I think if we are to welcome our Muslim brothers and sisters, we must understand their culture better. The malls should have Halal food because it is a certified by an inspector that the food has no pork. This is respect to their religion. Also make designer Muslim clothes and apparel available. And since they pray five times a day, it is important they there is a room for them to pray. This way they stay longer in the malls to enjoy the ambiance and be entertained.
Christians can eat Halal food what? Everybody can eat Halal food for that matter. I eat Halal food, its basically a porkless cuisine.
To be honest, the purchasing capability of the Muslims is an untapped area for business. At least here in the PH. I'm not saying we just using them for business, its like a packaged deal if you know what I mean. The malls happy, the Christians happy, the Muslims happy, everybody happy.
So there is quite the new wave for young Muslims here as I see them studying in the universities and in the malls. The workforce of the Muslims, especially the women, is another untapped resource. There is hope for them Muslims who hope of educating themselves.
I see tourists rolling with their luggages, it would be more convenient for them to have lockers - small, medium and big ones. I am not sure whether we have this in MOA but there is a lounge there where you can take a bath.
Actually I am thinking MOA should create a bus terminal there so that tourists from the NAIA can have direct routes of shuttle buses from there. MOA is a tourist destination already so what. I dunno man, this is looking from a tourist's point of view. Simple is better.
I mean we ask tourists to come over here so we make them comfortable as much as possible. Its fun in the Philippines riiiiight?
Of course the locals also benefit if we have a good system in everything.
Actually I haven't traveled that much here in the PH so I guess I cannot show you all. You trek on your own.
Okay I show you Chinatown. If you like walking, then walk from the main roads using a map from or ask around. If not, there is always the taxi. What to do there is eat at Chinese restaurants, buy some chinese things like clothes, images and amulets, there are also foreign breeds of cute puppies and pets for sale on the streets, I guess seasonal. I do not know for sure where are the temples there but ask around and you will see. You do not have to be at Chinatown to eat at chinese restos you know because they are in many locations but you wanna see more chinese people, this is where you go. Even undocumented chinese are here.
Intramuros meanwhile is the walled-city from the Spanish time, again walk from the main road using a map or get a taxi. It is a fortress made of concrete and bricks so there are towers and openings for the cannons and gunners. The dates are inscribed in the bricks laid there. There also prison cells here where our national hero was detained and written his works. Now its a vibrant mix of schools, universities and government offices but the trace of the spanish era can be seen from the roads and some of the spanish villas maintained. There are horse-drawn carriages if you like to tour like this or you can walk. Another thing to watch out for are the statues situated all over the place, I counted at least ten statues there.
You know guys SouthEast Asia is the twin of South America because they are brothers from the same mother that is Spain. Take a look at the aboriginal people of the Philippines and Malaysia, they are five-foot africans. Then the Spaniards came even to Malaysia, you see Spanish surnames there if you search for it.
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