I am often a lurker ( and an occasional poster) on all these Filipino boards- they are an interesting read- there is always some Filipino criticising the gov't and some criticizing the people. Then, there is always some Kano posting there and complaining about the devil-may-care attitude of some Pinoys. Then there is someone suddenly posting "Proud to be a Filipino!". Then the Kano asks why he is proud. No one can answer conclusively and no one does. They just repost-" Flip rules, proud to be a Flip". Again, the Kano asks why and asks why when he went to Manila he saw a policeman urinating in public. Then all the Pinoys attack the Kano and cuss him out. Then someone writes bad things about the poreigners and the Americans ( synonyms) and the Caucasian pigs and white monkeys. It all ends with many f--k yous and then that is the end of the thread.Ginger wrote:Taco wrote:Philippines GDP is currently ranked 46th in the world, by 2020 its projected to be 16th.
Philippines Soon To Join Tiger Economies
http://ph.news.yahoo.com/ph-soon-to-joi ... xpert.html
Philippines - Highest Business Sentiment in Asia
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QuyMwoo_5wM
3rd quarter GDP is 7.1, that is more than double of the GDP for last year on the same time period. Currently it is the leading GDP for SEA.
Moreso, GDP for January-September of this year is also twice of the same time period as last year.
I'm feeling optimistic, pinoys rely on whoever leads the country. Noynoy Aquino (Cory Aquino's son) seems to be doing a good job re-instilling pinoy pride and over-all trust in the government. Might as well start buying real estate now
Then you go on another Filipino board and the same thing repeats again. The funny thing about it all- the ones who attack the Kano and the ones who are proud to be Pinoys and post bad things about the US are living in the USA( !!!) working in the US economy and many are US citizens ( OMG). And the Kano who is criticising the Pinoys is living in the Philippines, married there with a permanent residency and kids there. Ha ha ha. So funny! Anyway, reading those boards is one big laughter.
But next time someone asks why you are proud to be a Pinoy- you can say that your economy is growing faster than the US economy. That is something to be proud of.