One of the biggest events in the Philippine online community has finally come! And for the first time, the Urban Roamer will be there!!! I’m talking about Blogapalooza 2013 that is happening this Saturday, November 16 at the Function Room of SMX Aura in Taguig from 11 AM-9 PM. But what is this Blogapalooza all about, you may ask? It is a one-of-a-kind event that links up the online community, especially bloggers like yours truly, with businesses and others who have something to offer or share whether it is a product or a service, whatever it may be. It is also an opportunity to link up with fellow bloggers and…
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The Urban Roamer’s Vlog: the Manila International Book Fair 2013
A new edition of the vlog is up! You can view it here: © the Urban Roamer
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Metropolitan Manila: a dream unfulfilled (an Urban Roamer editorial)
As I am writing this entry, heavy rainfall for the past 2-3 days thanks to Typhoon Maring (international name: Trami) has submerged much of Metro Manila under floods…again. While in a way, this highlights how serious climate change has affected the global climate, especially here in the Philippines, there is also another issue that lingers in the horizon that few seem to take note of: Manila is a badly planned metropolis. What’s heartbreaking is that this has been foreseen decades bacl, even more than a century ago when Daniel Burnham first laid out his plan for the city. Over the years, we have seen competent planners like Harry Frost, Juan…
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Four and going on for more
It felt like yesterday since I decided to cut on my procrastination and blog about something I’ve long wanted to write about: the city and the metropolis I grew up in. Back then, I never really thought about getting much following. I never intended to beat the number of followers of online celebrities like Carlos Celdran, Ivan Henares, Anton Diaz, the Professional Heckler, and others. All I wanted to do was to be able to have an outlet where I can share my interests and advocacies, no matter how non-mainstream or unpopular they may be. And throughout those four years of blogging, I am thankful for the thousands of people…