LAPU LAPU: NOT JUST A HERO, A FISH, BUT ALSO A BEAUTIFUL ISLAND CITY

If you ever wonder why there are two bridges that connect the city of Cebu and the Mactan Island, it is because the 1^st bridges ought to accommodate the growing number of workers in the factories in Lapu Lapu City (and vice versa), while the 2^nd one is to accommodate not just more workers and those who want to reach the Mactan Airport,, but also the many tourist who wants to visit the pristine beaches of the island.

There are many beautiful beaches in the Mactan Island. Infact, almost all the shores of the island has already become resorts. Who could blame the developers? Crystal clear waters, soft, smooth sandy shores, beautiful coral reefs – a perfect attractor for tourists (specially those beach bums). These resorts not only offer a good swim in the beaches, but they also offer exciting underwater activities, like scuba diving. Hadsan, Blue Reef, Karancho, Portofino and of course, the Plantation Bay are only a few of the beach resorts in Lapu Lapu City.

Well, since the growing number of tourists who visit Lapu Lapu City is very alarming (you can see foreigners everywhere, especially Koreans, very creepy); hotels are also sprouting up like mushrooms in Lapu Lapu City. The EGI Hotel, Hilton Hotel, Shangrila Hotel and the newest, (and probably the most luxurious) the Imperial Palace is to name a few of the Hotels in Lapu Lapu City that is surely doing a good job to relax tourists after a funfilled day under the Lapu Lapu sun.

 
The Lapu Lapu City has also a historical landmark. The Punta Engano, also known as the Mactan Shrine, is not just a park where you can see mangrove trees and buy cheap but very cute and fashionable accessories made from indigenous materials, but it is the very place where the great Lapu Lapu and his men defeated Magellan and his troops. In fact, there is an annual activity of a reenactment of the Kadaugan Sa Mactan, featuring famous stars to portray the significant characters of the event.

Mactan Island serves also a secret gateway to other wonderful islets of Bantayan and many others. It is a perfect getaway for island hoppers who want to indulge and party in their own in one whole island. Just 1 boat away from Mactan , you will be able to reach these little paradise islets.

Ok, I know I have said too much about Lapu Lapu City. Well, could you blame me? FYI, those are just a few that what makes this island beautiful. And there are many other that, I did not forgot, but I will not mention anymore; for it is your turn to discover it.

The Darker Side of Being Beautiful

Everything has two sides: the good side and the bad side. And Beauty is not an exception; it has also disadvantages.

Beauty is like a rose; very attractive, yet it has thorns. Having beauty is not always a win-win situation. Here are a few of problems that you may encounter if you are, assumingly, beautiful.

The Magnetic Attraction of your Beauty and The

Attention of the Opposite Sex.

 We all know that one characteristic of someone beautiful or handsome is that they are the ones who will be talked about by everyone. Being beautiful means everyone who is opposite to your sex will be attracted to you. So, it means you will live a public life, and you will your simple, private one. It may sound astonishing to have everyone’s attention, but trust me; it could be strangling life to live (just like mine; uhuh, uhuh.. I can’t breath). You will have to watch your every move and to keep your grace to maintain your reputation as “attractive”.

The Magnetic Repulsion of your Beauty and of the

Similar Sex.

Eyes. Envy. Enemies.

These three Es you shall encounter to the same sex you have if you are, assumingly, good looking. Attention is one of the most prioritized goods in the social industry, and the competition is as fierce as war. If you have plenty of this important good, you will be envied by your competitors. Others will try everything to bring you down, so they can outshine you. And to be able to accomplish this, they will put their eyes on you, spying on you, waiting for a possible moment to execute their mission. So, being careful, in your every move and in choosing your friends, is necessary on being beautiful.

Vanity Virus

If, let’s just say, you are beautiful, there is a huge possibility that you will be obsessed to this war for attention. It means you will be obsessed in taking care, and even upgrading your greatest weapon in this battle: your looks. Vanity is one influential hobby, it will affect much of your lifestyle (in some cases, vanity is their lifestyle, just in my case). You will spend  time, to fix yourself to your satisfaction and money, to buy every possible products and services you could use to maintain you good looks. Be very careful, because you may get a little too vain that you will not be contented on how you look, and that will drive you to do something that will destroy, not only your beauty, but also your health.

Now here are three of the disadvantages of beauty. I hope you learned something that you could use to adapt to your, assumingly, beauty.