Post by RYTCHZ MAGIC on Oct 22, 2005 10:35:24 GMT 9
This was e-mailed to me by a concerned friend...
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 iyon.
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
bayang PILIPINAS 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 tu! ta 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 ilan ilan lang iyan para bigyan ng pansin.
Mga Pilipino ng ba tayo? O baka sa salita lang at
E-Mail pero wala naman sa gawa.
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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, luks! ong 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.
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 country 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. Quo Vadis, Pinoy? Is that a
wonder or a worry? Are you proud to be a Filipino, or
does it even matter anymore? When you see the Filipino
flag
and hear the Pambansang Awit, do you feel a sense of
pride or a sense of defeat & uncertainty? If only
things could change for the better.......
Hang on for this is a job for Superman. Or whom do you
call? Ghostbusters.
Joke. Right?
This is one of our problems. We say "I love the
Philippines. I am proud to be a Filipino."
When I send you a joke, you send it to everyone in
your address book even if it kills the Internet.
But when I send you a note on how to save our country
& ask you to forward it, what do you do? You chuck it
in the bin. I want to help the maids in Hong Kong. I
want to help the laborers in Saudi Arabia. I want to
help
the dancers in Japan. I want to help the TNTs in
America and Australia. I want to save the people of
the Philippines. But I cannot do it alone.
I need your help and everyone else's.
So please forward this e-mail to your friends.
If you say you love the Philippines, prove it. And if
you don't agree with me, say something anyway.
Indifference is a crime on its own.
From a Filipino who Cares!!!
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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 iyon.
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
bayang PILIPINAS 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 tu! ta 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 ilan ilan lang iyan para bigyan ng pansin.
Mga Pilipino ng ba tayo? O baka sa salita lang at
E-Mail pero wala naman sa gawa.
======================================================================
========
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, luks! ong 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.
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 country 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. Quo Vadis, Pinoy? Is that a
wonder or a worry? Are you proud to be a Filipino, or
does it even matter anymore? When you see the Filipino
flag
and hear the Pambansang Awit, do you feel a sense of
pride or a sense of defeat & uncertainty? If only
things could change for the better.......
Hang on for this is a job for Superman. Or whom do you
call? Ghostbusters.
Joke. Right?
This is one of our problems. We say "I love the
Philippines. I am proud to be a Filipino."
When I send you a joke, you send it to everyone in
your address book even if it kills the Internet.
But when I send you a note on how to save our country
& ask you to forward it, what do you do? You chuck it
in the bin. I want to help the maids in Hong Kong. I
want to help the laborers in Saudi Arabia. I want to
help
the dancers in Japan. I want to help the TNTs in
America and Australia. I want to save the people of
the Philippines. But I cannot do it alone.
I need your help and everyone else's.
So please forward this e-mail to your friends.
If you say you love the Philippines, prove it. And if
you don't agree with me, say something anyway.
Indifference is a crime on its own.
From a Filipino who Cares!!!
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