The dude's mention of McD's is a hoot. I think all the Fils go down there to stare at the foreigners, especially the Yanks. It's a blast!
The overage, overweight, over-white crowd hangs together checking their bank balances on laptops. Their much younger Filapina spouses, GFs & rentals congregate separately. They are far quieter.
If Yanks wonder why they have an image problem in most of the world, they should just listen to themselves talk. It's too loud to start with. What may pass for conversational brilliance in DUBYA-land is quickly identifiable as profound ignorance on almost any subject here.
Still it's a wonderful spectator sport. I need a fx about every week or so, mostly in order to remind myself to stay away the rest of the time!
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Earthmark: On the Colon extension, near the Dumaguete Mission Church & School. Where the foreigner lives . . . with his wife and family |