Cebu according to the Inquirer: Deviant in Natl. Politics/Negative Mind Set

[pandisal]

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Kano: (asking one pinoy) What nationality are you?
Pinoy1: Filipino from Philippines(tagala)
Kano: (turn to me and ask me)... and you?
Me: Cebuano... from Cebu.

[n`gel]

GIVEN what?s going on, you must feel like you?re in a cesspool where everything stinks. This is why the recent opening of the Chi Spa at Shangri-La Mactan was almost an abnormal occurrence in the Philippines: the place is supposed to offer serenity, harmony, equilibrium to the world that has come to associate the Philippines with strife. (The Philippines as ?palengkera,? in short)

Describes the current situation of our country. Everything stinks (sucks). The recent opening was almost an abnormal occurrence.

Of course, again, it?s in Cebu -- the deviant in national politics and collective negative mindset. In the eternally optimistic and relentlessly entrepreneurial Cebu, Shangri-La Mactan opened the biggest and most luxurious spa resort in the country.

Describes Cebu as deviant from national politics and collective negative mindset. Which means, Cebu don't conform to the rest of the country's norms when it comes to politics and the negative mindset of almost everyone in the country. We think differently.

Eternally optimistic... speaks for itself.
Relentlessly entrepreneurial... steady and persistent when it comes to business.

Very good complement for Cebu.

All a miscomprehension guys.

[BayouPinoy]

I agree with this assessment (that Cebu and its citizens are independent minded, entrepreneurial individuals) as well as the suggestion (from another post) that the article, in particular, the "offending" lines or words could have been written with more finesse. I am not an English major, but I think this could have been revised to project a slightly more positive tone to flow well with the rest of the article.

[impertinent]

Well the truth is, when you go to another country people in there think cebu is the country and phil. is a city... that was then... Now what they say is why is it that we are not a country...

[digitalsuperman]

Kano: (asking one pinoy) What nationality are you?
Pinoy1: Filipino from Philippines(tagala)
Kano: (turn to me and ask me)... and you?
Me: Cebuano... from Cebu.

grin

good answer....

[b|tcH_g0dd3sS]

Indeed it was a compliment but there was a hint of hhhmmm envy (perhaps) in her tone...

[randy111979]

hmmmmm ....... my biased mindset is taking a toll on my reading. anyway, there's no way to admit a mistake. And I will learn from it.

Pero dili lang ko kadawat sa being an idiot. Maybe his way of expression?

[off^tangent]

not just that, his tantrums very well speak of himself too. he's a little mixed-up of where he stands. was he the one who suggested to prohibit posting in istorya in languages other than cebuano? then now, he called people with cebuano-centric opinions as 'idiots'.