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Ang flavor of the week ng "Supreme Court of Twitter" today ay: “Walang culture sa Maynila.” I guess this is not only referring to the City of Manila, but the entire metropolitan area as well. Sa original post, sinasabing ginagawang transit point lang ang Maynila dahil wala masyadong “kultura ito,” na kanyang inihantulad sa iba pang capital cities katulad ng Bangkok at iba pa.   Sa una, I was taken aback and disagree. Pero siguro prudence na rin at nakapagpigil ng una. I get the poster’s point—and I think it has been one concern that stakeholders thought as well. Ano ang makikita sa Kamaynilaan that would make them stay for more than a day, ika nga. Then again, that’s for tourism experts and stakeholders to think about. But to point out sir Jayeel ’s thought na “bakit kailangan ng pag-eexoticize at pagiging ‘static’ ng kultura kung ito ay buháy at binubuhay ng taumbayan mismo?”   On my part, I may have had the same line of thought as the original poster on Twitter nung mas bat