Quote from: jig37504 on May 10, 2010, 02:05:42 AM
di ba kining atong perspective as "foreigner" gives hope to our beloved native land kung kitay molansad sa posisyon? unfortunately, this is not true with the sad experience in guindulman.
Jig, naay daghang pinoy diri nga akong na-ilhan nga mo-resist assimilation. There's nothing wrong with absorbing and learning the culture as long as you appreciate and never forget where you came from. From my observation, thesame people who only hangs-out with other pinoys, only eats filipino food and don't socialize with the other cultures are the ones who are typhoon no. 3 nig abot sa ato.
Those kinds will never have a foreign perspective because they don't see it that way. If they do, they're lucky they stumbled upon it on their own. Most of the time, we need to be shown.
I consider myself lucky, when I first moved here, I lived with my American family for a year, our filipino store in Florida sucked and the pinays I ran into always asked me if I was from Angeles since they assumed being a pilot, my husband was in the military (which he was not).So my friends from there were all non-filipinos.
In Houston, if I don't venture south, I don't see a lot of fellow pinoys. Most of the people I worked with were non-pinoys, mostly whites and Mexicans. You can't truly appreciate the beauty of Bohol until you hear the "oohs and aah's and I want to go there's " of your non-pinoy friends and family. The wonder and fascination in their eyes makes you feel so proud and special to have come from such a beautiful place that you automatically feel protective.
Maybe, in all her years, the lady in question has never had those moments. Never had foreign friends and relatives envy her for coming from such a beautiful paradise...or never had someone tell her how lucky she is to have grown up with nature all around her. Who knows, maybe that feeling of protectiveness has never overtaken her when she looks at all her Bohol Vacation and holiday pics..or even photos of her childhood
jara gyud..!




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mao bitaw na pobre kay tapulan! Dont get me wrong!!! wa juy tapulan nga nadatu!
If only maka post ko ug pictures adtong kaila nako nga pinay in her 60s with her collection of orchids, mao gyud to akong idol. She grew roses too...from cuttings pa from the store bouquets. :-)






