Philippines is...

50. Where the most happening places are where the gang wars happen, where
women strip and where the people overthrow a president.

49. Where doctors, lawyers and engineers are unemployed.

48. Where everyone has his own personal ghost story and superstition

47. Where mountains like Makiling and Banahaw are considered holy places.

46. Where everything can be forged., even the presidency.

45. Where the mall is considered the second home.

44. Where people readily buy Starbucks coffee but complains of expensive
gas price.

43. Where every street has a basketball court and every town has only one
public school.

42. Where all kinds of animals are edible.

41. Where it is fast becoming unfashionable to speak English/Spanish.

40. Where students pay more money than they will earn afterwards.

39. Where call-center employees earn more money than teachers and nurses,
where doctors study to become nurses for employment abroad.

38. Where driving 4 kms can take as much as 4 hours.

37. Where flyovers brings you from the freeway to the side streets.

36. Where tourist spots are where Filipinos do not (or cannot) go.

35. Where the personal computer is mainly used for games and Friendster.

34. Where military generals decides who is president.

33. Where colonial mentality is dishonestly denied!

32. Where 4 a.m. is not yet considered bedtime.

31. Where the government urge the people to pay and defy the law.

30. Where everything and everyone is spoofed.

29. Where even the poverty-stricken gets to wear Ralph Lauren and Tommy
Hilfiger (fake)!

28. Where democracy applies only to the government and their ass-kissers.


27. Where being a bum is a way of life.

26. Where during rainy seasons streets become rivers.

25. Where everyone has a relative abroad who keeps them and the
government alive.

24. Where sidewalks and crossing the streets involves running for your
dear life.

23. Where everyone is ashame to wear the national colors.

22. Where billiards is a sport, and darts is a bar game.

21. Where even the poverty-stricken has the latest cell phones.


20. Where insurance is a lucrative industry because it does not work.

19. Where water can only be classified as tap and dirty - clean water is
for sale (35 pesos per gallon).
18. Where the church governs the people and where the government makes
the people pray for miracles. (Amen to that!)

17. Where University of the Philippines is where all the weird people go.
Ateneo is where all those who have influence go. La Salle is where all
the rich go. College of Saint Benilde is where all the stupid rich go,
and University of Asia and the Pacific is where all the irrelevantly rich
people go to say they go to college.
16. Where fast food is a diet meal.

15. Where traffic signs are merely suggestions, not regulations.

14. Where cops hide behind misleading traffic signs to earn his living.

13. Where being held up happens to everyone everywhere even in broad
daylight with lots of people.

12. Where kids dream of becoming actors, singers, basketball players, or
politicians.

11. Where rodents are normal house occupants.

10. Where the definition of traffic is the "non-movement" of vehicles.

9. Where the fighter planes of the 1940s are used for military
engagements, and the new fighter planes are displayed in museums.

8. where the population knows showbiz stars and gossips better than their
national heroes, past presidents, national history and current events.

7. Where cigarettes and alcohol are a necessity, and where the lottery is
a way out of poverty.

6. Where soap operas tell the realities of life and where the news
provides the drama.

5. Where actors make the rules and where politicians provide the
entertainment.

4. Where olympics are not for the athletes but out of town vacation for
the government.

3. Where people can steal trillions of pesos, kill and still run for a
government office.

2. Where being an hour late is still considered punctual.



1. Where the squatters have more to complain (even if
they do not pay their tax)
---- than those employed and have their tax automatically
deducted from their salaries.



and finally......

0. Where non- government people wants to leave the country!