philippines... getting poorer and pooooooooorer....!

i think youre just being too pessimistic of our country, be optimistic instead and pray for the right leader to come and deliver us from this situation my friend. lets all be hopeful, im very optimistic of the future of my younger friends here in my place. lets not give thoughts of something negative.

I really hope we'll get better leaders this time. Be optimistic :). Things probably can't get any worse, can they?

The Philippines was never a poor country, we are so blessed with so many natural resources not to mention the number of scientists and people in the academe who are well respected worldwide. Unfortunately we as a country was raped so many times and the our wealth are in the hands of few individuals. Corruption is from the highest down to the lowest level of society and government position. Is there still hope for a change to happen. There is. It happened in so many countries around us, why can't we make it? We need a leader with a strong political will to effect changes and a team that will rid the country of corruption. To date, this is much to be desired, no one seems to be appearing in the horizon as yet. Meanwhile, the citizenry continue to vote according to popularity and name recall. A number are willing to sell their votes for a few pesos. There maybe a lot who vote according to the dictates of their conscience but they are greatly outnumbered. In the end, we get a kind of government that the majority wished for. The situation is not entirely hopeless, it just need an initiative on the part of every citizen to do his part in simple things to help improve our country. Much is to be desired and hope, we must never lose.

Hoping... praying... gnashing our teeth... WOULD NOT help. We each get only one chance every three years to make our voices heard through elections... and what do we do? Hope and pray? What a waste. If you are not a part of the solution, then you are a part of the problem. One who doesn't buy tickets never win in lotteries. Ergo, you can hope and pray all you want, but if you don't have tickets...

I have touched a bit on this subject on my blog at yahoo 360. I try to do something about it by telling my students not to be easily duped by the money and the countersigns given to them in exchange for the meager amount. I tell them it is alright to accept the money. It was, after all, given and as a saying goes, "To refuse an offer is an insult." But I also told them that when election day comes, it's their choice that would make the difference. That they don't have to vote for the candidate who gave the money...and that it's perfect for them to be voting for the person they like best.