only in the PHILIPPINES!!!

When I went back home,,, there's a lot of things that changed and stayed the same,, but one thing for sure,, kakaiba talaga ang PINAS,,,,,
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 second home and the mall considered the third.
6. call center employees earn more than teachers and nurses.
7. everyone has his personal ghosts stories and superstitions.
8. mountains like Makiling and Banahaw are considered holy places.
9. everything can be FORGED.
10. all kinds 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 highway to the side streets.
14. crossing the streets involves running for your dear life.
15. the personal computer is mainly used for games and friendter.
16. where colonial mentality is dishonestly denied.
17. where 4am 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!!!!,, triple A or Quadruple A sa greenhills!!!)
21. the honking of cars is a way of life.
22. being called a bum is never offensive.
23. floodwaters take up more than 90% of the streets during the rainy season..
(enjoy ang mga street kids,, ginagawang swimming pool...)
24. everyone has a relative abroad who keeps them alive.
25. where wearing national colors make you BADUY.
26. where even the poor have the latest cellfones. ( GSM pa,, Galing Sa Magnanakaw).
27. where insurance does not work,, even when you retire as military,, no coverage.
28. where water can only be classified as tap and dirty.
29. clean water is for sale (45 pesos a gallon.)
30. where the government makes the people pray for miracles. ( Amen to that!!!)
31. where University of the Philippines is where all the weird people go.
32. Ateneo de Manila is where the Nerds and Rich go.
33. La Salle is where the Chinese go.
34. College of Saint Benilde is where all the stupid chinese go.
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, it happens to everyone.
39. rodents are normal house PETS.
40. the definition of traffic is " non- movement " of vehicles.
41. where the fighter planes of the 1940's are used for military engagements and the
the new fighter planes are displayed in the museums.
42. where cigarettes and alcohol are necessities. and where the loterry is a
commodity.
43. where the soap operas tell the realities of life and where the news provides
drama.
44. where people hurries to go home after work not to spend time with family but to
watch their telenovelas.
45. where you can be either KAPUSO or KAPAMILYA.
46. where actors makes the rules and where the politicians provides entertainment.
47. where people can get away with stealing trillions of pesos,, not thousands.
48. where an hour late is still considered punctual.. ( GRABE NA TO!!!)
49. where the squatters have more complains( even they don't pay taxes,,,) than
employed who does pay taxes.
50. where everyone wants to leave their country....


At madami pang iba,,, next time ulit,, antok na ko,, sakit na likod at ulo ko,,, isa lang masasabi ko,,, kakaiba talaga ang pinas,,,