THE ESSENTIAL FILIPINO
Discovering Dreams
A British journalist breezed into Manila with an assignment to write about ‘The Essential Filipino’. He smiled confidently over his easy assignment relishing the free tour as complementary reward.
For three days, he ran around searching. He rejected the business district of Makati, which reminded him of cold and calculating London. He went to historical places in Intramuros, but saw only a glimpse of the past and not the present.
