A day spent in the park - Quezon Memorial Circle

My youngest gets bored and kept on asking me on a daily basis that we need to visit the park. He serves as a constant reminder, like a digital diary that is popping up and humming its alarm tone in a favorite not so well known acoustic melody of "Nothings' Gonna Stop Us Now". Well, I have a very good reason not to walk the way it used to be. My feet are in agony due to my overweight status. You read it right! I have an excess flab of about 15 pounds. Too bad, my physician reiterates to me a couple of times during our one hour meeting that I need to cut off the unwelcome, unwanted, and unhealthy fats I gained over the past two years. Diet or suffer pain? I presume you don't want a collection of analgesics and non steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) in your purse. Duh! So let's do it. 

Quezon Memorial Circle is a national park situated inside a circular traffic island along Eliptical Road fronting Quezon City Hall. It has a mausoleum which stands at 66 meters tall where the remains of late President Manuel L. Quezon and his wife, first Lady Aurora Quezon laid to rest. In 1979, by virtue of a presidential decree, President Ferdinand E. Marcos mandated the site as National Shrine.

How can I possibly concentrate with what I'm doing here? The rustic smell of the iron bars was disturbing. Elections were over and winning candidates were already proclaimed. Oh how on earth these officials won’t even shed money for repainting public facilities such as this. Anyway, I started stretching, walking, jogging, and ended up joining a group dancing in a beat of Gangnam Style.

We stroll the area and found a lot of stalls selling goods such as foods, toys, clothes, apparels, and ornamental plants. There was a large amount of visitor during that day considering weekend and bonding moments for most families. Capturing this shot was not easy, these boys are camera shy. 

There's a new attraction in the park and I'm pretty sure every child will want to try, Go-Kart Riding. Your kid will enjoy 20 minutes ride for only P40. The ride is really short making them ask for another.

There's also boat ride and zip line, looks like you are in Burnham Park in Baguio City. We  haven't tried this one, maybe on our next visit. Don't miss the opportunity to have your photo shot on this spot. A lot of my friends were asking where this was taken.

There are several activities to enjoy such as having picnic, biking, playing in the huge play station and watch the dancing fountain glitters at night. 

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