Wednesday, June 15, 2011

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1. Filipinos are late bloomers and, generally, stupid. Yeah, even we do not want to admit it, it is a fact. Technology, fashion, improvements on education, you name it. By the time they come in the Philippines, other countries had already get tired of using them or they are already a trash. Oops, by the way, Filipinos love recycling!

2. I appreciate country's heritage except for jeepneys. Philippines is the pioneer of this kind of vehicle and they say it is already part of our heritage, which is a fact. Look, I don't have a car, but if you remove all these dirty and rusty jeeps in the highways, as in total elimination, there would be less traffic jams and I would not have to travel an hour just to get to school. Let us be practical and honest guys. Jeeps contribute a lot in air pollution and consume a lot of space on the road. It would have been better if Filipinos found a way to improve it other than putting an air conditioner or making it longer than the usual so it could accommodate more passengers.

3. We can't get away from the 'crab mentality fever' and I'm talking about no less than the Filipino media. One good example is how they love providing a large space in newspaper front page about police brutality, police's abuse of power and/or police corruption. They loooove diggin' the graveyard for our law enforcement agency and they won't stop until the latter dive in there. Freedom of speech/expression and reporting the truth [and nothing but the truth!] are their right. But we all know that in every right there is a corresponding responsibility. Freedom of speech has become more emotional and, say, 'romantic' as if the government is depriving us of it, when in fact we are given much much more than just freedom. The media caused every Filipino not only doubt but much worse untrust/distrust our police, so instead, they turn to media and ask for help (but we all know that media cannot arrest a person and they still need the police). It is unfair to think that all the police officers are corrupt and abusive of his/her power when only a few of them are doing it.

4. There is a certain channel (in the Philippines, of course) whose 'motto' is like this, "Panig sa bayan." In my point of view, which I believe is right, even if most people do an act or believe that something is right, that 'something' is not necessarily right- morally, ethically or lawfully/legally right. Do you get my point? Dapat ang balita, walang pinapanigan, kahit pa ang masa o ang bayan! (because Filipinos are so stubborn that they stick to what they believe is right, when it is actally wrong!)

5. As I said earlier, Filipinos are soooo STUBBORN!!! Argh! One pretty example: When you watch news about demolition of slum areas? and the plan of relocation of informal slash illegal settlers (i call them the i-settlers BTW) in Metro Manila? What do you think the i-settlers will say? It is so predictable I could act it on their behalf! Say I'm a reporter and I ask this one i-settler and she freak out, "Ang tagal na namin dito nakatira. Dito na ako lumaki, dito na ako nagkaanak, dito na rin ako nagkaapo! Tapos paaalisin na lang kami nang ganun ganun na lng? Maawa naman sila sa amin!" And, "Yun namang pagdadalhan sa amin sa bundok! Ang layu-layo noon sa pinagtatrabahuhan ng asawa ko." I do not know about the 'Squatter's Law' if it really exists, but here's I want to tell to the i-settlers. If you did not acquire the lot in a legal way, I mean, if you just went there and settled there and did not buy it or ask a permission from the legal owner of that lot to live there, it is still not yours even if you spent forever there. It is not yours! It is mine! No, just kidding.

6. Squatters line up the creeks- such a picture of Metro Manila! And when they started to live there our creeks have never been the same, I mean, they are not as beautiful and as clean as they were a long long time ago. When you see the creeks, what do you see? Yeah, they're colorful- plastic bags, cans, etc. Daniel Burnham, an American architect, who made a plan of Manila (but was not finished), saw these creeks/little rivers like the rivers of Venice. It is so unfortunate that most Filipinos realized what those creeks are capable of and how beautiful they might have been, if they took care of it back then, when it is already too late, when the hardheaded people are now living there, when you cannot remove them away from creeks.







Note: I think I heard my professor telling us about the 'squatter's law' which gives a family/person of right to live to a certain place if they already lived there for...uh..2 or 20 years? I'm not sure but I can only think about this: I know the author of such law wanted to help those who could not afford to buy a land but it opened more opportunities for illegal settlers. So for those who own empty lands, be responsible enough to look after your real property.

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