akala ko yung digital artist comment ay para sabihin na totoong tao sya at hindi digitally rendered.. wala lang =p

~Lei

I've been reading all your suggestions, and weirdly enough I agree and disagree with all your answers. Ultimately, you're still selling yourselves too short. I think everything about Manila is sellable. It's just a matter of telling them what to expect.

if you ask me, Manila is like a suit of clothes bought from a Vintage Clothing store (read: Ukay Ukay) in Tutuban or Tondo

The clothes would seem dated and faded. Put it on and pose in a mirror and you will buy it and not want to take it off.

Just wander around the area of Quaipo and Carriedo. The place seems dirty. There are mendicants on Plaza Miranda and there is a big chance that your wallet and cellphone will be snatched. However, there is this charm to place draws you to there

Here's a caveat for everyone to think about.

I stayed in Hong Kong for around three months back in 2006. Now, I've always found that place fascinating, and I still do. On my third day there, I hooked up with some Honkys for dinner. They asked me why I decided to take up some courses there. I told them that I loved HK. They then retorted that what's there to like? Like, for them, HK was a mess.

A mess? Hong Kong?

It just goes to show you, people always take their residences for granted.

Now, Manila is nowhere near HK in terms of development, cleanliness, among others, but there's a lot of charm to the city that's sadly lacking in HK. For one thing, Honkys are no fun whatsoever. I only realized how cool Manila was when I wasn't there. I missed it terribly.

And Polskie, as long as there are people who care, God will NEVER abandon Quiapo. Remember that.
(Seriously, where do you kids come up with your lines?!?)

The guy's presentation skills are first class though I will also have to give credit to one historian whose writings I am led to believe are among Celdran's sources-

Ambeth Ocampo

FACT: Air Pollution in HK is really bad. HK is downwind from China's special economic zones (Shenzen and Zhuhai). Meaning, all that factory smoke is finding its way into HK.

And as for that smell... I dunno, blame it on incense, dumplings, and poor hygiene. But Manila not being mabantot? Oh come on...

Fraggle Rock wrote:

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If I can remember it correctly, kahit san naman yata sa mundo, pwede kang ma-mug, manakawan, ma-isnatchan, etc. etc.


im just talking about frequencies

well if it's about frequencies...

i've never been mugged in pasay and quiapo and other "dangerous" places (siguro pati carriedo and such kasi pumupunta din ako ng alexan).

nadukutan ako sa mga least-expected places. like mrt in quezon ave station, intersection in libis and ortigas ext and even here in cainta.

parang same reason din yan ng bombing sa mga areas sa pinas. were you expecting bombing sa may lrt or sa may guadalupe? of course not. lalo na ang world trade center. nobody's expecting that despite u.s.a.'s great aerial firepower. nakalusot pa din yung passenger plane na yun.

i always believe in one thing. if it will happen, IT will happen. Just pray na hindi ikaw yung next victim.

oops... nawala na tayo sa patriotism natin.

at least patriotic ang mga taga-san juan. they are keeping the 'basaan' alive.

Actually, no. I'm not in the business of getting people for that docu because they love Manila. I'm getting people based on if they care enough to have an opinion, positive OR negative.

Pollution comes with highly industrialized countries.. and i think HK is more advanced than the philippines on that but maybe they have more measures in countering it? i mean, my nose knows what it smells.. pero baka sanay lang din ako masyado dito sa amoy ng pinas.. which is why, i take it for granted. (tama ka on that note, people everywhere take for granted anyone/anything they have or anywhere they are). so if 'mabaho' ang pollution ng pinas, i dont consider it as mabaho.. pero ang amoy ng hk.. very.. uh.. kakaiba.. and it's not just the incense or the spices.. i think the people there smell (a bit).. sometimes i wonder baka ako na yung mabaho na naamoy ko pero deadma lang naman mga tao kasi lahat pare-pareho amoy LOL..

on a side note, people say na mababaho ang indian/middle eastern people.. hindi naman lahat pero there are some (because of hygiene, what they eat, etc).. pero naalala ko lang yung isang officemate ko who adamantly said that sri lankans ang pinakamabaho sa lahat.. or rather pinakamalakas ang amoy.. wala lang.. ang sama.. buti na lang ang mga pinoy naliligo araw araw (those who can).. :p

on dangerous places.. nasabi na ni frag.. i agree.. ako naman, ang 'phobia' zone ko e buses.. na holdap kasi ako minsan .. good thing meron na yung mga (relatively) new(er) buses na bumibiyahe.. nakita nyo ba yun? yung 'bunny ears' ang side mirrors nila? kaka - aliw.. :D sana tanggalin na yung mga lumang bus at puro ganun na lang ang matira.. i dont care na (baka) 2nd hand bus sya ng 1st world country.. maayos pa rin naman and mas ok kaysa sa older buses dito sa atin..

Re pollution in HK... my sister's friend claims the air in Manila is clearer than in HK. I cannot prove or disprove that, but I must say I rarely saw clear blue sky when I was there. Actually, I only saw it once.

bwahaha.. first it was Cher.. Then came ManRose... Then King (?) Kellen.. :D

I think napaglumaan na nga yung Cher e.. madami na mas bago.. if ever i need to ride a bus.. etong mga ito tska bunny ear buses ang lagi ko inaabangan..

Tora^2 wrote:

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If you are standing within Intramuros, it's only horse excrement and microdroplets of Carlos Celdran's saliva both are perefectly non-toxic you worry about.

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Wow, were you trying to be witty and smart with this remark?  Well you failed miserably.  TRY HARDER.

frag, diba lahat naman ng bus papunta sa inyo kulay green?

still, kahit na ancient sana ung mga bus nila sana naman linisin nila ng maigi...