Kaming nasa labas nang bansa!
How do you see us? This is a good answer from my mailbox;
Akala ng mga tao na nasa Pilipinas kapag nasa America,
Canada, Australia , london , New Zealaand ka, akala nila
madami ka ng pera. Ang totoo, madami kang utang, dahil credit card lahat ang gamit mo sa pagbili mo ng mga gamit mo. Kailangan mo gumamit ng credit card para magka-credit history ka, kase kapag hindi ka umutang o wala kang utang, ibig sabihin wala kang kapasidad magbayad.
Akala nila mayaman ka na kase may kotse ka na. Ang totoo,
kapag hindi ka bumili ng kotse maglalakad ka ng milya-milya
sa ilalim ng init ng araw o kaya sa snow. walang jeepney, tricycle o padyak sa mga bansang ito.
Akala nila masaya ang buhay sa mga bansang ito, Ang totoo, puro ka trabaho, kase pag di ka nagtrabaho, wala kang pambayad ng bills mo sa kotse, credit cards, ilaw, tubig, insurance, bahay at iba pa. Hindi ka na pwedeng tumambay sa kapit-bahay, kase busy din sila maghanap-buhay pangbayad ng bills nila..
Akala nila masaya ka kase nagpapadala ka ng pictures mo sa DisneyLand , Seaworld, SixFlags, Universal Studios, Snow, Beach, mga magagandang tanawin at iba pang attractions. Ang totoo, kailangang ngumiti ka, kasi nagbayad ka para makarating ka dun.
Akala nila malaki na ang kinikita mo kase dolyar na sweldo mo. Ang totoo, malaki pagpinalit mo ng peso, pero dolyar din
ang gastos mo, Ibig sabihin ang dolyar mong kinita sa presyong dolyar mo din gagastusin. Ang 15.00 pesos na sardinas sa Pilipinas $1.00 sa mga bansang ito, and isang pakete ng sigarilyo sa Pilipinas 40.00, sa mga bansang ito ay $6.50, ang upa mo sa bahay na P10,000 sa Pilipinas, sa mga bansang ito ay $1,000.
Akala nila buhay milyonaryo ka na kase ang ganda ng bahay at kotse mo. Ang totoo milyon ang utang mo. Ang bago mong kotse 5 taon mong huhulugan o higit pa. Ang bahay 30 taon mong huhulugan. Ibig sabihin, alipin ka ng bahay at kotse mo.
Madaming naghahangad na makarating sa mga bansang ito . Lalo na mga nurses, mahirap maging normal na manggagawa sa
Pilipinas. Madalas pagod ka sa trabaho. Pag dating ng sweldo mo, kulang pa sa pagkain mo.pero ganuon din sa ibang bansa katulad sa mga bansang ito. hindi ibig sabihin dolyar na ang sweldo mo, yayaman ka na, kailangan mo ding magbanat ng buto para mabuhay ka sa ibang bansa.
Isang malaking sakripisyo ang pag-alis mo sa bansang pinagsilangan at malungkot iwanan ang mga mahal sa buhay. Hindi pinupulot ang pera o pinipitas. Hindi ako naninira ng pangarap, gusto ko lang buksan ang bintana ng katotohanan. HE...HE...HE... ang mahirap pa sa mga bansang ito pag dito ka tumanda dadalhin ka lang sa BAHAY NA PURU MATATANDA ANG KASAMA MO at dito muna uubusin ang nalalabi mong buhay....di katulad sa pinas kahit matanda kana makakasama mopa ang mga anak at apo mo. WALA NA PANG GAGANDA SA BUHAY PINAS KAHIT NAHIHIRAPAN TAYO SA BUHAY. KAYA PAG-ISIPAN NINYO MABUTI KUNG GUSTO NIO D2 SA MGA BANSANG ITO.
WHEN I TRAVELED, PEOPLE OFTEN ASK ME, WHY I LIVE IN THE PHILIPPINES ?
WELL HERE IT IS........... .... It is the only place on earth where.
1) Every street has a basketball court.
2) Even doctors, lawyers and engineers are unemployed
3) Doctors study to become nurses FOR employment abroad
4) Students pay more money than they will earn afterwards
5) School is considered the second home and the MALL considered the third
6) Call Center employees earn more money than teacher and nurses
7) Everyone has his personal ghost story and superstition

Mountains like MAKILING and BANAHAW are considered holy places
9) Everything can be forged
10) All kinds of animals are Edible
11) Starbucks Coffee is more expensive than gas
12) Driving 4 KMS can take as much as 4 hrs..
13) Flyovers bring you from the freeway to the side streets
14) Crossing the street involves running for your dear life
15) The personal computer is mainly used for games an friendster
16) Where Colonial mentality is dishonestly denied
17) Where 4 AM is not even considered bedtime yet
18) People can pay to defy the law.
19) Everything and everyone is spoofed
20) Where even the poverty-stricken get to wear RALPH-LAUREN AND TOMMY HILFIGER (peke)
21) The honking of car horns is a way of life
22) Being called a bum is never offensive
23) Floodwaters take up more than 90 percent of the streets during the rainy seasons.
24) Where everyone has a relative abroad who keeps them alive
25) Where wearing your national colors make you baduy
26) Where even proverty-stricken have the latest cell-phones
(GSM-Galing Sa Magnanakaw)
27) Where insurance does not work
28) Where water can only be classified as tap or dirty
29) Clean water is for sale (35.00 pesos per galloon)
30) Where the government makes the people pray for miracles (AMEN to that)
31) Where University of The Philippines where all the weird people go
32) Ateneo is where all nerds go
33) La Salle is where all the chinese go
34) University of Asia and the Pacific is where all the irrelevantly rich people go
35) Fast food is a diet meal
36) Traffic signs are merely suggestions, not regulations
37) Where being mugged is normal and it happens to everyone
38) Rodents are normal house pets
39) The definiton of traffic is the 'non-movement' of vehicles
40) Where the fighter planes of the 1940's are used for military engagements
41) The NEW FIGHTER PLANES are displayed in Museums
42) Where cigarettes and alcohol are a necessity and where the Lottery is a commodity
43) Where soap operas tell the realities of life and where the news are provides drama
44) Where actors make the rules and where the politicians provide the entertainment
45) People can get away with stealing TRILLIONS of Pesos but not a Thousand
46) Where being an hour late is still considered punctual
47) Where the squatters have more to complain (even if they do not pay their tax) than those employed and have their tax
automatically deducted from their salaries
48) And where everyone wants to leave the country.
THERE IS NO COUNTRY LIKE PINAS, KAYA MAGISIP KANG MABUTI KUNG GUSTO MONG MANIRAHAN SA MGA BANSANG NASABI, WITH FILIPINO SIGNS OF:
1) The sign in a flower shop in Diliman called 'FATAL ATTRACTION'
2) Fast-food place selling 'Maruya' called Maruya Carey
3) On a highway in Pampanga, 'We Make Modern Antique Furniture'
4) On the window of a photography shop in Cabanatuan , 'We Shoot You While You Wait'
5) A Shoe store in Pangasinan which has a big sign saying
' We sell Imported Robber shoes' ( these could be the sneakiest sneakers)
6) A rental property sign in JARO, ILOILO 'House for RENT, Fully Furnaced' (it must really be hot inside)
7) According to Manila businessman. . THERE IS SO MUCH WITHIN THE PHILIPPINES BECAUSE 'WE ARE A COUNTRY WHERE A GOOD SENSE OF HUMOR IS NEEDED TO SURVIVE' , WE HAVE 24-HRS COMEDY SHOW HERE CALLED THE GOVERNMENT AND A HUGE RESERVE COMEDIANS MADE UP MOSTLY OF POLITICIANS AND BAD ACTORS.
SO KABABAYAN....WHERE ELSE IN THE WORLD WOULD YOU WANT TO LIVE?
ps
Pasalubong diha , beh?

I love my own my native land!
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