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Quezon City, one of the major cities in Metro Manila, offers scenic landmarks, among them the Quezon Memorial Circle . Quezon City is currently celebrating it's 69th year since its founding. This towering structure welcomes visitors to the premiere city of the country. Just at the bottom of the Quezon Memorial is a museum housing many memorabilia of the great man, who is fondly called "The Father of National Language" Some of the fancy items found in the museum are these decorative artifacts of pure china. Going around the "Circle" makes you appreciate the greenery within the enclosed area, which is a contrast to the car-filled roads and areas outside it. This is a garden named after former vice mayor Charito Planas, who really made the QC Circle the center of many activities initiated by the city government. Exploring further this quiet refuge from the loud horns of cars, buses and what have you, takes you to this therapeutic area aptly called "Reflexol...

( Manila skyline at dawn) Dear readers, the succeeding pages will take you to the interesting places in Metro Manila or even beyond Metro Manila. Some people describe Manila similar to a " balut ," do you know why? It can look grotesque with all the shanties, garbage, pollution and homeless that abound the city streets, but underneath the outward ugliness, is an exciting coexistence of not only the new and old, but also of beauty and ugliness (although both concepts can be relative). Manila will not be Manila if one of these will not be present: the crazy jeepney driver, who drives like a maniac; the big malls and fancy restaurants, juxtaposed with the " turo-turos " (or point-point) because you order the dish by pointing at them; the shanties, for each have a story to tell; the homeless, who can only call the streets their home; the struggling employee, who live hand-to-mouth; the entrepreneur, the student, the promdi . I shall dedicate each page to the places...