50 things to laugh and cry!

I just realized that I have already been in the blogging industry for a while now. I was able to check my previous post and learned that my very first blog entry was made on August 2005 at friendster blogs! I never had any idea then that what i do was called blogging (chozz).

Here is a post that have been circulating in emails with an unknown source. This is about 50 INALIENABLE TRUTHS WE HAVE TO ACCEPT ABOUT THE PHILIPPINES!

Take your time contemplating este, reading!

50. where the most happening places is not where the party is, instead it's where the gang wars happen, where women strip and where the people overthrow a pesident

49. where even the doctors, lawyers,architects and engineers are unemployed

48. where everyone has his personal ghost story

47. where mountains are named like Makiling and Banahaw

46. where everything can be forged

45. where the school is considered the second home and the mall considered
as third

44. where Starbucks coffee is more expensive than gas

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

42. where all kinds of animals are edible

41. where people speak all kinds of languages and still call it Tagalog

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

39. where call center employees earn more money than teachers and nurses

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

37. where flyovers bring you from the freeway to side streets

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

35. where the personal computer is mainly used for games, Friendster and
Myspace

34. where all 13 yr old are alcoholic

33. where colonial mentality is dishonestly denied

32. where 4 am is not even considered bed time yet

31. where people can pay to defy the law

30. where everything is spoofed

29. where even the poverty-stricken get to wear Ralph Lauren and Tommy
Hilfiger

28. where honking of car horns is a way of life

27. where being called a bum is never offensive

26. where flood waters take up more than 90% of the streets during the
rainy season

25. where everyone has a relative abroad who keeps them alive

24. where crossing the street involves running for your dear life

23. where wearing your national colors make you "baduy"

22. where billiards is a sport and darts is a bar game

21. where even the poverty-stricken have the latest cell phones
(GSM-galing sa magnanakaw)

20. where insurance does not work

19. where water can only be classified as tap and dirty... clean is for
sale (35 pesos/gallon)

18. where the church governs the people and where the government make the
people pray for miracles

17. where University of the Philippines is where all the wierd people go.
Ateneo is where all the nerds go. LaSalle is where all the Chinese go...
College of Saint Benilde is where all the stupid Chinese go, and
University of Asia and the Pacific is where all the irrelevantly rich
people go

16. where fastfood is a diet meal

15. where traffic signs are merely suggestions not regulations

14. where all the trees in the city are below 6 ft

13. where being held up is normal. It happens to every one

12. where kidsd dream of becoming pilots, doctors and basketball players

11. where rodents is a normal house pet

10.where the definition of traffic is the 'non-movement' of vehicles

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

8. where being an hour late is still considered as punctual

7. where cigarettes and alcohol are a necessity, and where the lottery is
a commodity

6. where soap operas tell the realities of life and where the news provide
the entertainment (kung gusto mo mapikon watch the news)

5. where actors make the rules and where politicians provide the entertainment (kung gusto ma mapikon watch the news)

4. where finding a deer on the road will be a phenomenon (may deer dito?
seryoso kayo?)

3. where people can get away with stealing trillions of pesos, but not for
a thousand

2. where Nora Aunor is an acclaimed actress and Boy Abunda is the best
talk show host

1. where everyone wants to leave the country