Corregidor in Pictures, Part 5

The bus contraption leaves tourists here and meets them at the other side...There's an extra fee of P150 just to enter (East Entrance).
Once you're in, a show begins. The guide duides you to (almost) each of the smaller tunnel openings along the main one.
And you get to see these tunnel openings furnished like how they used to look like during the war; and hear recorded commentaries.
Or you see slides of important World War 2 personalities...
At the end of the presentation which ran about thirty minutes and will definitely tire you out, the National Anthem is played while a fan blows at the flag to make it wave.
And then salvation! The light at the end of the tunnel!
Some of the lateral tunnels have caved in and are not yet safe to refurbish or go through.
The back end.

Upcoming in Part 6... Turistas!

No Luk-Yuen-joy will not.

I think Luk Yuen has been around for quite a while. I think Luk Yuen has had this menu when it first started. I think Luk Yuen should think about new things to offer. Or maybe I'm wrong and Luk Yuen wants to remain how it is. And I think it is now a so-so Chinese restaurant. There are better noodle houses with better food. I can't find much on their menu that would make me want to go back and dine there, I'm sorry.
No, not this fish wrapped in seaweed.
Nor the braised beef and broccoli.
Oh and I noticed they no longer serve shark's fin siomai. Aw.

Iceberg, right ahead!

So I was craving for some ice cream that night. And Metrowalk was nearby...The ice cream parlor was a third full. It was already late. And by the looks of things, the shop will close down for the night very soon.
While waiting for our orders, we can't help but look around. The color scheme is mostly red and orange. I heard a lot of food restaurants use red because it somehow entices people to eat. I then think about toros and the red flag/cloth toreadors wave at them...
Anyway, the pictures of ice cream and splits and parfaits are enticing too.
So I have a mango parfait.
And here's a cappuccino sundae, I think.
Yummy!

Corregidor in Pictures, Part 4

More heavy metal... Would you look at the size of those bullets! Cannon fodder all lined up in a row...
An overhead view of one in the museum... Imagine the last second of your life looking into one of these.
Dark shot of the parade grounds...
Cannon heads in pieces and scattered across the hillside...
The hillside had a name- Battery Geary, hidden by the forest but still destroyed by an air barrage.
And here, at another battery (not the small kind that powers your electronic devices or even your car)...
To scale a giant...
If this were the Decepticon Megatron... what a site to behold him transform!

Upcoming in Part 5... the Malinta Tunnel!

Third Bourne

First of all, the cinema was very nice. Large screen, comfortable seats... (Shangri-la Edsa Plaza Mall Cineplex) Ok, regarding the movie- I haven't seen the two previous installments but I was blown away by this one. Drama: I especially liked the shots of partly covered faces. And you still sense what they're feeling. Suspense: What an idiot the reporter was! He should have followed what Jason Bourne was telling him to do. He was about to get away... alive. Oh, well. Oh and the jumping over and above roofs and through windows- move over spider-man! Look, ma, no webbing! Action: Wow. The scenes when he was duking it out versus the assets/killers sent after him was so intense! The car chase was grand too. So unreal when he backed his car over the edge of a building roof, and it rolls over a car or two parked at the ground level and he just runs away from the scene.
Made me want to see the first two movies of this trilogy. Great movie. Great story. 3.75 out of 5 stars.

Adobo Republic @ Metrolane P.Tuazon

Everyone loves adobo! Nuff said.

Corregidor in Pictures, Part 3

Click on the title for the wikipedia entry for Corregidor.

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Here it is, the lighthouse.

A communications tower...Backdoor to the lighthouse...
A nice directions post in the center of the courtyard...
View from the top... well, not exactly the top, top.
A peephole...
Another stylized window- this one in the form of a cross...
A nice shot of the lighthouse and our bus' bell...
And a few steps backwards...

Upcoming in Part 4... more heavy metal!

Med-Express, Ortigas

What a convenience! Because there are no lines of people waiting to be served. I tried to have some medicines delivered and the service was ok. I went to a branch and the attending pharmacist was congenial. Their prices are supposedly less than the leading drugstore. And they will give you a card to track your purchases and you get some rebate for every peso spent. I now have about 8 bucks worth. Oh and I also heard that they can keep track of your medicine supply for you and you can have them follow you up when you already need a fresh supply. Now that's great. So if you're ever in need of medicines or other medical supply stuff, stuff you buy at drugstores, and you're in the Ortigas area, the Med-Express branch is at the Automoville compound. 634-3333 is their number.

Corregidor in Pictures, Part 2

Click on the title for a site offering a brief history of Corregidor.

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I'm happy I wasn't there during the war.
I don't want to imagine the thousands of bodies piling up dead then.I'm glad to have not had the chance to look into this barrel when it was still functioning.The tour guide said Corregidor was a veritable wasteland after the war. It took years and years before the government-spread ipil-ipil seeds grew and re-forestation of the island was complete.The recoil on these things must have been tremendous.And when it spun to an angle, the ground must have shook.And here we are now, oblivious to the death and tragedy. Feared war tools are now amusing photo elements.Why, oh, why didn't I get on one too?!?
Upcoming in Part 3... the Lighthouse!