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Have time, will travel

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( Manila skyline at dawn) Dear readers, the succeeding pages will take you to the interesting places in Metro Manila or even beyond Metro Manila. Some people describe Manila similar to a " balut ," do you know why? It can look grotesque with all the shanties, garbage, pollution and homeless that abound the city streets, but underneath the outward ugliness, is an exciting coexistence of not only the new and old, but also of beauty and ugliness (although both concepts can be relative). Manila will not be Manila if one of these will not be present: the crazy jeepney driver, who drives like a maniac; the big malls and fancy restaurants, juxtaposed with the " turo-turos " (or point-point) because you order the dish by pointing at them; the shanties, for each have a story to tell; the homeless, who can only call the streets their home; the struggling employee, who live hand-to-mouth; the entrepreneur, the student, the promdi . I shall dedicate each page to the places