by Carlo Miguel Castañeda Note: Yup, the Urban Roamer accepts guest posts now. If you have anything to share about interesting events and places in the metropolis or some tips in urban living that may fit this site’s content, do email me at karl@theurbanroamer.com. Remember that it will be my discretion as to whether I will post your content here and not every submission is guaranteed to be published. Thank you! The forecast is always similar every long holiday: be prepared for traffic along the various expressways that lead out of the metro and into the provinces. This is something you tend to expect, and often prepare for, but that…
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After a Long Holiday Break…
The long Holy Week holiday is now over. It is now back to regular programming, so to speak, for many folks here. This means back to seeing those crowded scenes, the heavy traffic along the roads, especially aggravated by delayed road work projects. I hope the past Holy Week break made you appreciate how orderly and nice the city can be and we can only hope we do not see it just once a year. Until then, as they say: just keep calm and carry on.
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Roamer’s Roundup: Holy Week 2014 Edition
It is that time of the year once again as the Holy Week is being commemorated by Christians around the world, especially among the Christian faithful in the Philippines, to remember the events in the life of Jesus Christ from his triumphant entry to Jerusalem, celebrating the Last Supper, leading to his passion, death, and resurrection. While the celebration of Holy Week came from the influence of Spanish Catholicism that was introduced in the country in the 16th century, it has certainly evolved over time as Filipinos, especially the Catholicized ones, not only embraced this celebration but also added their own flavor into it, so to speak. These traditions still…