Philippines - Manila - Awfully Disappointing

[badsekktor]

lols! to be honest, i don't really find his blog offensive at all..... And i have to agree.... the rate of development of manila is really slow compared to the development in the provinces.....

[chua_riwap]

kaya yung mga expats namin sa office noon, pag w/in makati CBD sila naka-checkin, ina-advise namin na huwag nang lumabas ng CBD, kasi madi-dissapoint lang sila.

ang pangit eh.

[asb75]

Totoo naman lahat nang sinasabi sa blog, tulad ko isang OFW every year im paying OEC, property taxes & etc. Im quite dissapointed of how Manila turn out. Naiisip ko tuloy saan napupunta yun binababayad namin sa OEC? Doon na lang mayroon na dapat silang funds para maimproved man lang ang airport. But still nothing happens for the past 10 years.

[uls]

sa dami ng jologs hindi na gaganda ang manila

ever

[jick.cejoco]

the philippines was once one of the richest countries in asia if not the richest decades ago. we had, repeat, had timber, we have gold, minerals and more importantly skilled workers. thanks to our kababayans who in one way or another, acted like pigs defecating in their own backyard and our corrupt politicians who got elected and had personal agenda while in office. to be blamed too, are the voters for not carefully selecting the best candidates. an example is the production of rice. the farmers from all over asia attended u.p. los banos to study farming. look now, they are all exporting to the philippines.

[marg]

Manila Bay for the tourists to see.

[Ry_Tower]

Next on the list: Congress and the Senate will call the blogger to retract his statements, issue an apology or risk being persona non grata.

This I will expect from the KSP in those halls. Truth hurts.

[Ry_Tower]

Problem with us filipinos ay walang discipline. We didnt not patronize our own products. Imo, not all filipinos are nationalistic. Mahilig tayo sa western culture/ imported. More corruption and crab mentality. Gusto easy money. Sad to say but its true..

P.s. Include also ung mga bwisit na "kuliglig " na hari ng kalsada.

Colonial mentality is still prevalent.

[chua_riwap]

nakita rin kaya ni blogger yung mga pinoys na umiihi sa pader?

[SiRbossR]

all he said was not offensive naman eh. kitid lang ng utak ng mga nag comment this and that BS.

i don't have hopes about manila or even the phil being at Par with other asian countries.

just driving through Maynila this whole day, maiinis ka nalang bigla sa mga tao.

hay. nakakainis talaga makakita man lang ng mga jologs na feeling gangsta sa kalsada yung tipong ayaw tumabi at ang angas pa.

mga jeepney driver na ungas.

mga government officials na wala nang ginawang tama.

[111prez]

kudos for writing so openly and frankly

[oliver1013]

Kung matagal ka ng tsikoteer, di na nakagulat yan, parang sinammarize lang nya yung goon squad...nothing new..

[Starex_Gold]

Amen

[Mguy]

Another wake up call that many will chastize or ignore. Reality sucks.

Question now, what are we going to do about it? Seems like the problems he mentioned we know of for years and nothing has been done.

We need action. Continuous action.

[marg]

Another wake up call that many will chastize or ignore. Reality sucks.

Question now, what are we going to do about it? Seems like the problems he mentioned we know of for years and nothing has been done.

God to Filipinos: How many Wake-up Calls do you need anyway?

[compact]

asb75 " Totoo naman lahat nang sinasabi sa blog, tulad ko isang OFW every year im paying OEC, property taxes & etc. Im quite dissapointed of how Manila turn out. Naiisip ko tuloy saan napupunta yun binababayad namin sa OEC? Doon na lang mayroon na dapat silang funds para maimproved man lang ang airport. But still nothing happens for the past 10 years."



Speaking of OEC, noong huli kong alis, yung isang duplicate nabigay ko kay misis para exempted na sya sa tax pagbalik nya dito sa Muscat, so, yung original ang binibigay ko sa immmigration, AYAW ba naman tanggapin at gusto daw e yung duplicate or else daw ay magbabayad ako ng 1500 tax.

Ano ba namang klaseng patakaran yun ng immigration, mas maganda ngang proof yung original kesa duplicate. Kung hindi ka ba naman manginginig sa galit, GRRRRRRRRRRRRR.

[isa1023]

Napa-isip tuloy ako kung ano ang impression ng Brit boss ko (who was re-assigned to HK) on his five-year expatriation here in Manila?



Tinanong ko lang siya once: "Do you drive here?" ... sabi niya "Nah, no plans."

[cripple_rooster]

amen! problem with us is we dont like to hear negative comments from outsiders.

Actually nobody likes such "interferences"...

Next on the list: Congress and the Senate will call the blogger to retract his statements, issue an apology or risk being persona non grata.

Makes me remember when an American journalist said Brazilian former president Lula da Silva is an uneducated Marxist drunk and almost got expelled from Brazil. This is quite a 3rd-world syndrome, there will always be a corrupt politician telling lies and saying he's "fighting the imperialism" in a way too similar to the Hitler's national-socialism...

Expect the PNoy's student council staff to declare the author a persona-non-grata.
And also to demand a formal apology.

These "student councils" are taken over by left-wingers pretending to be "revolutionary", so instead of studying their heads are turned to the "misery industry"...

[simply_louie]

Ouch, but true. So true.

[oliver1013]

Actually kung medyo matagal ka nang nagtatrabaho o nag nenegosyo, mawawala yung idealism eh, nung fresh grad ako ang iniisip ko nun i will make a difference in this world. Pero after numerous experiences with the govt and govt. people and fellow citizens na iilan lang ang nag she share ng same idealism, in the end parang just do my share in a small way nalang, pay my taxes, follow the law, teach my kids the proper way..Hanggang dun nalang talaga eh.

Ang pinaka di ko masikmura (kumbaga ang taga gobyerno tanggap na, na ganun talaga ang kalakaran, it doesn't surprise me) is yung mga ka deal ko na aral sa magagandang unibersidad na magaganda ang posisyon sa kanilang kumpanya, di naman kailangan ng extra money kung titingnan ang kanilan katayuan sa buhay, bago pumirma humihirit pa ng por da boys...putcha parang hindi dahil sa kahirapan kaya maraming corruption, talagang nasa dugo na ng pinoy kahit mayaman o edukado.