sa mo react lang. .hihihi

[chipper_buy]

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Philippines is the only place on Earth where...

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 places.
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 four hours..
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 games and Friendster.
16. Where colonial mentality is dishonestly denied!
17. Where 4 a.m. is not even considered bedtime yet.
18. People can pay to defy the law.
19. Everything and everyone is spoofed..
20. Where even the poverty-stricken 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 percent of the streets during the rainy season.
24. Where everyone has a relative abroad who keeps them alive.
25. Where wearing your national colors make you 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 the people pray for miracles. (Amen to that!)
31. Where University of the Philippines is where all the geniuses/insane people go. --- ok ok this may not be true at all
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 not so smart Chinese go and;
35. University of Asia and the Pacific is where all the irrelevantly rich people go. (ang harssshh!!! )
36. Fast food is a diet meal.
37. Traffic signs are merely suggestions, not regulations.
38. Where being mugged is normal and It happens to everyone.
39. Rodents are normal house pets.
40. The definition of traffic is the '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 a 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 tax) - than those employed and have their tax automatically deducted from their salaries..
49. And where everyone wants to leave the country!

[KASAAC]

18. People can pay to defy the law.
11. Starbucks coffee is more expensive than gas.
6. Call-center employees earn more money than teachers and nurses.
3. Doctors study to become nurses for employment abroad.
4. Students pay more money than they will earn afterwards.


ONLY in the philippines

[chipper_buy]

sad to say but its reality..hahaha

[scorpionqueen]

24. Where everyone has a relative abroad who keeps them alive.
49. And where everyone wants to leave the country!

Everyone jud? We had relatives who used to work as OFWs (they all passed away, God bless their souls)... sure, they were able to help my parents during a financial crisis, pero amo gibayaran oi! Ug wa mi magsalig nila nga mabuhi mi! Di sad ko ganahan mo-abroad, di nako maantos ang kamingaw noh...

Dia pa: 1. Every street has a basketball court. ... Really? As in? Sure ka? Every street?

[chipper_buy]

its a free country.. u can say everything u wanna say .. i did also react to that.. but then again.. i don't take it personally coz i know better.. hihihihi ..

[o0ella0o]

Very nice.. most of them are true jud! Sad to say..

[mlhl@7]

its a free country.. u can say everything u wanna say .. i did also react to that.. but then again.. i don't take it personally coz i know better.. hihihihi ..

you know better or you know more... heheheh..

Sad to say it is true.. but not all of that are only in the philippines.

[chipper_buy]

you know better or you know more... heheheh..

Sad to say it is true.. but not all of that are only in the philippines.

nyahahaha. .pwedi rasad both....better and more..haha. lolz

[scorpionqueen]

To the author: Get your facts straight. (not directed at you TS ha... I know di ikaw ang author)
These are what I consider false statements:

4. Students pay more money than they will earn afterwards. (Di sad tanan)

5. School is considered the second home and the mall considered the third. (way mall sa probinsya oi and I can't even afford to go to the mall back in college)

8. Mountains like Makiling and Banahaw are considered holy places. (Sa taga-Luzon ra na)

10. All kinds of animals are edible. (Exotic food is also available in other countries)

15. The personal computer is mainly used for games and Friendster. (Facebook sad oi... and kevs ba nimo! Mao ganing "personal")

17. Where 4 a.m. is not even considered bedtime yet. (Excuse moi, kanang 4AM mao na pagmata sa mga yanong tawo nga nanginabuhi sa kadalanan...)

24. Where everyone has a relative abroad who keeps them alive. (Vehemently disagrees)

28. Where water can only be classified as tap and dirty. (Ug arte ka, ako kay di man! Hmp!)

29. Clean water is for sale (35 pesos per gallon). Part 2 (Ug arte ka, ako kay di man! Hmp!)

36. Fast food is a diet meal. (Preference ra na sa tawo, if it's his lifestyle, then why not?)

39. Rodents are normal house pets. (Pets? Kadiri!)

47. Where being an hour late is still considered punctual. (In govt offices cguro but not in private companies)

49. And where everyone wants to leave the country! (Buang ka, di lagi ko ganahan moabroad, maunsa pa lang ko didto)

[chipper_buy]

nyahahaha .. ok rana .. bacn pa diay maka basa ang author ani.hihihi