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My Hometown Manila

July 30, 2008

I can still remember the time when I was still a kid, the time when we’re still living somewhere in the boundary of Sta. Cruz and Binondo in Manila, inside the China Town.

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(San Jose De Trozo Church - Sept. 2008)

Some of the landmarks in my hometown are San Jose De Trozo Church in Masangkay street, Hope Christian High School, St. Stephen’s High School, and the Metropolitan Hospital (Now known as Metropolitan Medical Center). Date back in 1903, the original location of the St. Lukes Medical Center was here in Trozo. It had training school for girls, an Episcopal church (now St. Stephen’s Church), a dispensary, and a hospital, having an initial number of eight beds.

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(Metropolitan Medical Center)

Officially, my hometown belongs to the district of Sta Cruz Manila. I can still remember when I was a kid, madami pa akong nakikitang mga lumang bahay sa area namin. Not just “lumang bahay” but with the designs of old-manila house structures with full details of birandas, windows, and façade. Nagsimula silang maglaho nitong 1990s. Most of those structures were eventually converted into modern high-rise condominium buildings.

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(An old house in La Torre corner Masangkay - Sept. 2008)

Honestly, with the conversion of those old structured houses, natuwa ako dahil naging mabilis yung pagunlad ng lugar namin. But now, I just realized na hindi na pala pwedeng ibalik ang nakaraan. Sadly, that’s the consequences that we have to accept. Kaya dadaanin ko nalang lahat sa pictures.

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