento

nobody@flickr.com (Beyond Forgetting) — Sat, 20 Apr 2013 04:16:28 -0700

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Intramuros was the place ... including the Office of the Civil Government in the Philippine Island long before the 2nd WW. We lived near this place ... in the distant past at Arzobispo once upon a time ... in front of San Ignacio Church.

Bureau Of Science - NSDB (National Science Development Board) & NIST (National Institute of Science & Technology)

nobody@flickr.com (Beyond Forgetting) — Thu, 18 Apr 2013 03:40:54 -0700

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It would be many many years later that I became associated with this institution. That would be when I was assigned to that place. We had an office in this location at Herran, but our main office was at the NSDB at Espana Ext (Calle Rodriguez) in front of the Quezon Institute in Quezon City. The Office later transferred to Bicutan, Taguig, Rizal.

Luneta

nobody@flickr.com (Beyond Forgetting) — Wed, 17 Apr 2013 03:26:25 -0700

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Spain sold the entire place to the United States for 20 million dollars per Treaty of Paris at the turn of the century. Thus, the Philippine Islands became a territory of the United States of America. This included all the islands, including that which is now being disputed with China and that part of Borneo ... if I am not mistaken ... which were a part of the Sri Visayan and Majapahit Empire at one time.

Bilibid

nobody@flickr.com (Beyond Forgetting) — Tue, 16 Apr 2013 19:19:33 -0700

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Going North on Calle Evangelista ... and then turning to the right (East) on Calle Azcarraga (now, Recto) going toward NARIC, FEU - one would see the old Bilibid Prison - This was the place where I used to sell newspaper (Evening News) coming from Ramon Roces Building