January 10, 2011

The More Things Change

The more they stay the same...

This building in Manila once housed the national waterworks and sewage authority and is now a hall of justice.

 Manila, 2011

Unfortunately, I can tell you nothing more about the building.

Yeah, I know, a very lame post. But sometimes I just want to express my exasperation with the never-improving status quo.

The color does qualify it to be linked with Mellow Yellow Monday.

21 comments:

  1. Maybe just the fact that the building is being used, at least its history is being preserved! It has a nice facade!

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  2. @Luna... My brain was caught in the parallel between sewage (what's IN those pipes) and justice... Recent cases in our newspaper headlines have me choked. :-(

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  3. There has to be a story behind this. The building is pretty cool looking, actually.

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  4. i haven't visited this place, happy mym have time to visit my entry :)

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  5. @tapirgal... unfortunately the story is that justice is joke here... I'm responding to a few recent high profile cases that are particularly outrageous... but it's nothing new and in total there are too many stories to tell on a photo blog.

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  6. Re my post, "The Bedroom" is a bar, which according to "reliable" sources, has no tables and chairs but beds for patrons to lounge in.:p

    [i get heartburn or indigestion when i read or watch the news.]

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  7. From a sewage authority to a hall of justice. At least the lawyers are still there. Nice photo Francisca. Keep on clicking.

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  8. Quite frustrating. That also explains most of us find work in other countries.

    Nice shot, btw!

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  9. i dont (er, seldom) get to watch our local news, because when i do, i would want to die in shame!!!

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  10. how ironic! converting sewage into justice bldg! thought it was the other way around!!!

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  11. And where does justice go? Down the drain I think hehehe. Happy Monday!

    Mellow Yellow Monday

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  12. Seeing the photo and reading this post, I felt your exasperation, Fransisca! :-D

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  13. So, there is more than a location to link sewage and justice in Manila? That's a shame, Francisca, but all too true in many places.
    I like the fact that the original use of the building is forever carved into the facade at the top.
    -- K

    Kay, Alberta, Canada
    An Unfittie's Guide to Adventurous Travel

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  14. I can't even add a word to it and I am Filipina hahaha. So kudos to you!

    Gorgeous!

    Hope you can drop by to peek at myentry, thank you!

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  15. Well, I like the façade and its Deco look.

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  16. Rien ne se crée, tout se transforme!
    That means "Nothing is created, everything is transformed"

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    Have a happy MYM****

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  17. It is an interesting looking building, so whatever it takes...
    I like the connection between sewage and lawyers though...

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  18. Sewage and justice - sometimes they seem to go hand-in-hand.

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  19. Is this just a nice way of saying it's the same old crap year after year!

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