tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-45672938271516381432011-07-18T14:47:51.540+08:00Sense Manilahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00323271852571039675noreply@blogger.comBlogger11100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4567293827151638143.post-66722530343076398422007-01-29T10:22:00.000+08:002007-01-29T16:35:53.772+08:00<p style="font-family: arial;font-family:arial;" class="blogSubject"><span style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="color: rgb(153, 51, 153);font-size:130%;" >How would you describe an experience of Manila to a person who's never been here?</span><br /></span> </p><p style="font-family: arial;font-family:arial;" class="blogSubject"><br />Something that speaks of the <span style="font-style: italic;">uniqueness</span> of the city's people, unspoken rules, good or nasty habits, food, streets, sub cultures.... and so on.<br /><br />And we don't mean to use adjectives like "hot", "humid", "traffic jams galore", "seedy", "posh", etc. - but <span style="font-style: italic;">tangible experiences</span>, things you can hear, see, feel, taste, and smell in Manila.<br /></p><p style="font-family: arial;" face="arial" class="blogSubject"><br /> </p><p style="font-family: arial;" class="blogSubject"><span style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="color: rgb(153, 51, 153);">Share your own experience of the city and spread the love. </span><br /></span></span></p><p style="font-family: arial;font-family:arial;" class="blogSubject" >We're collecting some contributions before we get the site up and running, and hopefully we can launch the site with an event! So if you or a friend has a story to tell, a photo, bizarre recipe, video or whatever, we'd love to hear from you. <span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(51, 102, 255);">sense.manila@gmail.com</span></p><p style="font-family: arial;font-family:arial;" class="blogSubject" ><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(153, 51, 153);">Examples of cool things contributors can share:</span><br />- Overheard conversations (similar to those found on <a href="http://www.overheardinnewyork.com/">www.overheardinnewyork.com</a>)<br />- Photos of funny signs and peculiar taxi cab and jeepney names<br />- Candid photos of people doing funny things, or awkward situations<br />- A correspondence scrawled on a public bathroom cubicle<br />- A recount of a thrill ride in Cubao's Fiesta Carnival<br />- A recipe for gut-busting fishballs<br />- A crumpled love letter found in a random <span style="font-style: italic;">karenderia</span><br />- A video clip of a rondalla band doing a song and dance rendition of "Johnny B. Goode"<br />- Creative interpretations of smells of the city<br /> - Other things that are quirky, offbeat, and most importantly - uniquely Pinoy.</span></p><p style="font-family: arial;font-family:arial;" class="blogSubject" ><span><br /></span></p><p style="font-family: arial;" class="blogSubject" face="arial"><span>Hopefully these contributions aren't already part of a published book (there is supposedly one with photos of hilarious shop signs like the "Conan the Barber" or "Elizabeth Tailoring"), or something clipped from a newspaper or magazine. There's so much out there that still needs to be appreciated by a wider audience - be it an account from someone's personal journal, or a personal collection - we want to hear from <span style="font-weight: bold;">you</span>!</span><span style="font-weight: bold;"><span><br /></span></span></p><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4567293827151638143-6672253034307639842?l=sensemanila.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Sense Manilahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00323271852571039675noreply@blogger.com0