Why I want to live in the Philippines?
By jasonroselle
@jasonroselle (77)
Philippines
September 28, 2008 7:34am CST
I saw this one in the forum where i am a member..
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1. Every street has a basketball court.
2. Even doctors, lawyers and engineers are unemployed
3. Doctors study to become nurses for employment abroad.
4. Students pay more money than they will earn afterwards
5. School is considered the second home and the mall considered the third
6. Call center employees earn more money than teachers and nurses
7. Everyone has his personal ghost story and superstition.
8. Mountains like Makiling and Banahaw are considered holy place
9. Everything can be forged
10. All kinds of animals are edible
11. Starbucks coffee is more expensive than gas
12. Driving 4 kms can take as much as 4 hrs
13. Flyovers bring you from the freeway to the side streets
14. Crossing the street involves running for your dear life
15. The personal computer is mainly used for gams and friendster
16. Where colonial mentality is dishonestly denied!
17. Where 4am is not even bedtime yet
18.People can pay to defy the law
19. Everything and everyone is spoofed
0. where even the poverty-striken get to wear Ralph Lauren and Tommy Hilfiger (peke)!
21. The honking of car horns is a way of life
22. Being called a bum is never offensive
23. Floodwaters take up more than 90% of the streets during the rainy season
24. Where evryone has a relative abroad who keep them a live
25. Where wearing your national colors makes u baduy
26. where even the poverty-stricken have the latest cell phones. (GSM-Galing Sa Magnanakaw)
27. where insurance does not work
28.Where water can only be classified as tap and dirty
29. Clean water is for sale (35 pesos per gallon)
30. Where the government makes people pray for miracles.
31. Where the University of the Philippines is where all the weird people go
32. ateneo is where all the nerds go
33.La Salle is where all the Chinese go
34. College of Saint Benilde is where all the stupid Chinese go; and
35. University of Asia and the Pacific is where all the irrelevantly rich people go
36. Fast food is a diet meal
37. Traffic signs are merely suggestions, not regulations
38. Where bieng mugged is normal and happens to everyone
39. Rodents are normal house pets
40. The definition of traffic is 'non-movement' of vehicles
41. Where the fighter planes of the 1940s are used for military engagements and;
42. The new fighter planes are displayed in museums
43. Where cigarettes and alcohol are a necessity, and where the lottery is commodity
44. Where soap operas tell the realities of life and where the news provides the drama
45. Where actors make the rules and where politicians provide the entertainment
46. People can get away with stealing trillions of pesos but not a thousand
47. Where being an hour late is still considered punctual (Grabe talaga to!)
48. where the squatters have more to complain (even if they do not pay their taxes) - than those employed and have their taxes automatically deducted form their salaries
49. And where evryone wants to leave the country.
Tell me what you think..:D
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