DSC_0712

DSC_0712

Got this a week ago. Cheap at $20 per month. Don't ask me how to use it. I do not know. All I know is how to receive call or call somebody

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Uploaded on May 17, 2013

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Puente Colgante

Puente Colgante

Here's another photo of Quinta Market on the left side of the photo by John Tewel Pilot
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Puente Colgante (which is the term for a suspension bridge in Spanish; literally, hanging bridge) was the first suspension bridge built in Southeast Asia when it was started in 1849 and completed in 1852. It was built and owned by Ynchausti y Compañia, the business headed by Jose Joaquin de Ynchausti.[1] He commissioned the design from Basque engineer Matias Menchacatorre.[2] The bridge was first named Puente de Claveria, likely in honor of the Governor-General of the Philippines Narciso Clavería, who served from 1844-1849.

The suspension bridge measured 110 metres (360 ft) long and 7 metres (23 ft) wide, and had two lanes that allowed passage of horses and carabao-drawn carriages. It was also opened for pedestrians traveling on foot between Quiapo and Intramuros and nearby areas.

In 1854 Ynchausti brought together the Ynchausti family holdings under the above name. A Basque Spaniard born in Cadiz, de Ynchausti immigrated to the Philippines in the second quarter of the nineteenth century and built a business empire.[1] In 1889 Ynchausti y Compañia was the largest company in the Philippines.

The 20th-century writer Nick Joaquin described the bridge as it was in the 1870s: “Across the city’s river now arched … the amazing Puente Colgante, suspended in the air, like a salute to the age of science and engineering. The Industrial Age found its expression in the Philippines in the form of a bridge unparalleled throughout Asia.”[2]

Historians dispute local traditions that say the bridge was designed by Gustave Eiffel, who designed the Eiffel Tower in Paris. (This is also asserted about the Puente de Ayala.) They note the original bridge has been documented as designed by a Basque.[2] (In addition, the 1930s work was performed a decade after Eiffel died in 1923.)

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Uploaded on May 16, 2013

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Quinta Market

Quinta Market

This was how I was introduce to Quinta Market via a ferry that we used to cross the Pasig River. We lived at that time in Intramuros.

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Uploaded on May 12, 2013

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DSC_0698

DSC_0698

We celebrated Fr Mike Java's 40th Ordination Anniversary and his 65th Birthday, In rhe photo are Rose Axalan of Davao City, Linda Solis of West Covina, Lu Dulos of Iloilo, Virgie Lee of Baldwin Park and Berna Buenaluz of Zumarraga, Samar.

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Uploaded on May 12, 2013

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ARMY & NAVY CLUB

ARMY & NAVY CLUB

This place is probably there at Luneta, Manila, Philippines

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Uploaded on May 4, 2013

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