Re-post:Why It's Funny Living In The Philippines by Doc Albert's Blog

I read this post through my contacts on Multiply a year ago so I want to share with you about problems in our country nowadays.This blog hurts about the truth in our country but it has the point that we should avoid these mistakes particularly on Philippine TV.We must enlighten ourselves about the darksides to brighten up this mess.

1. Ninety percent of the shows of our local tv channels comprises of soap operas.
2. Ordinary people like a SM saleslady or a high school student carry two cellphones at the same time.
3. Adults have an odd fascination to be cute by including unnecessary words such as "po"and "kaya" in what they are saying.
4. Celebrities who cannot sing can become best selling recording artists just by the stature of their fame.
5. Tsinelas is a fashion statement as long as it is Havaianas.
6. Taxi drivers have the right to refuse passengers with outrageous reasons such as "trapik," "kakain pa" and my favorite "di doon ang daan ko."
7. A tv show that was suspended can continue with its airing with the same cast and format as long as it bears a new temporary show title.
8. The long forgotten career of Air Supply is very much alive in every home and karaoke joints.
9. People fulfill their overwhelming desire to be white by seeking the pharmaceutical aid of gluthatione.
10. FM radio stations are contaminated by loud, unfunny and jologs speaking disc jockeys who obligatorily laugh at their own jokes.
11. A pambahay is synonymous to a swimwear as evident by the t-shirt and shorts wearing females and basketball shorts clad men who frolic in public swimming pools and beaches.
12. Local tv channels nowadays are like a peryahan with the mushrooming talent shows blatantly copied from Britain's Got Talent.
13. Customers go to Starbucks not for the beverage but more for the purpose of human pollution.
14. Students and most especially workers enjoy an insane number of breaks from holidays. This, considering we're a third world nation who needs to generate more money.
15. Despite being just an obvious marketing ploy by tv networks and film outfits, people still have a strong conviction that showbiz love teams are real.
16. A mother or yaya believes that a stranger who finds her baby cute should wipe his laway to the poor toddler to counteract the power of usog. Never mind if the laway is filthy and possibly infectious.
17. The poorer the family is, the greater number of members it has. Sex, therefore, is a national past time among those in the poverty line.
18. Action stars and comedians usually have in their films young leading ladies that could pass as their daughters in real life.
19. Birit is regarded as the greatest form of musical talent.
20. A local woman who you see dating a white man in a mall most probably looks like achimay.
21. Noontime variety shows are polluted by noisy and shallow hosts, orchestrated clapping, moronic novelty theme songs, choreographed audience merrymaking, badly lipsynched song numbers, premeditated crying and retardate acting contestants.
22. The best way to gain fame and fortune in showbiz and politics is by publicly declaring that you are "laki sa hirap" or "para sa mahirap."
23. Young people are into music whose lyrics they don't even understand. Music that superficially dwells on fancy clothes, flashy choreography and artists who spend most of their time trying to be cute on camera.
24. An artista is not afraid of overexposure. Thereby, he or she can star in two to three shows in one day, aside from having a movie currently showing.
25. Local award shows for movies are polluted with inanities such as production numbers by the hottest teen stars that have nothing to do with the roster of film nominees and special awards like "Snacku Star Of The Night."
26. A person can become president solely by virtue of his parents' legacy.
27. Only one type of local movies sells in the box office--- mediocre formulaic romantic flicks by Star Cinema.
28. A record or album can reach multi-platinum status despite containing mostly recycled materials.
29. The remnants of an overthrown dictatorship hold government positions. A once incarcerated former president has a chance to be reelected. A current leader who holds the highest position in the land is allowed to conspicuously run for a lower position.
30. A tv station is like a religion. People coined themselves as either a Kapuso or Kapamilyaand wage war against each other for the sake of their beloved tv networks.
31. Every street corner can be transformed into an instant restroom.
32. A local singer who has appeared on Oprah is already regarded as an international music superstar with the caliber of a Britney Spears or Beyonce.
33. A female celebrity who had a history of STD still shamelessly endorses a vaginal antiseptic/feminine wash.
34. People have a strange fascination to make senseless world records such as"pinakamalaking buko pie" or "pinakamahabang ihawan."
35. Newly installed garbage bins, manhole covers, cables and street lamps disappear suddenly without a trace.
36. A new movie or tv show is being pitched by stars who basically have nothing to do with the said project.
37. Callers of radio stations greet people who ironically are just beside them.
38. Walking out from a tv show or an interview is a ploy to be controversial.
39. An elected government official is only deemed to have lost from the previous election only when another poll is just around the corner.
40. Filipino entries included in contests via international online voting almost always win.
41. Girls who are not into rock music become fans of a rock band for the main reason that the lead vocalist is pogi.
42. Salesladies in department stores wear terrible make up.
43. After years of staying in our country, Fil-Am and other foreign bred celebrities still cannot understand or speak Filipino.
44. Ladies who wear short skirts and shorts in public would cover up whenever they are sitting or riding the escalator.
45. Reality shows are havens for discovering flash in the pan disposable celebrities.
46. Bands who perform at noontime variety shows are obliged to jam with the hosts.
47. A career change for an actress is to pose for a men's magazine.
48. A person with one mobile phone is a subscriber to two or three networks. (I always find it funny whenever I see people changing sim in his mobile phone whenever he wants to use or check out his other network.)
49. People get killed for the reason of "masama kung tumingin."
50. Students review at Starbucks despite the obvious many distractions.
51. It is natural for other people to spit in public.
52. People are entertained by watching their favorite artista sing and dance to other people's songs during a Sunday noon.
53. The more baduy an artista is, the more money he or she makes.
54. Nothing beats the sumptuousness of suka or sawsawan of street foods. (Maybe it's all those microorganisms that make them tasty.)
55. Items from hotels, airlines and restaurants are taken home for souvenirs by its patrons.
56. People love crying, making a person cry and seeing other people cry on national tv. (Most of the time, the scene is equipped with a sad and melancholic background music.)
57. A reality show contestant will most likely win if he or she is poor.
58. Bikers think they are also pedestrians by the manner they outmaneuver their motorcycles on the road.
59. People over react to a satire or parody without considering we are also a nation of racists and pintasero.
60. We are a country who loves vacation. Where else can you see a Monday being made into a holiday if the said holiday originally falls on a weekend?