My Blood Is Boiling

On the Philippine Inquirer, Sunday, April 12, 2009, an article about the Philippine Economy reads:


“MANILA, Philippines -- Vice President Noli de Castro said on Saturday Filipinos should be thankful that the global financial crunch has largely spared them because of their strong faith in God and a sound economy”…..

Noli de Castro must be dreaming or he is out of touch with reality..You believe that the Philippine economy is sound? Just what economy are you talking about?

Mr. de Castro, kabayan , there is no need for any kind statistics to prove that the Philippine economy is the worst than you have purported to the Filipino people to believe...Let me tell you a little bit of what I knew. I’m earning a comfortable salary but a big chunk of my earnings go to my family back home…My ailing father , my widowed sisters, my nephews and nieces, the dogs and cats need to be feed and taken care of. It is not only that,,I heard their neighbors and their neighbors’ neighbor as well, my friends, my friend’s friends do not have jobs, or if they have jobs at all, their salary is enough for their daily subsistence. The day after they received their pay, all the money is gone and back to the store to make utang again..

Here, where I am, hundreds or more Filipinos arrive at the airport everyday looking for jobs. I meet a couple of them and from their faces you can see how rough their lives must have been, where they come from.. In the place where I work at, there’re lots of Filipino applicants, and by their own admission, they are ready to accept whatever jobs offered to them at minimum pay. The cliché, beggars can't be choosers is so true. And here you have the gut to say the economy is sound? What are you talking about?

As of the latest survey of presidential aspirants, Noli De Castro is leading. I shuddered at the thought of Noli De Castro being the Philippine president.. Probably, he thinks Filipinos are doing well because he got a hefty savings in the bank. He see’s his children and wife everyday and they all look happy, contended, and he believes all Filipinos are the same. His children are all well fed, well dressed, goes to private schools and ride a cool car, he believes all children are enjoying the same thing.

Mr. Noli De Castro, roll down your tainted car window and look around you.. Just check under the bridge. There, you’ll find living souls, all of them Filipinos living under the bridge. Check out, near/beside the railways, the banks of the putrid Pasig river. See the children on the streets selling flowers, cigarettes and candies to the motorist..I bet, you haven’t seen that, have you?

Mr de Castro, I know you are now in your 50’s or 60's. I suggest , you change your eyeglasses so you can see clearly what’s going around you. Not around your nice house, nor the Malacanang Place, silly, but around the country, the streets of Metro Manila for example, and you’ll see the dismal state of our country. Don’t rely on the statistics that these so called “think tanks” have provided you with. At most, they are laden with lies intended for their own agency and politics.

Mr De CAstro, I think you have to lessen the ribbon cutting activities that you are always busy about..or maybe you need to go back to Channel 2’s “Magandang Gabi Bayan, it is there where you are good at.