ewan ko, pero pinoy ngayun makasarili.

Well, some of the people I knwo here in States,, they have great jobs and big houses and good life...

But back in Philippines,, probably because of the economy. Kung mababa lang ang mga foods and clothes,, filipinos will probably gonna save the extra money to save for their child's college tuition or something like that and get their children into a good college and finish college...

I agree.

I think it's not the economy at all. Looking back at history, the Chinese mestizos were already above the natives. Many were businessmen and hacienderos.

The problem that I see with the native Filipinos is the "puwede na yan" mentality at minsan masyado tayong mukhang pera at show-off sa mga kadugo. Yung mga nagDDH sa ibang bansa, marami sa kanila ang nakapagtapos ng college pero after 15 years, katulong pa rin? Why? Wala namang masama sa pagiging katulong pero bakit tila satisfied nalang sila sa pagiging katulong, pero come to think of it may degree naman sila. Siguro habang nagkakatulong sila, puede silang maghanap ng trabaho ng related sa degree na natapos nila.

Yung mga tsinoy, hindi ganun. Usually, they stared with the menial jobs pa nga, nung nakaipon nagtayo ng maliit na resturant hanggang sa kumita, nagexpand.. and so on and so forth.

It's with the Filipino mentality.

Why the Chinese or for that matter, the Jews & I also notice a burgeoning Muslim Filipino mercantile class? Because they have homogenous languages & cultures. They agree on what a Chinese, Jew & Muslim is. Same goes with the EU & UK nations.

People will ask, why the US with its plurality? Because English is their national language & they accept that they are mostly immigrants. (I like australia better because they are acknowledging their history of penal colonialism & mass immigration at the cost of displacing the native Aboriginal populace). Even Singaporeans thrive on plurality & made English their national language.

Filipiinos are divided & insecure about their identity. We can't decide on our national language (siguro shortcut texting na lang?). We argue over our national hero so we don't have a national role model. We still make each other feel insecure about wearing Tatak Pinoy.

We see scarcity while foreign investors see abundance of opportunity (otherwise, they should've packed up & left if they were really self-respecting businessmen). We see it as a mark of privilege to be above the law rather than be ashamed for breaking it. We see image as more important than the truth based on the totality & context of facts.

While we operate under this paradigm, we as a Filipino race, will progress at a turtle's pace & Filipinos who operate by principles of good governance & the rule of law will be at a disadvantage & be exploited.

ksi some of pilipino is like a crab



pag masdan nyo ang crab n ns bucket umaakyat sila para mk alis s loob non pero ano ang gingawa ng ibang crab??? hinihila nila pbaba ang crab nnkk akyat s taas para sila nman ang mk akyat diba



ganon ang iba stin pag my nkk angat satin hinihila ntin pabalik or kung ano ano ang sinsabi ntin laban s taong nkk angat na.... in other words sinisiraan ntin....

I'm glad wala na ako sa basket.

sa palagay ko po dahil sa colonial mentality ng pinoy. Lalong naghihirap ang pinoy dahil na rin sa prejudice sa sariling bansa. Una na lang sa kulay sinasamba ng lahat ang mestiza eh diyan pa lang bumaba na ang self esteem ng pinoy. Marami nangangarap ng buhay artitsta. Paano nakikita sa t.v. ang mga pinapasikat nilang mga luho na pilit na rin ginagaya ng pinoy kahit wala ng makain. Mga signature pinipilit gayahin para narin sumikat which equals increase in self esteem. Di niyo ba napapansin pinapauso narin nila ang mga engagement ring s at marangyang proposal ano ang gagawin ng pinoy? gayahin din di ba. Tsk tsk tsk. Kung nandito naman sa abroad success is measured in how many cheding's and houses you have. Taas noo at tse di kita papansinin mas mayaman ako sa iyo kahit kababayan kita manay ako. BAkit kailangang umasta ng ganoon? It all goes back to colonial mentality and yes crab mentality ng pinoy.Pag nagkaanak naman sa States di tinuturuan ng tagalog ang anak paano oy sikat ako paguwi ko sa pinas spokening dollar anak ko di ba? Wag kayong magalit hindi naman lahat ng pinoy ganyan majority lang. BAkit ang Japan di nageenglish maunlad din? answer di yata tayo nationalistic. Anyway mahaba nato baka batuhin ako.

my sentiments exactly but where did it come from thou? yang ingitan naten? is it already imbedded in us as we grow? so therefore it is us adults responsibility to somehow awaken the young minds of today & leaders of tomorrow on how there's nothing to gain but lots to lose on ingitan my simple take is all


hinila din ako nun eh...buti nalang di nahulog salawal ko

hahahaha sana pala nalaglag nalang short mo para uwi k pauwi sa bahay nyo abnoi talga

The Chinese are not homogeneous as we perceive them to be... there are the Hakkas, Hokkiens, Cantonese, Teochews, Mandarins.... I've even heard that di rin daw magkasundo masyado ang mga Hokkiens and Cantonese...

It's with the tamaditis syndrome!!

sabi ng proffesor namin,
kasi ang pananaw ng mga pinoy ay stable lang sa isang bagay...
para bang gusto kong maging ganyan...
dun lang sila tututok


eh ung chinese bussiness ang tutok at family richness

ATITTUDE

many wishes and dreams of becoming wealthy and wants to achieve there goals in life..... but only very few are much willing to pay for the price of success.......only very few are successful coz only few are willing to pay for the price of success

Interesting..

I dont agree that Filipinos are 'less' successful. It's more of an issue of our people not being able to stand united. I see this occuring here States-side. Our people are less supportive of each other and would rather be jealous and/or more focused on out-doing each other.