The Backpack Adventures

Located at 2130 F.B. Harrison Street, Pasay City, Our Lady of Sorrows Parish Church is a religious structure with a modern design. Our Lady of Sorrows Parish Church Our Lady of Sorrows Parish Church details If you would notice, most of the churches that I feature in my  Visita Iglesia  articles are century-old churches. To date, I have featured only two modern-day churches -  Nature's Church  and  St. Therese of the Child Jesus . I blogged those churches because of their unique struc tural designs. (You can click on the links to check them out.)  Our Lady of Sorrows Parish Church - Pasay City Our Lady of Sorrows Parish Church altar Beautiful stained glass windows That is not the case for this church. Our Lady of Sorrows Parish Church has but a humble typical modern-day structural design. It doesn't have a majestic-looking facade, a towering bell tower, and an ornately designed retablo . So what makes the church stand out? The belltower of Our Lady of Sorrows

Located at SM by the Bay area of SM Mall of Asia in Pasay City, Buffet 101 (MOA) is an eat-all-you-can restaurant that offers a variety of Asian and Western cuisines.  Buffet 101 (MOA) Buffet 101 (MOA) details Buffet 101 (MOA) - Pasay City SM Mall of Asia is home to numerous buffet restaurants, some of which I have tried and blogged already. What's good about having several of these eat-all-you-can restaurants in one area is the stiff competition. Each of these restaurants has its own unique way of telling the potential customers "Hey dine here, 'cause we're the best!" Since I have individual blog articles for the other buffet restaurants in the area, the spotlight for today is focused only on Buffet 101 . Facade of Buffet 101 Found in the far-end corner of SM by the Bay area near the Ferris Wheel, Buffet 101 has the privilege of having extra parking lots compared to the restaurants located in the midsection of SM by the Bay.  There is nothing unique

If you're a Catholic and you're living in Manila, probably the first thing you'd do is to head to the beaches this Holy Week. To most of us, especially the working class, the Holy Week is almost synonymous with summer vacation. However, to some, it's a chance to visit Christ and show devotion to Him through Visita Iglesia   (and that's what I plan to do this 2013!). 2013 Las Piñas, Pasay, Manila Visita Iglesia Adventure So join me and my family as we go around Manila and the neighboring cities of Las Piñas and Pasay to visit some of their historical churches. Since I live in the province of Cavite, I had to carefully plan the route that we'd take to maximize the number of churches that we could visit in a day. We originally planned to visit only the ones in Manila but I pointed out that since our route to Manila would pass by some old churches in nearby cities, we might as well visit them.   Las Piñas Church  - Las Pinas City From our home, the fir