Dear mouse,
Nanood ako ng Citizen Pinoy kung saan ang isang Filipina ay ininterview kung paanong nakakuha siya ng green card matapos siyang mag tourist.
In-between discussions about her 9-year ordeal of leaving her young children and being able to get legal residency and petitioning the eldest, she had been mouthing the statement that I hated. KASI MAHIRAP LANG KAMI.
While I flinch every time a person comments KASI BOBO LANG AKO AT IKAW AY MAY PINAG-ARALAN when you say something
that you think worth considering in solving a problem, this Kasi mahirap lang kami irks me so much that I break my resolve not to make patol anoh sa mga napapanood ko.
KASI MAHIRAP LANG KAMI is an excuse, a justification of a failed endeavour. A false pride. A low self-esteem.
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pero hwag ka, pag pumatol ka, ang sasabihin sa iyo, “kasi mayaman ka!”
I wrote something about this topic before in my blog. It’s here:
http://kapenilattex.blogspot.com/2005/08/seeing-ones-self-as-beggar.html
Anp,
Totoo ang sinabi mo. Kasi nag-aral ka sa ganitong school, etc,etc,
hehehe
Thanks Jon for the link.
Mendicant mentality is encouraged by government dole outs.