Being a Filipino is the best! be proud of it!!!!!,...

[jnex]

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I wonder why they don't beleive Sir Bayani implementing his plan for the betterment of Metro Manila traffic, I find him very realistic in his approach to the crooked people of Manila...yong WET FLAG dati gi babagan kay binata daw which is very effective to discipline the people na nanginahaglan pa ug basic nga pag tratar kay pirti man gyud ka gahi ug ulo uy!!!! motu-o gyud ko ana nga daghan gyuy kulang sa disciplina mga tao sa Manila.

Gusto mo ug disiplina pero di man lagi mopalag kung TIKASAN UG KAWATAN ANG PRESIDENTE.

MOPALAG GUD UY...kauban ra na sa EXTORTION....pero unsa-on man wala pa man lagi nato napamantod-an kay sagulan man ninyo ug kasamok?...ug para mapamatod-an nato kinahanglan unta i set-aside nangÂ* selfish line of attack, narrow minded and even blight way of assessing things kay wa gyuy mahimong resulta ana dong...mahog ra gyud ka ana nga pataka ra ka ug pamasangil.

And yeah...we want the hard-headed and unlawful citizen be deciplined...kay mao gyud na silay hinongdan sa di paglambo sa Pilipinas...ug unta ang mga REBELDE sa nasod mag-amgo na kay hangtod sa kahangtoran wala gyud na silay kalampusan.

[mariaa]

i am both proud and sad of being a Filipino ...

[overseer]

I'm not quite sure if being Filipino is the best.
BUT I am absolutely proud to be one.

[s.n.m.p.]

Filipino behaviours that sanctions corruption. . .

The first is getting by through connections. -- My favorite example of this, one that is largely unseen, is the way we choose the godparents of our children. Rarely do we get honest and poor (the two almost always go together in this country) folk to stand as sponsors to our children's baptism or wedding. Almost invariably we choose rich and crooked (the two almost always go together in this country, too) people to do so. Or at least we do not inquire too closely about the sources of their substance. The reason being that we want our kids, or indeed ourselves, to have a "konek," someone who will help employ them or bail us out in times of trouble. I keep saying it: While we revile corruption publicly, we embrace it privately.

The second is that we do not have any real concept of taxes. ---We do have much revulsion for thieves. That is shown in the derisive term "kawatan," or far more dramatically in the fate that befalls pickpockets when they are caught in Cubao or Quiapo. We do not show the same revulsion for thieves in high places because we do not really consider them thieves. We do not consider them thieves because we do not consider the money they seize as ours. The way we tacitly, if not formally, see it, taxes are not our money, they are their money. Taxes are the gratuity, or "balato," we give our leaders. No one really seriously expects it to come back. If they give us part of it back in road repair and basketball courts, great. If not, well, it is to be expected.

The pickpocket who is caught in Cubao and Quiapo gets to live only by the skin of his teeth, the looter who is caught in Malacañang and Congress gets only to sponsor Charter change.

LAstly, most of us want to live in America: What is unique to Philippine corruption, which you do not find in its neighbors, is that Filipino crooks like to sink their loot in Swiss banks and/or properties in California. Suharto stole more than Ferdinand Marcos -- $35 billion as against $15 billion -- but he kept it in Indonesia. Marcos stashed it abroad. Today, Jakarta has an airport with nice facilities, we have Naia and nasty hustlers.

That's what makes it so easy for the elite in this country, political and economic, to steal, and Almario is right about them setting a horrendous example. They do not particularly care what happens to the country because at the end of the day, when the country sinks to the bottom of the Pacific, they won't be around. They will be sipping wine in Napa Valley.

True enough, none of this will disappear overnight. Indeed, true enough, most of this will not disappear even after Arroyo goes. That doesn't mean Arroyo shouldn't go. As I said Archbishop Gaudencio Rosales argued that changing Arroyo won't solve all our problems, it won't, but it sure as hell will solve a great many of them. Leadership counts for a great deal, too. Good example is the greatest teacher there is, bad example is the greatest corruptor there is. Haven't you noticed that the people around Arroyo have now become uniformly arrogant?

[kyuusai]

one thing that we should alos be proud of is our rich culture...

[shejulfa]

im very proud of being a filipino... layo ra tah sa kalamidad ug disgrasya..... ilabeh na ang taga CEBU naa si senyor santo niño nga protectar natong tanan..... i love the island PHILIPPINES

[buloi123]

The Leaf Musician. The Guinness Book of World Records has recognized Filipino National Artist Levi Celerio as the only man who could play beautiful music with a leaf. He appeared in "That's Incredible" and the Mel Griffin show where he played his distinct talent. The Guinness Book of World Records said: "The only leaf player in the world is in the Philippines". As a composer and lyricist, Celerio wrote more than 4,000 songs.

Ha? di ko mutuu!! Amo silingan maayu kaayu mo play using leaf. Nindot kaayu paminawon.. Murag violin.. labi na ug naay duyug nga guitar...

[shejulfa]

pre @buloi ipa apil imo silingan sa guiness book para ma sikat... sikat ra man imo silingan sa inyo rah atong ipa publish sa newspaper o ip video coverage nato kang mark logan

[zengatsu]

hehehe..bitaw para musikat na inyong silingan sa tibook kalibutan..

[jerx d great]

filipinos are unique!!!!!