Comments on: “Shocking” garbage river

By: areej

areej — Wed, 23 Jun 2010 15:56:59 +0000

i’m writing an article about the state of the philippines, the filipino discipline and our love for all things foreign.. kind of shiwung my love for my country in my article.. can i borrow this article ate betchay?

btw, there’s a piso para sa pasig program going on.. you’ll be glad to know that there are also river warriors who cleaned some of the trash in psig.. the slums were also relocated and given better livelihood and there are also watchmen who guards it so that no one will return or throw trash.. it’s only a small part of the river that was cleaned but i do hope the whole pasig river will be cleaned soon even manila bay.. i hate seeing negative news about my country

By: drsnowmon

drsnowmon — Thu, 28 May 2009 16:37:12 +0000

It was “The Suns” which is UK news site who posted it.

By: Juwon Kwak

Juwon Kwak — Fri, 01 May 2009 19:19:08 +0000

From my point of view, I think understanding someone else is something impossible. The reasons they act that way can be anything that I don’t understand. However, what makes us human is our effort to understand others by bring ourselves down to others viewpoint. Saying I cannot understand them may sound to me, they are pathetic and moreover, that you refuse to communicate. Charity or humanity is not about giving but understanding.

By: maricel

maricel — Fri, 20 Mar 2009 00:46:30 +0000

i just got back from the philippines, it was rare to find a garbage can anywhere and people would tell me to throw my trash anywhere on the street…i wonder why that is

at least the provinces were clean…

By: jempres

jempres — Wed, 18 Mar 2009 23:37:29 +0000

“i wonder though, does Korean TV also show Koreans flocking scenic golf courses in the Philippines?”
~ I remember seeing some golf courses in the Phils. shown on cable TV a couple of months ago. Can’t remember exactly which one but it’s somewhere in the Southern part. I think they were advertising tour packages, They also showed some Visayas islands and beach resorts.
And don’t forget about the Korean movie filmed in Boracay.
So they also show some good things. ^.^

By: lizzie

lizzie — Wed, 18 Mar 2009 16:36:52 +0000

Hi, Betchay^^…that’s ironically true..the philippines has its share of the good, the bad and the ugly…and most of the time, the last two outweighs the good one…but i guess, we all seem lazy and oblivious to this issue until this is brought in the eyes of the international media…that’s where it hits a raw nerve in each one of us…but by just observing almost all Filipinos (with an emphasis on the “F”^^)can hardly lift a finger and pick up a piece of candy wrapper aimlessly lying on the street corners nor do we care to empty our dirty trays after having our burpilicious-meal in jollibee or mcdonalds thinking that the crews are paid to empty it for us…well, you are right…we should have been “cleaning” our acts together long time ago but the opposite sems to be happening that’s why we have “made mountains (and rivers) out of a molehill^^”(of dumpsites, that is…)
take care and i hope your family is well^^

By: wendy

wendy — Wed, 18 Mar 2009 06:22:31 +0000

"last year, KBS had a 4-episode special on life in the philippines… the first one was about the Philippines’ love for singing, another was about how many Koreans have chosen the Philippines as a retirement ‘paradise’… they also had a special on marine life and another one was about… hmm, i forgot… " that's good to know... many Koreans avail of the Special Retirement Visa in the Philippines so they could enjoy "paradise" there... wendys last blog post..Golf… in the Philippines and Korea

By: Betchay

Betchay — Wed, 18 Mar 2009 05:37:50 +0000

@Snow — thanks for the visit… it was originally posted in The Sun – a UK based tabloid…

if i didn’t know about the Philippines, that photo would also shock me

By: Betchay

Betchay — Wed, 18 Mar 2009 05:36:07 +0000

hi lizzie! i think sometimes we should stop being defensive and just take a hard look at reality… and hopefully do something about it…

By: Betchay

Betchay — Wed, 18 Mar 2009 05:32:06 +0000

last year, KBS had a 4-episode special on life in the philippines… the first one was about the Philippines’ love for singing, another was about how many Koreans have chosen the Philippines as a retirement ‘paradise’… they also had a special on marine life and another one was about… hmm, i forgot…

i only saw three episodes…