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Why We Live in the Philippines Why we live in the Philippines (shared information) It is the only place on earth  where...... 1.  Every street has a basketball  court. 2.  Even doctors, lawyers and engineers are  unemployed. 3.  Doctors study to become nurses for employment  abroad. 4.  Students pay more money than they will earn  afterwards. 5.  School is considered the second home and the mall  considered the third. 6.  Call-center employees earn more money than  teachers and nurses. 7.  Everyone has his personal ghost story and  superstition. 8.  Mountains like Makiling and Banahaw are considered  holy places. 9.  Everything can be forged. 10. All k inds of animals  are edible. 11. Starbucks coffee is more expensive than gas. 12. Driving 4  kms can take as much as four hours. 13. Flyovers bring you from the freeway  to the side streets. 14. Crossing the street involves running for your dear  life. 15. The personal computer is mainly used for games and  Friendster. 16. Where colonial mentality is dishonestly denied! 17. Where  4 a.m. is not even considered bedtime yet. 18. People can pay to defy the  law. 19. Everything and everyone is spoofed. 20. Where even the  poverty-stricken get to wear Ralph Lauren and Tommy Hilfiger (peke)! 21. The  honking of car horns is a way of life. 22. Being called a bum is never  offensive. 23. Floodwaters take up more than 90 percent of the streets during  the rainy season. 24. Where everyone has a relative abroad who keeps them  alive. 25. Where wearing your national colors ma ke you baduy. 26. Where  even the poverty-stricken have the latest cell phones. (GSM-galing sa  magnanakaw) 27. Where insurance does not work. 28. Where water can only be  classified as tap and dirty. 29. Clean water is for sale (35 pesos per  gallon). 30. Where the government makes the people pray for miracles. (Amen  to that!) 31. Where University of the Philippines where all the weird people  go. 32. Ateneo is where all the nerds go. 33. La Salle is where all the  Chinese go. 34. College of Saint Benilde is where all the stupid Chinese go  and; 35. University of Asia and the Pacific is where all the irrelevantly  rich people go. 36. Fast food is a diet meal. 37. Traffic signs are merely  suggestions, not regulations. 38. Where being mugged is normal and It happens  to everyone. 39. Rodents are normal house pets. 40. The definition of  traffic is the 'non-moveme nt' of vehicles. 41. Where the fighter planes of  the 1940s are used for military engagements and; 42. The new fighter planes  are displayed in museums. 43. Where cigarettes and alcohol are a necessity,  and where the lottery is a commodity. 44. Where soap operas tell the  realities of life and where the news provides the drama. 45. Where actors  make the rules and where politicians provide the entertainment. 46. People  can get away with stealing trillions of pesos but not a thousand. 47. Where  being an hour late is still considered punctual (Grabe talaga 'to!) 48. Where  the squatters have more to complain (even if they do not pay their  tax)

Contributed by silvertooth26 on January 11, 2008, at 1:43 PM UTC.

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