My everyday agony as a foreigner's wife

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What I don't understand is,
1. Kahibawo ang foreigner nga ingon ana ta, why marry a Filipina?
2. Kahibawo ang bruha nga ingon ana ang bana, why marry him?

It is like saying (firmly daw) "I love my country but I buy ukay2 nga tax free and gikan sa gawas kay branded or those made in Taiwan kay barato." "I love my country but I chose go abroad para naa ko matabang sa ako family" "I love my country but di ko kahibawo molabay og tarong sa ako basura sa mga basurahan"

Hello?! Wake up! Is it irony...or hypocrisy?

[emjee17]

7. hospitals are too far to be alive - it's the traffic that kills or so, mga nag paugatay!

[chinody]

THIS IS SPARTA!!! THIS IS PHILIPPINES!!!

-- Sorry but i have to defend my country.

it's been a year i got married to a white guy,so far my life has changed,financially, and emotionally as a mother. I have a 6-month-old kid. we will be flying to my husband's place next month.

my agonies are:
as a foreigner,

1.my husband think our best tourism is the girls,and that's why he came here,then he met me

no offence, but this type of foreigners i hate most. most of the foreigners that i met (that dont work here), only looks for gurls. What does your husband meant when he says girls are the best tourism?


2.he doesn't want our kid to live here because streets are the playground of the children,basing to what he saw

hmm yeah. i enjoyed my youth playing shatung, tumba lata, takyan, taguan, marbles. but you could always live in a subdivision like kishanta ,molave, or maria louisa.

3.our politicians are corrupt,he kept asking me where our 12% vat go
honestly, i have no idea too!
i dont even know why USA is having a financial crisis. i dont understand why we go to war with iraq.

4. He laughs at small shanty houses in major roads,coz for him is terrible to see,
and for you? is this terrible? this is your fellow filipino. i dont know what is more pathetic...
the suffering or the one who laughs at them.


5. he never rides PAL,or sea ships of the philippines
sarap ng experience ^_^. how about island hoping? sulpicio lines scared him huh?

6.that filipino vehicle drivers are boang,no clues and never give way to ambulance
hmm yea. usahay, but i see some improvements. the only exception is if traffic gyud.
same reaction i got from someone who drives in australia. crazy drivers.

7. hospitals are too far to be alive
i dont know where you live. better live in a hospital.

8.that ambulance brings you dead on arrival
hmmm.. and this is ambulance fault? and hospital's fault? better arrived than never.

9. that majority of us lives in 2 dollars a day
converted to US money. yes. if they work in US, that's probably $10-$20 dollars. and look at how hard Filipinos work to feed their family.

10. that everybody wants to leave the country
sadly true, but when enough money is earned, they go back and retire.

11. that government agencies is money greedy,he can prove it,
tell me it's not true in other countries.

12. that majority just eat rice and fish
FOOD!? PHILIPPINES? IS A FOOD DELICACY COUNTRY! People here just love to eat.
there are 8 meals by the way, in order: breakfast, snacks, lunch, mirienda, mirienda ceyna, dinner, bedtime snacks, secret.

where else can you eat strange bits of animals!? adidas(chickenfeet), kurbata(neck), walkman(pig ears), helmet(chicken head), PAL(chiken wings), IUD(intestines), dinuguan, the dreaded balut, bagoong, utan, kaldereta, sisig. food you can only find in philippines.


13.that we fight with each other
hmm.. globally yes.

14.that we do not produce anything,if we do,no quality
at least we are better than china. ^_^
yet foreigners keep comming back to philippines, prefer filipinos. why? because we have character. we are fun and loving.

15.that we suppose to have a very beautiful place but the government is busy in corruption
god.. kapagud mag defend. but sadly yea.

16. homes here dont have grasses
Kakapuy ba ani. so?


17. and he wonders what country's future be
and more....
Best answer is from Micheal Defensor when asked - is there hope for our country? those living in squatters? those poor people living under the bridges? is there future for our country?
he answered - ofcourse! there is always hope. otherwise i have left this country for good. i will never loose hope. these filipinos need me.

and also, havent you notice? Filipinoes are taking over the world! ALL YOUR BASE BELONGS TO US!


all these are present in his mind,i cant change it,he shakes his head to my country
i cant take it anymore,its killing me,its hurting me,i have been defending my country eversince,i always give counter reasons to my husband,but it just makes him see me as no clue too!
now,im tired defending,in the end i realize my husband is true.im leaving philippines now,if i come back,that's becoz of my family.

yea.. good luck. all we wanted is the best place of our children to grow up. if you feel that its better in other countries, good ahead. i sometimes feel foreign countries are better. But I want my child to grow as a filipino, no matter which country.



my 2 cents.
I agree to most of your comments. Philippines is not perfect.
This is not Canada, This is not Australia, This is not United States.
I love my country. This is where i grew up. this is where i belong.



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[Cory1986]

if you cant beat him, join him...

My co worker ask me if its true that Filipino eats DOG, I answered: "WE EVEN EAT HUMAN" WAHAHAH. hadlok xa wui.

[JoyCeeMarie08]

kung nkaminus jd xa pag-ayo sa atong country? nganong...

[cobraKing]

hello everyone,

it's been a year i got married to a white guy,so far my life has changed,financially, and emotionally as a mother. I have a 6-month-old kid. we will be flying to my husband's place next month.

my agonies are:
as a foreigner,
1.my husband think our best tourism is the girls,and that's why he came here,then he met me
2.he doesn't want our kid to live here because streets are the playground of the children,basing to what he saw
3.our politicians are corrupt,he kept asking me where our 12% vat go
4. He laughs at small shanty houses in major roads,coz for him is terrible to see,
5. he never rides PAL,or sea ships of the philippines
6.that filipino vehicle drivers are boang,no clues and never give way to ambulance
7. hospitals are too far to be alive
8.that ambulance brings you dead on arrival
9. that majority of us lives in 2 dollars a day
10. that everybody wants to leave the country
11. that government agencies is money greedy,he can prove it,
12. that majority just eat rice and fish
13.that we fight with each other
14.that we do not produce anything,if we do,no quality
15.that we suppose to have a very beautiful place but the government is busy in corruption
16. homes here dont have grasses
17. and he wonders what country's future be
and more....all these are present in his mind,i cant change it,he shakes his head to my country
i cant take it anymore,its killing me,its hurting me,i have been defending my country eversince,i always give counter reasons to my husband,but it just makes him see me as no clue too!
now,im tired defending,in the end i realize my husband is true.im leaving philippines now,if i come back,that's becoz of my family.

daghana ug arti ana oi..ayaw na pabalika dri sa pinas..

[Hammer_and_Sickle]

goodluck!!,ka'y na'a ma'y perpekto na country gud, hehehehe

[nitwit]

hello everyone,

it's been a year i got married to a white guy,so far my life has changed,financially, and emotionally as a mother. I have a 6-month-old kid. we will be flying to my husband's place next month.

my agonies are:
as a foreigner,
1.my husband think our best tourism is the girls,and that's why he came here,then he met me
- so his a s*x tourist then
2.he doesn't want our kid to live here because streets are the playground of the children,basing to what he saw
- are your kids streetchildren? there's heaps of parks in cebu or throughout philippines,take him there!
3.our politicians are corrupt,he kept asking me where our 12% vat go
well corruption in philippines is very hard to kill like what they always say bad habits die hard
4. He laughs at small shanty houses in major roads,coz for him is terrible to see,
its not only in philippines, has he been to thailand, cambodia, indonesia?
5. he never rides PAL,or sea ships of the philippines
that makes him boring
6.that filipino vehicle drivers are boang,no clues and never give way to ambulance
if theyre already trapped in traffic then i dont think you can ever give way to an ambulance esp.when we only have very narrow roads there
7. hospitals are too far to be alive
where do you guys live?isnt each suburb in philippines got a public hospital?
8.that ambulance brings you dead on arrival
not all the time,some ambulance drivers drive like a maniac.he should blame the road and those uneducated drivers
9. that majority of us lives in 2 dollars a day
so what? that just shows him how filos are determined to work hard to make a living
10. that everybody wants to leave the country
some does but not everybody so dont exagerrate it. some prefers to stay in philippines as there is no place like home
11. that government agencies is money greedy,he can prove it,
all countries have corruptions darling, not just in phil
12. that majority just eat rice and fish
thats pretty stupid of him,its the same as caucasian people eating steak and potatoes or salads!
13.that we fight with each other
again some citizens in other countries do that too,worst are those communist countries
14.that we do not produce anything,if we do,no quality
our products are way so much better than china he should check that out
15.that we suppose to have a very beautiful place but the government is busy in corruption
again i think your husband needs to go to other countries,esp.thailand,china, and cambodia but hang on, i think north korea is where he really belongs,maybe that country might make him realize how philippines is so much better
16. homes here dont have grasses
ive seen many houses in suburban houses with grasses taller than a person
17. and he wonders what country's future be
one thing is sure enough, corruption will always be there and thats the truth if he cant take that then his better off staying where he came from and stay the hell out of phil!
and more....all these are present in his mind,i cant change it,he shakes his head to my country
i cant take it anymore,its killing me,its hurting me,i have been defending my country eversince,i always give counter reasons to my husband,but it just makes him see me as no clue too!
now,im tired defending,in the end i realize my husband is true.im leaving philippines now,if i come back,that's becoz of my family.

my husband is a foreigner too but he loves philippines and he never made such gruesome comments to the country like your husband. if this was the case, theres already a RED SIGN girl,why did you still marry him if he thinks so lowly of the people and the country?isnt that too stupid for the both of you?sorry for being mean but i guess the two of you need to grow up and get a life, if you keep whining about your husbands nasty comments about phil then leave him! and he should just go to where he thinks is a perfect country!

[xoedz]

Kumusta na kaha ni nga couple noh? buhi pa ba kaha ni si white man. Kalami ani bitayon. almost 3 yrs na ni nga post if I'm not mistaken - (09-25-2008, 10:26 PM)

TS Update nya ha if na unsa na imo white man. Kani imo post sikat japon til now and dli pa ni mo die ug dali.

TS I hope you are doing fine and your kid/s.

[kajrot1]

sa may mabuhat nato ana ts naa naman moy anak!
lisod bya pd na imo sitwasyon.
pero hunahunaa nlng ang future sa imo anak.