Here’s a trivia, in their National IDs, beside their Korean name, their name in Chinese characters are written too!). Wala lang, just learned that from my Korean classmate in Entrep.

Besides cultural reason, another reason why I favor Federalism is actually the decentralization of power from Mega Manila(You reminded me, hehe). Honestly, Metro Manila sucks a huge chunk of the country’s national income, leaving almost nothing for the provinces. 10% of the country’s GNP comes from CAR alone, however, we get almost nothing in return that is why the CAR is one of the most underdeveloped regions in the country(Only the Benguet province is not included in the county’s 44 poorest provinces probably because the National government still counts Baguio as part of Benguet, but in reality, the city is politically and economically independent of the province that’s why the capital of the province is La Trinidad and not Baguio). Having the smallest lang area and population, 10% is a very big contribution. Mindanao, who supplies 70% of the countries food consumption contributes 200 BILLION pesos to the national income only gets 30 BIllion in return. No wonder they want to secede. Very Unfair. I remember this joke in the early 90’s here in Baguio; it was said that the national government has a lot of “utang” to the Baguio City government. Of course, I was sort of “naive” back then. I really thought that Baguio was rich and the rest of the Philippines was poor. Hehe. Come federalization, I think we’ll know which provinces/regions are the ones who are really willing to develop their respective places.

Just my two cents anyway. I didn’t mean any harm. Hehe

it’s not the people’s fault [people, meaning average/regular people; non-politicians]. if you ask me, politicians are running for senator or governor or whatever to steal money from the philippines, not help the country. i hate to see politicians with highly expenisve cars and large, luxurious mansions after they’ve won an election. on the other side of that, i also hate seeing children on the streets, practically living there and sleeping on the steps of the LRT stations. it’s so unfair. people who work so frickin hard to support their families earn Php 9.50 per week [based on your previous entry] and these damn politicians sit all day, probably smoking cigars and how much do they get? probably millions, after innocent and hard-working people pay off their taxes and toll gate fees. these so-called leaders should be helping our country rise from poverty and all other bad things. but they ain’t doing that. all they care about is themselves. nobody but themselves. how to make themselves rich and powerful and live luxurious lives. fuck that. they’re losing the real meaning of what a politician really does. they think of politics as a game. if they play it right, they’ll get money and everything they want. but that’s not what it’s about! it’s about helping the country and representing the country as leaders.

i really do hope PGMA does every fucking word she said and not just SAY it. DO IT, GIRL! it’s such a shame the whole world had to hear her say “i am sorry” because she cheated. grrr. at least, doing those stuff she in her SONA would cover up that horrible scenario. not that everyone would forget about it. but at least she did something good to the philippines. it’s about time..

Wow, that’s a great essay.

“As you know, we have plenty of Koreans currently studying in the Philippines to take advantage of our cheaper tuition fees and learn English at the same time.” — HOLY, I didn’t know that! Or rather, I never got ’round to think about that. But thank you for telling me, HAHAHA.

I read his essay. Although I agree that love can change a lot of things, I totally disagree when he says it’s not the corruption. Because I sure think the corruption’s responsible for all the crap that’s happening. Love can’t solve corruption. People in politics are cold-hearted bastards. HAHAHA. Shari please forgive me for what I’ve been saying.

I wish everyone can read that essay. It annoys me so much when others are saying how bad are country’s become, but still do nothing about it and just run away. BAH.

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i like the koreana’s point =)
mapapaisip ang mga magbabasa
oo nga..minsan nakkasawa na magsulat about politics..yun nalang palagi eh.:D

but i agree with what you’ve said bout sa speech niya.
sana matuloy yung mga plano niya..kahit ang daming nagtatanong kung san kukunin yung pondo…let’s just wait and see.