Ganda ng Manila Dati ah...

[hens]

naalala ko tuloy nung unang labas na aircon buses "love bus"(Metro Manila Transit) sa may Escolta-Cubao, Makati.. yung Syvels? (tama ba spelling?)

Harrison Plaza, Ali Mall at magagalang ang mga tao at pulis noon.

[mhelskie]

I've read this thread from the start and natuwa ako kse maraming 'lurker' ang nag post or ung mga bihirang mag post hehehehe.

I agree na mas maganda ang Manila noon kesa dati. Kakaiba tlaga! Look at Singapore and other Asian countries, ilan sa kanila ang maunlad na nagpapatupad ng democratic government? Lahat sila may disiplina, napag iwanan na tayo, sa dami ng tao sa pinas, mahirap ang democratic form ng governance, sa dami ng mga tao at mga representatives sa govt, cguradong may pagkakaiba ng pananaw sa iba ibang bagay kya matagal tuloy bago makagawa solusyon hehehe

D pa ako pinapanganak nung 1973 pero kung papipiliin ako, I'll choose to live in that era. Simple lng ang buhay noon, as in SIMPLE. ;)

nice pictures nga pala, makes me wanna go back in time :worried:

[Field Master]

the lists of good thing of yesteryears will not end if we will continue to compare this with what we got today.
Let's not wait for our kids to start a thread like this feeling sorry for what is left for them. Time to change sabi natin pero wag na natin itong hintayin pa sa mga lider at gubyerno natin. Let's start it small within our self, family, community. it is a drop of water that makes an ocean. Kanina natanong ko sa sarili ko ilan kayang tsikoter ang nagtatapon ng balat ng kendi o used tissue sa kalye dahil ayaw nyan madumihan ang loob ng sasakyan. Small things but might spell a big difference. Pero ganda ng pinas nuon parang misis ko nuon , hehehe.

[buddytan]

The picture of "La Loma, Quezon City 1973" is not actually of La Loma but of Sampaloc, Manila, specifically of Dimasalang pass Maria Clara going north towards Blumentritt and North Cemetery. The rise in the road in the background is the bridge over the PNR tracks. I remember this area well because this was where my jeepney ride passed through when I was in high school at UST from 1976-80 and took a jeep from Bluementritt.

Dimasalang still floods like a river during rainy season as it did then. I remember I had to walk home once when Sampaloc was flooded and no jeepneys were around by walking along the narrow median in Dimasalang as seen in the photo to avoid falling accidentally into the open manholes along the sides of the street. These things still happen whenever it floods in Sampaloc.

Some things never change but it was good to see what it looked like three decades ago.

[driven]

medyo nakakahinayang din, before maluwag ang kalsada pero mababagal naman ang sasakyan, but now, mabibilis na ang sasakyan pero ang sisikip naman mga kalsada... sad to say, mabagal ang improvement eh. hayyy!

[bilog]

nice to look at old pictures. it makes us wonder what happened and what we have done in the past. kakalungkot isipin na the beauty of manila was lost because of our undiscplined acts. what will happen to manila in the next three decades?

[mikaztro]

The price to pay for development.

[JAYarc]

totoo kaya sabi ng maestro ko na ang mga kabataan daw noong araw ehh nakapila sa sampayan ng mga komicks and magazine na may straigth na upuan doon daw ang mga kabataan nagtompukan di daw gaya ngayon na kebabata ehh nag yoyosi...

[usokpower]

Originally posted by JAYarc
totoo kaya sabi ng maestro ko na ang mga kabataan daw noong araw ehh nakapila sa sampayan ng mga komicks and magazine na may straigth na upuan doon daw ang mga kabataan nagtompukan di daw gaya ngayon na kebabata ehh nag yoyosi...

More likely to be true. Compare mo lang ang era during the 80's or 90's to today. Noong highschool ako during the 90's when I was about 14yrs old. Ang alam ko lang noon mag laro ng streetfighter at mortal kombat. Natuto lang ako magbisyo noong college na ako.

Ngayon ang dami ko ng nakikita mga 12-14yr olds ng yoyosi,umiinon, gumigimik hangang wee hours of the morning. Also noong highschool ako konti lang ang kikay. Ngayon as early as 12 may nakikita ko mga babae ahit na ang kilay naka make up.


Di lang yon dati nanonood na ko ng tv patrol. Di gaano ang report ng rape atbpa. Ngayon tuwing pulis patrol gabi gabi may rape report ng mga bata ginahasa ng tito, lolo. naging manhid na nga ko sa mga report na yan araw araw nalang.

SO ano sa palagay mo?

Moralidad ng tao pababa ng pababa :flush:

[empy]

natawa ako sa pic #2...with the guys in tight pants and ties that only reach their stomach :bwahaha:

70's fashion at its finest :D

[theveed]

At dyoskopo, mga sayaw ng mga 3-5yr old na otso otso at spaghetti ungghh kaasar

[alpha-q]

Originally posted by TJMaxx
I am nearly in tears as I look at those pictures as I was
a little boy during that time and the happy memories
of car rides with Mom and Dad to those places came
back to me...
Unlike most of you, I am old enough to have lived through
that time. It was peaceful and quiet compared to now.
Do not believe the propaganda of Anti-Marcos people
that Martial Law Years were Dark Years. Yes, dark years
for them because they were communists who were relegated
to hiding in the hills. But for the ordinary citizen, life was
peaceful and relatively crime free. There was discipline.
Criminals and petty thieves were not brought to court where
they can post bail and commit another crime afterwards. No!
Criminals at that time were "salvaged" by the Metrocom.
Crime solution was fast and simple.

Looking back through those pictures, you now ask of what
use is our ****in' democracy if we all ever tasted was chaos
eversince it was restored. Damn, we were much better off
under a dictatorship...

100% agree with you! mas maganda pa ang buhay dati under marcos rule lahat ng tao may disiplina at may kinatatakutan..kaya ganyan kaganda ang pilipinas nuon.

my friend's mom was made to pull out the grass at the center island of one of the streets in manila as punishment for jaywalking and i agree with that. ngayon nagkalat na lahat ng mga katarantaduhan ng tao, tawid dito tawid duon at kalat dito kalat duon.

dati si marcos lang yumayaman, ngayon lahat na nang pulitiko yumayaman kaya nararamdaman mong ang hirap na ng pilipinas dahil sa lahat nangungurakot

[Bogeyman]

100% agree with you! mas maganda pa ang buhay dati under marcos rule lahat ng tao may disiplina at may kinatatakutan..kaya ganyan kaganda ang pilipinas nuon.

Uh, hindi po lahat disiplinado. How do you explain Ferdinand and Imelda siphoning off the national coffers for their own interests, not to mention the cronies who milked the very companies that they were handling?

Discipline earned, not through respect but through tyranny and fear, is easily lost. Same with age; oo matanda ka nga, pero wala ka namang pinagkatandaan sa salita at gawa, eh di wala ding magrerespeto sa iyo, 'di ba?

dati si marcos lang yumayaman, ngayon lahat na nang pulitiko yumayaman kaya nararamdaman mong ang hirap na ng pilipinas dahil sa lahat nangungurakot

That's because Mr. Martial Law himself set the example for future generations of politicians to simply copy. That's not entirely his fault, however. Maganda naman yung naging first term niya as president. Pumili lang kasi siya ng ambisyosang asawa eh. Maybe it's safer to say that Marcos--and the Filipino people--were better off without Imelda.

[FrankDrebin]

100% agree with you! mas maganda pa ang buhay dati under marcos rule lahat ng tao may disiplina at may kinatatakutan..kaya ganyan kaganda ang pilipinas nuon.

my friend's mom was made to pull out the grass at the center island of one of the streets in manila as punishment for jaywalking and i agree with that. ngayon nagkalat na lahat ng mga katarantaduhan ng tao, tawid dito tawid duon at kalat dito kalat duon.

dati si marcos lang yumayaman, ngayon lahat na nang pulitiko yumayaman kaya nararamdaman mong ang hirap na ng pilipinas dahil sa lahat nangungurakot

IMO, madali lang sabihin na ok pa kapag may Martial Law pero kapag nandyan na ewan ko na lang kung hindi ka mas magreklamo(kung makakapagreklamo ka dahil bawal din ang magreklamo baka makulong ka), you can't or not allowed to do the things you enjoy now, walang kwenta ang dyaryo noon puro fictional, etc.

[theveed]

hehe that's another angle... ano mas ok isang nanakaw ng pera o madami...

[mcjayz]

sayang di ko man lang nakita yung ganda ng manila non. 80's baby na kasi ko e. i think nga were better nong dictatorship ang government natin. kasi sa mentality ng pinoy na wala talaga minsan desiplina sa sarili. mas ok na talaga yung my mag hold saatin like an iron fist ni marcos! i think yung to much freedom na nabigay saatin ng democracy yun ang unti unti nagpasira saatin. i just think we pinoy are still not ready s privilage na nabibigat satin ng democrasya! we just dont know how to use it well kaya tayo naging ganito now! konting desiplina lng ang kailangan. sa lansangan nalang natin nasan ang desiplina natin don????

[carlocaraddict]

i just wonder what happened to Philcomsen Building in Ortigas. Does anybody here knows how Pasong Tamo looks before or its old name? On my way to office, I can see some art deco buildings in Pasong Tamo. May weird designed building beside Mantrade eh

[ILuvDetailing]

Naalala ko dati, nung nasa QC pa kami, everytime na pupunta kami sa Paranaque dadaan kami sa Roxas, wala pa yung dalawang Flyover, wala pa yung BayWalk sarap ng simoy ng hangin.

[theveed]

At kung bumamagyo derecho sa Roxas yung tubig dagat dahil wala pang reklamation hehe... Mga so-called "bayside" condos dati "roadside" condo nalang ngayon :D

[jds]

At maraming puno sa Taft Avenue noon (ganoon na ba ako katanda ).
Wala pang LRT noon, kaya hindi madilim yung stretch ng Rizal Avenue.
Mababait ang mga driver, mura ang pamasahe, kaya maliit lang ang baon sa skul.... nag-sentimyento na hehehehe .