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Hey, Joe, you like snake?

Hey, Joe, welcome to Tondo!

Hey, Joe, whats your name?

Hey, Joe. Its the phrase that greets every foreign guy in the Philippines on a daily basis. And perhaps nobody personifies the meaning of this moniker better than Ted Lerner, an American whose popular, freewheeling column, Hey, Joe, appears weekly in Manilas BusinessWorld newspaper. Here, in his new book, aptly entitled Hey, Joe, with the subtitle, a slice of the city -- an American in Manila, Ted presents a collection of his best Manila stories, a kaleidoscope of funny and bizarre incidents, offbeat characters and keen observations dished up by a wide-eyed foreigner living in a city exploding with life, unfathomable urban chaos and a story around every corner. Readers will hitch a ride with the author and spend a night at the cock fights -- the Philippines violent and gentlemanly national pastime. Walk through bustling, colorful markets that turn the senses on full blast. Experience the harrowing thrill of riding a bicycle through some of the worlds worst and wildest traffic. Visit a secretive girlie bar reserved mainly for foreigners. Enjoy the party-like atmosphere in the cemetery of one of the worlds most unique observances of the dead. Lounge in the authors very own urban nipa hut. Hang out with the rather laid back and care free folks on Manilas lively and teeming streets. Simple daily living also provides material for fascinating and humorous reading. From his run ins with mangy Filipino mutts, to everyone asking him Wheres my Christmas?, to the characters who peddle every product under the sun through his neighborhood, the author captures perfectly the ups and downs of everyday life experienced by the foreigner living in one of the worlds largest and most chaotic cities. In all, the 33 short stories in Hey, Joe paint a multi-colored portrait of this imposing Asian metropolis, a third world, urban travel adventure as told not only through the foreigners eyes, but also through his ears, nose, fingers and mouth. Indeed, like the city he lives and writes in, Ted Lerners Hey, Joe, is a full body experience.

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The actual city of Manila is but one city of 11 cities that make up what is known as Metro Manila. The 11 cities are as follows: Caloocan, Las Pinas, Makati, Mandaluyong, Manila, Marikina, Muntinlupa, Paranaque, Pasay, Pasig and Quezon City. Manilenos usually just drop the Metro tag and call the entire metropolis Manila. Metro Manila encompasses a land area of 646 square kilometers and is home to anywhere from eight million to 20 million people. The first figure is the official number. The second figure is the number which is more likely closer to the truth. Huge daily influxes from the provinces as well as many unrecorded births make an accurate count impossible. Either way, Manila is one of the worlds largest cities. Also, the Philippine currency, the Peso, is herein represented simply by a capital P before the number. When some of the stories in this book were written, the peso traded at 26 to 1 against the US dollar. Then in July of 1997, economic crisis swept through Asia, turning many countries currencies into funny money. The peso slipped to as low as 46 for 1 US dollar. As of late 1999, the peso was trading between 39 and 41 to the dollar.
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37 year old Ted Lerner originally hails from Allentown, Pennsylvania in the USA. He attended the Lawrenceville School in Lawrenceville, New Jersey for three years and graduated in 1981. In 1985 he graduated from the University of Michigan with a degree in Communications. After college he moved to Aspen, Colorado where he worked as a ski bum for one season. He then moved to Hawaii where he resided for eight years. In Hawaii, among other things, Ted hosted his own sports talk shows on radio and television, worked in professional wrestling as a television commentator and professional boxing as a ring announcer. At the urging of a friend, he first traveled to the Philippines in 1991 and has lived there since 1994. After that first trip he began freelance writing for magazines in the States, especially travel adventure pieces and boxing stories about the Philippines. In 1995 his column, Hey, Joe made its debut in Manilas BusinessWorld newspaper and has been running every week since. Besides frequently being on the road, he also does ring announcing and television commentary for professional boxing shows.

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  • PublisherBook of Dreams
  • Publication date2003
  • ISBN 10 3935508093
  • ISBN 13 9783935508094
  • BindingPaperback
  • Number of pages270
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