Miss.Adventure: FILLED OF THINGS THAT WERE DONE IN FIRST 100 DAYS IN DENMARK (DAY 25)

Friday, June 12, 2009

FILLED OF THINGS THAT WERE DONE IN FIRST 100 DAYS IN DENMARK (DAY 25)

Day 25 -- June 12, 2009

MABUHAY ANG PILIPINAS!

Ika-111 Araw ng Kalayaan. Araw na kung saan ating ginugunita ang kalayaan na ating natamo mula sa mga mananakop ng bayan. Araw kung saan ang dugo at pawis n gating mga ninuno ay nagbunga. Umusbong at yumabong mula sa isang maliit ng pag-asa. Ngayong nasa kamay na natin ang kalayaang hinhangad ng bawat tao. Ano ang dapat nating gawin ditto? Ipinagsisigawa mo pa ba sa buong mundo na ikaw ay Pilipino?

Ika-25 na araw ko na dito sa banyagang lupa. Ibang tanawin at ibang salita. Ibang kulay ng buhok, mata at balat ang nakikita ko araw-araw. At ibang pamumuhay din ang sumasalubong sa akin araw-araw. Maraming Pilipino ang nakakausap ko dito at sinsabing ibang-iba nag buhay nila dito kumpara sa Pilipinas. Iba nga! Pero kahit iba. Iba pa din ang nakagisnan at kinamulatan. At un ang dapat hindi winawaglit sa ating mga isipan. Kahit ‘sang dako ka ng mundo pumunta at kahit makapangasawa ka ng ibang lahi. Ang kulay at ang dugo na nananalantay sa mga ugat mo ay dugong Pilipino.

MABUHAY ANG LAHING KAYUMANGGI!

MORAL LESSON: Ang hindi marunong lumingon sa pinanggalingan, hindi makararating sa paroroonan!

Feels GREAT to be Pinoy

I've always been vocal about being "proudly Pinoy". I shared here in my blog a few months ago Why I Wanna Stay Home and I still do because I know I have a mission to accomplish here.

Anyway, Marc tagged me for the meme, "What are the 3 signs you see happening now that make you say, “it feels great to be Pinoy” then tag ten (10) of your blogger friends." Here are my 3 reasons:

1. Pinky David, Licensing Director of Discovery Channel in her keynote address for the 38th Marketing Conference this morning quoted Tony Meloto's speech for a Gawad Kalinga event, "Filipinos, you were created for excellence...". That gave me the shivers and I remember my Kuya sharing to me that GK will indeed manage to build 700K+ homes within 7 years and it will drastically lessen the poverty rate in the Philippines. And, guess what, GK is already reaching out to other countries and working with the UN to eradicate poverty as well in other countries. The secret to the success of the program? Pinoys.

2. Filipinos give care and help in healing people. Did you know that 40% of nurses in New York hospitals are supposedly Pinoys? (I got that statistic from a friend.) Who'd give the TLC that patients and children need if there weren't Pinoys?

3. Filipinos are very talented and creative people. Guess who sings at bars all over Asia? Guess what Pizza Hut ad actually contributed to the boom of the 1-800 numbers (now sing it - nine-one-one-one-one-one-one!? Guess who are the best animators in the world (remember that bahay kubo in Nemo's aquarium? And who does the best non-American "American accent" in the whole wide BPO industry? PINOYS!

God loves us. He created us to be excellent, talented, big-hearted, humorous-even-at-adversity people and there are actually foreigners applying for Filipino citizenship! Imagine that.

And I am just simply so PROUD to be FILIPINO!