So sorry about the typographical errors in my comment awhile ago, frankly, i pressed the “submit comment” button without proof-reading what i wrote, mea culpa…

Please don’t be upset or afraid about the headlines that talked about the massacre in maguindanao province, because firstly the gov’t has things in control now and secondly, the said province is in mindanao, (the country has 3 major geograhical areas, namely: luzon, visayas & mindanao). I live in quezon city, metromanila, which is in luzon, so maguindanao is miles and miles away from our place. Rest assured that metromanila is a relatively safe place to live, just like any place on earth or the U.S. Yes, we do have our share of wierd events, but like i said, such things also do happen in other places on earth…it is just quite sad that the feats accomplished by Manny Paquiao, (winning the world championship in 7 diffirent weight divisions in boxing) and a filipino, efren penaflorida being named by CNN as the hero of the year, were a bit overshadowed by this tragic event in maguindanao! i assure you there are a lot of places of interest which are located in luzon & visayas, so you don’t have to go to mindanao to have your “fill”. Besides, english is understood & spoken by a majority of Filipinos, so you will seldom encounter the “language barrier” that you have now in china!

Thank you once again and God bless!

noel fp. mirasol