Is the Filipino that Poor?

[lexlibris]

I don't think the Filipinos are that poor.

I will use the Dog's food section as my guide. Whereas before, the dog's food section is but a mere small space in Supermarkets, but now, it occupies one whole side/portion!

Consider that the price of Dog's food ranges from Php60 - 145, compared to rice which is Php16 - 50, and Filipinos are buying (the former), says something that Filipinos are not that poor.

[nicolodeon]

NOTE: Pahabol lang po, dahil one week akong "absent":

Is the Philippines really that poor? My answer would be no. I've been to a lot of countries that are poorer. I've traveled their countryside and met their people. Many of them are "mahirap pa sa mahirap na daga". But IMO, the Philippines is generally poor.

Yes, a lot of Filipino households have all the ameneties of a...."comfortable life", if one can call it that. Electronic gadgets and gizmos, automobiles and a whole menagerie of "luxuries" that a lot of Filipinos take for granted.

I used the word "luxuries" becuase only a relatively small percentage of Filipino households in the entire nation have all or any of these. Due to my work, I've been around the Philippines and I've visited places where the poverty and hardship I saw is downheartening. Consider: one family of five living just by a peso of patis for ulam. They only eat two meals a day.

There are a lot of cynics I've met during my travels that say "Anak kasi sila ng anak. Mahirap na nga, tanga pa - hindi nag-iisip" or "Wala naman kasi silang pinag-aralan, kaya wala silang pupuntahan". But the thing is, Who are they to judge? Who am I to judge?

Who's to blame? Oh, everybody blames anybody they can think of: the government, the church, the leftist, the rightists, foreign governments, religion, the noranians, the vilmanians and what have you. Then, who's to blame? Personally, I don't know.

[radiazone]

Filipinos are not poor.... pero mahilig ata sa "MAMAYA NA" "BAHALA NA"

[FrankDrebin]

I don't think the Filipinos are that poor.

I will use the Dog's food section as my guide. Whereas before, the dog's food section is but a mere small space in Supermarkets, but now, it occupies one whole side/portion!

Consider that the price of Dog's food ranges from Php60 - 145, compared to rice which is Php16 - 50, and Filipinos are buying (the former), says something that Filipinos are not that poor.

..also only the moneyed person goes to the "Dog Food's Section" to buy something nutritious for their beloved pet. Whereas the average Pinoys fed their beloved pet with left-over foods. ;)

[2004lynxghia]

dagdag kona rin ang vanities o asal yabang ng pinoy..lagyan ng katatamtamang hiwa ng corruption, tapos hahaluan ng isang takal ng envy..budburan ng kapirasong hiwa ng crab mentality..pakuluin kunti..garnish with a dash of colonial mentality..

..templadong kaplastikan ng pinoy...yong mga pinaghiwaan at kalat binasura na when it can be recycled or even kept for some needful use..maaksaya ang ibang pinoy..di kasi pinaghirapan..

[Tacoma_34]

kung sino pa yong mahirap sila pa ang mayayabang, tingnan nyo tong nasa harap ng bahay ng parents ko

[ILuvDetailing]

Kung sino yung mahirap sila ang mayabang
Kung sino yung mahirap sila ang di marunong magipon
Kung sino yung mahirap sila ang abusado
At kung sino yung mahirap sila ang tamad

...nough said

[van_wilder]

huli mo don ILD!

[Tacoma_34]

yup, just like taxi, jeepney and tricycle drivers. Abusado sa daan akala mo kung makakabayad sa civic ko kung babanggain nila, hmm

[GlennSter]

kahit naman kasi "naghihirap" ang mga pinoy...ang hilig nating GUMASTOS!!!

wala na ngang pera..gastos parin!!!hala..mall dito mall doon.hindi mag ipon!

yang ina jan..wala naman talagang pera...bili parin ng mamahaling mga sasakyan.kaya mukhang hindi poor ang pinoy...pero para sakin..we are poor COMPARED to other countries.

[nicolodeon]

'Lam nyo mga peeps, from my experience, iba ang ugali ng mga poor sa urbanized areas from those who come from the remote and very rural areas. Not all poor people have the attitude and mentality that we think they have. From our studies, the poor folk from highly urbanized cities are the ones who have those attitudes mentioned by ILD. 'Yung mga talagang mahihirap na nasa liblib at malayong lugar, ang konting kinikita, sigurado may itatabi sila'ng katiting para ipon man lang.

[FrankDrebin]

Kaya nga po don't generalize lahat ng nakikita ninyo. Tama si Boss nicolodeon hindi lahat ganoon. Hirap kasi masyadong sarado ang isipan natin eh.

[ILuvDetailing]

di po naggegeralize, I was refering to the people here in the Metro. Iba naman siguro yung nasa probinsiya mas simple buhay dun.

[FrankDrebin]

Question lang. Bakit puro sila, kapitbahay, mahihirap, etc. Bakit hindi natin tingnan ang sarili natin? Ang taas naman ng tingnin natin sa ating sarili kung hindi tayo nagkakamali? Ipagpalagay mo na rin na medyo nakakaangat tayo kaysa sa kanila pero dumaan din tayo or ang mga magulang natin sa ganoong sitwasyon unless na mayaman ang kaninununuan mo. Dalawa lang naman ang pwedeng maging resulta or kakahinatnan kung mahirap ka eh...kung iyon ang magiging inspirasyon sa iyo para makaalis ka sa hirap or ang sumira sa iyong sariling buhay. Hindi po ba?

di po naggegeralize, I was refering to the people here in the Metro. Iba naman siguro yung nasa probinsiya mas simple buhay dun.

Bale po lahat ng mahihirap sa Metro ay ganoon po ba?

[mazdamazda]

IMO.

Wag naman masyadong sabihing laging "generalized" ang statement. Ibig sabihin lang noon ay marami or karamihan ay ganun. May mga ilan na hindi ganun pero mas marami ang hindi.

Para bang pag sinasabi nyo na ang government ay corrupt. Hindi naman lahat pero marami.

[ILuvDetailing]

Bale po lahat ng mahihirap sa Metro ay ganoon po ba?

Ayan nanaman po tayo... You know who am refering to... lalo na dun sa mga squaters area, I can't be specific all the time. At kung may tinamaan po ako pasensya na po.

Dalawa lang naman ang pwedeng maging resulta or kakahinatnan kung mahirap ka eh...kung iyon ang magiging inspirasyon sa iyo para makaalis ka sa hirap or ang sumira sa iyong sariling buhay. Hindi po ba?

Exactly, I was refering to the people who are lazy and does nothing to improve their status, at di yung mga sumisikap.

[ILuvDetailing]

wala naman akong sinabing Lahat.

[FrankDrebin]

Exactly. We have to specific sa message board. Hindi kasi magandang tingnan or pakinggan kung generic yung terms tulad ng nangyari sa Motorcycles sa Middle...thread sa Goon Squad hindi po ba?

[FrankDrebin]

A very informative blog. ;)

http://pissingplace.blogspot.com/

[baurtwellXUV]

-ILD-

agree! yung walang pakielam. kain tulog kain tulog!