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  • Work harder to meet the needs of the family.

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  • Leave the country and work overseas.

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  • I am hopeless and don't know what to do.

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  1. #11

    Default Are you really a Filipino? Yes or no? and Why?


    Ako I love ADOBO woooo hehehe

  2. #12

    Default Are you really a Filipino? Yes or no? and Why?

    Yes because my mother and father is a filipino although i look like chinese

  3. #13

    Default Are you really a Filipino? Yes or no? and Why?

    People think I am old enough to " amen " sa mga tao na maguwang nako that I look up to as parents . I still keep and practice that tradition of respect w/c is by the way ONLI IN DA PILIPINS .
    " A well regulated militia being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the People to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed. " - 2nd Amendment , Bill of Rights of the United States of America

  4. #14

    Default Are you really a Filipino? Yes or no? and Why?

    No in any angle. No need tell you why.

  5. #15

    Default Are you really a Filipino? Yes or no? and Why?

    depends on your definition... my citizenship and nationality is Filipino...

  6. #16

    Default Walang kwenta ang Pilipinas //// from email

    i got this from a friend... read on

    Walang kwenta ang Pilipinas

    By: jawbreaker. (isang ordinaryong office worker na ayaw nang magbayad
    ng tax...ever!)

    Walang katapusang corruption, walang kamatayang pangbabatikos,
    pagbabatuhan ng tae at pagpapa-taasan ng ihi ng mga pulitiko sa
    bawatisa, walang tigil na imbestigasyon ng kung ano-anong isyu pero
    wala namang matinong resolusyon, walang puknat na pag-aagawan ng
    kapangyarihan sa pagitan ng mga partido, patuloy na pagdami ng tamad
    at tangang Pilipino, SILANG patuloy na pakikipaglaban ng ideolohiyang
    wala namang
    silbi.

    SINONG "SILA"? EH DI MGA CORRUPT NA GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS AND WORKERS,
    MGA TAMBAY NA PILIPINO NA ANG LALAKI NG KATAWAN PERO HINDI NAMAN
    NAGTRATRABAHO AT HINDI NAGBABAYAD NG TAX, MGA MAYAYAMAN AT ARTISTANG
    TAX EVADERS, PATI MGA AKTIBISTA, NPA AT IBA PANG IDEOLOGICAL GROUPS NA
    HINDI NAGBABAYAD NG TAX PERO PANG-GULO!!!

    Lagi na lang sinasabi ng mga pulitiko: Ipaglaban ang masa! Tulungan
    ang masa! Mahalin ang masa!

    MASA LANG BA ANG TAO SA PILIPINAS?

    SINO BA TALAGA ANG BUMUBUHAY SA BANSANG TO?

    SAAN BA GALING ANG PANGPAGAWA NG MGA TULAY AT KALYE? SAAN BA GALING
    ANG PORK BARREL? SAAN BA GALING ANG PERANG KINUKURAKOT NILA?

    KAMI NA MGA MANGGAGAWA AT MIDDLE CLASS NA BAGO PA MAKUHA ANG SWELDO
    BAWAS NA - KAMI ANG BUMUBUHAY SA BANSA NA 'TO!!!!!!!!!

    BAKIT YANG BANG MGA MASANG YAN NA LAGI NA LANG SENTRO NG PLATAPORMA NG
    MGA PULITIKO EH NAGBABAYAD BA NG TAX cla!!!!

    KAHIT ISA SA MGA NAG-RA-RALLYING MGA SQUATTER NA YAN, KAHIT SINGKO
    HINDI NAG-RE-REMIT YAN SA BIR!

    PERO PINAPAKINGGAN BA KAMI NG GOBYERNO?

    LAGI NA LANG OPINYON NG MASA ANG INI-INTINDI NG GOBYERNO.

    KUNG SINO ANG NAG-RA-RALLY, SA EDSA, SILA ANG NASUSUNOD.

    KUNG SINO ANG MAS MALAKAS SUMIGAW PERO WALA NAMANG ECONOMIC
    CONTRIBUTION, SILA LAGI ANG FOCUS PAG MAY PROBLEMA.

    SILA LAGI ANG BIDA.

    KAMING MGA ORDINARYONG OFFICE WORKERS, OFW'S, LABORERS AT IBA PANG
    NAG-TRA-TRABAHO AT NAGBABAYAD NG TAX - KAMI ANG NAGPAPAKAHIRAP PARA
    BUHAYIN ANG PILIPINAS. KAMI ANG MGA TUNAY NA BAYANI NG BANSA!!!

    Tuwing nakikita ko ang payslip ko, nag-iinit ang ulo ko at gusto kong
    maiyak sa inis. Napakalaki ng tax na binabawas sa akin pero ginagamit
    lang sa walang kwentang bagay ang perang pinaghirapan ko.

    Lahat ng pagtitipid ginagawa ko para suportahan ang sarili ko, pamilya
    ko at ang bansang to. Ni hindi ako makabili ng chicken and spaghetti
    meal sa Jollibee kahit gutom na gutom na ko. Nag-tya-tyaga ako sa
    waffle na tig-P10, o kaya pag may konting pera, junior bola-bola
    siopao sa Mini-Stop sa halangang P20.

    Eh kung yung pera ko na pinapangbabayad sa tax sa kin na lang napunta,
    eh di sana nakakapanood pa ko ng sine at least 2 beses sa isang buwan.
    Nakabili na sana ako ng bagong rubber shoes. Nakapagpagawa na sana ako
    ng sarili kong bahay.

    Yung tax na binabayad ko, karamihan nun derecho sa bulsa ng mga
    corrupt na mga government officials at workers. Habang hirap na hirap
    akong i-budget ang pera ko, sila naman nagpapakasarap sa mga mansyon.
    SUV's at luxury cars pa ang dina-drive nila, samantalang ako sa
    pedicab lang sumasakay!

    PERA KO YANG PINAPAGPAPASASAAN NYO!!!!!

    Yung tax na binabayad ko, pinapangsuporta sa mga mahihirap. Saan ba
    galing ang pera pangpagawa ng housing at pagtulong sa mga mahihirap,
    di ba sa mga manggagawa na nagbabayad ng buwis! Pero karamihan ng
    mahihirap, kung umasta kala mo inaapi sila ng sobra.

    SA TOTOO LANG NO, KAYA ANG MGA MAHIHIRAP LALONG NAGHIHIRAP KASI MGA
    TAMAD!

    Ang daming mga tambay sa kalye na walang trabaho pero ang laki ng
    katawan. Eh kung sila ba nagkargador sa pier eh di sana may pera sila.

    TAPOS WALA NA NGANG PERA, ANAK PA NG ANAK!

    LALO NYO LANG PINAPADAMI ANG TAMAD AT TANGA SA MUNDO!!!!!

    Naaawa ako sa mga batang pakalat-kalat sa kalye at namamalimos. Imbes
    na nag-aaral, dumadagdag lang sila sa bilang ng mga future criminals
    sa Pinas. Hindi ako magtataka na yung batang nakita kong namamalimos
    sa Cubao, pagkatapos ng ilang taon cellphone snatcher na.

    YUNG MGA MAGULANG NAMAN DYAN, COMMON SENSE LANG! HIRAP NA HIRAP NA NGA
    KAYO SA BUHAY, MANGDADAMAY PA KAYO NG IBA?! PAPARAMIHAN NYO PA LAHI
    NYO!

    Palibhasa walang mga trabaho at walang pinagkaka-abalahan, kaya
    nagkakalabitan at nagsusundutan na lang maghapon, magdamag. Sa totoo
    lang, nakakabilib. Kasi kahit sa ilalim ng tulay o sa kariton lang,
    nakakabuo pa rin ng bata! Ibig sabihin, maabilidad ang mga Pinoy. Kung
    gugustuhin, gagawan ng paraan. Kahit sa makipot, mabaho at maduming
    lugar - SOLVE!

    Isa pang mga grupo ng tao na nakakainis, yung mga aktibista, NPA at
    kung ano-ano pang ideological political groups. Sabi nila, mahal na
    mahal nila ang Pilipinas kaya pinagpalalaban nila ang kanilang mga
    adhikain.

    EH HINDI RIN KAYO NAGBABAYAD NG TAX! ANG KAKAPAL RIN NG MGA MUKHA NYO!

    MGA HIPOKRITO! MAHAL DAW ANG PILIPINAS AYAW NAMAN MAGBAYAD NG BUWIS!

    WALA DIN NAMAN KAYONG MGA TRABAHO! KUNG MAY TRABAHO TALAGA KAYO, HINDI
    KAYO MAG-RA-RALLY DAHIL SAYANG ANG SWELDO NYO PAG ABSENT KAYO!

    PAANO NYO MAIPAPAKITA ANG PAGMAMAHAL NYO SA PILIPINAS KUNG WALA NA
    KAYONG GAWANG MATINO KUNDI MAG-RALLY AT MAMUNDOK??!!!

    ISA PA YANG MGA MAYAYAMAN NA ARTISTA, NA NANGDADAYA AT HINDI
    NAGBABAYAD NG BUWIS. ANG KAKAPAL NG MUKHA NYO! ANG DAMI NYO NA NGANG
    PERA NANGDADAYA PA KAYO SA TAX!!!! HINDI NYO NAMAN MADADALA SA
    IMPIERNO YANG MGA KAYAMAN NYO. MASUSUNOG LANG DUN YAN.

    KAYA LALONG BUMABAGSAK ANG NEGOSYO DITO SA PILIPINAS, KASI MGA
    NEGOSYANTE MANDARAYA. PATI SHOWBIZ INDUSTRY, BAGSAK NA DIN. KARMA ANG
    TAWAG DYAN. MGA BALASUBAS KASI.

    Sana magkaron ng POLITICAL AND NATIONAL CLEANSING.

    Alisin ang lahat ng pulitiko at political families sa puwesto. Tibagin
    ang lahat ng mapanirang organizations at grupo. Itapon sa malayong
    isla o kaya i-pwersa ng hard labor ang mga sobrang tamad na mga
    Pilipino. Ihiwalay ang mga bata sa kanilang mga tamad at tangang
    magulang upang makapag-aral sila at maturuan na maging mabuting tao at
    mamamayan. Magkaron ng bagong lider na walang political ties at utang
    na loob sa kahit sino.
    At higit sa lahat, dapat tax payers lang ang pwedeng bumoto!

    Kung kinakailangang magka-giyera para magtino ang mga Pilipino, ayos
    lang. Masyado na kasing matigas ang ulo ng mga tao dito. Gusto ng
    kalayaan, pero hindi naman handang panagutan ang responsibilidad ng
    pagiging malaya. Meron daw pinaglalaban na prinsipyo at adhikain pero
    takot namang mamatay para dito.

    Hangga't hindi nagkakaron ng radical change, patuloy na walang kwenta
    ang Pilipinas at patuloy na magiging tanga ang majority ng mga
    Pilipino.

    Sa dami ng nag-mi-migrate na Pilipino sa ibang bansa, dadating ang
    panahon na minority na lang ng population sa Pilipinas ang may utak.
    Yung mga magagaling na Pilipino, malamang maubos na. Sobra na kasi
    silang na-fru-frustrate at na-de-depress sa mga nakikita nila.

    Ilang taon pa at aalis na rin ako sa Pilipinas. Wala kong balak na
    magkaron ng pamilya sa isang bansa na hindi pinapahalagahan ang
    kontribusyon ng mga taong tunay na bumubuhay dito. Kawawa naman ang
    magiging anak ko kung dito sya mabubuhay.

    Sa totoo lang, broken hearted ako. Minahal ko din ang bansang ito.
    Pilit kong pinagtatanggol kahit bulok. Nakarating na ko ng ibang
    bansa, pero pinili kong bumalik. Pero ngayon, ayoko na. Suko na ko.
    Sayang lang ako sa bansang to. Simple lang naman ang hiling ko. Gusto
    ko lang mabuhay ng tahimik at maayos.
    Gusto ko na kahit paano eh maipagmalaki ang Pilipinas. Pero wala eh.
    Doomed to be jologs ang bansang to.

    Alam ko marami pa ang umaasa at naniniwala sa pagbabago. Good luck and
    God bless! Sana tama kayo at mali ako.




    --
    "Whenever I see problems... I only see opportunities

    "Teaching Minds, touching hearts and transforming lives..."

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    Default Re: Walang kwenta ang Pilipinas //// from email

    Bitaw.. they always matter... kinsa man na cla ba?

    Sakto jud.. wala na kwarta.. wala pa ug trabaho.. cge pa jud anak..
    mga tapulan pa jud. Added to that uban cge ra inom2x..
    Kita noun naay trabaho.. ang plano usa lang ka anak..

    Maau cguro the government should stop trying to support for them
    para motrabaho na..

    I dont think sad na wala na jud ka makit-an na trabaho these days..
    gamiton sad unta nila ilang utok.. if you are resourcefull enough makakita
    jud ka ug kwarta oi.

    Kaning mga tawhana ba.. pareha na sila kanang mga spoiled kaau na bata..
    di gani tagaan ug candy hilak dayun.. wa sila gahuna2x na ang parents tawon
    cge pangita paagi ngita kwarta para palit candy.

  8. #18

    Default Re: Walang kwenta ang Pilipinas //// from email

    Federalism o else goodbye philippines which is manila only.

  9. #19

    Default Every Filipino Should Read with this one.

    Dear All,

    With the recent developments that besiege the country, I can’t help but agree with 90% of this mail I received, especially in the context that “qualified voters in this country should have been the ‘paying’ taxpayers’ themselves”, not the noisy ones who never helped made this country alive.


    Here it is: Please read this in its entirety, the author has a point!



    Galing sa isang ordinaryong manggawa sa Pilipinas
    -------------------------------------------------

    Walang kwenta ang Pilipinas

    By: jawbreaker. (isang ordinaryong office worker na ayaw nang magbayad ng tax...ever!)

    Walang katapusang corruption, walang kamatayang pangbabatikos, pagbabatuhan ng tae at pagpapa-taasan ng ihi ng mga pulitiko sa bawatisa, walang tigil na imbestigasyon ng kung ano-anong isyu pero wala namang matinong resolusyon, walang puknat na pag-aagawan ng kapangyarihan sa pagitan ng mga partido, patuloy na pagdami ng tamad at
    tangang Pilipino, SILANG patuloy na pakikipaglaban ng ideolohiyang wala namang
    silbi.

    SINONG "SILA"? EH DI MGA CORRUPT NA GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS AND WORKERS,
    MGA TAMBAY NA PILIPINO NA ANG LALAKI NG KATAWAN PERO HINDI NAMAN
    NAGTRATRABAHO AT HINDI NAGBABAYAD NG TAX, MGA MAYAYAMAN AT ARTISTANG TAX EVADERS, PATI MGA AKTIBISTA, NPA AT IBA PANG IDEOLOGICAL GROUPS NA HINDI NAGBABAYAD NG TAX PERO PANG-GULO!!!


    Lagi na lang sinasabi ng mga pulitiko: Ipaglaban ang masa! Tulungan ang masa! Mahalin ang masa!

    MASA LANG BA ANG TAO SA PILIPINAS?

    SINO BA TALAGA ANG BUMUBUHAY SA BANSANG TO?

    SAAN BA GALING ANG PANGPAGAWA NG MGA TULAY AT KALYE? SAAN BA GALING ANG PORK BARREL? SAAN BA GALING ANG PERANG KINUKURAKOT NILA?

    KAMI NA MGA MANGGAGAWA AT MIDDLE CLASS NA BAGO PA MAKUHA ANG SWELDO BAWAS NA - KAMI ANG BUMUBUHAY SA BANSA NA 'TO!!!!!!!!!

    BAKIT YANG BANG MGA MASANG YAN NA LAGI NA LANG SENTRO NG PLATAPORMA NG MGA PULITIKO EH NAGBABAYAD BA NG TAX cla!!!!

    KAHIT ISA SA MGA NAG-RA-RALLYING MGA SQUATTER NA YAN, KAHIT SINGKO HINDI NAG-RE-REMIT YAN SA BIR!

    PERO PINAPAKINGGAN BA KAMI NG GOBYERNO?

    LAGI NA LANG OPINYON NG MASA ANG INI-INTINDI NG GOBYERNO.

    KUNG SINO ANG NAG-RA-RALLY, SA EDSA, SILA ANG NASUSUNOD.

    KUNG SINO ANG MAS MALAKAS SUMIGAW PERO WALA NAMANG ECONOMIC CONTRIBUTION, SILA LAGI ANG FOCUS PAG MAY PROBLEMA.

    SILA LAGI ANG BIDA.

    KAMING MGA ORDINARYONG OFFICE WORKERS, OFW'S, LABORERS AT IBA PANG NAG-TRA-TRABAHO AT NAGBABAYAD NG TAX - KAMI ANG NAGPAPAKAHIRAP PARA BUHAYIN ANG PILIPINAS. KAMI ANG MGA TUNAY NA BAYANI NG BANSA!!!

    Tuwing nakikita ko ang payslip ko, nag-iinit ang ulo ko at gusto kong maiyak sa inis. Napakalaki ng tax na binabawas sa akin pero ginagamit lang sa walang kwentang bagay ang perang pinaghirapan ko.

    Lahat ng pagtitipid ginagawa ko para suportahan ang sarili ko, pamilya ko at ang bansang to. Ni hindi ako makabili ng chicken and spaghetti meal sa Jollibee kahit gutom na gutom na ko. Nag-tya-tyaga ako sa waffle na tig-P10, o kaya pag may konting pera, junior bola-bola siopao sa Mini-Stop sa halangang P20.

    Eh kung yung pera ko na pinapangbabayad sa tax sa kin na lang napunta, eh di sana nakakapanood pa ko ng sine at least 2 beses sa isang buwan. Nakabili na sana ako ng bagong rubber shoes. Nakapagpagawa na sana ako ng sarili kong bahay.

    Yung tax na binabayad ko, karamihan nun derecho sa bulsa ng mga corrupt na mga government officials at workers. Habang hirap na hirap akong i-budget ang pera ko, sila naman nagpapakasarap sa mga mansyon. SUV's at luxury cars pa ang dina-drive nila, samantalang ako sa pedicab lang
    sumasakay!

    PERA KO YANG PINAPAGPAPASASAAN NYO!!!!!

    Yung tax na binabayad ko, pinapangsuporta sa mga mahihirap. Saan ba galing ang pera pangpagawa ng housing at pagtulong sa mga mahihirap, di ba sa mga manggagawa na nagbabayad ng buwis! Pero karamihan ng mahihirap, kung umasta kala mo inaapi sila ng sobra.

    SA TOTOO LANG NO, KAYA ANG MGA MAHIHIRAP LALONG NAGHIHIRAP KASI MGA TAMAD!

    Ang daming mga tambay sa kalye na walang trabaho pero ang laki ng katawan. Eh kung sila ba nagkargador sa pier eh di sana may pera sila.

    TAPOS WALA NA NGANG PERA, ANAK PA NG ANAK!

    LALO NYO LANG PINAPADAMI ANG TAMAD AT TANGA SA MUNDO!!!!!

    Naaawa ako sa mga batang pakalat-kalat sa kalye at namamalimos. Imbes na nag-aaral, dumadagdag lang sila sa bilang ng mga future criminals sa Pinas. Hindi ako magtataka na yung batang nakita kong namamalimos sa Cubao,
    pagkatapos ng ilang taon cellphone snatcher na.

    YUNG MGA MAGULANG NAMAN DYAN, COMMON SENSE LANG! HIRAP NA HIRAP NA NGA KAYO SA BUHAY, MANGDADAMAY PA KAYO NG IBA?! PAPARAMIHAN NYO PA LAHI NYO!

    Palibhasa walang mga trabaho at walang pinagkaka-abalahan, kaya nagkakalabitan at nagsusundutan na lang maghapon, magdamag. Sa totoo lang, nakakabilib. Kasi kahit sa ilalim ng tulay o sa kariton lang, nakakabuo pa rin ng bata! Ibig sabihin, maabilidad ang mga Pinoy. Kung gugustuhin, gagawan ng paraan. Kahit sa makipot, mabaho at maduming lugar - SOLVE!

    Isa pang mga grupo ng tao na nakakainis, yung mga aktibista, NPA at kung ano-ano pang ideological political groups. Sabi nila, mahal na mahal nila ang Pilipinas kaya pinagpalalaban nila ang kanilang mga adhikain.

    EH HINDI RIN KAYO NAGBABAYAD NG TAX! ANG KAKAPAL RIN NG MGA MUKHA NYO!

    MGA HIPOKRITO! MAHAL DAW ANG PILIPINAS AYAW NAMAN MAGBAYAD NG BUWIS!

    WALA DIN NAMAN KAYONG MGA TRABAHO! KUNG MAY TRABAHO TALAGA KAYO, HINDI KAYO MAG-RA-RALLY DAHIL SAYANG ANG SWELDO NYO PAG ABSENT KAYO!

    PAANO NYO MAIPAPAKITA ANG PAGMAMAHAL NYO SA PILIPINAS KUNG WALA NA KAYONG GAWANG MATINO KUNDI MAG-RALLY AT MAMUNDOK??!!!

    ISA PA YANG MGA MAYAYAMAN AT MGA ARTISTA, NA NANGDADAYA AT HINDI NAGBABAYAD NG BUWIS. ANG KAKAPAL NG MUKHA NYO! ANG DAMI NYO NA NGANG PERA NANGDADAYA PA KAYO SA TAX!!!! HINDI NYO NAMAN MADADALA SA IMPIERNO YANG MGA KAYAMAN NYO. MASUSUNOG LANG DUN YAN.

    KAYA LALONG BUMABAGSAK ANG NEGOSYO DITO SA PILIPINAS, KASI MGA NEGOSYANTE MANDARAYA. PATI SHOWBIZ INDUSTRY, BAGSAK NA DIN. KARMA ANG TAWAG DYAN. MGA BALASUBAS KASI.

    Sana magkaron ng POLITICAL AND NATIONAL CLEANSING.

    Alisin ang lahat ng pulitiko at political families sa puwesto. Tibagin ang lahat ng mapanirang organizations at grupo. Itapon sa malayong isla o kaya i-pwersa ng hard labor ang mga sobrang tamad na mga Pilipino. Ihiwalay ang mga bata sa kanilang mga tamad at tangang magulang upang makapag-aral sila at maturuan na maging mabuting tao at mamamayan. Magkaron ng bagong lider na walang political ties at
    utang na loob sa kahit sino.


    At higit sa lahat, dapat tax payers lang ang pwedeng bumoto!

    Kung kinakailangang magka-giyera para magtino ang mga Pilipino, ayos lang. Masyado na kasing matigas ang ulo ng mga tao dito. Gusto ng kalayaan, pero hindi naman handang panagutan ang responsibilidad ng pagiging malaya. Meron daw pinaglalaban na prinsipyo at adhikain pero takot namang mamatay para dito.

    Hangga't hindi nagkakaron ng radical change, patuloy na walang kwenta ang Pilipinas at patuloy na magiging tanga ang majority ng mga Pilipino.

    Sa dami ng nag-mi-migrate na Pilipino sa ibang bansa, dadating ang panahon na minority na lang ng population sa Pilipinas ang may utak. Yung mga magagaling na Pilipino, malamang maubos na. Sobra na kasi silang na-fru-frustrate at na-de-depress sa mga nakikita nila.

    Ilang taon pa at aalis na rin ako sa Pilipinas. Wala kong balak na magkaron ng pamilya sa isang bansa na hindi pinapahalagahan ang kontribusyon ng mga taong tunay na bumubuhay dito. Kawawa naman ang magiging anak ko kung dito sya mabubuhay.

    Sa totoo lang, broken hearted ako. Minahal ko din ang bansang ito. Pilit kong pinagtatanggol kahit bulok. Nakarating na ko ng ibang bansa, pero pinili kong bumalik. Pero ngayon, ayoko na. Suko na ko. Sayang lang ako sa bansang to. Simple lang naman ang hiling ko. Gusto ko lang mabuhay ng
    tahimik at maayos. Gusto ko na kahit paano eh maipagmalaki ang Pilipinas. Pero wala eh. Doomed to be jologs ang bansang to.

    Alam ko marami pa ang umaasa at naniniwala sa pagbabago. Good luck and God bless! Sana tama kayo at mali ako.

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    Default Re: Every Filipino Should Read with this one.

    and i think here's the response to this letter, i just received this in a forwarded mail........
    ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
    We The Jologs: A Reaction to Jawbreaker’s "Walang
    Kwenta ang Pilipinas"

    by ionaks

    I am working class, I pay my taxes, I am an "ordinary
    office worker," I know how it feels..... but this
    person, whoever he or she is, does not speak for me.
    While the writer did not claim that he was speaking
    for anyone but himself, the same passion that
    compelled him to compose his message is the same
    passion which compels me now to say my piece.

    I write this for several reasons. First, the email (or
    more accurately, the blog entry) now circulating, as
    strongly-worded as it is, is bound to reach
    more and more people and lest more are led to believe
    that most of us think in the same vein, I have to say
    that we do not, or at least I don't.
    Second, many of his statements do a great many
    Filipino grave disservice. Third, it is time to speak.

    I am just as sick of the corruption and the scandals
    and the politicking. Pagod, sawa, at sukang-suka sa
    walang katapusang pagbabangayan,
    tama siya doon! Ang gobyerno ng Pilipinas ay saksakan
    ng dumi at baho... tama ulit! We are all sick of
    watching these politicians fight over positions
    in goverment like rabied dogs, all in the name of
    public service kuno when in fact the only interest
    they ever serve is their own. But this issue goes so
    far
    beyond politics! Sino nga bang kawawa sa mga
    nangyayari ngayon? Kahit naman anong mangyari doon sa
    itaas, wala naman sa kanila ang maghihirap.
    Even if Gloria resigns or is removed from office,
    she's not going to end up anywhere near the poor house
    scrounging for a daily living.
    Lahat sila, administrasyon, oposisyon, militar, the
    big business players... all those powers that be who
    seem to be driving the country further and
    further into the depths of oblivion... they have
    nothing to lose except the opportunity to accumulate
    more wealth at our expense.
    If this country does self-destruct, all they have to
    do is hop on an airplane and fly, business class at
    that, to some other country.

    At sino ang maiiwan dito? Tayo. The so-called
    "middle-class"... and the so-called "masa". Sama-sama
    tayong maiiwan dito to drown in the muck.
    And because of this, I see no distinction between the
    purported middle-class and the masa anymore,
    definitely not one that will help us in these
    trying times. To hang on to the notion that our
    interests are different is myopic. To believe that the
    middle-class have more at stake is arrogant.
    To continue to keep a line between "them" and "us" is
    elitist and wrong. It also borders on prejudice, which
    is unacceptable.
    This kind of hatred is just as bad as greed.

    Look around you. Unless you are surnamed Ayala
    (exception na lang siguro si Joey Ayala) or Cojuancgo
    or Gokongwei or what have you.... working or not,
    MASA ka rin! So what if you dress better, or went to a
    private school, can speak decent English, or listen to
    Coldplay instead of April Boy? Does it make
    you more of a person? Does it make you more deserving
    of a better life? Does it make you more entitled to
    decent service from an honest government?
    All it makes you is, well, better-dressed and eligible
    for a higher tax bracket.

    You know what the real differences are? The real
    difference between "us" and "them" is that while "we"
    complain about not being able to afford a fancy
    dinner at some expensive restaurant or buy a new pair
    of sneakers or get the latest cellphone, "they" worry
    about where to get money for their next meal.
    "They" worry about diseases like pneumonia and TB and
    not having even a hundred bucks to even go to a doctor
    to ask for a prescription that they won't
    be able to afford to buy anyway. Our children give up
    going to the movies; their children give up fare money
    and walk to school, if they are able to still go
    to school in the first place. The taxes that you pay
    may mean an out-of-town family vacation. The taxes
    that according to you they don’t pay could spell
    the difference between life and death. THAT is the
    difference.

    Paying your taxes does not make you better than anyone
    else. Haven’t you thought about the fact that so many
    Filipinos are exempt from paying taxes
    precisely because they are too poor to pay any tax?

    And for sure, kahit kailan hindi sila naging bida.
    Kahit kailan, hindi sila nasunod. Kahit kailan, hindi
    sila ever pinakinggan ng gobyerno. Pinarada si Mang
    Pandoy dati, yung tatlong bata naman nung panahon ni
    Gloria, pero nasaan na sila ngayon? The Government has
    always claimed to but has NEVER
    actually championed their cause. EDSA I? Mind you,
    hindi yun laban ng mga jologs na masa. Laban yun ng
    lahat ng Pilipino, led foremost by the middle-class!
    Lalo naman ang EDSA II which put Gloria in power. That
    was almost a purely middle-class movement. Maybe
    you’re talking about the so called mob
    which rally to support Erap at every opportunity, but
    they have not been heard. More importantly, they do
    not properly represent the poor of this country.
    The “masa” can be found not only in Metro Manila; they
    are scattered all across these 7,107 islands of ours.
    High tide or low tide, they have never been
    empowered. They remain desolate and neglected and
    oppressed. True, pag kampanya sila ang bida sa
    plataporma, pero pagkatapos hindi ba yung mga
    crony na business tycoons at foreign investors din
    naman and naghahari? And you will deny them their
    right to basic government service? No need, because
    the Government never served them anyway.

    And besides, OO, tayong working class ang nagbabayad
    ng buwis at OO dahil dun nabubuhay ang Pilipinas. But
    do you know who really keeps this country
    afloat, albeit barely? The farmers! The fishermen!
    Those people who still somehow keep the agricultural
    sector going. They feed you and me. Literal pa yan!
    Economically, agriculture is still our major industry.
    By traditional definitions, I’m sure kasama sila sa
    masa na sobrang kinagagalitan mo. Will you deny them
    their proper place in keeping this country alive for
    all of us? They probably contribute more than both you
    and I do. Besides, the way things are going right now,

    meron pa bang tao na hindi nagbabayad ng buwis one way
    or the other?

    Yung mga big-time tax evaders, tama, sa kanila ka
    magalit. Pero wag doon sa maliliit na wala namang
    magawa.

    Totoo, nakakainis ang mga tamad. At totoo naman na
    maraming tamad sa Pilipinas. But the poor do not have
    a monopoly of the indolence in this country.
    At sa totoo lang, hindi sila mahirap dahil tamad sila.
    I find it tyrannical, and such a terrifying recall to
    the Spanish colonial era, that some people still seem
    to think so. As much as there are lazy people in the
    squatters of Tondo, there are just as many lazy people
    in Forbes Park. The only difference is that they
    have Daddy’s money to disguise their lack of
    productivity. At kahit tamad sila, hindi sila
    nagugutom.

    Totoo, may mahihirap na hindi umaangat kasi tamad.
    Pero karamihan sa mahihirap humihirap dahil kahit
    anong gawin nila, hindi sila nabibigyan ng
    pagkakataong
    umayos ang buhay. Do we really believe the poor are
    content with their poverty and do not try to do all in
    their power to change their fate? Tell that to the
    driver
    of the next pedicab you ride.

    The bare naked truth is, in most cases, they are
    simply not given the opportunity to prosper. For one,
    Government does not give them the education they need
    and deserve to equip and empower them to do better.
    And there’s the capitalist economy of consumption and
    excess, where profit is the end that justifies
    any means, which simply will not let anyone other than
    the key players and investors and top-level executives
    have any share of the wealth. I find it strange that
    you shouldn’t see this. You are the best example of
    what I mean. You complain of having to content
    yourself with a 10 peso waffledog at Mini-stop instead
    of your
    favorite value meal at Jollibee… yet you work your
    butt off, don’t you? Hindi ka tamad, pero yumaman ka
    na ba? Like I said, masa ka rin. The simple fact is,
    for
    poor people like us, there is a much bigger hurdle
    than the fight against one’s own “tamaditis.”

    You also attack those activitists who take to the
    streets. Unang-una, sana ihiwalay mo yung mga tunay na
    aktibista dun sa mga binayaran lang ng kung sinong
    pulitiko para manggulo. Hindi lahat ng nakikipaglaban
    sa kalsada walang trabaho at tamad at hindi nagbabayad
    ng buwis at nagbibilad sa araw para lang manggulo.
    There are those of them, and believe me there are
    many, who are decent hard-working people. They
    sacrifice time that could otherwise have been spent
    with their
    families to fight for what they believe in. They
    sacrifice the daily wages they might otherwise earn
    precisely because they feel that it is the future of
    their children
    at stake. And it is precisely because they are the
    disadvantaged lot that their sacrifices are even more
    proportionately significant. More than income, they
    have
    sacrificed life and limb for this country, and will do
    so again if the need arises. For anyone to scoff at
    this, no matter how much we disagree with the form
    their
    ideology takes, is disrespectful and cruel. It is an
    insult to those who have made such sacrifices, to
    their families who have made the sacrifices with them,
    and to
    those of us who still believe that this country,
    damned as it seems to be, is still worth fighting for.

    Besides, ano nga bang masama sa ideolohiya? You use it
    like it was a bad word. What is ideology, really, but
    a principle by which we aspire to achieve our ideals?
    And what are our ideals? Better lives for ourselves
    and our families? A better future for our children? To
    live in a peaceful and just society,
    where there is enough for all and no one is hungry or
    poor or uneducated? To be called a great nation and
    take pride in our citizenship?
    Isn’t that the ideal we all strive for? Ikaw, yun lang
    din naman ang gusto mo di ba? The ideologies may vary,
    but still, the ideals are the same.
    Bottomline: we all want the same thing. Masa man o
    middle class, (kahit nga yung mga mayayaman at corrupt
    na pulitiko, nasobrahan lang sila),
    we all want the same thing. Kelan ba kasi naging
    synonymous ang ideology sa idealismo at ang idealismo
    sa imposible? It is precisely because we have
    abandoned our ideals and idealism that we are in the
    muck. It is precisely because we have been so
    frustrated by our experiences that just the mere
    mention
    of the word “ideology” makes us cringe and turn away.
    But if all these ideologies die, then how will we even
    start to strive for our ideals? Siguro nga tama ka,
    mamatay na nga silang kumakapit pa sa prinsipyo at
    ideolohiya. Mamatay na tayong lahat.

    We have different ways of fighting for what we believe
    in, different ways of contributing. Some of us take to
    the streets, some of us stand quietly by but in
    our hearts we protest the injustices that surround us
    and in our own ways, we do what we can. But I say,
    better do something than nothing at all. To give up
    now will do nothing but assure our doom.

    The present political crisis is more than just
    political. True, this needs to be resolved and at the
    soonest possible time. But however which way this
    plays out…
    what we need to assure is that we do not let this
    happen again. Like I said, tayo ang kawawa. Buti sana
    if the effects of these political upheavals are
    contained
    only amongst those people who keep on playing musical
    chairs with the seats of power. Pero hindi eh. Lahat
    tayo, apektado. From ordinary office workers
    to the jobless man with five mouths to feed waiting at
    home, tamad man o hindi, we are the ones who suffer.
    These political maneuverings have translated
    into decades of poverty for so many and that makes me
    sick and livid with anger. It makes my heart break.
    And we are all accountable for that. Yes, all of us.
    And merely paying our taxes does not make us
    blameless.

    We are accountable in so many ways that may seem
    innocuous but are just as dangerous nonetheless. We
    are accountable when we vote for a person
    because of nothing else than kababayan natin siya, or
    tatay siya ng kaklase natin sa elementary, o nakikita
    natin siya sa pelikula, o gwapo siya o maganda.
    We are accountable when we go to the LTO and bribe the
    employees there so we don’t have to spend two hours in
    line. We are accountable when we solicit
    favors from politicians and public servants and
    contribute to the prevalence of patronage politics. We
    are accountable when we allow our friends or relatives
    to
    solicit (or grant!) those favors. We are accountable
    when we engage in business practices that deprive
    laborers of their fair and just wages just so we could

    keep our profit levels as high as we possibly can with
    nary a thought of how we owe to our employees not just
    to give them wages but to raise their quality of life.

    We are accountable when, in the name of job and
    investment generation, we develop industries and
    technologies that wreak havoc on the environment and
    the health of local communities thereby effectively
    pushing them once and for all into a place of
    irrevocable poverty and true disenfranchisement.

    More so we are accountable when we sit by and say
    nothing or do nothing to register our dissent and make
    things change. We are our own worst enemies.
    But, we could also be our own best friends.

    I say this to you in fellowship and with respect for
    the great love you have for our country, which is
    obvious in spite of your disillusion and decision to
    give up. Go.
    Be the proverbial rat who abandons the sinking ship.
    Save yourself and pursue the life you want. You have a
    right to it. Iwan mo kaming bayan ng mga jologs.

    Like I said, I respect your opinion. Hindi kita
    inaaway, and if I sound like it, I apologize.
    Actually, ito naman talaga ang punto ko: Hindi tayo
    ang magkaaway dito,
    just as much as I believe na hindi yung mga aktibista
    sa kalye o mahihirap na hindi makapagbayad ng buwis
    and kaaway mo. I cannot accept that they
    should deserve this kind of ire. And I find it
    counterproductive, to say the least, to put the
    impoverished majority of this country on the other
    side of the fence.
    You are angry, which is how most of us feel, but your
    anger is somewhat misdirected. Para sa akin,
    nakakatakot kung ganyan ngang mag-isip talaga ang
    lahat ng “middle-class.” Rage against the corrupt and
    greedy people in power and I will rage with you. Rage
    against those who resort to murder and terrorism
    to get what they want. But please, spare the rest of
    us who just like you, flawed as we are, are just
    victims here.

    And herein lies the crux: we may be victims here, but
    we are not helpless. We have to fight together. We
    must exercise discernment and distinguish
    propaganda from truth. Now is not the time to point
    fingers at each other and call each other names and
    wish each other one-way trips to hell.
    We must identify who and what the real enemies are;
    and in my heart of hearts, I know that I will not find
    them in the shantytowns of Manila.

    There is so much that ails our country. There is
    something so terribly wrong when you live in a society
    where some people can afford 700,000 peso
    TV sets while just a few feet away there are children
    dying of malnutrition. The fact that even people with
    the greatest love for this country give up and leave,
    is the saddest commentary of all. As urgent as the
    need to change the people who govern us, is the need
    to change so many of the intrinsic things that
    make our systems and institutions so vulnerable to
    manipulation by the few. Not the least of these things
    is our own individual tolerance.
    There is much work to be done. And it must start, now.

    You’re right. What we need is radical change. A
    revolution is in order. A real one. One that will go
    beyond changing the names of the people we empower
    to abuse us. Take that statement however which way you
    want. Take it to the streets, if you will. But my real
    prayer is that you take it to your heart. Evaluate.
    Discern. Participate. Change. Sacrifice. Hope. Act.

    And yes, leave if you must. I wish you the best of
    luck, too. And one day, I hope that you will come back
    to a Philippines that we, the jologs, will have
    rebuilt to make you proud.

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