Sana Bumalik Ka Rin
Simply looking back at the last 20 years or so since I first took my flight to another country, I realized how unfortunate it was that just because I was too ambitious and have more needs that the average Juan out there, I had to leave the economic malaise of our country. I supposed this is the same reason why some of us choose to do the same, live & work in a foreign land.Considering the labor migration the Philippines have, it's sickening to think how many of us professionals have chosen to leave and seek greener pastures somewhere else. I always wonder! We don't really have a choice, or do we?
But on the contrary, we are the same people who in more ways than one help keep the Philippines afloat with its billion-dollar remittance industry. Still, I am not proud to say our government rely so much on us to help them survive, but it is what it is!
What disgust me are the few kababayans out here who does nothing but gripe about how incompetent and corrupt our government is. Though I can't blame them for saying that (or maybe I should blame them for being such a harsh critic) still, I expected more from them.
I ask them what are they doing to help make the change, they are speechless. The least they can do is boost our tourism industry by inviting friends & relatives to spend their vacation in the Philippines...instead of bad-mouthing our govt.
oh well, some pinoys just simply don't care!
Many have asked why I always go back to the island and spend my vacation there instead of places like Europe or somewhere else but the island. I simply replied "Philippines is where I would like to be!"
Until I've stepped on every square inch of Phil soil possible, I will always spend my hard-earned money there. I could care less about Venice, Paris, and the likes. Maybe someday I'll get to visit them too but for now, 'pinas muna!
I don't know about you pero ako, babalik din ako sa 'pinas.
posted by Batch '78 @ 05:11
2 Comments:
Sabi nga nila there's no place like home. And your home is where your heart is. Sa kin din kahit na matagal na ko sa ibang bansa, hinahanap hanap ko pa din ang aking lupang hinirang...ang Pulilan. Siempre hindi kumpleto ang eksena kung wala ang mga kaibigan, kamag anak, pamilya at mga klasmeyts na nakasama na tin hanggang sa pag laki natin.
Tamang tama ang kantang - babalik ka rin dahil totoo naman na kahit na libutin mo pa ang buong mundo, isa pa rin ang babalik balikan mo kundi ang bayan mo.
Malayo man tayo sa Pinas, mahal pa din natin ang bayan nating sinilangan. Sana magkaisa at magtulong tulong ang lahat ng pinoy para mapabuti ang buhay sa pinas.
i remember sending you one e-mail re: only in the Philippines, right? It says, "it's only in tthe Philippines that a family have one member working abroad to support the family". and it's true. everytime i am at the NAIA, i can see the exodus of filipinos and filpinas lining up at the immigration counters on the way out of the country. makikita mo sa kanilang mga mata ang magkahalong pangamba at pursigi na maka-alis ng bansa at makipagsapalaran.
sa mga pinalad na maganda ang naging kapalaran naroon ang tuwa at pananabik na makabalik sa bansa at duon magbakasyon. syempre, dala ang kahit paano'y naipon sa pamamasukan, ay lubos ang kaligayahan na makasama muli ang kanilang mga mahal sa buhay. iyon ang pinakamagandang bagay na mangyayari sa isang kababayang nakipagsapalaran sa ibang lupain. di man pumayag na tawaging "bagong bayani" sa lipunan, ganuon naman ang tingin na kanilang mga pamilya sa kanila.
taliwas sa sa mga ibang di naging maganda ang kapalaran, ang muling makabalik ng maayos sa lupang pinanggalingan ay isa ng tagumpay. may mga ibang sinawing palad na talagang matatawag ng mga "bagong bayani" sapagkat umuwing nakabalot sa kabaong. pighati ang dulot sa kanilang mga mahal sa buhay.
alin man sa dalawa, sa kanilang pakikipagsapalaran, ang makauwi sa lupang tinibuan ay kaligayahang walang kapantay.
KAYA TAYO NG UMUWI SA PILIPINAS!
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