Back home in Manila, and feeling out of place

[Ozymandias]

Oh yes! That was indeed very true.. He said something like.. The Philippines is quite an interesting place...just before he put a dot at the end of that article.

Interesting eh?

Hmnnn...


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That made me think of it, if he wrote it in condescending way.


Hahaha

[Heathcliff]

That made me think of it, if he wrote it in condescending way.


Hahaha

Sir Ozy! Napapa esep den ako e.. Ang tingin ko nga parang Domino e..

Nyahaha!




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[icarus]

sa pinas pala sya lumaki, it means na nung una syang pumunta sa singapore ay na-culture shock din sya.

pero sa opinyon ko lang, lahat ng tao kapag nakarating sa ibang lugar ay "FORCED" sya na mag-adapt sa kung ano man meron yung lugar na pinuntahan nya, at not the other way around. mangyayari lang yung the other way around kung nagtagal ng nakatira yung tao sa lugar na yun at may mga binabago na sya sa lugar but still, mas  mauunang mangyari na magadapt muna sya. totoo na naging biased sya sa article nya, pero sana man lang sinulat naman nya yung naranasan nya nung unang dating nya sa ibang lugar, ano ano bang changes ang napuwersa syang gawin just to adapt to the situation. and to think na nakasurvive sya just to write the article, it also means that he also adapted the Filipino culture whether he/she like it or not. and proof of it ay buhay pa sya hanggang ngayon.

yun na agad ang impression nya, how about as journalist ay pumunta sya sa iba pang country, go to africa, arctic circle, middle east. baka kung sakaling makarating sya ay magrereklamo na naman sya, if that will be the case, much better na tumira na lamang sya sa isolated island, maybe what the author wants is be an island.

[birador]

Totoo naman yun mga sinabi nya but to find it odd na ganun eh ganun na nun bago magsingapore. At to make an issue about yun term take out, etc e alam naman nya na ganun ang tawag sa pinas.

It's not good to find it odd at masamain if halos lumaki naman sa pinas.

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[Prime™]

Hahaha I agree with Schy. It is interesting to read pero the more I read it, the more I sense some colonial mentality there. You know the thinking na basta imported eh the best.

You spent 40 years of you're life here and and yet you speak as if the country is already entirely foreign to you. You must have an incredibly poor memory.

Culture shock? Sure Singapore is clean, but all you have to do is take a bus ride to Johor Bahru, Malaysia and you'll reminisce Quiapo in a heartbeat sans the jeepneys. I know JB is in another country, but it's a just a bridge away. Did he not ever attempt to cross that bridge in a very small city state like Singapore? Perhaps 7 years in Singapore he never attempted to leave? Anyway this is just nitpicking, like what he did wth our country. Even little things like the loo and the lift etc. Does it really matter what they call their stuff there? Call the TV a Telli, you may call a toilet the loo, lavatory or shit house. Whatever rocks your boat.

I hate the corruption and injustice here, but the way we call our toilets never bothered me, or our elevators and such. But thank you for writing this article, I'm sure a Singaporean newsletter would be interested to see how our own countryman glorifies theirs while on our soil. You should ask compensation for the awesome PR you've given them.

And yes I like Singapore, it's an amazing place. The people are friendly, and yet somehow automaton like but still I don't take that against them. It's their culture. Manila does not mean the Philippines, nakita mong puro slum area doon eh what did you expect?

Maraming lugar sa pilipinas na ubod ng ganda, and people not as cynical as the ones in Manila. In many capitals and big cities this is the case. This is what many uninformed foreigners think na just because we are a third world country we are like Somalia or something. Ridiculous nonsense.

One thing that irks me are fellow countrymen who seems to take pleasure in showing foreigners how poor and destitute our country is. I saw this interview of a Pinoy who runs a pinoy tv station in a foreign country, the person seems to take pride in showing our slum area, then interviews a drug addict and such to be shown there. Wtf is that for? Anyway that's an entirely different matter but still pisses me off nevertheless.

Manila is crappy, no doubt about it, pero you don't need to go out of the country to see what a shitty situation Manila is in. Common sense lang alam mo na, na may problema. No need to glorify other countries para lang pintasan ang bansa mo, after all pilipino ka pa rin.

The pedantry is incredibly strong on this one.

I also find the pampalubag look bit in the end quite hilarious.

Anyway thanks for the post mate.

[2013rev2013]

nosebleed ako dun ah... 

pero masarap basahin..
twice ko nga binasa...

like na like ko yan boss prime.. 

[hyperactivebastard]

kailangan lng ng atensyon ng writer na iyan. Kailangan nya ng webhits, mapansin at maging relevant para hindi mawalan ng trabaho.

[firewater]

kailangan lng ng atensyon ng writer na iyan. Kailangan nya ng webhits, mapansin at maging relevant para hindi mawalan ng trabaho.

My point ka dito pre. Kung online article nga to, hits lang ang habol nito. Syempre kung maraming magcocomment sa article nya online, eh di marami rin ang bibisita dun. Lalo na kung facebook linked comments pa.

[dennis magtulis]

When I read this article, nagfocus lang ako dun sa mga comparison niya between SG and our country
wala akong pakialam dun sa mga ibang sinabi niya,,opinion niya un eh,,tayo naman kahit sino pwede ring gumawa ng ganitong article against other countries
like blogsite or forums like pt

minsan kasi masyado lang tayong mapagpatol..gustong gusto pa naman nila yan dahil sumisikat sila


minsan lang talaga masakit mapakinggan ung totoo

I for once kahit panu nakaaapak na sa SG kahit ilang araw lang ako nagstay dun nakita ko na kagad ang napakalaking kaibahan dun at dito..siguro kaya maraming mga pinoy ang nahuhumaling magtrabaho or tumira ng permanente dun,,hinde lang dahil sa magandang kita bagkus sa maayos na sistema nila

una ko kagad napansin yung mga malls at establishments na walang guards, once lang yata ako nakakita ng pulis sa kalye o pulis trapiko/mmda version naten
ung napakasimpleng escalator etiquette
minsan talaga nabuburaot nako dito saten ,,napakaluwag naman minsan pero pilit pa rin nilang tinatakpan para wlang makalagpas sa kanila,,ikaw pa ang mahihiyang makiraan,,madalas sinasadya ko na banggain yung nakaharang,,bahala na kung mapaaway,,eh ang laki laki ng sign sa taas na stay on your right to give way to rushing peeps

natawa pa nga ako kasi me bitbit akong basura and wala akong makitang trashbin, nakakatuksong itapon na lang kung saan tulad ng nakasanayan ng ibang tao dito sa pinas,,pero malinaw na malinaw na 1,000 dollar ang multa sa kanila pag nagkalat ka

mahaba pa lalakbayin ng pinas para mapagaya tayo sa SG or ibang bansa
but who knows?
tingin ko lang ung nagsulat neto eh wala na sa dugo niya ang pagiging tunay na Pinoy
kasi ang pagkakilala ko sa mga Pinoy, Resilient tayo at magaling tayong mag adapt kahit saan tayo dalhin,sige nga magbigay ka ng bansa na walang pinoy? meron siguro pero bihira lang

[razorsharp]

hanep ano, napalayo lang ng dalwang hakbang mula sa pilipinas akala mo kung saan na nakarating. hinakupo, paano pa kaya kung sa eurpoa o sa amerika sya napunta. baka gusto nya may tagasaboy na ng rosas sa bawat lalakaran nya.