the diary of a lone traveller

Friday, July 22, 2005

the u-belt

man this place has got it all. the hourly charge for fairly fast internet access can be as low as P10 per hour, and the printing's only ONE peso per page! need any school textbooks? they're all right here... you cud even buy the used ones. ministops, 7-elevens, mcdonalds, fishbolan.... stores are just everywhere offering customized button pins at P7.50 each, t-shirt printing, id embroidering -- dang -- you name it. even student-oriented churches abound. and so do bars.

aside from that the next most obvious thing you'd see would be the STUDENTS themselves. the u-belt has no less than 30 schools, and in this place, it is the students who rule. the u-belt's a place any teenager would -- not really love -- but sure as heck would find fun to visit.