jehans last blog post..Little Cacheros…

I’m a friend of “Ana Banana”. I printed your blog and showed her some of the pictures. Sobrang natuwa s’ya when she saw it. She told me about your adventures there.

It’s good to have a strong connection of friends to fall back on, and it is awful to discover when someone is not who they claim to be. While I admire and respect those who stay close to their country and people, my close circle of friends and trusted are a hodge-podge of folks. There is only one person close to my own country and culture, but we (as a country) hate them, haha.

What little you did write is ambiguous, and I want to ask more… for many reasons… =)

My 2 cents… Like most of you, I left Philippines years back (now in California) and had a couple of encounters of the same kind, so to speak, during my early days here. The crab mentality (and the bragging) indeed exist to some of our kababayans, sad to say. In my case, I found then at a local church (typical, I guess). But I guess I was a little bit more receptive of these kind of people, thanks to a much needed warning of a cousin, so my irratation was only elevated to a certain degree. Best thing to do, which I did, was completely ignore them. I was even rude at some point, rising from my seat in the middle of her bragging without a word. Why spend your precious time and waste it then end up upset and irritated?

There are good people everywhere, I learned. We find them, spend time with them, learn and grow.

chers last blog post..Morning Sickness of my Life!