Benelynne-san, as always, your posts are both very instructive and enlightening. I hope our lawmakers and government officials are able to read them since your insights into the situation and status of Filipinos in Japan will certainly guide them in their manner of drafting laws that will secure empowerment for all Filipinos in Japan, and where-ever else in the world. The write-up on how the children of some Filipino mothers fare academically in the schools there was troubling. Especially the scenario of these children growing up to what is virtually second-class citizenship. It is indeed time that the image of Filipinos as professionals and not just as entertainers be emphasized there. Just because we also sing and dance doesn't mean that we don't think.
Domo arigato gozaimasu, Benelynne-sensei.
Thanks. Salamat pod kaayo for confirming my citizenship to Lumine.
Yes, I do hope our government sees beyond foreign currency earnings when it formulates policies.
These days, Filipinos always figure in any mishap in the world--when a bomb explodes in Madrid, or an airline crashes in Nagoya, or Israel exchanges missiles with Lebanon... And we're only able to read about high-profile incidents.
You never get to hear about overstaying Filipinos who dig fox holes under their
tatami or straw-mat floor--without the knowledge of their landlord--to hide in when the Immigration knocks. You never hear about the Filipino stroke victim being turned back by the public hospital because he doesn't have health insurance and subseqently dies in the cold. You never hear about the Filipino pastor's wife bleeding to death of simple childbirth in an ambulance because five hospitals she was brought to declared they were full. You never hear about Filipina housewives being belittled by their in-laws in a language they are lucky enough not to fully understand. You never hear about children, casually called
half, jumping out of school windows because their Filipina mother couldn't help them with their assignments.
Can't believe all we can do is make noise about some Jimmy Kimmel who says we can't speak English!!!
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