Boom!

Chinese new year fireworks display on 27 January 2009 at Victoria Harbour as viewed from the Tsim Sha Tsui promenade in Kowloon.

Those balls are big!

A police officer glances at huge plastic balls being rolled on the street during the Chinese new year parade last 26 January 2009 at Tsim Sha Tsui. The annual parade was sponsored by Cathay Pacific and dubbed as the "World's Happiest Party."

Litratong Pinoy #43: Lila (violet)

Supot at bag kayo dyan! Mura lang... Likas na masipag ang mga Filipino. Tulad na lang ni ate na nakasuot ng lila sa larawan. Siya ay matiyagang nagtitinda ng mga kung anu-anong supot sa Plaza Miranda sa Quiapo. Kuha ko ito noong Disyembre 2008.

Kung hei kung hei!

Chinese new year 2009 parade participants dressed in fiery yellow outfits and beating their drums. The annual parade was sponsored by Cathay Pacific and dubbed as the "World's Happiest Party."

Kung hei fat choi crowd at Wong Tai Sin

Chinese New Year crowd control at the entrance of Wong Tai Sin Temple. Very efficient I say.

An innocent face in a sea of devotee heads.

Old Spanish Cannon

The plaque reads:

SPANISH CANNON
1875 A.D.
RECOVERED MAY 18, 1966
BY THE UNDERWATER
OPERATIONS UNIT, P.N.
AT CEBU

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Kabayo, Kutsero, Rayadillo

I wanna ride that!

Litratong Pinoy #42: Kahel (orange)

Ngayon pa lamang ako nakakita ng kulay kahel na kalesa. Sabay pink na kamisa ang suot ni manong kutsero. Ayos di ba? Sana ay pinagsuot din nila yung kabayo ng pink para terno sila ni manong. Marami pang kalesa sa Fort Santiago gaya nito. Iba-iba ang kulay at disenyo. Nagpunta ako roon noong Disyembre upang kumuha ng mga litrato at para silipin ang museo. Ang huli kong dalaw sa Fort Santiago ay noong ako ay nasa kolehiyo pa. Kayo kailan huling nagtungo roon?

Go that way

A fenced statue of Miguel de Benavides, O.P. at the Plaza de Santo Tomas in Intramuros. Benavides, former archbishop of Manila, is the founder of the University of Santo Tomas.

The Supreme Pontiff's Foot

A bokeh of the statue of St. Peter inside the Cathedral Basilica of the Immaculate Concepcion, Intramuros, Manila.

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Raise the roof!

Carlos' Fountain

Youngsters observe water from a fountain surrounding the statue of King Charles IV of Spain located in front of the Manila Cathedral.

Manila Cathedral