A Filipino beach near Manila. An ‘active’ volcano and a lake in Tagaytay, near Manila. Wrestlers midgets and lady boxers AND live music in bars of Manila. (धेरै…)
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Day Out in Manila. Photos
It's hot in Manila 
Who cares about the world when you are tired…DW and MK on the bank of Pasig River, at Fort Santiago, Manila. These are not the photos taken in a day. One day MK and I went to the Immigration office to inquire about visa extension (he had extend while I wasn’t sure if I needed to). [In another outing AL and PB were also present.] A branch office where we first went to wouldn’t do that. We had to go to the main office. Near the Immigration office, on the bank of Pasig river, is the China Town of Manila (Binondo). (Binondo’s Chinatown located in Manila, Philippines is the oldest Chinatown in the world, established in 1594, says an entry in Wikipedia). (धेरै…)
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Manila Food. Hint: too much meat :)
Manila food: rice, fish, egg and mushroom. ( Mushroom wasn't good.) Too much meat. Too little vegetable. My impression of the food in Manila- especially on restaurants that are crowded by middle class and lower middle class Filipinos. I eat meat but not much. I like to try new food but such trial must always been interrupted, may be two days, by dal bhat tarkari 🙂 As the first week passed by I started craving for the food that is a daily staple in Nepal. Dal was not be seen anywhere. We went to an Indian restaurant called Bollywood in Greenbelt. Surprisingly the manager was a Nepali speaking Indain from Darjeeling area (Kolkata, he said). The food was good but I must admit that the bill was too steep. And the motton momo, dipped in the Indian chicken-gravy, was quite strange to my taste but my classmates liked it. Here’s an excerpt of an article that I wrote for Kantipur newspaper two weeks ago about Nepali students in Manila and Bangkok. The excerpt in Nepali talks about the food in Manila. (धेरै…)
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Tricycles of Manila
When I first rode a tricycle in Manila I sat behind the driver the way men do in Nepal when they ride pillion on a motorcycle. I was told later by a Filipino friend of mine that that was the wrong way of sitting on a tricycle. The correct way, I was told, was to sit like the way most women-especially those clad in saari- do in Nepal: by hanging both legs on the same side.But that’s for the third (and last) passenger on a tricycle. The other two are holed up in a small carriage- supported by a tire- on the right side of the motorbike. When that carriage is attached a bike becomes a tricycle (or a motorcycle taxi). And tricycles are everywhere in Manila though their future seems uncertain. For some (and that includes city officials) they are traffic nuisance and for many others they are cheap medium of transportation in the city. (धेरै…)
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Mall of Asia, Manila Bay and a Glass of Draught Beer (a Photo Album)
In my first evening out in Manila, I was taken to Manila Bay and the Mall of Asia. Here are some images taken during that trip. I went to both of these places later too during daytime. I am not a great fan of beer- alcohol in general- and draft beer was certainly new to me. Especially the way the it was served as if it were lassi or something similar. But the brand of the beer, San Miguel- if not the taste- felt so familiar. And the MOA? Very big yes but, apart from that, nothing special. The Bay? It was nice. If I am to vote, though, I may go for the Marine Drive, Mumbai– a much smaller place by size but relatively cleaner and better organized.
One of the largest malls in Asia. @Manila Bay, Manila.
A salesgirl fills up a glass with San Miguel beer at a Beer Station in The Mall of Asia, one of the largest malls in Asia, in Manila, the Philippines.
A man orders a glass of draft San Miguel beer in a Beer Station in Mall of Asia, Manila
San Miguel draft
A salesgirl at a Beer Station in the Mall of Asia, Manila, talks to a customer
A woman takes help of a telescope to get the proper view of the Manila Bay from a overhead bridge in front of the Mall of Asia, Manila.
A view from inside the Mall of Asia
At the sea level. Almost.
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Suvarnabhumi
Spotted at Suvarnabhumi airport, Bangkok Trying to make the most out of 15-minutes-of-free-WiFi -access at Suvarnabhumi.
It’s been four hours since I landed at Suvarnabhumi, Bangkok. Fifteen more hours to go before I get into a plane that will take me to another Asian capital. I must thank Gandaki (pictured) and Captain Shrestha for the smooth flight and (landing).
PS:Will come back to again in a couple of weeks to go outside the airport and see the city.
Gandaki the airplane- belonging to Nepal Airlines- at Tribhuvan, Kathmandu. PS 1: Will come back to again in a couple of weeks to go outside the airport and see the city.
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मेरो इन्टरनेटसँगको भेट
ठूलो पार्न क्लिके हुन्छ त्यति प्रस्टसँग होइन तर इन्टरनेटसँगको त्यो पहिलो जम्काभेट म अझै सम्झिन्छु । सन् १९९७ तिर कान्तिपथमा एउटा साइबर क्याफे थियो जहाँ म अन्य दुई साथीसँग पुगेको थिएँ । ब्राउजरमा खोलेको पहिलो साइट याहु.कम थियो र सर्च बाकसमा त्यतिबेला एउटा सिरियल खेलेर चर्चित हलिउड अभिनेत्रीको नाम टाइप गरेका थियौं ।
सामाजिक सञ्जाल अहिले फेसन बने पनि खासमा इन्टरनेट र वल्र्ड वाइड वेब (डब्लूडब्लूडब्लू) को सुरुवातै त्यही अवधारणाबाट भएको थियो- सूचनाको साझेदारी गर्ने र मानिसहरूलाई नजिक्याउने । अमेरिकी वैज्ञानिकहरूले तत्कालीन सोभियत संघसँगको प्रतिस्पर्धामा सन् १९५८ देखि थालेको प्रयासबाट इन्टरनेट मिल्यो जसलाई १९८५ मा बेलायती वैज्ञानिक टिम बर्नर्स लीले आविष्कार गरेको डब्लूडब्लूडब्लूले आम मानिसहरूमा पुर्याउन भूमिका खेल्यो । (धेरै…)
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मेरो इन्टरनेटसँगको भेट
- ठूलो पार्न क्लिके हुन्छ
त्यति प्रस्टसँग होइन तर इन्टरनेटसँगको त्यो पहिलो जम्काभेट म अझै सम्झिन्छु । सन् १९९७ तिर कान्तिपथमा एउटा साइबर क्याफे थियो जहाँ म अन्य दुई साथीसँग पुगेको थिएँ । ब्राउजरमा खोलेको पहिलो साइट याहु.कम थियो र सर्च बाकसमा त्यतिबेला एउटा सिरियल खेलेर चर्चित हलिउड अभिनेत्रीको नाम टाइप गरेका थियौं ।
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खुस्सी छु !
दिनेश वाग्ले
हालैको एक साँझ चिसो हावा चलिरहदा बडो रोमान्टिक मुडमा म काठमान्डूको तीनकुनेबाट नयाँ बानेश्वरतिर लम्किरहेको थिए । लाग्यो म निकै फुरूङ्ग परेको छु । मै मात्र हो कि बाटोमा हिडिरेका अरु पनि खुसी छन् ?
‘ए बाजे,’ मैले मिनभवनमा हिडिरहेका एक बृद्धलाई आफ्नो परिचय दिएपछि सोधे । ‘कत्तिको खुसी हुनुहुन्छ ?’
कतिबेला कसले रोकेर गफ थाल्ला भनेझैंको मुडमा रहेका खिलानाथ बाँस्तोलाले जवाफ दिए- ‘खुस्सी छु बा ।’ उनी मुस्काए । (धेरै…)
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खुस्सी छु !
हालैको एक साँझ चिसो हावा चलिरहदा बडो रोमान्टिक मुढमा म काठमान्डूको तीनकुनेबाट नयाँ बानेश्वरतिर लम्किरहेको थिए । लाग्यो म निकै फुरूङ्ग परेको छु । मै मात्र हो कि बाटोमा हिडिरेका अरु पनि खुसी छन् ?
‘ए बाजे,’ मैले मिनभवनमा हिडिरहेका एक बृद्धलाई आफ्नो परिचय दिएपछि सोधे । ‘कत्तिको खुसी हुनुहुन्छ ?’
कतिबेल कसले रोकेर गफ थाल्ला भनेझैंको मुढमा रहेका खिलानाथ बाँस्तोलाले जवाफ दिए- ‘खुस्सी छु बा ।’ उनी मुस्काए ।
ओखलढुङ्गाको टोक्सेल गाविसका ६५ बर्षे मिनभवनमा ‘छोरा बुहारी नानी नातिनासँग डेरामा’ बस्छन् र अहिले ‘खुट्टा तान्न’ बानेश्वर चोक पुगेर फर्केका हुन् ।
‘कुनै चाह छैन ?’ मैले सोधे- ‘सबैकुराले सन्तुष्ट ?’
‘शान्ती भईदिए हुन्थ्यो’ खिलानाथले भने । माओवादीबाट चितवनस्थित शक्तिखोर शिविरमा रामहरी श्रेष्ठको हत्या तथा त्यसपछि कोटेश्वर क्षेत्रका विरोध कार्यक्रमको संकेत गर्दै थपे- ‘झन तहल्का मच्चेर गएको छ ।’ (धेरै…)
