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'As the years went by and fields and hills were brought up and built on, and we acquired new, unknown neighbors, everyone started to build high walls around their homes. Then the wind no longer cooled the houses, and quiet San Juan became a town of small isolated fortresses, its inhabitants all hidden from each other by barriers of stone.'

When the Wind Cooled the Houses of San Juan by Josefina P. Manahan - 3½

— Sep 22, 2015 01:35PM

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kwesi 章英狮 is on page 135 of 144

'My entire life has been captured through my senses. Through them, people and places stay alive. Without them, they disconnect and drift like kelp on an unfathomable sea.'

A Sense of Manila by Wynn Wynn N. Ong - 4

— Sep 25, 2015 01:59AM

kwesi 章英狮 is on page 121 of 144

'As one becomes older there are more and more places to which one cannot return. The site itself may have changed beyond recognition, physically or in spirit. Memory, too, will have played its tricks—heightening, fading, coloring, like an old and obliging filmmaker with a sympathetic but fuzzy-headed smile.'

Growing Up Convent by Gizela M. Gonzalez - 3½

— Sep 24, 2015 10:30PM

kwesi 章英狮 is on page 116 of 144

'During certain quiet moments, I remember the reckless young girl furiously pedaling into the wind. The thought of her makes me smile to myself. Every so often, these images flash vividly in my mind's eye. They soothe and reassure me, gently, like the comfortable and familiar feel of one's old slippers in the darkness of the quiet night.'

Trick or Treat by Anna Isabel A. Pamplona - 4½

— Sep 24, 2015 01:33PM

kwesi 章英狮 is on page 105 of 144

'I learned—the hard way—that as in life, one must always be prepared for surprises. Horses—and humans in their own way—instinctively avoid or jump over hurdles and puddles along the way.'

The Trails of Fort Bonifacio by Lolita Delgado Fansler - 3½

— Sep 24, 2015 12:11PM

kwesi 章英狮 is on page 96 of 144

'We moved to Makati in the summer of 1951. As I look back on it now, I realize that the move was more than geographical. It was, in fact, a passage to a new culture.'

Stepping into a New World by Mert J. Loinaz - 4

— Sep 24, 2015 10:36AM

kwesi 章英狮 is on page 85 of 144

'We said goodbye at the H.E. Cafeteria when hardly anyone was around. We sat at a corner table surrounded by empty tables and chairs. Many years later, when I would remember that afternoon, I would think of the sunlight playing on his black-rimmed glasses as I looked into his dark brown eyes.'

UP Beloved by Erlinda Enriquez Panlilio - 4

— Sep 24, 2015 08:52AM

kwesi 章英狮 is on page 70 of 144

'Unlike mountains permanently silhouetted against the sky, few private homes and edifices withstand the test of time to become landmarks of a place. Transformed to a shadow of its past, our Bradway home remains a fortress in my mind.'

Swan Song for Broadway by Millette Tañada Ocampo - 3½

— Sep 23, 2015 10:37AM

kwesi 章英狮 is on page 62 of 144

'There are many more memories of Kamuning that I have kept in gold locket in my heart.'

The Fireflies of Kmauning by Erlinda Enriquez Panlilio - 3½

— Sep 22, 2015 03:16PM

kwesi 章英狮 is on page 49 of 144

'...I was just about to become a teenager, and my expectations were different. I was changing, and so was Manila.'

Memories of Christmas Past by Maria Cristina D. Olbes - 3½

— Sep 22, 2015 12:29PM

kwesi 章英狮 is on page 41 of 144

'I first had a sense of Manila in the secret places of early childhood.'

In Search of a Memory by Josefina P. Manahan - 3½

— Sep 22, 2015 12:28PM

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