Month: August 2011
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Farewell Ella
Around 1am this morning in Manila, Ella Del Rosario (Mariella Angela Atienza) passed away after an eight-year battle with brain tumours. At just 37 years of age she leaves behind husband Carlo and children Carlito and Vino.
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Philippines – drive on the left or right?
When I was looking at those old movies of Manila that I posted yesterday, I noticed something strange: vehicles were driving on the left side of the road! But now all traffic travels on the right (mostly). So what’s going on? It turns out (according to Wikipedia) that that the Philippines originally drove on the…
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The Philippines as it once was
This post is a collection of videos of the Philippines as it was in the old days. [youtube Ibt8TpFHaLU] [youtube Vle3ToCTSQw] [youtube riYFIEztOWA] [youtube 7tH6Yit_lPg] [youtube Zi_yWetmdtA] [youtube dXL5YvJ5c6k] [youtube rMFS2-Io_n8] [youtube ZOI6rc38Qic]