they say philippines is:

the philippines is.....

50. where street party is not where the party is.. instead its the gang wars happen, naked woman strip and where people overthrow a president

49. where even doctors, lawyers, and engineers are unemployed

48. where everyone has his personal ghost story

47. where mountains like mt. makiling and mt. banahaw is considered holy 
places.

46. where everthing can be forged

45. where school is considered second home and the mall is considered as third

44. where starbucks coffee is more expensive than gas

43. where every streets has a basketball courts and every town has only one public school

42. where all animals are edible

41. where all people speaks all kinds of languages, and still call it tagalog

40. where students pay more money than they will earn afterwards

39. where callcenter employees earn more money than teachers and nurses

38. where driving 4 kms can take as much as 4 hours

37. where flyovers bring you home from the freeway to side streets

36. where personal computer is mainly used for games and friendster

35. where the tourist spots is were the filipinos do not (cannot go) go

34. where ll 13 yrs old is alcoholic

33. where colonial mentality is dishonestly denied

32. where 4 a.m. is not even considered bedtime yet

31. where peole pay to defy the law

30. where everything is spoofed

29. where even proverty is stricken get to wear ralph lauren and tommy hilfiger (sobrang peke naman ang itsura)

28. where honking of car horns is a way of life

27. where being called a bum is never offensive

26. where flood water take up more than 90 percent of the streets in rainy season

25. where everyone has a realtive in abroad that makes them alive!

24. where crossing the streets involves running for ypur dear life

23. where wearing our national colors make you "baduy"

22. where billiards is a sport and darts is a bar game

21. where insurances doesnt work

20. where water can classified as tap and dirty ..... clean water for sale is 35 pesos/gallon

19. where church governs the people and where the government makes the people pray for miracles (AMEN TOO THAT)

18. where University of the Philppines is where all the weird people go. Ateneo is where all the nerds go. La Salle is where all the chinese go. College of St. Benilde is where all stupid chinese go and University of Asia and the Pacific is where all irrelevantly rich people go.

17. where fastfood is a diet meal

16. where traffic signs are merely suggestions not regulations

15. where all trees in the city is below 6 ft.

14. where being held up is normal. it hppens to everyone

13. where kids dreams to become a pilot, doctor and basketball players

12. where rodents is a normal house pet

11. where the definition of traffic is non-movement of vehicles.

10. where the fighter planes of 1940's are used for military engagements and the 
new fighter planes is displaye in museums.

9. where being one hour later is considered punctual

8. where cigarettes and alcohol is considered necessity and where lottery is a commodity

7. where soap operas tells the realities of life and and where the news provides the drama

6. where finding a deer will be phenomenon (may deer dito seryoso kyo?)

5. where the actors are rules and the politicians provide the entertainment (kung gusto mo mapikon, watch news)

4. where people can get awy of stealing trilliions but not for a thousand

3. where nora aunor is acclaimed actress and boy abunda is the best talk show host

2. where everyones wants to leave the country

1. at kung saan si BEBANG nakatira!