Dan Brown calls Manila 'gates of hell' in novel

[falken]

Sensitib lang tlga mga pinoy, rmember ung isang pelikula na.minaliit.ung doctor kasi pinoy sya or something like that, di ko na maalala.ung movie/tv series

Pero pansinin din pag may dugong pinoy at sikat sa ibang bansa.. All praise ugaling sawsaw

Desperate Housewives ata.

[CVT]

Am now in Chapter 79 and this is where they mentioned Manila (and the Philippines)....

Through her acts of public service, Sienna came in contact with several members of a
local humanitarian group. When they invited her to join them on a monthlong trip to the
Philippines, she jumped at the chance.

Sienna imagined they were going to feed poor fishermen or farmers in the countryside,
which she had read was a wonderland of geological beauty, with vibrant seabeds and
dazzling plains. And so when the group settled in among the throngs in the city of Manila
—the most densely populated city on earth—Sienna could only gape in horror. She had
never seen poverty on this scale.

How can one person possibly make a difference?
For every one person Sienna fed, there were hundreds more who gazed at her with
desolate eyes. Manila had six-hour traffic jams, suffocating pollution, and a horrifying ***
trade, whose workers consisted primarily of young children, many of whom had been sold
to pimps by parents who took solace in knowing that at least their children would be fed.

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[Manilablock]

Am now in Chapter 79 and this is where they mentioned Manila (and the Philippines)....



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Ang bilis mo Sir, ako chapter 22 pa lang, hehehe. sa CP lang ako nagbabasa pag nakasakay ng bus na meron gumagapang na ipis...



Ung naususulat sa book, ganyan din ang mapapanood mo sa news, maririnig sa radio at mababasa sa newspaper, iba lang siguro ang dating pag hindi pinoy ang nagbabalita.



"Gates to Hell is open, only your eyes are closed"

[CVT]

Ang bilis mo Sir, ako chapter 22 pa lang, hehehe. sa CP lang ako nagbabasa pag nakasakay ng bus na meron gumagapang na ipis...



Ung naususulat sa book, ganyan din ang mapapanood mo sa news, maririnig sa radio at mababasa sa newspaper, iba lang siguro ang dating pag hindi pinoy ang nagbabalita.



"Gates to Hell is open, only your eyes are closed"

Hindi ko na isinama ang sumunod na (fictional) bad experience niya sa Manila.... Grabe...

One of the reasons kaya naging ganoon si Felicity....

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[Manilablock]

The way I see it, the problem is not with the book, or who wrote it.

It is how Manila is being marketed.


Ang DFA at DOT ang gusto nila maipakita sa buong mundo "It's more fun in the Philippines", at ipinapakita ung magagandang tanawin.


While our local news.....our local news, pinapakita ung crime, suffering, poor governance, corruption.....etc.

Sabayan mo pa ng mga teleserye at movies na ipinapakita ang Philippines ay hindi safe haven..


Sample lang, ang movie na "Batang Quiapo" ba ay tungkol sa batang relihiyoso?

How about, "Kuratsa and babaeng walang pahinga", does it shows hard working lang talaga ang Pinoy?

[Altis6453]

Heard a sociology professor being interviewed over the radio last week regarding this and he was saying that we Pinoys have a double standard about how we are seen by others.

If it's a fellow Pinoy saying or writing that Manila is the gate of hell, you won't find a lot of uproar or indignant voices being raised. If it's a foreigner saying that, well, it raises everyone's hackles which is strange.

Nagagalit tayo pag sinabi na impyerno at pangit ang Maynila/Pilipinas, pero sa mga pinapalabas na pinoy indie films abroad, yun naman talaga ang pinapakita natin. Hindi yung kagandahan ng bansa kundi yung pangit sa lipunan.

[chua_riwap]

bakit kasi lagi nagiging example ang manila? bakit di pwede lugar sa india? sri lanka? or bangladesh?
napuntahan ko na lahat yan. i would say mas gugutuhin ko manila, kesa sa mga lugar na yan.

[Altis6453]

bakit kasi lagi nagiging example ang manila? bakit di pwede lugar sa india? sri lanka? or bangladesh?
napuntahan ko na lahat yan. i would say mas gugutuhin ko manila, kesa sa mga lugar na yan.

Well, you really can't control what another person perceives and writes about what he perceives insofar as Manila is concerned.

Sa totoo lang, Dan Brown's book, the Da Vinci Code, had an opposite effect. It gave birth to the "Da Vinci Code " tours in Rome and in the Vatican, so dumami pa ang mga nagpunta kaysa yung mga umiwas. The Vatican should be thanking him also because I think St. Peter's Basilica and the Vatican Museum got a record number of visits after the movie came out.

[Monseratto]

Manila kasi has the anonymity as the world's most densely populated capital.... and among the poorest also.

[lowslowbenz]

bakit kasi lagi nagiging example ang manila? bakit di pwede lugar sa india? sri lanka? or bangladesh?
napuntahan ko na lahat yan. i would say mas gugutuhin ko manila, kesa sa mga lugar na yan.

Nako, sinabi mo pa!

I was sent to Nigeria by our office for a business trip, guess ano ang inabot ng sumundo sa akin sa airport ...... bulletproof vest!

[CVT]

bakit kasi lagi nagiging example ang manila? bakit di pwede lugar sa india? sri lanka? or bangladesh?
napuntahan ko na lahat yan. i would say mas gugutuhin ko manila, kesa sa mga lugar na yan.

Korek ka riyan....

Dapat may baon kang Vicks Vaporub sa mga lugar na iyan....

Iyong HR Director namin na Amerikana from HQ, pumunta ng Bangalore,- sinundo siya ng HR doon... Nagmotor sila papuntang office... Mabuti na lang daw at hindi siya nakapalda.......

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