Having To Boast Zamboanga to Peers

As we all know (or I thought so), I am now a thousand miles away from my beloved Zamboanga; this is far as I can get away to it because 1. I've decided to run away from the place and 2. I need to get a legit job that's at least a thousand miles away from my beloved Zamboanga. As I skim through ourskirts and skinny streets of the many places that I planned on going (either vacay or a stay-put stability reason), I've landed to a certain place where fruits and highland springs are a bounty. At least, people here do not know the details of where I've come from, except, of course, the news of bombings and kidnappings and Moro National Liberation Font attacks, which is, of course, a degrading media portrayal of Zamboanga, which is, of course, saddening because that's not really what's only happening in the city.
So much for an introduction, anyway, I am now into the world of business and salaries and endless bills and stressful nights but I don't want to focus on that.
It's nice to talk to new and different people and it fascinates me all the time how they fancy at the thought of me and my hometown and Zamboanga and the bombings (again) and all there is that I could muster talking. Other than that, they wonder about my survival skills, and although it drags me to say these things with a heavy heart, I still manage to throw tiny jokes to fill in their inquiries.
During my break today, I happen to join a supervisor who expressed his amazement to Zamboanga, and that I wish it was a positive one. He actually went there for an uncle' request but was able to discover the city a bit.
He also talked (while I listen very eagerly) about the clubs that he was able to go into, and also expressed how frequent are the pretty girls in all the many corners of the city. I happily added about all the diversed cultures of which, I think, helped mold the creation of the pretty girls he saw there lol.
Other than that, I waited for comments or negative feedbacks about the place but I heard nothing.
It was an overwhelming feeling; hearing all those experiences of new-found peers, getting into conversations about Zamboanga and having to boast all there is to boast.
I took the chance to listen to what people are going to say on things which matter to me, and with that being said, I couldn't agree more.