OK, I admit it... although America has been my home for almost 30 years, I still get homesick for crazy Manila and all the quirks and weirdness of living there.
Thanks to BFF Josie and her friend Rollie for sharing these funny observations. Someday I hope to be able to check out if all of the following have a ring of truth.
Well here it is, the only place on earth...
...Where fast food is a diet meal.
...Where traffic signs are merely suggestions, not regulations.
Thanks to BFF Josie and her friend Rollie for sharing these funny observations. Someday I hope to be able to check out if all of the following have a ring of truth.
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Well here it is, the only place on earth...
…Where every street has a basketball court.
…Where even lawyers and engineers are unemployed.
…Where even lawyers and engineers are unemployed.
…Where doctors study to become nurses for employment abroad.
...Where students pay more money than they will earn afterwards.
...Where students pay more money than they will earn afterwards.
...Where school is considered the second home and the mall considered the third.
...Where call-center employees earn more money than teachers and nurses.
…Where mutineers get elected senators.
…Where luxury cars are being destroyed.
…Where the press people are the most powerful.
…Where the priest knew everything about politics
...Where you can buy school diploma on the street.
...Where you can buy school diploma on the street.
…Where everything can be forged.
...Where Starbucks coffee is more expensive than gas.
...Where flyovers bring you from the freeway to the side streets.
...Where flyovers bring you from the freeway to the side streets.
…Where people cross the street under the overpass and not using the overpass.
...Where crossing the street involves running for your dear life.
...Where crossing the street involves running for your dear life.
…Where protesters with anti-American sentiments are wearing a pair of Hanes and Levis.
...Where colonial mentality is dishonestly denied!
...Where 4 a.m. is not even considered bedtime yet.
...Where people can pay to defy the law.
...Where everything and everyone is spoofed.
...Where even the poverty-stricken get to wear Ralph Lauren and Tommy Hilfiger
...Where everything and everyone is spoofed.
...Where even the poverty-stricken get to wear Ralph Lauren and Tommy Hilfiger
...Where the honking of car horns is a way of life.
...Where flood waters take up more than 90 percent of the streets during the rainy season.
...Where flood waters take up more than 90 percent of the streets during the rainy season.
...Where everyone has a relative abroad who keeps them alive
...Where even the poverty-stricken have the latest cell phones.
...Where insurance and educational plan do not work.
...Where even the poverty-stricken have the latest cell phones.
...Where insurance and educational plan do not work.
...Where fast food is a diet meal.
...Where traffic signs are merely suggestions, not regulations.
...Where the definition of traffic is the 'non-movement' of vehicles.
...Where the WWII fighter planes are used for military engagements, and the
new fighter planes are displayed in museums.
...Where people can get away with stealing billions of pesos, but not a thousand.
...Where being an hour late is still considered punctual.
...Where the WWII fighter planes are used for military engagements, and the
new fighter planes are displayed in museums.
...Where people can get away with stealing billions of pesos, but not a thousand.
...Where being an hour late is still considered punctual.
…Where late departure (ferry or plane) is considered normal.
...Where the squatters have more to complain (even if they do not pay their tax) -than those employed and their tax automatically deducted from their salaries.
...Where cigarettes and alcohol are necessity, and where the lottery is a commodity.
...Where the squatters have more to complain (even if they do not pay their tax) -than those employed and their tax automatically deducted from their salaries.
...Where cigarettes and alcohol are necessity, and where the lottery is a commodity.
...Where soap operas tell the realities of life and where the news provides the drama.
...Where actors make the rules and where politicians provide the entertainment
...Where the government makes the people pray for miracles... and where everyone wants to leave the country!
...Where actors make the rules and where politicians provide the entertainment
...Where the government makes the people pray for miracles... and where everyone wants to leave the country!
According to Manila businessmen, there is so much wit in the Philippines
Now I ask you where else in the world would one want to live?
