Brightside Entry | The Long Road Home

Everyday (that I'm in school) I take the bus from Taft to Alabang that passes through Coastal Road. And today I decided to document that usually taken for granted trip; abandoned buildings are an obsession of mine and there are so many beautiful abandoned houses along Coastal Road and Las Pinas (Alabang-Zapote Road). Here is a sort-of photo diary of the trip home:

 The view of the coast never ceases to take my breath away. As polluted as the water is, I'm so glad that they're doing what they can to help out and that people can still live by the water--a lot of them fish there early in the morning. It's inspiring.

 This place is Las Pinas bordering Paranaque--they kept the place clean indeed, but right across the street is one of the busiest terminals in suburban Metro Manila (Southland). 

Basurak Ko Sagot Ko (My Trash, My Responsibility)

 I've always wanted to go into this Buddhist Temple along Coastal Road--except, of course I've no idea how to get there. It's so pretty and out of place along the crowded houses and urban developments lining Coastal Road.

 These are the lovely tenement houses that I was talking about the other day; they're so beautiful and there's something in their understated, almost spartan feel that makes them very real--or maybe that's just the anti-bourgeois bourgeois person in me. Is that what happens when you grow up somewhere like Ayala Alabang?

Travelling essentials--my Art Work hippie-themed canvass bag that I dump everything into, my camera and phone/music player. :) Hope ya'll enjoyed this post!