nakaka touch naman ito @vhothoy 🙂
lalo na yung sa last part na sinabi ni Gat Jose Rizal 🙂
ako din, gusto ko pa rin bumalik sa Pilipinas at doon tumanda... 🙂
hindi ko alam kung sa ngayon lang ito or magbabago pa ang perspective ko of home
pero as of now, home for me is Pinas pa rin 🙂
<blockquote rel="vhoythoy">Ako naman, for almost 5 years na rin in Singapore i still dont find any personal attachment in this Country. Maybe because my family is still in pinas and im living alone here in SG. Home for me is still going back to pinas and be with my family. In our place in makati and when visiting my late grandmother in Laguna.
Although I have met and go along with a lot of good peoples here not only pinoy but for other nationalities as well. in general, I still find Singapore a stranger place for me. I still find peoples around, in mrt, in malls, in kopitiams, etc. with less emotions and very serious. Laging naguunahan, makasakay ng mrt, hindi malate sa office, makahanap ng upuan sa hawker, makasakay ulit pabalik sa bahay, unahan sa pila sa sale sa malls, etc . Like a never ending routine. But ofcourse medyo nagamay ko na buhay dito dahil na rin sa paglipas ng panahon. Sabi nga ni Red (Morgan Freeman) sa pelikulang Shawnshank Redemption, medyo na "institutionalized" na yata ako.
There are lots of food choices here in Singapore. But food choices in pinas, for me is walang katulad. From mami pares sa may washington makati, banana q sa tabing daan, magtataho na may matamis na arnibal, gotong batangas, lutong bahay sa karenderia, andoks, maxx fried chicken, razons halo-halo puto and dinuguan, tsitsaron baboy ng dumagete, ambers pichi pichi and pancit luglog, panutsa at peanut brittle ng mamang naglalako, etc.
The things na ma miss ko talaga or maalala sa SG is the people that i've met here, salary, shopping, and yung mga memorable and crazy things na nagawa namin ng mga nakasama ko dito. Well maybe the "convenience" and orderliness ng bansang to.
Im still proud in our country and being pinoy, kahit na mukhang hopeless romantic na talaga na umangat sya at magbago ang pamumuhay or mabawasan ang corruptions sa govt in our lifetime. Kahit na siguro babalik nlang ako sa pinas, exclusively for vacations. Yung pagmamahalan sa pamilya, respeto sa matatanda at pagiging madiskarte at mapagpunyagi ay isang kulturang pinoy na sana mamana ng anak ko. Sabi nga ni Jose rizal, ang hindi marunong lumingon sa pinang galingan ay hindi makakarating sa paroroonan =). I still don't know what the future may bring. But pinas gave me lots of memories na nakatatak na sa puso at hindi ko makakalimutan in my lifetime. </blockquote>