Quo Vadis, Pinoy?
Posted by ivy on April 30, 2007
Mga kababayan,
Meron akong gustong ibahagi para sa ating lahat na mga PILIPINO.
Simple pero parang mahirap gawin ng karamihan sa atin. Hindi ito
makukuha sa puro daldalan lang or walang kabuluhang pagtatalo,
kumilos tayo ngayon na.Sa ibang bansa: Pag nagkasala ang Pinoy, pinarusahan siya ayon sa batas.
Sa PINAS: Pag nagkasala ang ang Pinoy, ayaw niyang maparusahan kasi sabi niya mali
raw ang batas.
Sa ibang bansa: Pinag-aaralan muna ng Pinoy ang mga batas bago siya pumunta roon,
kasi takot siyang magkamali.
Sa PINAS: Pag nagkamali ang Pinoy, sorry kasi hindi raw niya alam na labag sa batas yon.
Sa ibang bansa: Kahit gaano kataas ang bilihin at tax sa USA okey lang, katuwiran natin
doble kayod na lang.
Sa PINAS: mahilig ka sa last day para magbayad ng tax minsan dinadaya mo pa o kaya
hindi ka nagbabayad. Rally ka kaagad kapag tumaas ang pasahe at bilihin
imbes na magsipag mas gusto natin ang nagkukwentuhan lang sa munisipyo o
kahit sa alinmang tanggapan.
Sa Singapore : Kapag nahuli kang nagkalat or nagtapon ng basura sa hindi tamang lugar,
magbabayad ka na 500 Singapore dollars. Sabi ng Pinoy, Okey lang kasi
lumabag ako sa batas.
Sa Pinas: Kapag nagkamali ang Pinoy katulad nang ganito, Sabi ng Pinoy, ang lupit
naman ni Bayani Fernando , mali naman ang pinaiiral niyang batas eh akala mo
kung sino. Ayun nag-rally na ang Pinoy gustong patalsikin si Bayani Fernando
kahit na alam niyang mali siya.
Mga igan, ilan pa lang iyan baka may iba pa kayong alam. Bakit ang PINOY, pwedeng maging “law abiding citizen sa ibang bansa ng walang angal” pero sa sarili nating na
sinasabi ninyong mahal natin, eh hindi natin magawa, BAKIIITTTTT?????????
ETO PA, “Ang Pilipino NOON at NGAYON”:
NOON : Wow ang sarap ng kamote (kahit nakaka-utot)
NGAYON: Ayaw ko ng kamote gusto ko French Fries (imported eh)
NOON : Wow ang sarap ng kapeng barako
NGAYON: Ayaw ko niyan gusto kong kape sa STARBUCKS (imported coffee 100 pesos
per cup)
NOON : Bili ka ng tela para magpatahi ng pantalon like maong
NGAYON: Gusto ko LEVI’S, WRANGLER, LEE (Tapos rally tayo “GMA tuta ng KANO“) Di
ba tuta ka rin naman.
NOON : Sabon na Perla OK ng pampaligo
NGAYON: Gusto mo DOVE, HENO DE PRAVIA, IVORY, etc. may matching shampoo pa
NOON : Pag naglaba ka batya at palopalo ok na, minsan banlaw lang sa batis pwede na
NGAYON: Naka-washing machine ka na plus ARIEL powder soap with matching DOWNY
pa para mabango
Alam ko mas marami pa ang alam ninyo tungkol dito, pero ilanlang iyan para bigyan ng pansin.
Mga Pilipino nga ba tayo? O baka sa salita lang at E-Mail pero wala naman sa gawa.
Subject: filipinos
My Fellow Filipinos,
When I was small, the Philippine peso was P7 to the dollar. The president was Diosdado Macapagal. Life was simple. Life was easy. My father was a farmer. My mother kept a small sari-sari store where our neighbors bought sang-perang asin, sang-perang bagoong, sang-perang suka, sang-perang toyo at pahinging isang butil na bawang. Our backyard had
kamatis, kalabasa, talong, ampalaya, upo, batao, and okra.
Our silong had chicken. We had a pig, dog & cat. And of course, we lived on the farm. During rainy season, my father caught frogs at night which my mother made into batute (stuffed frog), or just plain fried.
During the day, he caught hito and dalag from his rice paddies, which he would usually inihaw. During dry season, we relied on the chickens, vegetables, bangus, tuyo, and tinapa. Every now and then, there was pork and beef from the town market.
Life was so peaceful, so quiet, no electricity, no TV. Just the radio for Tia Dely, Roman Rapido, Tawag ng Tanghalan and Tang-tarang-tang. And who can forget Leila Benitez on Darigold Jamboree?
On weekends, I played with my neighbors (who were all my cousins). Tumbang-preso, taguan, piko, luksong lubid, patintero, at iba pa. I* don’t know about you, but I miss those days.
These days, we face the TV, Internet, e-mail, newspaper, magazine, grocery catalog, or drive around. The peso is a staggering and incredible P54 to the dollar, now appreciated
to P48.
Most people can’t have fun anymore. Life has become a battle. We live to work. Work to live. Life is not easy.I was in Saudi Arabia in 1983. It was lonely, difficult, & scary. It
didn’t matter if you were a man or a woman. You were a target for rape. The salary was cheap & the vacation far between. If the boss didn’t want you to go on holiday, you didn’t. They had your passport. Oh, and the agency charged you almost 4months of your salary
(which, if you had to borrow on a “20% per month arrangement” meant your first year’s pay was all gone before you even earned it).
The Philippines used to be one of the most important countries in Asia . Before & during my college days, many students from neighboring Asian countries like Malaysia , Indonesia , Japan and China went to the Philippines to get their diplomas. Until 1972, like President
Macapagal, President Marcos was one of the most admired presidents of the world. The Peso had kept its value of P7 to the dollar until I finished college.
Today, the Philippines is famous as the “housemaid” capital of the world. It ranks very high as the “cheapest labor” capital of the world, too. We have maids in Hong Kong , laborers in Saudi Arabia , dancers in Japan , migrants and TNTs in Australia and the US , and all sorts of other “tricky” jobs in other parts of the globe.
-From an email sent by a friend
