Pilipinas, you need to work

One thing that Filipinos are good at. Blame it on someone else other than yourself.

Sad, but unfortunately true. Why are our elected officials corrupt? Well you voted for them. Why isn’t the system working? Well duh! You paid grease money to get your papers to the top of the pile. If you don’t want to do things the honest way, pay and you get into the system.

Did you know that it’s easier to get a forged birth certificate than the original one?

Where else can you see partying in Manila, families who gutted the country for billions of dollars and untold years of growth and development be just welcomed back into society as if nothing happened. History classes that teach children the tragedy of freedom that is martial law in 70s and the people responsible for it just wander around the city getting elected again and getting power again.

It is sad to see Filipinos tricked every three years (elections are held every 3 years) with false promises. Candidates that put up a show in every barrio across the country to win votes. They put up their smiley faces and shake everyone’s hand and be everyone’s friend. Once they get elected, they barricade themselves in their haciendas with their armed guards patrolling the perimeter, shooting anyone who tries to come near. They go around the city in their heavily tinted escalades with the blinkers and armed escorts, afraid when someone tries to get near. Their guards shouting at poor hotel attendants. The Filipino just created the legal mafia. The whole cycle repeats itself every three years.

Elections are two years away. Come back for the show.