It has been months since I’ve watch a news program from the Philippines. Our TFC (The Filipino Channel) connection in the camp was disconnected since we were not able to pay the monthly subscriber’s fee. The reason behind, super hirap maningil ng monthly share ng bawat room. Para kang naghahatak ng bayawak sa lungga.
I won’t be surprised, kasi masyadong talamak na ang sugal sa accomodation namin. Worker’s tend to bet it all, bahala na Diyos ng Intsik ika nga then they will suffer another month without any Riyal in the pocket, worst is minsan nakakalimutan na ang pamilya.
After the TFC, I still have news sources back home, that is online news. Daily my friend religiously sends me downloaded version of pinoy newspaper, name it Abante, Abante Tonight, PSN and even Inquirer. At first I was so eager to read the news, para akong batang nangangailangan ng daily dose of milk. Back home I have a daily supply of newspaper to keep me up dated.
These past few days, di ko na halos buksan ang diyaryong pinapadala ni Ian, lalo lang akong naiinis. Walang laman kundi iskandalo, showbiz man o pulitika, I can feel how hard to live now in the Philippines, the idea of food coupon & rationing of fuel makes me sick.
Is this the world that I am about to go back to? Ang Pilipinas na para bang mahirap ng umigpaw bunga ng lumalalang problema ng corruption? We are a great nation, a great nation that our heroes founded. Bansang nagmahal sa kalayaan, bansang sinubukang tumayo ng nag-iisa.
Maraming nagsasabi sa akin na wala na tayong pag-asa. Nalulungkot ako pag naririnig ko ang ganitong komento, the pessimism that is being felt by our kababayan’s especially us working abroad is a sign that na di na tayo makakaahon.
The pin-pointing & the squabbles will not result to a economic recovery. Granstanding lang ito, in our history, wala namang nangyari sa mga congressional investigations, nothing but tons of paper & lost time. Nobody has been formally charge & worst wala namang nakulong. I would admit na maraming tiwaling opisyal sa atin. By my god naman, let us not just try them by publicity, it will not gain anything but name recall.
Whew! Is this the world that awaits me?
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4 responses so far ↓
1 umiibabaw // Oct 26, 2004 at 3:51 am
same situation here… dati masyado akong adik sa TFC, pero after 1 year of subscribing it..nawalan na ko ng gana… para bang ulam na pareho lang ang putahe araw araw.. pero i still love pinas but not the frenzy shows or media sa tin…by the way nakauwi ka na ba???
2 masterbetong // Oct 26, 2004 at 4:00 am
I’m still stuck here. Don’t know when I will go home, pero hopefully this week. Thanks sa comment.
3 umiibabaw // Oct 26, 2004 at 4:50 am
sorry to hear pre… ingat na lang….
4 di // Oct 26, 2004 at 11:49 am
oh, hi ricky…
reading your story makes me sick.!! anyway, its a different feeling if you’re here. i mean, you do have the personal touch of what if feels na nasa pinas ka. its the same here, sa office namin. we have lots of scandals….and stories that always make our day. but, definitely life goes on…and on…and on…its really up to us on how are we going to take these things. me??? i live a day at a time..i mean you know!!! who knows what will happen next? di ba?
anyway, im looking forward to seeing you..okey? do take care of yourself…
take care…
di……..
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