Do kids these days know what a seesaw is? Do they even know what it is like to play in a real park?
There are no more proper public parks in Metro Manila.
The Parks and Wildlife (renamed to Ninoy Aquino Parks and Wildlife Nature Center) in Quezon City is now a sad dump. The Quezon City Memorial Circle grounds is now jejemon land and the grassy patches are most probably full of spit.
I have not yet checked out the La Mesa Ecopark in Fairview. It is not very accessible to take your kid out on a daily/random afternoon walk.
The Sunken Garden in the U.P. Diliman is now unswept, unmaintained dusty/sandy earth with dwindling patches of buffalo/carabao grass (much like the current president’s head of hair). The Freedom Park of the U.P. Los Baños puts the Sunken Garden to shame.
The Ateneo de Manila University campus grounds are lush with greenery, but are not a public park.
The Ayala Triangle Gardens/Park in Makati and the lawns of Boni High Street in adjacent Taguig are miniature oases of green. Traffic to and around Makati is hell.
Cemeteries seem to be among the few remaining “park” options. The Holy Cross Memorial Park in San Bartolome (on the way to Novaliches) has remained more or less constant since the 1980s. I suppose the Libingan ng Mga Bayani has, too. However there are no seesaws there.
The kids around Metro Manila today play on rubberized plastic mats in indoor, air-conditioned play centers at dime-a-dozen malls.
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No no no they’re teeter-totters! And I loved them.
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Teeter Totter, bread and butter…
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