The place where I am in the Metro Manila region (National Capital Region) of the Philippines is called Quezon City. It was named after our former president, Manuel L. Quezon. Quezon City or locally known as “QC” was the former capital of the country before it was changed to Manila City.

The street you see is the Quezon Avenue and the tunnel at the far right of the photo is the Araneta Underpass… You can zoom in at the photo to see the underpass. On weekdays, this street is heavily full of vehicles resulting to a very heavy traffic. It connects Quezon City to Manila.

This shot was taken during a weekend on the uppermost level of a mall along Quezon Avenue, the reason why traffic is quite lighter.

Jolibee, which I’d rather call, the “Jolly Bee”, is the most famous burger chain and one of the acclaimed franchise success in the Philippines. I remembered having my first Jolibee burger way back in ’86 when I was in college… A period of no selfies to share on Facebook! Its key slogan “Langhap Sarap” means deliciously inhaled. Its nearest competitor is McDonalds, a US burger company with hundreds of outlets in the Philippines as well.

Aside from the various variety of burger sandwiches, french fries, and its kiddie-sweet spaghetti, Jolibee also offers unique cuisine items totally in Filipino (“Pinky”) style. Jolibee is located in almost every mall in the country, in every major corner of a residential neighborhood, and in almost all gasoline stations with dine-in areas. But with every Jolibee outlet opened, it is always expected to see a McDonald outlet nearby.

Jolibee has expanded offshore like in the US of A and in other countries in the Pacific Rim.

It’s officially summer as far as the sunset in the Philippines is concerned. The photos were taken at exactly the same time in almost the same location. Notice that the sun is now setting on the right side of the road and is still up in the horizon compared to the sunset last month (early February).

The photo with the reddish sunset was taken last Feb 11, 2015 while the photo with the yellowish sunset was taken today, March 2, 2015.