Weblog Travels: Metro Manila

As you have probably noticed, the frequency of published sponsored posts here in this blog is increasing. It's because I have some purchases to make (more on that later) and that means I have to have more moolah. But that does not mean I will make every post sponsored. Definitely not. This blog is created not primarily for commercial purposes, anyway.

In order to give more non-commercial posts in this blog, I decided to make posts that are related to each other every week. I got the idea from JJ, who just started to make his own Classical Music Pick of the Week. Instead of posting classical compositions, I will give you a brief virtual tour of places around the world. As some of you already know, it is my greatest dream to traverse the globe. Since I am not yet financially capable, I tour the world through the Net, particularly through Wikipedia. Note that what I have to say most of the time is based on what I read and not what I actually know. Everything will be very short. I will just post pictures and some facts. I do not want to act like I really know what I am talking about.

I found out through Alexa that 81% percent of my visitors are from the United States. In fact, only 6.2% of my visitors are from the Philippines. It's quite surprising, considering that I expected my visitors to be from my home country. Upon learning this, I figured out that I should be introducing first this 93.8% the place I live in--Metro Manila.

Metro Manila is the Philippines' primate city, the country's political, cultural, financial, and population capital. Foreigners unconsciously refer to it only as Manila. For your information, Metro Manila is the metropolitan area that contains the city of Manila (the national capital), as well as fifteen surrounding cities and one municipality. Even though Manila is the national political capital, government institutions are scattered all over the metro. For instance, the House of Representatives (the lower House of Congress) is located in Quezon City, while the Senate (upper house) is in Pasay City. The main financial center is Makati City, where the country's only stock market is located, but there are also other rising hubs like Ortigas Center. If you're planning to get a degree here, then go to Quezon City, where two of the best (humility aside HAHA!) universities are, the Ateneo de Manila University and the University of the Philippines-Diliman. But I guess Manila isn't that bad with all its fine institutions. Peace! :D

I have lived in this place in all seventeen years of my life. I was born in Pasay City, but lived for four years in Pasig City, until we eventually transferred to Quezon City, where I grew up and currently reside.

The metro has been my home and I don't think I will be leaving it anytime soon. Call it cheesy, but I've had a lot of experiences here that cannot be thrown out of the window that easily. It may be congested and polluted, but Metro Manila will always be the city (it's technically not a city, silly!) that I love the most.

Haha. This entry almost became Wikipedia-ish. I hardly put any image! Oh well. I guess this post is lengthy because the featured place is where I live. By the way, the first image is the Ortigas skyline. The second one is the Rizal Monument that can be found in Manila, while the third one is the Quezon City Memorial Monument. Photo credits are given to Wikipedia.