Are Pinoys better than their SEA counterparts?

[midinite]

having lived in the region it was interesting to note that once a singaporean told me that when he was a kid he wished he was pinoy. you also hear how pinoys abroad do very well.

on the other side as well you hear how proud the indonesians are to claim that their king thwarted genghis khan by sending back the ears of his envoys so he headed west instead. or how the vietnamese pushed back the mongols, sent the french and americans packing as well as eliminating the people's liberation army in an attempt to invade. or how the myanmar sacked the thai capital killing the queen and thus forcing the thais to move to bangkok. how there are great monuments built in the name of their kings. and in these countries you will hear many more of their stories of former glory.

we see how inspite of the asian meltdown some countries arose from the ashes.

Question is - Do you think we are better? (may pacman naman tayo diba?)

[Jun aka Pekto]

Well, I've always thought that my ancestors fought among themselves during those times. So, there's no glory days like ancient empires of any sort.

But then again, while those other Asian countries have had empires, they obviously couldn't conquer or hold the islands of the Philippines. Otherwise, we'd be speaking their language.

I don't consider myself better than those people. But, I do consider myself on an equal footing with everyone else. What's strange is that overall in all my travels here, I seem to have more Vietnamese-American friends than any other Asians, except maybe other Pinoys (and that's a big maybe). The Vietnamese seem to be the friendliest to me and I tend to return the favor.

[yebo]

anyone who finds a reason to think his race is superior than another is a racist. hope you are not one of them.

[roninblade]

agree with sir yebo.

i tend to look at individuals not the group.
wala sa nationality yan.

kalokohan yang generalization/stereotyping.

edit:

(may pacman naman tayo diba?)

stereotyping yung question pero isang tao lang example.
... and pacman is not even the best example.
*me runs and hides from pacman fans*

[tagalnasaabroad]

hhmm..sa tanong na are we better than them..? sure. una mas bihasa tayo umienglish sa kanila, pangalawala sa mga sports tulad ng boxing bowling chess, billiard lamang din tayo..pangatlo mas maraming workers tayo (aka OFW) kisa kanila na nakakatulong ng sandamakmak para bumigat ang kaban ng ating gobyerno..pang apat mas ok daw mga malls satin kasi nga ang ekonomya natin nakasalalay sa consumerism hayun tumitiba si henry sy..

sa post ni jun aka pekto: even in our country marami pa rin akong dialect di maintindihan o di makapagsalita..kilan ko kaya matutunan lahat..? not in my lifetime..

sa post ni yebo: i maybe good sa english kompara sa thailander pero it dont make me a racist at all..nationalistic maybe a milder word for me..

sa post ni roninblade: nasa tao nga yan..hanga nga ako sa lakas humataw ni pacman pero ang lakas din daw magpatalo sa sabong..hehe

[roninblade]

just because we do some things better than our neighbors doesn't mean we ARE better than they are.

and what kind of examples yan? bigger malls? ability to speak english?
WTH?

i'm not sold that you're not a racist.

[Alpha_One]

... and pacman is not even the best example.
*me runs and hides from pacman fans*

OT: Bata >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Pacman.

*runs like hell*

[GasJunkie]

this





:fly:

[maverickjazzy]

having lived in the region it was interesting to note that once a singaporean told me that when he was a kid he wished he was pinoy. you also hear how pinoys abroad do very well.

on the other side as well you hear how proud the indonesians are to claim that their king thwarted genghis khan by sending back the ears of his envoys so he headed west instead. or how the vietnamese pushed back the mongols, sent the french and americans packing as well as eliminating the people's liberation army in an attempt to invade. or how the myanmar sacked the thai capital killing the queen and thus forcing the thais to move to bangkok. how there are great monuments built in the name of their kings. and in these countries you will hear many more of their stories of former glory.

we see how inspite of the asian meltdown some countries arose from the ashes.

Question is - Do you think we are better? (may pacman naman tayo diba?)

as a people i dont think that we are better than our SEA brothers, i say that we are their equals. of course in terms of national economy, a lot of SEA countries are better than the philippines today, but it is not a constant thing. the same way that we have the best economy in the region several decades ago when most of our government officials are honest and do their jobs well. what our country has which is better than most SEA countries is freedom. ironically this freedom, actually too much freedom which was abused by most people resulting to chaos, anarchy and undisciplened citizenry is one of the main reason why our economy is still languishing at the bottom in southeast asia.

[oldblue]

having lived in the region it was interesting to note that once a singaporean told me that when he was a kid he wished he was pinoy. you also hear how pinoys abroad do very well.

on the other side as well you hear how proud the indonesians are to claim that their king thwarted genghis khan by sending back the ears of his envoys so he headed west instead. or how the vietnamese pushed back the mongols, sent the french and americans packing as well as eliminating the people's liberation army in an attempt to invade. or how the myanmar sacked the thai capital killing the queen and thus forcing the thais to move to bangkok. how there are great monuments built in the name of their kings. and in these countries you will hear many more of their stories of former glory.

we see how inspite of the asian meltdown some countries arose from the ashes.

Question is - Do you think we are better? (may pacman naman tayo diba?)

wala yan kay Rizal di lang sa Asia, pati German nadale

[BoEinG_747]

wala yan kay Rizal di lang sa Asia, pati German nadale

di ba may japanese girl din

sa post ni roninblade: nasa tao nga yan..hanga nga ako sa lakas humataw ni pacman pero ang lakas din daw magpatalo sa sabong..hehe

pati yata sa Billiards at tong-its

[Tacoma_34]

we are better than indonesians, laosians thats it. all others talo tayo. yes i am a racist to indons and laosians LOL. go get a croissant!

[midinite]

we are better than indonesians, laosians thats it. all others talo tayo. yes i am a racist to indons and laosians LOL. go get a croissant!

apa kabar. shhh. not so loud. they indonesians have nuclear subs.

[Jun aka Pekto]

apa kabar. shhh. not so loud. they indonesians have nuclear subs.

I think the Indonesian subs are diesel not nuclear. The Kilo-class look like nuclear subs because of their streamlined shapes. It got me fooled for a moment too. They are very quiet and perfect for deployment in Indonesian waters.

A quick look at their Order Of Battle show them having MiG-29's, F-16s, F-5s, Hawk trainers, Hind attack helicopters, OV-10 Bronco counter insurgency aircraft, A-4 Skyhawks, fairly modern frigates and missile attack boats, and a number of submarines.

Their army is a bit less modern, having mainly old French-made AMX-13 as their main tanks. The rest are APC's (Scorpions) and self-propelled artillery. Not a big loss. A bunch of islands doesn't really require a huge armored force. They do have a big airlift and sealift capability which is important for a country as widespread as Indonesia.

In any case, they have a much better-equipped military than the Philippines.

[evs_13]

IMO, pantay lang us sa ibang SEA nation. may ibang area na mas lamang us sa iba meron din area na lamang naman sila.....