The Metro

I just got back to the OC from my mission in S.E. Asia. It is actually quite chilly in Southern California and the worst part is my block had a power shortage last night and since the heating and stove in my apt runs on electricity, I not only ended up skipping dinner but froze myself to death last night. Plus, I had to skip my shower too cos the water was freezing. Though its not snowing here, I can fully emphatize with Alaskan Sausage now.

So this is a picture of portion of Metro Manila from the office. Metro manila is huge, I was really impressed. It is the third most populous metropolis in the world with 11M people or so.

Some other pictures from Manila. The gun piece you see is a WW2 Japanese installation found near the spanish walls. The gun was installed by the Japanese when they briefly ruled the Philippines before Gen McArthur returned as he promised to. All Japanese installations were destroyed but this one was only recently discovered as Marcos hid all his gold here and rigged up the entire place with explosives. The well-like structure you see is a spanish installation to provide drinking water to its settlement. It is also where they brought prisoners to be tortured and recently the gold was also hidden there.

The vehicle that looks like a tin can is the famous Jeepini. You see them running everywhere in the metro. They have Japanese engines and transmission mated with locally made tin / steel body.