Okay, okay. I’ve been really busy these days. My family and I are migrating. Yeah, it takes up most of my time. I have to take care of a lot of papers. Argh. Don’t have much time to enjoy my country.
I’ve been thinking lately. Do we really need to leave? I think so. There are a lot of things that we could not cope with anymore. One of them is politics. Politics here in the Philippines is becoming more like a soap opera that is best watched on an old, beat-up television. It has become a social circus. Politicking has become a profession or better yet a hobby for most Filipinos who are influential and are in dire need of money and attention.
Do they really know what they are doing to their countrymen?
The ordinary Mang Dodong is never satisfied with the way the political circus is being ran. Mang Andoy and Mang Berting who are on the other street are arguing whether or not they should participate in the upcoming mass protest against the current dictatorship. Aling Nene’s only job, gathering old cans and plastic bottles, does not pay enough for her to satisfy the daily needs of her 12 children.
My goodness, what has happened to our beloved country? The country that Jose Rizal, Andres Bonifacio and a lot of other heroes including Manny Pacquiao fought for. Many claim to know what the root of the problem is. Blah, blah, blah.
The truth is, it is a cycle. You see: People Who Choose Their Leaders Based On Good Looks Instead Of Personality and Good Track Record = Less Knowledgeable People In Position = Less Accountability = Greed = Corruption = Less Money For The People = Less Money For Education = Poverty = Overpopulation. Then it goes back…
There is no period. The only way to solve it is to break the cycle.
For me, the weakest link is the part where people get less money for education. People need to be educated. Education should be given to where it is really needed. Private organizations should award more scholarships to people who really deserve it.
Next, we should change the system. Better system of government = greater accountability = less greed = less corruption = more money for the people = more money for education = less people below the poverty line = wiser voters = wiser people in position.
Third, control the population. The budget alloted for the people, no matter how big it may seem, is small when divided to a lot of people. Simple Mathematics. Numerator / Denominator. Budget / Population. Budget / Greater Population = Smaller Amount for a Single Filipino. Budget / Smaller Population = Greater Amount for a Single Filipino.
These, I think, will lead to the betterment of the entire nation. We need to put a stop to the exodus of a lot of Filipinos who are in search of greener pastures in other people’s lands. The Filipino belongs to the Philippines and the Philippines belongs to the Filipino.
i totally agree with you..
hay.. sa pilipinas kasi.. hindi mo na alam kung sino nagsasabi ng totoo sa politics.. in short, wala ka nang mapagkakatiwalaan. In that case, pano pa aasenso kung walang trust sa isa’t isa diba? Haayy… pano ba yan.. ako nga rin magma-migrate na!! *joke*
sa Japan na lang ako o New Zealand.. lol
nangarap na naman ako.. XD
It’s kind of sad seeing the people of this country leaving, thinking that there is no other solution to the problem other than abandoning ship. I beg to disagree. Yes, the Philippines is a wrecking hell-hole of dumb-asses that make the lives of the people miserable. But we have to analyze it — what really is the root of all these problems? What really IS the problem? And therefore, what are the solutions?
Mang Dodong, et al are all part of the lower classes here in our neo-colonized and semi-feudal society. And we could attribute the current state of those people to their low classes and when we talk about class systems, we talk about economic (thereby political and cultural) power here. And why are they in the lower classes? Because they have little, negligible to no economic power at all. How come? Are they part of the work force? Do they contribute to the country’s production? Do they even have jobs? If they don’t have jobs, why? How come industries can’t be developed in the urban areas to accomodate the growing reserve army of labor? Likewise, as an agricultural country, why can’t the countryside’s lands be developed for the country’s sufficeiency in agro products thereby empowering the farmers? Kung madedevelop lang yun di sana di tayo namomroblema sa rice. Charot, sweeping generalization. Nonetheless maari ring maging step yung towards self sufficiency. But no, du tayo umuunlad. Bakit? Kasi ayaw tayong paunlarin.
Weyw. Napahaba na comment ko. Hahaha. Dalawang paragraph mo palang yan. Next time nalang yung iba. :p