It maybe just for laughs... but I consider many here as the reason(s) why I chose to stay in the Philippines. Of course, a friend sent this to me over the internet. Meaning, it's only a forwarded item. Please feel free to choose what suits your imagination... hahaha...http://lagkawbolanon.blogspot.com/2010/04/onlyindaphilippines.htmlWell, Philippines is the only place on earth where... etc.
Now I ask you...where else in the world would one want to live?
truly intended for laughs by someone who isn't in the country anymore. it may also be self-deprecating, but it's a piss-off at the same time in its presumptuousness, for me anyway. everyone has a relative outside keeping them alive? (sorry, i, for one, don't have one, and i'm alive.) but omg, some relatives outside could even hardly keep themselves alive!
with apologies to those who went out for other reasons (marriage, career assignment, etc.), those who went out and those who still wish to are the materially dissatisfied ones, those who would rather escape from a sordid past, and those who never really had good chances within the country. and when they had gone out, they look back and look down as if they're already in heaven, bestowing on themselves their new sense of self-importance.
could this be one reason why some expats come for brief visits, donate 'to the less privileged' (their words), with full publicity (press releases by themselves) and making sure their names are mentioned? why not donate quietly rather than have one's name written on a billboard in front of a church because one had donated 50 dollars?
truly, some (again, with apologies to the exceptions) expats think too greatly of themselves. i once met a pinoy in europe who worked in a chocolate factory as a packer. he boasted that he was coming back home to run as governor. i almost puked and had wished to slap him right there and then.
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