Manila Metblogs » man_jom http://manila.metblogs.com Wed, 02 Sep 2009 17:56:13 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 en hourly 1 Metroblogging Tokyo http://manila.metblogs.com/2006/01/06/metroblogging-tokyo/ http://manila.metblogs.com/2006/01/06/metroblogging-tokyo/#comments Fri, 06 Jan 2006 21:52:57 +0000 man_jom http://manila.metblogs.com/2006/01/06/metroblogging-tokyo/ As the first plank in their process of doing a bit of renewal, the people from Metroblogging Tokyo are asking for feedback on which topics would ignite interest among their readers.

Let’s help the Tokyo Metblogs by posting
a comment. :) It shouldn’t take long.

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mall of asia
Originally uploaded by i’m not Jom..

As soon as the SM Mall of Asia along Bay Boulevard, off Diosdado Macapagal Ave., formally opens, D-Mac is going to be congested like hell and pretty soon, you’d be taking Roxas Boulevard and be braving Baclaran to “avoid heavy traffic” instead of the other way around.

Of course, I could always be totally wrong. :D
(Sorry about the photo quality. Couldn’t take a better photo.)

EDIT: I’ve just found out that the SM Mall of Asia is slated for opening in February of the coming year.

Can’t wait. ;)

]]> http://manila.metblogs.com/2005/12/31/opening-soon/feed/ 4 World Pyro Olympics in Manila http://manila.metblogs.com/2005/12/27/world-pyro-olympics-in-manila/ http://manila.metblogs.com/2005/12/27/world-pyro-olympics-in-manila/#comments Wed, 28 Dec 2005 04:43:00 +0000 man_jom http://manila.metblogs.com/2005/12/27/world-pyro-olympics-in-manila/ I missed today’s display, but to anyone who’d stumble across this post and is in the Manila area, be sure to count down the days ’til the new year and come see the World Pyro Olympics, an annual international competition amongst the most prestigious fireworks companies in the world, at the Esplanade, near the SM Mall of Asia on Bay Boulevard. Heavy traffic should be expected at the Diosdado Macapagal Highway during these hours, but it’d be worth it.

The event started yesterday, with China, inventors of the first true fireworks, putting up the first display, and would be going on with two displays per day ’til the 30th of December.

Tomorrow, December 28, the Russian Federation’s fireworks display would kick off at 7.30p and shall be followed by that of the United Kingdom at 9.00p.

Several bands, such as Imago, the Radio Active Sago project, and the Brownbeat All-Stars, are scheduled to perform during the course of the event.

Consult their website for the event program and other details.

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saan
Originally uploaded by i’m not Jom..

Which station in Manila is this?

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Among films offered are the Japan Foundation’s Cinemanga: Shinji Aramaki’s “Appleseed” (2005), Katsuhiro Otomo’s “Steamboy” (2004), and Mamoru Oshii’s “Inosensu: K

]]> http://manila.metblogs.com/2005/10/10/cinemanila-2005/feed/ 1 434th Manila Day http://manila.metblogs.com/2005/06/21/434th-manila-day/ http://manila.metblogs.com/2005/06/21/434th-manila-day/#comments Tue, 21 Jun 2005 15:30:00 +0000 man_jom http://manila.metblogs.com/2005/06/21/434th-manila-day/ On June 24, 1571, Gobernador-Heneral Miguel Lopez de Legazpi conquered Manila–then called Maynilad–and proclaimed it as capital of the Philippines.

This Friday, the kabisera* celebrates its 434th foundation day with the Manila Film Festival, and a fireworks display.

It is, of course, a declared special non-working holiday–a long weekend for students and employees from the city by the bay. ^.^

Happy 434th, Manila!

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*capital

]]> http://manila.metblogs.com/2005/06/21/434th-manila-day/feed/ 1 Summer Break in a Cynic’s POV http://manila.metblogs.com/2005/03/21/summer-break-in-a-cynics-pov/ http://manila.metblogs.com/2005/03/21/summer-break-in-a-cynics-pov/#comments Mon, 21 Mar 2005 16:57:36 +0000 man_jom http://manila.metblogs.com/2005/03/21/summer-break-in-a-cynics-pov/ School terms in Manila end this week.

Undergrads wait expectantly for that much-deserved uno, or that hard-earned tres, or anxiously try to delay the retribution of the let

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