Taking a break | Opinion, News, The Philippine Star | philstar.com Click the above link to read the article, here are some nuggets. "Within half an hour upon arriving we were already out on Rizal Avenue, which is the local equivalent of Manila’s Roxas Boulevard. Although shorter it is definitely cleaner, well maintained and tourists don’t get accosted here by beggars or con artists. People tend to just smile, check out how you dress and move on. Even at 5 in the morning while it was quite dark, the sea wall area was already hosting lots of joggers, strollers or folks waiting to watch the sun come up." "What initially caught our eye was the noticeable number of foreign “white” tourists and retirees who have apparently adjusted to the local ways such as moving around in their own “service” such as motorcycles or “multicabs.”" "Through the years I always had the impression that “Silliman” was a Visayas-Mindanao, perhaps Islamic influenced name. How wrong I was!" Fun to see how we look through a foreigner's eyes
Not everybody is blessed with a good eyesight and with that the "visitor" from up north may have missed the few things that people living here for a longer time might find not up to their standard...
