Old Photos of Manila

I love looking, reading and finding out about old Manila photos, old Philippine churches, photos of our ancestors or just about anything related to the old Philippines.

Looking at the old faces of our ancestors, I try to picture how they lead their lives and what their personal stories are based from what I can see and it's not that difficult, really. 

Manila, Manila, Manila. You were such a darling city of the orient once upon a time.

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All photos courtesy of Mr. John Tewell. See more of old Philippine photos from his collection site: http://www.flickr.com/photos/johntewell/sets/72157617770699569/

Binondo Church, date unknown

Escolta Street, Manila, Philippines, Picture in Leslies's Weekly, New York, USA, Janurary 27, 1900

Old photo of Fort Santiago Gate. The main gate in the middle is what remains now of the original foundation. 

Aerial view of Manila Bay circa 1932

Aerial view of Old Manila. You can clearly see the building of the National Post Office.

San Beda College circa 1945

Old photo Tondo Church

A boy riding a carabao. I really like this photo :)

For extras:

Banaue Rice Terraces circa 1946. Note how they named it Igorot Rice Terraces, probably after Banaue natives.

Jones Bridge, National Post Office Building circa 1920s

University of the Philippines Manila circa 1945, damaged by the war

Baguio Cathedral circa 1945

Happy 3rd Kambini!

Mt. Balingkilat, Subic, Zambales

How timely. My point & shoot turned three while I was out, about to succumb to heat stroke. We've been through so many adventures I am so tempted to upgrade her for quite some time now but alas, my financial account won't let me, yet. But don't worry, you're not going anywhere far.

But let's not get ahead of ourselves shall we? Three! In camera years I'd say that's about 9 years already lol.

Happy Birthday Kambini!

This beautiful image came out from your lens. You might look old and overly used now for a point and shoot (hello two years old!) but you're still my dearest Kambini. We've gone to tons of adventures and embarked on numerous travels but you hung on. I owe you that much and the least I can do is to keep you safe and in one piece for the next decade, if granted.

The only downside here is you're still 50% unpaid. Ha! Japan and a good friend gave me a great deal but I wasn't able to keep up. SHOOT!

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Gulugod Baboy sunset taken March 6, 2010.

Laugh, Cry, Smile

Things that amazed me:

This event happened yesterday but I was too busy to write anything about it so it happened a day later here in my blog (boohoo). Still.. Anyway, this was definitely an event worth camwhoring for, every photographer's dream,. I bet they were drooling with the idea and jumping with too much excitement of capturing the awesome but a bit eerie event.

Red dust over Sydney

The before and after scene.

Photos from SMH. 

These (and a lot more) are the wonderful creation of photographers Akiko Ida and Pierre Javelle. Pretty stoked! Indeed, an art you can eat. 

Golfers on a donut.

Workers on a sugar mine.

Come take a look at more photos of these two remarkable photographers.
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Kailan Ka Ba made me cry. Kahit kelan ko pakinggan kakaiyak talaga. Same goes for Huwag Ka Nang Umiyak.
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Conversation with an old friend made me smile. Wala lang. It's funny how things becomes so good after a "wala lang naman talaga" talk with them. So, don't ever think that little conversations are useless, because those little conversations really make up for good memories.