Once considered "the place to be seen" in - it has now become rather pedestrian ... jologs baga.
San Migs, Red Horse, sisig and monobloc chairs dot the new landscape. The avant garde has scampered out and the working class masa has taken over the territory. Yet it retains its old town allure and if you (as I have) can get over the "class" thing , Malate is still a quaint, fun, entertainment district.
One of my chill zones is Sam's Bar and Decor - an interesting small (indoor seats 25) bar that morphs into a 2nd floor Oriental decor shop known as Truly Asia. It retains the Malate artiste feel and one can comfortably ogle at the decor for sale from a comfortable al fresco seat on J. Nakpil street.Here people watching is at its best ... even as one inhales ones share of the exhaust fumes of passing vehicles. Itinerant ambulant vendors sell everything form luminous clocks, belts,toys, roses, young girls, men-girls and any what not.
Sizzling balutThat's really what I came for.
Nice tenderized balut sizzle-sauteed in herbs, onions, pepper etc.
This is saraaaaaap .... hmmmmmmmm talaga lang
And then of course it is a reputed aphrodisiac.
Isang subo pa lang - tatayo na agad ang .... balahibo mo.
Sayang lang talaga - everytime I eat an aphrodisiac eh mag-isa ako ...
I really need to find a "friend".
Baka may kilala kayo???
Sam's Bar and Decor
562 J. Nakpil St.
Malate, Manila
(63-2) 5260210
Posts
3 comments:
And who are you to sound derogatory when talking about the "masa," which you call "the working class" with pride and ease on your part?
Yes, you may be rich, but you don't have any right to look down on them, and regard them as not being in the same level as you are.
"Genuinely rich" people don't have the same attitude as yours, so probably it implies something...hmmmm...it always happens.
I have never been derogatory to working class masa. I spend much of my spare time with them and have focused my whole career on helping the less fortunateas is known by those who know me in person. If you will read carefully - you will note that I said in his post that I insinuate precisely that one should get over the "class thing" (as I have) so that such considerations do not take any significant considerations in ones preferences.
The post is simply a reflection of the reality of the change in nature of the Malate area. It has historically shifted form red light, to gay, to avant garde to working class area. In a previous post on "Mambo" - I had said that the handing back of the Baywalk Malate area to the "masses" was a correct thing because the area should rightly belong to the Flipino masses rather than to the priveleged few of the avant garde.
You completely misunderstand.
There is no derogatory intent. You read too much into a simple post and betray your own sensitivities.
I am not a rich kid. I am a nobody. I am simply one who enjoys where I am and appreciate life in whatever form it comes ... often with a SanMig and balut as I relate in the post.
Thanks for dropping by. Do drop by more often.
I have never been derogatory to working class masa. I spend much of my spare time with them and have focused my whole career on helping the less fortunate as is known by those who know me in person. If you will read carefully - you will note that I said in his post that I insinuate precisely that one should get over the "class thing" (as I have) so that such considerations do not take any significant considerations in ones preferences.
The post is simply a reflection of the reality of the change in nature of the Malate area. It has historically shifted from red light, to gay, to avant garde to working class area. In a previous post on "Mambo" - I had said that the handing back of the Baywalk Malate area to the "masses" was a correct thing because the area should rightly belong to the Flipino masses rather than to the priveleged few of the avant garde.
You completely misunderstand.
There is no derogatory intent. You read too much into a simple post and betray your own sensitivities.
I am not a rich kid. I am a nobody. I am simply one who enjoys where I am and appreciate life in whatever form it comes ... often with a SanMig and balut as I relate in the post.
Thanks for dropping by. Do drop by more often.
Post a Comment