My Rants, or should I say "si Patty ang may kasalanan"? Hehehe!

A few days ago, I commented on Patty's Blog on her topic "Come Rant With Me". And my rant was simply the lack of malls in Butuan, where I am now stationed. Seems pretty trivial for you urbanites, what with all the malls in your place. But not for me when I first arrived here.

I have therefore decided to expound on the advantages & disadvantages of living in a mid-level city like Butuan:

Advantages:
1) No Traffic- YEHEY!
2) Fresh Air
3) 10 to 15 minutes away from the beach - pero I seldom find time to go... :-(
4) Seafoods galore!
5) Cabgan Island -please check my previous post on this
6) Low standard of living- I get to economize
7) Rustic settings- pretty much like the Davao City I left 20 years ago
8) Swearing - I can swear in Cebuano all I want and people can actually understand me... Hehehe, when I was in Manila I get that "duh" look whenever I swear in my native tongue, if that's good or bad, beats me!
9) History - this place smacks of it: the Balanghay, etc...
10) Margie's Food for the Gods (if you know someone from Butaun, make sure you get this one as pasalubong, the taste is HEAVENLY, pun intended!) And also their: Banana Bread, Chocolate Chips, Oatmeal Chips, etc...

Disadvantages (ang babaw no?):
1) Inadequate malling opportunities
2) Last full show too early
3) Limited choice of flights (only in the morning, one of PAL & the other Cebu Pacific). And the two are both Manila bound.

That's it, the advantages far outweigh the disadvantages. Living in Butuan is not that bad after all... come visit us!