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Binondo And Its Glory Days
Posted by Rich in Educational on October 7th, 2009
As a young boy, when my mother would bring me to my grandparent’s house in Magdalena (now G. Masangkay Street) in Binondo, I was fascinated by the calesas (horse-drawn carriage) that proliferated the busy streets of Binondo.
The music, of Chinese background and a rather slow Oriental beat, greets us each time we pass over the small [...]