Tessie Thinks Out Loud
One of our visitors posted a very sensible comment in “CDO By Day, Scenes” page of this BLOG (we intend to make this page as a depository of our interesting captures of CDO landscape from 6a to 6p).
We have a loud voice here, one that we cannot curb in that corner of the BLOG. And so, we are posting them here, verbatim — the caps and exclamations, included:
“My comment about CDO is good and bad. I start with the good ones. People are okay, some are friendly and SOME ARE NOT. Basic commodities are cheaper compared to other city like Cebu. CDO is doing quite better economically than the year 2000 I was here. More investors came and set up businesses and creates job to the locals. That’s great!!!
The bad ones are more tough. Let’s start with the people. I love the people BUT I noticed here that most drivers are undisciplined. They can do anything they want to. In others words; “Anything Goes” in Cagayan: NO TRAFFIC RULES, VENDORS ARE ALL OVER THE STREETS, PEOPLE AND VEHICLES ARE SCRUMBLED on THE street OF COGON AND ALL OVER THE CITY. NO SENSE OF ORDER KIND OF CITY. AND THE LAST THING THE MARKET IS VERY VERY FILTHY. By the way , It seems to me that the city cannot afford to hire a metro aide to keep the city clean everyday. Am I right here? You can take a good survey all over Cogon in and out the market and specially take a tour right by the street of Capt.V. Roa.where you can locate Deluxed Hotel down to Hayes. That street is unbelievable!!!
Cagayan is considered progressive city but people has to change the way they treat this beautiful city.”
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June 1st, 2007 at 11:29 am
try appreciating the speed of cleanliness in Divisoria: Nite cafe is very dirty on weekend nights but early in the morning, the streets are clean again!!
Cogon market was renovated. What makes it filthy are the garbages. The government is taking its effort in cleaning up the surroundings. But we cannot avoid piles of trash considering that the place is the center of local trade where most raw products are purchased. If you’re a very glamorous shopper who prefers to buy not-so-fresh vegetables in a not-so-smelly area, you may not appreciate Cogon market.
And yes, we do have a “sense of order”. The volume of things you see don’t always mean chaos. Did you know that there are separate lanes for public and private vehicles in the market? RTA vehicles also roam around regularly and set boundaries for vendors in the street. The large quantity of people and vehicles “scrumbled on the street” only attests to the dynamic economic activity of the city.
The city can afford more than the metro aides. Due to the bigger workload ahead, garbage trucks are prepared instead. They collect garbage daily but they do it mostly on the night to gather all trashes in a day. So it can’t be expected that the area is clean all day long. The garbage trucks don’t collect every hour!!
There’s a lot more to the city than just Cogon market!! If you’re sick and tired of all the garbage, then go somewhere. Tour the malls, beaches, eco-villages, weekend Nite cafe, rafting, floating restaurant, stroll the parks, have a food trip and more!!
June 2nd, 2007 at 4:10 am
Being a confessed Kagay-anon; I could say that CDO’s sane than the capital. Believe me…you will.