Of My Nation...

For the passed few months, I have been browsing through the newspaper and reading almost the same thing everyday. It's becoming annoying that the same issues pop up every so often that are being discussed by the officials of my country and not really making any headway concerning the issue. The issues are being passed down from one table to another, debate here and there, finally making a consensus, approving said discussion only to know that the said discussion is being canceled because of some reason. (I am reminded of my former office that holds meetings one after another and nothing is really happening except more meetings.)

It's annoying to know that our country is divided mostly because of greed and being self-centered. Crab mentality has become so rampant that it's not only seen in the government but everywhere else as well. People try to back-stab other people so that he/she will get the upper hand of things. It's really sad.

The worst part of all this is the fact that if the Filipinos are united and helping each other out rather than taking each other out, we can be a great nation that can eventually rule the world! (Okay...ruling the world is an exaggeration but we might become one of the greats. :D).

Though the Philippine population is not as big as China, there are Filipinos all over the world. Oversees Filipino workers have been scattered throughout the globe working both blue collared and white collared jobs. There is a Filipino in nearly every important household all around the world that are either baby sitters/nannies or housekeepers. Not only that, most of the medical staff in the US and Europe would have at least one employed Filipino in their hospitals and clinics. There are Filipinos teaching young minds in different countries and Filipino actors have penetrated Broadway and Hollywood. Filipinos have been acclaimed by other countries for our creativity and artistry. If Filipinos band together as one, we can actually control the whole world. Just one day of not working in the Foreign country that we are in would freeze that nation to a stand still.

Fortunately for the other countries out there, Filipinos are not united and are too nice for our own good sometimes.

This is also the reason why even if we change the type of government from a democracy to parliament, it would still be the same. Changing the kind of government would be useless if the same things would be happening inside the system. It would still be the same work as usual, they would just be changing titles.

Not unless we change our ways and think of the nation as a whole first rather than personal gain will we be able to crawl out of the bad situation we're in right now. We're part of the top 10 most corrupt country in the world, and still we don't do something about it to change the image of our country. We still continue to cheat off each other and steal from the people they have promised to help.

2010 elections is looming in and the players would still be the same people as usual. Promises of a better tomorrow are being told left and right but those same promises were said in previous elections that have yet to be done. There is the option of electing someone new but changing leaders to someone fresh and new is all well and good provided that that fresh face would not be the same as his/her predecessors. It will just become sick-cycle that goes around and around, never changing.

Hope is low but hope is there even if it's just miniscule. We just need to open our eyes to the truth and unite as one then we can see a big difference to our country.