Is 2007 the Year of the Filipino Blogger?

I don;t believe you’ll be suitable, have you truly studied the details?

I am a little late getting into this space but would you mind if an American expat gives his 1/2 centavo (when did an American ever require permission to speak? :))

I work in a software Development Center located in Cebu called icatchit.com. We employ filipinos, of course, and that is the good news. It has been my pleasure to work with the current staff for the past year.

Philippines in general and Cebu in particular is poised to make a leap (financial, intellectual, and social) in the near future. As I see it, Cebu is like a kernel of popcorn that is heating up and is about ready to pop. Are Cebuanos ready for this? Probably not. No one can be truly ready for financial prosperity, intellectual recognition, and social maturity; it has to happen and then the investment in time and money will be vindicated. But as far as I can tell we are about to see some good stuff emerge from the region that I predict will make the RP a major hub in Asia. time will tell of course, it always does.

To my hosts: you have proven to be kind and generously open with your culture and your hospitality. I hope that never ceases bcz it is one of your endearing traits that I really appreciate. In the next 5 years, when Filipino becomes a global participant on a grand scale, here’s hoping some of that old culture will stick, Lord knows we could use a little inspiration.

Jerry C from icatchit.com

Can’t stop wont stop… haha…

this is the reason why i love yuga’s blog. the fun never stops. this is also the reason why blogs are so powerful. this is just the start of 2007. hopefully, this would be a bigger voice for filipinos. wrong or right it’s his opinion. and for this thread, mike abundo will keep the fire burning. hehe.

Welcome to the first big fight of 2007: global netrepreneurs versus slave apologists.

@the cat

i know about art bell hoax.

and thank you for that info about the background of the article. it’s hard to keep track about things that are happening in the philippines especially when i’m not there. and it’s a link. an article like you said. and there’s no rule that i can’t post a link that i don’t know a background of. i read the news, that’s how i keep up with things there. and the news are for public consumption, it’s the nature of it. temperatures are rising in this blog but i’m freezing in my living room. irony of life… just talk decently because people will listen. no need for harsh words.

the duality in life is that we take the good with the bad. i think it’s both sad and good. but rather than being bitter about it, i’d say, whatever works. and blogs will always be full of opinions…. and that’s what’s wonderful about it.

issai,
What OfW was pointing out is the economic law of demand and supply.

Are you reading the newspaper lately or if you are an OFW, didn’t you notice that exchange rate has been down to 48: 1? Do you ever send money to the Philippines and notice the big difference?

Did you read that some corporations are able to pay their long term obligations in advance?

So how do you gauge the growth of economy by reading the opinion writers?

I have been waiting for their doomsday prophecy of Philippines falling like Argentina because we will renege in the payment of our foreign loans but latest is we are able to float bonds in the world market which means, the investors trust us.

Hey, may be I should not be teaching someone who does not understand the economic law of demand and supply. It is a waste of time and bandwidth.

“Goddammit, I see a whole generation taking pride in jobs Americans hate!”

And what job do they like?

Nursing is a brain and brawn type of job. Flunk the test and you will not make it.

It is a college degree too. Filipinos should be thankful that they can go to College with the help of the relatives. Here, they have to send themselves to school by bussing in the restaurant
or bartending.

It’s the farming and the meat canning that they will never get into.

So Mike A what do you take pride for.

@reynaelena once more

ahh yes, i am an OFW too! but i don’t pretend to be blind to reality…

Congratulations, Abe even if I still have to fully understand about Blog Herald.

@ the Cat
I didn’t say anything about selling out to be a nurse. Yes they do prefer filipinos, I’m not saying filipinos are less than americans. But think of it this way, this generation, my generation is deprived of opportunities that would make them happy. It’s more like a self-preservation thing. But what about things that would bring meaning to one’s life. Money, yes money… it’s always the case. I’m not arguing money here. I just want the best for our fellowman, and see them at their best in the things they love to do. Not something that was imposed on them by a society that can’t give them opportunities except to be a nurse to be exported.

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As of my experience, it’s sometimes weird to live in the US, and try to strive to and prove that I can be as good as americans or other races in a field that doesn’t involve nursing. When were we praised for being software engineers? Never… But we are praised for being nurses. The outside world thinks of us that way believe or not. Not everyone is educated, not even americans. I even have to convince my bf that the stereotypes of filipinos are false coz in reality, most stereotypes are true here. I want to be a living proof that filipinos are not only for nursing. And what struck a nerve to me was (i’ll try to quote it as best as i can) , “The Philippines was never known for its scientists, but for a woman who loved shoes”. Sorry, it hurts but so true.

Goddammit, I see a whole generation taking pride in jobs Americans hate!

http://technology.inquirer.net/infotech/infotech/view_article.php?article_id=43199

The link above is the interview of Filipinos who worked with Google. Take note of their statements about Filipinos to which I totally agree.

It is when you have worked with the foreigners when you realize how different Filipinos are as workers. In the registry which I helped put up and managed, the most in demand are Filipino nurses and caregivers from hospitals and nursing homes because they are preferred by the patients and the dministrators.

Don’t start with me about the sell-out nurse-doctor-nurse issue. I have argued about that with a Filipino journalist exhaustively. I was in the nursing registry business before and I know the industry. My only advice is not to believe everything that you read in the newspapers or internet.

I agree and truly believe that because of blog(new medium), this will open countless opportunities to our countrymen.

In few more years, we will see new generation Filipinos making big news and impact worldwide. Another Google and Yahoo type company envisioned and started by Filipinos.

Can Abe lead the way? :)

yuga,

Strange that in my travels, no one has approached me to ask if they can get a maid in the Philippines.Is it the crowd that we are interacting with or it has something to do with what the Philippine media had shaped our prejudices.

I have travelled extensively. I have worked in Corporate America and have established a business in America under the minority business umbrella.

Except for California where there are a lot of Filipinos, people in other States do not even know how Filipinos look like. For them all Asians look the same.

I have stayed in Bali with the son of former governor as my host. Having been educated in the US and the Philippines and having married a Filipina, he has a lot of respect for Filipinos. So who are those people in the neighboring countries who think that Filipinas are maids. Just like the Filipinos who have not gotten out of their tiny worlds that contribute to their myopia that whatever a few people they meet said, it is already taken as a world’s view.

Funny but Americans do not think that Britons are all butlers (a glamorized title for Male servant).

I guessed these people are not even aware that Chinese amahs are more in demand than Filipino nannies because the rich people want their children to be bilingual at an early age with Mandarin as the second language. China instead of being embarrassed by this demand is developing their women for this skill.

So what’s wrong with us people?

They can call us or brand us whatever they want. I’m still proud to be a Filipino.

Every race has it’s own strengths & weaknesses, good traits & bad. What I know, Filipinos thrive globally because of our hard work & perseverance, because of our ability to adapt to any environment or culture including its language.

The blogosphere is another avenue in which we can showcase the talent and skill of the Filipinos.

With that, I do hope that 2007 will be the year for the Filipino blogger. :D

The OFW phenomenon brings forth more skilled professionals in the generations to come as more OFWs send more financially disadvantaged members of the families.

Got stats for the social costs? Show me.

The social costs of being homesick and away from the families are already reduced by the communications technology which were virtually impossible 10 years ago. The distant families are only a few calls or texts away. Money is delivered 24 hours.

As to the decay of moral fiber because of the absence of parents—those are lame excused of adults who refuse to take responsibilities.

Children go to drugs because of peer influence. Even the popular bloggers with complete parents are into drugs .Don’t they even blog about it?

he reason for infidelity due to distance relationship is also crap. Even with the wives or husbands at home, the spouses can still have their
other loves.

It is not an offense on my part, it is the pride for being a Filipino. It seems, technology has not changed the Filipinos’ low esteem for blue collar jobs.

We could elevate ourselves without having to demean people not in our calibre or social status.

Silence.. Blogging will make you a multi-millionaire…. Thanks for that useful information… It offended some people.. Enuff Said.. Isang Mahal…

The OFW phenomenon is not a “saving grace” to our economy. The social costs far outweigh the financial benefits.

The only thing the OFW phenomenon “saves” is our government — from having to improve the local economy.

I hope filipinos will make it good in the blogosphere not only as members for large blog networks but as a big force that can equal the blog networks themselves.

Specifically, I’d like to see more Ilonggo bloggers online since the blogging revolution has not quite taken off for iloilo-based internet users.

amen!