I am a bitch goddess.
Some good things…
By admin | October 13, 2008
Ive been asking myself for the past sixth months what could be the good things living in this country.Hey were past the 6 months already and look, we are fully functional even without a nanny for one week.I couldnt imagine myself in this situation too but baby you just have to do it. This is part of the plan.The kids are doing great in daycare. I can see their happiness each time I fetch them from work. I just love the happy painted faces.Back to my question, what could be the good things that will make me stay so long? I still couldnt figure it out, it lacks something… not something, it lacks the bigger things.No, you dont get warm and friendly smiles here unlike there. They are always in a rush. Dont be slow or else! There are lots of bitches and aholes everywhere. Even taxi drivers are complete a-holes. Their trustworthy alright! I know. But men, they are grouchy! One mistake, and then BAM!My friend taught me one thing, to never let them step on you. They always have the right to step on you because they are citizens. Just this lunch, I repeated a lot of times to the driver to take us to Anchorpoint Alexandra. It was raining so hard. I noticed he was rushing and went to the opposite direction. As i was talking to someone on the phone, I couldnt say we went the wrong way. Then I realized he was going to Alexandra Point Building. Mixed up??? Anchorpoint Alexandra to Alexandra Point???I told him, its not Alexandra point. Then he shot back at me, You told me Alexandra point! I shouted back, I told you how many times Anchorpoint, Anchorpoint!There my friends, was my first time to argue with those taxi drivers who always make you feel you WERE WRONG.Damn it feels good.How many times I received sermons due to my own ‘ignorance’ that i always feel Im always wrong in giving directions! I thought they have the right to grouch at passengers whenever they need to!Damn that felt good. Ive learned exactly how it is to be like them. Not that I am already acting like one, I can get even with them. In this country you feel youre the one whose doing the pakikisama all the time? Because youre a foreigner? Who makes up the majority of the population here? Who basically throw in all the money to boost the economy/??? 
Here, you always make the conscious effort to do THINGS RIGHT all the time.
In Manila. you always make the conscious effort to do things you want. with a smile. its no biggie.
Here you will die from loneliness.
Topics: Life in general |
November 1st, 2008 at 4:41 am
omigosh apols, this is EXACTLY what i thought of canada. it’s perfect and yet not, i loved the weather, the seasons, the laws, the way things were done but still i wasn’t in love with the country. the phils is SO imperfect and yet so perfect in its imperfection =) andaming kakainis about our country (corrupt politicians, dirty etc) pero how can you not love the country and the people. or maybe kasi taga pinas tayo? i have a vancouver classmate (chinese siya ha?) went to hongkong the first time, i could tell she thought hong kong was a “sh*thole” yong mga sampay sampay mga dirty apartments and litter in the streets. what would she think of the phils? pero happy pa rin tayo