Yes. Medyo sawa na akong maging pinoy. Other than crab mentality (na ngayon ay may naiinggit sa akin kaya tinitira ako patalikod--bata lang kasi kaya hindi ko patulan. Hello K.A.M. 2nd Year English.) pagkareklamador na walang alam (gano'n ba ako?), irrational thinking, fondness of defense mechanism (psychologically speaking) and super katigasan ng ulo that always lead to something terrible or most of the time insane situation.
So there. What's wrong with us? About the Crab Mentality, sakit na raw natin 'yan? Tama ba 'yon? If we see someone in progress, hinahatak natin pababa. Behaviorally, mga pinoy daw loves equality. We love it so much na ayaw na nating may nakikitang nakaka-angat. Gusto natin pantay-pantay and by that Pilipinos mean that literally. So what happens. Until today, wala pa ring progress. Pag may nakaka-angat, gusto natin gano'n din tayo. E since not everyone is not so lucky or not that hardworking to gain something, hindi lahat nakaka-angat. Kaya 'yong mga walang magawa kungdi panuorin ang pag-angat ng iba ay may bago ng past time: Pull those people back. Para pantay na uli. Tirahan pa nga patalikod ang kalakaran diyan.
Rant part about school:
Just like this past year. Tinitira at sinisiraan ako ni K.A.M. telling ill things behind my back and for me, I just took it as a compliment. "Uy, may naiinggit sa akin! Yish!" The problem is I've tolerated him and he grew fond of doing that. It even caused a havoc through the class now. I've spoiled him rather than telling him what the fuck is wrong with him. Now, most of CAS 2nd year student hates him and I just discovered that they've hated him ever since they heard him saying ill things behind my back. Now that Mr. K.A.M noticed that, he said that "Isa lang ang naninira sa akin/atin."
That made me laugh. Who started anyways? I've never said or done anything offending to him. Ngayon baliktaran na pala? Mahirap talaga kapag spoiled ka na, mahilig ka pang magmarunong, naiinggit ka pa, ang sama pa ng ugali mo at isip bata pa na walang alam gawin ay mamasa ng sise sa iba. That person is still a boy and I think, all of us who know him thinks that he's not really worthy of the title man.
End of Rant part for school.
Ok, let's continue anyways. Mahilig tayong magreklamo. Wala naman tayong alam and 70% of those "activist" joining street march on a rally barely understand what's the rally for. I know. Only those people in front know what's happening and the 70% people behind got no idea of what they are yelling for and got beaten for. Nabubugbog sila ng mga batuta ng pulis sa rally pero hindi nila sigurado kung bakit sila sumali.
And another thing, nagiging defense mechanism na natin 'yong pagrereklamo. We yell in the streets ""Bulok ang gobyerno natin!" "Unano presidente natin!" "Puro magnanakaw pulitiko natin!" but have we forgotten that these government is the reflection of our own selves? Kung bulok man 'to, kagagawan natin 'to. Kung unano man presidente natin ngayon because we let her win our votes! Don't tell me nagkadayaan. These people responsible for dayaan are those people we helped to attain their current position. Puro magnanakaw pulitiko natin e hindi ba tayo rin naman ang bumoto sa kanila?
I know I'm committing the very same mistake I'm ranting about but I just want those people that reads this blog that we really got a problem. And that problem is us. Me. You. He. She. Them. They.
We criticize because unconsciously, people tend to use criticism as a scapegoat. Namimintas tayo kasi hindi natin mapintasan ang sarili natin. Kapag sinabi natin na babaero ang ibang lalake at lalake tayo, what we really mean is "babaero ako. Naiinis ako sa kaniya so siya na 'yong babaero. Hindi ako." (Hindi ba Mr. K.A.M.)
Another one is napaka-irrational nating mga pinoy. We don't think systematically that's why progress will just be a dream for us unless we start thinking logically and critically about our issues and problems. The problem is, kapag may inintroduce na bagong idea sa atin at bagong systema para mapabilis ang lahat, do'n pa rin tayo sa nakasanayan, dun sa bulok, dun sa basura at dun sa walang kakwenta-kwenta 80% of the time. And we hate this people who introduced as new refreshing way to deal with our issues and problems. Like BF. People hated him so much especially those sidewalk vendors. (Can't blame them at all, marahas din naman kasi 'yong demolition team ng MMDA)
So finally, ang katigasan ng ulo nating mga pinoy. We don't care much about the rules. Wag ka nang umangal coz if we do, probably we're now a progressive country like Singapore and other neighboring nation especially Japan. Look. May overpass na. May footbridge pa but we still want to cross the street where it is dangerous. Kasi madali daw. Katamaran lang ba talaga o bobo nga tayong pinoy sabi ng aking anitong si Bob. (na dinadasalan ko ang mga gawa niya na nakalagay pa sa altar.)
Actually, we don't care about the rule because a lot of us don't care too.
See this. A lot of students will cross the street the dangerous way if they saw people doing it too. Gagayahin natin kasi iniisip natin "ok lang, ginawa na nga niya e." But try this. Observe a person na walang makakasabay na mag jaywalking. Kita mo aakyat 'yan ng footbridge kasi nag-iisa siya. Point? Well, psychologically speaking, people tend to lose their identity to a crowd. Kapag maraming gumagawa nun, sige lang. Go lang. Marami naman kami e. mahuli man sama-sama kaming kakanta ng Lupang Hinirang (kung estudyante) O kaya magbabayad (kung hindi but I prefer singing the national anthem) Cognitively and behaviorally tested na 'yan. If we lose our identity we tend to do the things we won't be doing if our face is in public view.
"Hindi tayo kilala kaya gora lang ako mga bading."
'Yan, I recreated the test regarding aggression, I had four boys in a meeting room where one of them wears a mask and one of them wears a mascot costume so the slightest hint of his identity is hidden and the other two is in normal wear with their face expose. The guy in a mascot costume is a closet ghey and one of the normal clad guys is ghey too. The one in the mascot outfit acted more aggressively and expressed himself in gay linggo. That's enough proof for me that if we lose our identity, we do crazy things that are normally not expected to us.
Mag pinoy ganiyan. Beating the red light ang madalas mangyari hindi ba tsaka jaywalking. If we saw one of the vehicles beat the red light and there's no other vehicle passing by the other lane, we follow the beater. Culturally dependent na nga tayo ang hilig pa nating mang-gaya.
So there. if you want me out of the country, no problem. I'm planning to go abroad anyways. Though there's no place like home I'd rather say there's no place like Philippines. Everything is inverted. Try to read Miliminas by Milo Par Pamonag. That's one good story that reflects our society.
Ja ne~
P.S.
I started with myself. So if I came back from abroad, iba na talaga ako. May slang na pero gwapo pa rin~
I don't hate K.A.M. He hates me so he's an asshole. XD
9 comments:
i just can't not comment on this post of yours.
first of all, if BF is your idol, i'm sorry but i won't be voting him as president. not now, never in a million years. discipline you say? discipline my ass.
he's just using the MMDA to further his political career, long story short. see all those posters of his? if you'll take a trip to one of the provinces north of metro manila (VERY, VERY FAR from the scope of MMDA), you'd see his posters scattered all over.
now tell me to stop whining about his evil deeds.
and then, the political environment reflects the society? i beg to disagree. we all know that there are lots of people who sell their votes - and many more who just plainly cheats the results - so how will you say that politics reflects the Philippine society? opportunists, such as those in the administration right now, are exactly the same ones who make people like you believe that Philippine politics is hopeless.
and no, i don't believe that the ends justify the means.
I don't care about BF himself, or his politicking, but I fully support his work with the MMDA. Case in point, how he dealt with the sidewalk vendors.
They were already given several warnings in the past, and were given ample time, but what did they do? Just flagrantly disregarded the authority, simply because they believe that BF would just give up on them if they disobey the rules repeatedly enough.
Some people need to be taught that laws aren't there to make textbooks fatter; they're there for a reason. And maybe, just maybe, BF managed to drive that point into the sidewalk vendor's thick skulls after the MMDA demolished and took away their merchandise.
"Paano na ang mga anak namin? Paano na yung may sakit ko na asawa?" Sorry, but appeal to emotion should be trashed if this country wants to go somewhere.
And again, I don't care about how BF is furthering his political ambitions. He can lounge in the Presidential Seat for all I care, if his MMDA gimmicks are any indication on how he'll govern the country.
BF can lounge in MMDA for all I care, just keep him away from Malacanang. I just don't trust him enough with THAT amount of power and money. it's plainly terrifying to have another dictator-in-the-making take the helm of our government.
not to mention i don't like his singing, too.
@ Jherskie
And I say that a nation full of people who take democracy for granted just because they can do anything, or they can say anything is actually asking for a "dictator-in-the-making".
I really don't share your ad hominem attacks on BH, because that wasn't the point of the post, really. All I'm saying is that I applaud what he's actually doing for Metro Manila.
i'm saying that the "apparent" hopelessness in the country's future isn't caused by the people who are commonly labeled as "skwater" (in all sense of the word). the problem are those people who fail to see that they are adding more to the problem, when they think they are coming up with the solutions. having a dictator, as shown by history, will not, and never will be the solution to the common problems we see today - because many of our present problems are caused by that dictator (may he forever burn in hell) and we are still feeling the aftermath of the wrongdoings and corruption he, and his cohorts, had done in the past.
Jherskie is so tsundere for BF.
Really, what's wrong with BF? He's trying to make things work. Sure, it's not working like a charm but at least he's doing something. He's trying to do something with the authority he's given.
He was doing something instead of complaining about it.
(My last reply, so as not to detract from the point of the post any further)
It's wrong to hate someone just because he's doing steps to propel his political career forward. Let's be realistic here: trying to discredit someone just because he's taking extensive steps to further his political career is...well, silly. It's called a "career" for a reason. So what if he pastes his face on every wall?
In politics, you whore yourself - you advertise yourself, and when you are seated you give service to the people. Except that you don't give blowjobs.
As for BF's way of dealing with things...well, let's be honest. It worked. Things were promptly dealt with, and offenders learned that they can't pretend that laws and regulations don't exist.
Every time I went to Baclaran months ago I saw how vendors there mastered the art of setting up their stalls in the middle of the streets and just as quickly dismantle them just in time before the MMDA shows up. Abusado.
But I'm not here as BF's campaigner. However, I should note that hating a figure of authority just because he turns a blind eye, or a deaf ear to the people who flout the rules is nothing short of silly. Rules are rules. If you got bulldozed because you ignored a warning given to you 30 days ago, then boohoo to you.
And "because many of our present problems are caused by that dictator (may he forever burn in hell)"?
Maybe you need to ask the opinions of those who actually lived within those 20 years of dictatorship before you post such an emotional reaction.
reactions such as yours, mai, are among the reasons why i very much want to prolong the discussions in this post. while i admit i may have gone overboard with over reacting to BF's political motives, i do not however hate him for doing his job. i also like what he's doing in the MMDA. but as i've said, he should stay away from Malacanang to avoid him from following the path of one who has caused us all our troubles.
and no, i do not have to ask those who lived during the martial law years to have a greater picture, thank you. my mom was among those happy during that era, if i should say (and i think your parents are as well). however, i know for a fact that they were satisfied just like that because they were among those who lived comfortable lives during those dark days (since among the worst parts of the dictatorship era are the existence of such social disparity, caused by the divide and conquer scheme used by Marcos).
all of these arguments of mine is very much relevant to this post, nonetheless, because i'm saying that one who is "sawa nang maging Pinoy" is truly among those who make the image of a "Pinoy" the crap that it may be these days.
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