(SPOT.ph) Come on, you’ve thought about it. We’re just writing it down for you. It’s not the case of City Mouse versus Country Mouse. (Hey, QC is a city, too!). From our observations—and constant surveys—the difference between a dude from Makati and a man from Quezon City is just a matter of topography.
Art by Warren Espejo
| MAKATI BOY |
QUEZON CITY BOY | |
| Casual Fashion Sense | Sleek office style. Tucked in button-downs, new jeans, brogues, slicked-back hair. For an errand-filled day, boat shoes are ideal. They're for work and play! |
A pair of well-worn jeans and a nice T-shirt paired with sneaks (Converse? Maybe Vans?). Or what we'd like to call “Quezon City casual.” We need something more oriented towards walking and commuting. |
| House Handiness | Toilet clogged? What’s the local for the condo’s maintenance department again? | Toilet clogged? Kaya pa naman ata madala sa bomba at Sosa ’yan! |
| Drink of Choice | It’s been a long day, and the night’s going to be longer. We’re going to nurse a few glasses of wine and whisky before bed. | Bottoms up! We need several buckets of beer below zero. The picture’s not complete without a plate of sizzling sisig. |
| Sport | We'll stay up to watch the World Cup. Football (no, it's not soccer) rules! | Basketball forever! We don’t just watch it. We can play it anytime, anywhere. |
| Budget | P500 for a meal? That’s not a bad deal for a sandwich. It’s stuffed with real, whole ingredients, so you really get your money’s worth. | Anything over P300 is a little too pricey. It’s not that we can’t afford it, it’s just …why spend that much when we could eat at McDonald’s? |
| Hangout | Friday night means a trip to the newest speakeasy. Jager shots on Marcus! | Call the rest of the gang. We're hanging out at Bong’s place! KKB—Kanya-kanyang Booze. |
| Driving Styles | Defensive. The roads are small, parking is few, and stoplights are many. We don’t want any fender benders. | Offensive. The breeding ground for this manic, king-of-the-road driving? Commonwealth. The streets are wider—well, wider than in other cities—and we’re used to driving with more abandon! Speed, squeeze, speed. |
| Traffic Patience | Similarly, the inching traffic courtesy of those pesky stoplights and all those one-way streets has developed our driving EQ. We’re much more patient when it comes to traffic jams. | @#&%! This traffic Armageddon is madness. We. Can’t. Even. Deal. Can we just stop somewhere first and wait it out? |
| Out-of-town Reach |
Tagaytay or Batangas is always within reach. Also, Makati is just a little over 20 square kilometers and the number of high-rise buildings makes it feel even smaller. A bit more (fresh) air always helps. |
QC is 166 square kilometers of adventure! Teachers Village is a little homey; Katipunan is the budget-friendly strip; South Triangle is that middle ground between cozy and commercial; Cubao is the art hub; Fairview is...the land far away. Why do we even need to go elsewhere? Fine. We can go to Pasig, if you really want to. |
| Language | Don’t judge us for speaking English more often. Makati is expat city (BGC, too!); we’re just so used to it, that it’s become natural for us to talk to people this way. American twang, not required. We can speak in Filipino just as fluently. | English is kept to official paperwork, speaking with bosses and clients, and the occasional jibber-jabber. Conversations with longtime friends are definitely in the language we both grew up speaking. Er, we don’t use pa more and i-push mo ’yan though. |
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