Posts Tagged Binondo
From Binondo And Beyond…
Posted by Rich in Changed Lives, Discipleship on February 26th, 2010
Ava and I are enjoying our time with some of the Tsinoy couples we’re meeting for small group every week at Binondo.
We normally meet at either Wah Ying in Benavidez (just facing Hope Christian High School) or Starbucks along Plaza Lorenzo Ruiz.
Tonight, we had our small group at Wan Chai on the other side of [...]
Filipino-Chinese: A Small Minority With A Big Impact
Posted by Rich in Discipleship on October 25th, 2009
It’s no accident that Chinese Filipinos (or Filipino Chinese) you often find in any part of Binondo are dominant figures and major contributors in the spiraling business climate within this district of Manila.
For one, history shows that during the Spanish period, Chinese immigrants who converted to Roman Catholicism and married indigenous Filipinos, were granted special [...]
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 [...]
Binondo: A Trip Down The Memory Lane
Posted by Rich in Educational on September 10th, 2009
Growing up and then living in Metro Manila for the past 33 years, I have grown to appreciate my Chinese roots.
Though I used to dislike studying Chinese subjects, literature, history and basic phonetics starting at age five, I slowly began to realize how important it is to have a good grasp of the Chinese language.
Since [...]