everything, and aything about the philippines is always of interest to me. it has a very special place in my heart, however corny that may sound to you. i grew up with its politics - it's a topic dear to me and my family ... we would discuss, argue, cuss and fight to make a standpoint - day in, day out. my family, relatives and friends are very much involved in politics - and some even play a part in the government of the philippines, past and present. i have seen the good and evil part of politics - up close. in the end, i came up with a very sad conclusion that "good things that came along as produced and presented for the benefit of the filipino people had actually been a product of an evil chain of acts and events". but hey, it was considered as a norm in the philippines and anywhere else ... or is it? really? people would see the "monument", but never knew the ways and hows it came to life ... very few cared, and they are the ones who are troubled. troubled because they feel that it's wrong and not fair to the hardworking juan dela cruz? or troubled not to be one of those who got a piece of "cake"? who knows? not i ... but i sure would want to know.
though living abroad, i see to it that i keep in touch in my own little way. i simply cannot let go. philippines will always be "my philippines" ... there are a lot of things i miss about the philippines - summing it up translates to sun, sea and sands. nowhere in the world can one enjoy these as in the philippines - and i bet my son would agree.
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i came here because i thought i have a scoop against MAD that i could share with you which is really maddening.
but reading all your comments about the Philippines, i've changed heart and instead i want to correct your wrong notions about MY beloved country - the Philippines.
it is very obvious that you are already foreigners to this once motherland of yours coz you talk from 80's. hindi na ninyo kilala ang Pilipinas ngayon.
Nakakalungkot isipin na sa inyong mga pala-palagay masyadong nang napag-iwanan ang Pilipinas. Nagkakamali naman kayo dyan. Masyado kayo nagka-capitalize sa mga negatives at sa kung ano comments or sasabihin ng mga adapted na lahi ninyo. Sana nga magbago na ang mga kulay ng balat ninyo, sana tumangos ng husto mga ilong ninyo at sana ang mga twang ninyo ay hindi na maialis sa mga dila ninyo. tutal naman ay nagbago na kayo ng lahi.
Lagi ninyong sinasabi na nakakahiya ang Pilipinas. Bakit? Dahil gustung-gusto na ninyo mabalitaan na masintensyahan na si ruffa gutierrez sa kaso niyang fraud and bigamy. Sino ang hindi may gusto nito? Lahat gusto yan! Maski dito sa Pilipinas gigil na gigil na mga tao na mapugutan na ng ulo ang pokpok na yan dahil hindi lang mga pilipina ang napasama kundi buong Pilipinas na.
Para sa inyong kaalaman, lahat ng bagay ay kelangan ng proseso at kahinahunan. Maraming mambabatas na Muslim na galit, maraming matitinong tao ang galit at higit sa lahat maraming Muslim ang galit. Ano ang gusto niyo? Magka-civil war dahil lang kay ruffa? Philippines do not deserve it. Kahit napakahirap ng bansang ito, 85% ng mga Pilipino ay mahihirap, na parang sa paningin ninyo ay isinumpa na o wala ng pag-asa, nais kong sabihin sa inyo, na ang mga tao dito ay nagpapakahinahon.
maraming problema ang bansa namin. Ayun ang aming mga Marines ay gigiyerahin ang MILF dahil sa napugutan na ulo na mga sundalo (14 sila). Ang mga sundalong yon ay tumulong para mapalaya ang nakidnap na Italyanong pari sa Mindanao. . Sa kabutihan, narecover si Fr. Bossi. Siguro dapat matuwa kung sino man dito ang mga Italian-citezens or mga Europeans, hindi ninyo ikakahiya na na-recover ang kalahi ninyo.
Ang dami ninyong mga pintas sa Pilipinas, na marumi ang kalye, ma-traffic, maraming namamalimos, napag-iiwanan as far as showbiz is concern. I BEG TO DISAGREE ON THESE.
Saang big cities ba around the world ang hindi ma-traffic? Halos lahat ng big cities ay talagang ma-traffic. Sa Japan, di na makagamit ng cars ang mga tao dahil sa sobrang traffic. lahat asa na lang sa subway or tube. sa Thailand, sa sobrang traffic meron ng forsale sa kalye ng urinal. Dyan sa Germany, sa Italy even central London, hindi ba di kayo pwede ng cars. ganyan talaga ang mga big cities me mga traffic. at least dito sa Pilipinas, people can still comfortably travel with their cars.
Ang mga national thoroughfares ay malilinis na. Kaya nga merong Metro Manila Development Authority. Ang cleanliness ay isa sa kanilang top priorities.
Ako galugad ko ang buong Metro Manila hanggang central Luzon. Generally ay napapanatili ang kaayusan at kalinisan. kaya dun sa nagsasabing marumi, ma-traffic at kung anu-ano pa ay better check your facts. Sabihin niyo kung marumi ba ang roads ng Makati, Quezon City, Marikina, EDSA, SLEX, NLEX, Puerto Princessa, Olongapo, Subic?
Marami pa sana kaya lang nagiging emotional na ako sa mga pintas ninyo. kase hindi na tungkol kay
ruffa. tungkol na ito sa Pilipinas na hindi ko alam kung ano ang naitulong ninyo para umangat ito kundi wala akong makita sa inyo kundi ang ikahiya ninyo ito sa inyong opisina, asawa, amo at kung sinu-sino pa. Bigla ko tuloy minahal ng husto ang Pilipinas dahil sa mga pintas ninyo. Kase ako kita ko kung pano umuusad ito.
Wag kayo masyadong magpadala sa balita na kaya ni Chavit Singson na pigilan si PGMA kung sakali man dumating ang panahon na kelangan na ni ruffing sumagot sa mga kaso niya. Fyi, may importansya na binibigay si GMA sa mga muslim. Sya ang nag-declare ng national holiday para i-celebrate ang kanilang ramadan. ang mga muslim ay malapit na cause sa gobyernong ito, at naniniwala akong hindi ang ruffa gutierrez ang pagmumulan ng sumbatan ng Gobyerno at ng mga Muslim. Again, hindi hahayaan ni gobyerno na mag-alsa ang mga muslim.
Tungkol naman sa mga international recognitions ng mga artista, obvious na obvious na si Lea Salonga lang ang kilala ninyong Pinoy na naging International. Hmmm, marami na sila. Better update your infos. Examples lang: Si Cesar Montano has done a holywood film called the Great Raid na ngayon ay under negotiation sya to do 3 hollywood films. Merong horror film called Sigaw ang ire-remake sa Hollywood at nakuha ang isa sa mga lead role to reprise her original role. si Billy Crawford eh di lang kilala sa Europe kundi composer din ni Britney, Mariah Carey and more... si Lani Misalucha is the diva that sings with the Company of 7 sa Vegas. Sa hongkong, Si Direct Freddie Garcia and some more than 600 pinoys ang nasa HK Disneyland para mag-perform. Locally, meron telenovela na produced by GMA7 and a Malaysian station na simulataneous pinalabas sa parehong bansa. Sa Africa well known sina Kristine Hermosa and Jericho Rosales. Ganun din sa Asia, like Malaysia, Indonesia, Thailand. Then merong Japanese produces na every now and then ay nagpupunta sa Phils para sa joint venture ng tv programs. Nandito sya ngayon si Jackie Woo para mag-produce ng tv program. Sa japan, meron ding pinay na mga sikat sa mainstream nila like si Jobelle Salvador, Carmen de la Pena.
Marami pa. Marami pa talaga.
So, please bago ninyo ibagsak ng husto ang Pilipinas sa inyong mga vocabulary make sure na tama lang mga facts ninyo.
Kung babalik sa issue about ruffa, i am one with you, naku gusto ko na talaga syang magilitan... maldita kase.
Next time na lang yung issue ko. I'm sure uusok kayo lahat sa mga sinabi ko. Pero di ko na kayang mag-walang bahala sa mga pintas ninyo. At gusto ko naman na maibahagi sa inyo ang pakiramdam ng isang lokal na pinoy na nasasaktan sa mga pintas ninyo.
BATO BATO SA LANGIT ANG TAMAAN HUWAG MAGALIT!!!!
27 July 2007 20:45
From ce-ce thread ...
To: Anon...from Phil.
This is nice reading your opinion, but i think you're closing your eyes to what's really happenning to our country. We're just trying to be logical and by doing so doesn't mean that we loss our love to our country, i for one will react if i hear someone critize my being as a filipino, but i'm a very fair person, if what's been said is truth, i think it's not demeaning if we accept that it's true. What's had been said in here are true becoz i've been there for 12 yrs. trying to do something to help the less fortunate of our kababayan and i saw how our country going down desperately. From the govt. itself, to the military and police system, to what you are saying the dept. responsible for cleanliness, they are all courrupt. The only person that can have a good life in Phil. are those that gets special previleges from the govt., why do you think a lot of our kababayan are running away from our country? You think they are happy to do so? leaving their family, their children? Nay, because these people are just the common tao of our country and the services and privileges for them are nil. Look around you and just be open, the same problems we had then and now, even worst now are visible, i maybe out of our country but i'm updated with what's going on there. thanks to the internet!!!!
The truth is that Phil. will never take off unless all those parasites will be demolished and the only way for that(my opinion) is bloody revolution. We start from scratch but it will be easier to climb if we eliminate those bloody buwaya in the govt.
İ am a very proud filipino truth of that is i've been married for 25 yrs. but never had i lost my phil. passport, never had i changed it to the passport of my husband. Taught my daughter and husband my language, they are very fluent, and taught them to eat tuyo and bagoong and with hands...but i never closes my eyes to reality....and the reality is Philippine is only for the privileged filipinos never for the the common tao, the 85% poor population you are mentioning. Are you one of those priviledge?
28 July 2007 10:06
another post from ce-ce thread ...
another insight to what the philippines has become ... more on the entertainment scene that is ...
http://showbizandstyle.inquirer.net/lifestyle/lifestyle/view_article.php?article_id=79133
neat to have another blogsite for this kind of discussion, ce-ce!
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