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“Not the Manila you see on CNN or BBC, whose interest in Manila or the Philippines is mostly limited to its poverty or its morally bankrupt political system or its many Climate Change-induced disasters.”

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Book:Manila Was A Long Time Ago - Official

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“t must be irony that, now that he is back in Manila, poverty is almost a complete stranger. Even his Mamita, the woman who has taken care of him since he was born and who took personal care of his mother before him, is not that poor, at least not desperately poor, in Miko’s estimation.”

Fiction Short Story Filipino Manila High Society The Philippines

Book:Manila Was A Long Time Ago - Official

Source: Manila Was A Long Time Ago - Official

“This is not New York. He does not need to fold in on himself to fit in a studio. He does not need to fend for himself. He does not need to go home to a dark place, where he needs to switch on the light upon arrival every night, and where no hot, homecooked meal awaits him. This is Manila, his home of luxury.”

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Book:Manila Was A Long Time Ago - Official

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“He took pleasure in scandalizing the moralists in his circles, arriving at soireés in the arms of paid escorts whom he dressed up for the occasion not exactly to make them blend in but to make them stand out.”

Fiction Short Story Filipino Manila High Society The Philippines

Book:Manila Was A Long Time Ago - Official

Source: Manila Was A Long Time Ago - Official

“When we do not know who we are, how do we relate to other nations as their equal, how do we know what our fair share is in international trade, how do we even know what’s best for us come election time.”

Fiction Short Story Filipino Manila High Society The Philippines

Book:Manila Was A Long Time Ago - Official

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“The buzz about the ball has risen to such a fever pitch that two weeks before the event those who had not received an invitation booked themselves a last-minute flight out of town—to Balesin or to Amanpulo or to Pangulasian in El Nido—or out of the country, Hong Kong or Singapore or as far as Tokyo.”

Fiction Short Story Filipino Manila High Society The Philippines

Book:Manila Was A Long Time Ago - Official

Source: Manila Was A Long Time Ago - Official

“The pundits say that Manila! Manila! is the unwitting revenge of high society, under a new republic whose leader won the presidential elections by a landslide on a platform of social equality and poverty alleviation.”

Fiction Short Story Filipino Manila High Society The Philippines

Book:Manila Was A Long Time Ago - Official

Source: Manila Was A Long Time Ago - Official

“Here, then, happiness is obviously a form of strength, a subversion even, a modus of survival, even if at times it appears superficial and misplaced. Besides, for all of boxing's brutality, there is lyricism in its rhythm, too, something that dreamy, romantic Filipinos perhaps recognize. It is almost too facile to ascribe too much significance in this metaphor, but this incongruous combination of lyrical violence is default in Manila, where beauty is scarce, and which flourishes side by side with the hideous. There is pride in that stubborn independence, I think, whether it is on the canvas of a boxing ring or history. How did that killer song end again? The record shows I took the blows and did it my way.”

Violence Boxing Manila

Book:The Quiet Ones

Source: The Quiet Ones

“The PBA was a symptom of the Philippines' basketball obsession, not the cause. I was thrilled to be witnessing the professional game from inside Alaska's locker room, but that wasn't what brought me to Manila in the first place. I was inspired by the idea that a Southeast Asian nation populated by five-foot-five men and mostly forgotten by America except for its political corruption, widespread prostitution, and violent Muslim separatist movement could be devoted to hoops with a passion unequaled by any other country. It was a nationwide tale of unrequited love. Forty million short men obsessed with basketball--they might as well have been a nation of blind art historians.”

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Book:Pacific Rims: Beermen Ballin' in Flip-Flops and the Philippines' Unlikely Love Affair with Basketball

Source: Pacific Rims: Beermen Ballin' in Flip-Flops and the Philippines' Unlikely Love Affair with Basketball

“Roses are Reds, Violets are Blue, a simple sweet bouquet of flowers can brighten up anyone's day.”

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Author:Regalo Manila

“Being strong doesn't mean you have to be emotionless.”

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Author:Garima Soni - words world