Title: only in the Phils
Tags: sikat tau!!!
Blog Entry: e : When I travel, people often ask me why I live in the Philippines ? Well here it is..... > It is the only place on earth where...... > > 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 the second home and the mall considered the third. > 6. Call-center employees earn more money than teachers and nurses. > 7. Everyone has his personal ghost story and superstition. > 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 freeway to the side streets. > 14. Crossing the street involves running for your dear life. > 15. The personal computer is mainly used for games and Friendster. > 16. Where colonial mentality is dishonestly denied! > 17. Where 4 a.m. 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)! > 21. The honking of car horns is a way of life. > 22. Being called a bum is never offensive. > 23. Floodwaters take up more than 90 percent of the streets during the rainy season. > 24. Where everyone has a relative abroad who keeps them alive. > 25. Where wearing your national colors make you baduy. > 26. Where even the poverty-stricken have the latest cell phones. (GSM-galing sa magnanakaw) > 27. Where insurance does not work. > 28. Where water can only be classified as tap and dirty. > 29. Clean water is for sale (35 pesos per gallon). > 30. Where the government makes the people pray for miracles. (Amen to that!) > 31. Where University of the Philippines where all the weird people go. > 32. Ateneo is where all the nerds go. > 33. La Salle is where all the Chinese go. > 34.. College of Saint Benilde is where all the stupid Chinese go and; > 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 and It happens to everyone. > 39. Rodents are normal house pets. > 40. The definition of traffic is the 'non-movement' of vehicles. > 41. Where the fighter planes of the 1940s are used for military engagements and; > 42. The new fighter planes are displayed in museums. > 43. Where cigarettes and alcohol are a necessity, and where the lottery is a commodity. > 44. Where soap operas tell the realities of life and where the news provides the drama. > 45. Where actors make the rules and where politicians provide the entertainment. > 46. People can get away with stealing trillions of pesos but not a thousand. > 47. Where being an hour late is still considered punctual (Grabe talaga 'to!) > 48. Where the squatters have more to complain (even if they do not pay their tax) > - than those employed and have their tax automatically deducted from their salaries. > 49. And where everyone wants to leave the country! > > > FILIPINO SIGNS OF WIT: > > 1. The sign in a flower shop in Diliman called Petal Attraction. > 2. Anita Bakery > 3. A 24-hour restaurant called Doris Day & Night > 4. Barber shop called Felix The Cut; > 5. A bakery named Bread Pitt > 6. Fast-food place selling 'maruya' (banana fritters) called Maruya Carey. > 7. Then, there are Christopher Plumbing > 8. A boutique called The Way We Wear > 9. A video rental shop called Leon King Video Rental > 10. A restaurant in Cainta district of Rizal called Caintacky Fried Chicken > 11. A local burger restaurant called Mang Donald's > 12. A doughnut shop called MacDonuts > 13. A shop selling 'lumpia' (egg roll) in Makati called Wrap and Roll > 14. And two butcher shops called Meating Place and Meatropolis. > Smart travelers can decipher what may look like baffling signs to > unaccustomed foreigners by simply sounding out the 'Taglish' > (The Philippine version of English words spelled and pronounced with a heavy Filipino such as: > 15. At a restaurant menu in Cebu ? We hab sopdrink in can an in batol? > [translation: We have soft drinks in can and in bottle]. > 16. Then, there is a sewing accessories shop called Bids And Pises - > [translation: Beads and Pieces --or-- Bits and Pieces] > There are also many signs with either badly chosen or misspelled words but > they are usually so entertaining that it would be a mistake to 'correct' them like....... > 17. In a restaurant in Baguio City , the 'summer capital' of the Philippines : ? Wanted: Boy Waitress? > 18. On a highway in Pampanga: ?We Make Modern Antique Furniture? > 19. On the window of a photography shop in Cabanatuan : ? We Shoot You While You Wait? > 20. And on the glass front of a cafe in Panay Avenue in Manila :?Wanted: > Waiter, Cashier, Washier?. Some of the notices can even give a wrong impression such as: > 21. A shoe store in Pangasinan which has a sign saying: ? We Sell Imported > Robber Shoes? (these could be the 'sneakiest' sneakers); > 22. A rental property sign in Jaro reads: ?House For Rent, Fully Furnaced? > (it must really be hot inside)! > 23. Occasionally, one could come across signs that are truly unique - if not > altogether odd. > City in southern Philippines which said: ?Adults: 1 peso; Child: 50 > centavos; Cadavers: fare subject to negotiation? . > 24. European tourists may also be intrigued to discover two competing shops > selling hopia (a Chinese pastry) called Holland Hopia and Poland Hopia > - which are owned and operated by two local Chinese entrepreneurs, > Mr. Ho and Mr. Po respectively - (believe it or not)! > 25. Some folks also 'creatively' redesign English to be more efficient.?The > creative confusion between language and culture leads to more than > just simple unintentional errors in syntax, but in the adoption of new > words, ?says reader Robert Goodfellow who came across a sign ..... > House Fersallarend' (house for sale or rent). Why use five words when two > will do? > 26. According to Manila businessman, Tonyboy Ongsiako, there is so much wit > in the Philippines because?We are a country where a good sense > of humor is needed to survive?. We have a 24-hour comedy show here called > the government and a huge reserve of comedians made up mostly of > politicians and bad actors. > > Now I ask you where else in the world would one want to live? >
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