#Ongpin

[wittykahitcorny]

Mga pagkaing nasa yellow box na god tier sa sarap

[heyaics]

📍Binondo //03112023 ✨

[kny-tai]

Sketch 04 : Slow sales day in Manila Chinatown.

[pinoybyahero]

Pampaswerteng Gabi

I always wonder why pampaswerte itong gabi na may red ribbon tuwing Chinese New Year. Is it the ribbon? Is it the magical gabi?

[askdrzinasia]

Welcome to Bling-town, Manila!

There are some unique things in Manila. The chaotic traffic culture is one. These jeepney minibuses another.

Jeepneys are probably the most commonly used public transport in Manila and they only exists in the Philippines. Very narrow seating and overly kitsch and bling decoration are design features, not flaws.

Army surplus

The name is a kind reference to the origin: the first jeepneys where made of left behind Willy Jeeps from the US Army after 1945, and become stretched and extended into this minibus-variant of sorts with appx 20 seats.

Jeepneys are everywhere in urban areas, and picks up passengers and let them off in a system that sometimes follow routes and tables, but often not.

A new 20-seat Jeepney costs between 700.000-1,2K pesos, appx 16000-24000 USD. As a way to manage and improve safety, new operators need to at least ten of them to get an operating licence.

[thecollectibles]

Art by Jom Ongpin

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Sundate <3

[frenchcurious]

Daku Balay à Bacolod, Philippines, conçue par le propriétaire, construite par l’ingénieur de Cebu Salvador, années 1930. Crédit photo Lisa Ongpin Periquet. - source Samyha Kitouni.

[akonaman]

What a Day —

Nag hanap ng commercial calendar sa recto para sa tindahan sa bicol. Gosh ang mahal pala ng commercial calendar magpa customize.

Tried beef biryani sa esitan ba yun haha di ko alam tamang name. Di masarap pero maganda yung place siguro mali lang naorder ko. Dapat siguro sizzling binili ko.

Ikot sa Ongpin pero may bet akong bracelet pero shete 32k huhu. 7grams and super ganda. Syempre di ko binili mga pag iisipan ko pa yan ng 5 mos. Si OA! Haha

Nag try mag tric dun and sa likod kami sumakay hahahha ang fun mashado then kita mo yung binondo with likod view ng tric.

Nagkape sa PITX and syempre Almond with fresh milk na kape as usual. Sarap talaga sa Highlands coffee. Ang sungit nga lang ng cashier nila.

Ang saya ng restday ko napaka productive and nakakapagod. Na excite ako sa end of month vacation leave ko. Kahit walang ganap at nasa bahay lang ako na eexcite ako.

[manfrommars2049]

Homeward by Jom Ongpin via ImaginaryLandscapes

[ivnjamion]

ONGPIN ST. // 022423

[jopetkasi]

Most people would see the Chinese New Year celebrations as an opportunity to stroll along Ongpin and be amazed at the Lion/Dragon dance or eat mostly in Estero (eww sorry na) or everyone’s fave, Wai Ying. 

But for Tsinoys like my family, it is more than the merriment we see. I cant explain in detail pero ang daming ganap na nakaka pagod. promise

If Catholics have the Visita Iglesia during Holy Week, the same thing applies for Buddhists. For one, there is the required temple visits  to offer fruits, light incense and have our fortunes read. and we are not talking about a single temple here...temples to be precise. From Seng Guang in Divisoria to Fo Guang Shan in Vito Cruz and there are the Taoist Temples in Nakpil and Ermita...and yes, we also have our own shrine sa rooftop ng building ng ang-kong (grandpa) ko...

so totoo lang ang dami kong niluhurang buddha last Saturday and Sunday...

Then you have to clean your room and throw broken things away na - i mean kung puede lang broken relationships lol...the kitchen should also be clean since the kitchen deity will pass by so they say....

Plus you have to eat cha misua (guisado) or soup misua (with quail egg, liver) and indulge in sweets - good desserts that does not include tikoy (please umay na) 

of course one gets to wear red shirts and underwear and put on jewelry....

and you need to speak in Chinese all day. Hookien is fine but if you want more ang pao, speak in Mandarin and the oldies will be so happy to give you more money.

and then there is the family reunions and you get to see relatives and yes, the cousin you accidentally slept with...and he stares at you and winks...

[akocomyk]

Binondo and Luneta

2022’s 10th Most Memorable Moment

We braved the heat of the sun, walking around Binondo and Luneta. I didn’t mind it all because I was with him. And in this crazy world, I wouldn’t care what other people think of us as long as we’re happy and we’re not doing any harm to anyone.

I would’ve been in Leni Robredo’s Grand Rally in Makati that day, but my sister couldn’t make it because of her pregnancy. So... Gerald and I decided to see each other instead.

We haven’t seen each other since February 25—LDR problems, right? All the while, he had been meaning to take me on a Binondo Food Walk.

Hence, that was our plan. Food Walk—we even had a list of food we’d like to try—and then we’d go to Luneta after, if we still had time.

The day came. We were at Binondo. We walked. The first food we tried was the famous Shanghai Fried Siopao.

We walked again, trying to find the store that sells fresh lumpia. We found it eventually, after much scrolling in Google maps and strolling around Ongpin.

Then we grew tired. That easy. We wanted to go on and find more dishes to eat but we just couldn’t.

So we went to Lucky Chinatown Mall to cool down. We ate lunch at S&R—we actually ate the fresh lumpia there too.

Afterwards, we went to Luneta, but the gates were barricaded by “Closed” signs.

Gerald was so disappointed because all the things we planned didn’t happen.

But then we thought, maybe there was another entrance to the park.

On the way to find another entrance, we passed by the National Museum of Natural History. I told him I’ve never been there, and so did he. Fortunately, we found out that the museum was open and the only requirement to enter was to present our vaccination cards.

So we did. The next thing I knew, we were holding hands, walking inside the galleries of the National Museum.

While inside the museum, a staff told us that only a part of Luneta was closed.

We waited until the museum closed its doors to visitors before we went to Luneta.

HHWW continued there as we passed the time by before parting and heading home.

[herbsss]

Bright lights. Bright minds.

#ongpin

[palalabyou]

ONGPIN BINONDO