One of my friends forwarded this to me on Facebook. It’s a re-post of a short essay made by a Korean student named Jaeyoun Kim on his views regarding the Philippines. I think that this is very timely given our current situation with the recent calamities and the 2010 elections just around the corner. In this essay, Jaeyoun shares with everyone his views on the real problem of the Philippines. This piece has so many insights and I really have to agree with the kid 100%. I strongly encourage you to read it and to pass it around.
MY SHORT ESSAY ABOUT THE PHILIPPINES
Jaeyoun KimFilipinos always complain about the corruption in the Philippines. Do you really think the corruption
is the problem of the Philippines ? I do not think so.I strongly believe that the problem is the lack of love for the Philippines. Let me first talk about my country, Korea. It might help you understand my point. After the Korean War, South Korea was one of the poorest countries in the world. Koreans had to start from scratch because entire country was destroyed after the Korean War, and we had no
natural resources.Koreans used to talk about the Philippines , for Filipinos were very rich in Asia . We envy Filipinos. Koreans really wanted to be well off like Filipinos.
Many Koreans died of famine. My father & brother also died because of famine. Korean government was very corrupt and is still very corrupt beyond your imagination, but Korea was able to develop dramatically because Koreans really did their best for the common good with their heart burning with patriotism. Koreans did not work just for themselves but also for their neighborhood and country. Education inspired young men with the spirit of patriotism.
40 years ago, President Park took over the government to reform Korea . He tried to borrow money from other countries, but it was not possible to get a loan and attract a foreign investment because the economic situation of South Korea was so bad. Korea had only three factories. So, President Park sent many mine workers and nurses to Germany so that they could send money to Korea to build a factory. They had to go through horrible experience.
In 1964, President Park visited Germany to borrow money. Hundred of Koreans in Germany came to the airport to welcome him and cried there as they saw the President Park. They asked to him, “President, when can we be well off?” That was the only question everyone asked to him. President Park cried with them and promised them that Korea would be well off if everyone works hard for Korea , and the President of Germany got the strong impression on them and lent money to Korea . So, President Park was able to build many factories in Korea . He always asked Koreans to love their country from their heart. Many Korean scientists and engineers in the USA came back
to Korea to help developing country because they wanted their country to be well off. Though they received very small salary, they did their best for Korea . They always hoped that their children would live in well off country.My parents always brought me to the places where poor and physically handicapped people live. They wanted me to understand their life and help them. I also worked for Catholic Church when I was in the army. The only thing I learned from Catholic Church was that we have to love our neighborhood. And, I have loved my neighborhood.
Have you cried for the Philippines ? I have cried for my country several times. I also cried for the Philippines because of so many poor people. I have been to the New Bilibid prison. What made me sad in the prison were the prisoners who do not have any love for their country. They go to mass and work for Church. They pray everyday. However, they do not love the Philippines . I talked to two prisoners at the maximum-security compound, and both of them said that they would leave the Philippines right after they are released from the prison. They said that they would start a new life in other countries and never come back to the Philippines .
Many Koreans have a great love for Korea so that we were able to share our wealth with our neighborhood. The owners of factory and company were distributed their profit to their employees fairly so that employees could buy what they needed and saved money for the future and their children. When I was in Korea , I had a very strong faith and wanted to be a priest. However, when I came to the Philippines, I completely lost my faith. I was very confused when I saw many unbelievable situations in the Philippines . Street kids always make me sad, and I see them everyday. The Philippines is the only Catholic country in Asia , but there are too many poor people here. People go to church every Sunday to pray, but nothing has been changed.
My parents came to the Philippines last week and saw this situation. They told me that Korea was much poorer than
the present Philippines when they were young. They are so sorry that there are so many beggars and street kids. When we went to Pasangjan, I forced my parents to take a boat because it would fun. However, they were not happy after taking a boat. They said that they would not take the boat again because they were sympathized the boatmen, for the boatmen were very poor and had a small frame. Most of people just took a boat and enjoyed it. But, my parents did not enjoy it because of love for them.My mother who has been working for Catholic Church since I was very young told me that if we just go to mass without changing ourselves, we are not Catholic indeed. Faith should come with action. She added that I have to love Filipinos and do good things for them because all of us are same and have received a great love from God. I want Filipinos to love their neighborhood and country as much as they love God so that the Philippines will be well off.
I am sure that love is the keyword, which Filipinos should remember. We cannot change the sinful structure at once. It should start from person. Love must start in everybody, in a s mall scale and have to grow. A lot of things happen if we open up to love. Let’s put away our prejudices and look at our worries with our new eyes. I discover that every person is worthy to be loved. Trust in love, because it makes changes possible.
Love changes you and me. It changes people, contexts and relationships. It changes the world. Please love your neighborhood and country. Jesus Christ said that whatever we do to others we do to Him. In the Philippines , there is God for people who are abused and abandoned. There is God who is crying for love. If you have a child, teach them how to love the Philippines. Teach them why they have to love their neighborhood and country. You already know that God also will be very happy if you love others. That’s all I really want to ask you Filipinos.
Here’s a video version of the essay which I also find very touching.
When have we last cried for this country?
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Korean said: have you heard the news? the monkey island Philippines is flooded. I hope the rain will never stop to drown those monkeys. all of them laughing! another retarded Korean said “they will all die because monkey can’t swim. Koreans in our country doesn’t deserve our hospitality.
“The Philippines is the only Catholic country in Asia , but there are too many poor people here. People go to church every Sunday to pray, but nothing has been changed.”
So true.
My first message is to Churvah: Bro, there are what are called TROLLS on the Internet and their only reason for existence is to bait people with the use of inflammatory talk. They are, quite simply, provocateurs and they love nothing better than to spark anger and outrage because it gives their miserably petty lives meaning. The way you neutralize a troll is the same way you avoid a piece of turd on the ground: step over, away, and forget it.
My second message is in response to the essay of Kim Jaeyoung.
Jaeyoung’s assertion is that Filipinos have a lack of love for country. I generally disagree on the ground that “love for country” is understood differently by the Korean and the Filipino.
Through the examples given by my own students (yeah, yeah, I taught Koreans too) and by Jaeyoung in his essay, I have long come to the conclusion that for the Korean, love of country is a collective concept, extending beyond family and clan, to the abstract idea of nation.
For the Filipino, the more prevalent concept of love for country is the service and sacrifice for one’s kith and kin, and often enough, one’s tribe/clan/townmates. Only on rare occasions, as in the examples of Jose Rizal and Benigno “Ninoy” Aquino did it go to the national level. As such, the average Filipino will sacrifice his life and ambition for what he considers a love for country: his loved ones. By this same token, there are millions of Filipinos overseas who send money back to the Philippines because they too, love their country.
Yet Jaeyoung’s thesis holds a lot of truth. I too would like to see the Filipino rise to the point where his concern extends beyond the welfare of his family, clan, tribe, and region. A more evolved definition of “love of country,” as it were.
The recent storms that have hit the Philippines bring with them their own silver lining. We have seen strong evidence of the national value we seek to develop in the Filipino people. There was ample evidence of willingness to sacrifice and to help total strangers. There remains burning hope for the brighter future of the Filipino people. If only we and our leaders would carry on this impetus and not lapse back into our usual ways.
@Churva: I have seen the twitter account from where your entry came from, and it really is infuriating.
but a week ago, at an LRT Station, I saw about 25 Koreans with boxes and boxes of relief goods in tow. They were all very excited and even were asking the security guards at the station for directions to Ateneo.
The point is, there will always be mean people, whatever race, whatever color, whatever belief, whatever citizenship. Heck, even we Pinoys heckle and are mean to our own people.
Lets not judge them as a whole. You wouldnt want to be criticized just because of your race, right?
To Jaeyoun Kim: Thank you
To the mean Korean Girl: May karma get you back
I agree with this Korean guy, but he should also consider some other factors like geography, ilang bagyo ba ang dumadaan sa Korea taon-taon … isa, dalawa? sa Pilipinas halos kukumpletohin natin yung alphabet sa panglan ng bagyo. We always rebuild our country, literally from scratch every time, sirang daan, sirang agricultura, sirang paaralan, so what does this mean in terms of our resources? Gastos na naman and I think this type of situations are very vulnerable to corruption.
One comment made by Korean is not representative of the whole Korean race. At least I think the essay is more representative of the Korean outlook than a racial slur made by one Korean.
And like any race, you have your fair share of idiots, morons, and racists. But also have the intelligent, open-minded and high tolerant people.
Hmmmm… I think the Korean dude is right…
I mean, Like a Pearl, Philippines will not be an outstanding pearl if ya don’t shine it…
I mean think about it, why do Koreans migrate here anyway? Business is better, Education is cheap, and the Climate is (can’t believe I’m saying this) better…
not to mention the natural resources we have…
In some Asian Countries, it’s snowing during winter and some it’s hellish hot on summer while here in Philippines, whether it be rain or shine we can survive… I think, it’s because of the clog canals that we experienced floods…
If you’re going to look at our canals, it’s insanely filled with trash…
If we love Philippines, we should do everything to make this country a better place to live with…
After reading the essay, I had a burning desire to be able to cry for the Philippines and love it as if it were my child to rear. It doesnt matter who said it, what matters is what it means and how we take it. Do we need a war or a far more difficult challenge to love our nation more than we should? I love the Philippines and I will love it even more than I think I do and hopefully someday soon, things will be better for all.
As suggested by Jaoyung Kim, there’s a glaring difference between koreano and pinoy: the korean’s love for country goes beyond the family or village to the whole nation; the pilipino’s love seldom goes beyond family, and usually the community and country shortsightedly is left out of their consideration.
For instance, garbage thrown everywhere that eventually clogs alleys and rivers is a metaphor for how little the pinoy cares for his home, ie. his country. Little wonder that pollution in government (corruption) and communities prevent the building of infrastructure that is missing to support both dreams and needs. Little wonder that filipinos live an average of 10-15 years less than asians from developed nations (Japan, South Korea, Singapore, HK, and perhaps even Taiwan).
Who or what can be blame for this latest tragedy? Lots goes into it, but the basic thing is a lack of money spent at the community level to ensure that illegal logging isn’t allowed, that people can earn decent wages thereby preventing the nation from uprooting itself continually to go to other countries, that people can buy reliable products and services not undercut by endemic graft and deal making, that people essential (and basic) infrastructure projects actually get built, and properly. How much more can be said about the blight on this land, but all there is is sadness and more sadness, because there’s no remedy.
Love for country? If pressed, pinoy may pay lip service to the concept, but in reality they only care about their immediate family, and anyone else is, unfortunatel, a potential target to take advantage of.
How much love for self and country is lost? How much bola bola is scattered throughout the land? Immeasurable amounts!
“Some are born great, some achieve greatness, some have greatness thrust upon themselves…” – W. Shakespeare
I say, why not all three combined? We belong to a great race, we have achieved greatness, one way or another -both at the home front and abroad and when faced with trials, we always muster up the courage to face the trials head on, relying on our faith and the belief that our faith IS in fact, enough.
We need to talk about the past to know what will come of our future…the term “History repeats itself” was not coined just for fun…we need to study history to avoid the pitfalls of the fallen nations. Take America for instance…round two of the Great Depression – something they could’ve avoided if they took notice of the events that led to the first Great Depression.
That’s what I love about teaching history…although we have books and the internet, people need to talk and discuss about important events in our country. Children these days don’t seem to care much about what is going on around them…disappointing, yes, hopeless, no. We can still do something about it. That’s why it is important not to limit education in the confines of the classrooms…children need to understand that they are very much a part of our history…the need to ACHIEVE GREATNESS
so yeah, how I wish that we could be this united without the need for a disastrous catalyst…smart and compassionate as we are, we can be “heroes” everyday, in our little way. GREATNESS THRUST UPON THEMSELVES.
In another article about what would happen if Filipinos around the world would stop working…the world be at a stand still…BORN GREAT.
My plea is, come home and help us rebuild our nation into what we all believe it could be…Forget about the crab mentality, together how can we not achieve greatness?
Here is a clip I’ve stumbled upon while doing research for my Asian History class…no matter how South Korea has succeeded to overcome its trials it is still a divided nation, not done by choice but as victims of the Cold War…pawns as what the great kings would call them. We may bicker non-stop at corruption and our government but we are still united as a nation. When push comes to shove, we can set our differences aside and stand as one.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FJ6E3cShcVU&feature=PlayList&p=DFEE0DE736ABC967&index=7
The problem with us Filipinos is we cannot accept the fact. We deny our faults and try to blame others.
The Korean’s opinion is so true! Why can’t we pattern their success? Why can’t we elect a patriotic leader which would lead the country to progress? Why do we tolerate overpopulation?
Is progress correlated with population? Is Catholicism hindering the progress of this country? Can the Philippines succeed even if it is over populated?
In my humble opinion, we cannot! Control the population then we will progress!
A LETTER TO THE SOUTH KOREAN STUDENT
WHO WROTE A SHORT ESSAY ON THE PHILIPPINES
Dear Kim Jaeyoun,
Your short essay on the Philippines has been circulating around e-mail groups, blogs, and websites for years now. Thank you for your concern and thank you for calling on us Filipinos to love our country. It is precisely because we love our country dearly that is why we have raised our voices to condemn the corruption that has been going on for decades now.
Filipinos have always complained of corruption because it is a reality that one cannot deny. Several surveys can attest to this cancerous scourge devouring the nation. The Philippines’ dismal rating in the 2008 Global Corruption Report released by the Transparency International dropped 10 places from the previous year, tying for 141st place with Cameroon, Iran and Yemen.
Last year, the country tied for 131st place with Burundi, Honduras, Iran, Libya, Nepal and Yemen. In Asia, the Philippines rated higher than Indonesia at 143rd place. In 2007, Political and Economic Risk Consultancy (PERC) came out with a survey that the Philippines was the most corrupt country in Asia.
To say that corruption is not the problem only exacerbates the problem. It only serves to promote the culture of corruption now plaguing the country. By denying corruption and keeping silent about it we are making this culture of corruption the norm. Corruption continues to worsen the incidence of poverty and deny much-needed social services to millions of Filipinos.
The $329.48-million ZTE broadband network scam, the P728-million fertilizer scam, the Jose Pidal bank accounts, the Northrail project, the $14-million IMPSA power plant project, the P1.3-billion poll automation project, and the Macapagal Boulevard project, and lately the World Bank-funded road project – all these could have been spent to provide badly-needed education and health services to millions of impoverished Filipinos. It could have been used to help the Department of Education (DepEd) bridge its resource gaps of classrooms, textbooks and teachers or could also have been used to increase subsidies for indigent patients in government hospitals such as the Philippine General Hospital.
Now let us talk about your country. I really don’t know much about your country except that I highly admire the way you South Koreans have developed as a nation. From a poor nation after the war, you are now developed enough to be considered a first world nation. I admire your country and your people because you had the political will to build your nation. Like us, you battled dictatorships and military juntas. I was a student when I heard about the brave men and women of Kwangju who were mercilessly massacred by the troops of the military dictatorship. It was love of country that led to this 1980 pro-democracy uprising, they tried to quell it but the tanks and guns could not stop the freedom-loving South Koreans quest for democracy. .
And yes, you South Koreans had a strong sense of love for your country that is why you sent 2 of your former Presidents, Chun Doo-Hwan and Roh Tae-Woo in 1995 to jail after being convicted of receiving bribes and inciting mutiny. You too had the courage to send the 2 sons of President Kim Dae-Jung to three-and.a-half years in prison for taking bribes from big business.
We Filipinos will have that kind of love of country too. And it will be soon.
Juanito Makabayan
having had the privilege to interact with korean nationals, academicians, and businessmen for almost 5 years now and having read this essay many times, all i can say is that the current generation of “patriotic” orientals – koreans, japanese, taiwanese, and chinese were ‘culturized” not because of “bottom to top” (from the individual to the national) reforms but by “top to bottom” reforms (meaning to say from nationalist patriotic national leaders to the people and individuals). in the case of china – through a revolution led by mao zedong and in the case of korea – park chung hee’s strong rightist leadership. review the world’s history and it will tell you that patriotic citizens were never realized by a “bottom to top” approach. well, let’s see here in the philippines. ponder this thoughts, fellow young filipinos if you really desire a better philippines.
A REACTION TO A KOREAN STUDENT’S ESSAY INSULTING FILIPINOS FOR BEING LESS NATIONALISTIC
We Filipinos don’t get progressive because we lack nationalism?
Before anyone makes such an insult against a particular race, he should first undertake the necessary research and some observations, like the following:
1. He should first read Philippine history books to know that we Filipinos have always fought for our freedom and our native land – from the times of Lapu-lapu, Raha Soliman, Sultan Kudarat, Dagohoy, Sumuroy, Palaris, and dozens of other local heroes, to Rizal, Bonifacio, Aguinaldo, Mabini, and Jacinto; to the World War II generation, when a million Filipinos perished; and recently to the 1986 People Power Revolution.
2. He should observe that Filipino farmers, fishermen, professionals, employees,industrial workers, service personnel, and others work hard here and abroad to earn a decent living for themselves, for their loved ones, and for their country.
3. He should also observe that we Filipinos help one another in our works and festivities, and during personal agonies, man-made disasters, or natural calamities.
4. He should also look at those Filipinos who volunteer in social service and humanitarian endeavors like the Red Cross and rescue efforts; those who extend financial assistance to poor patients in the hospitals, to students from poor families, and to other needy people; those who plant trees and care for nature, the environment, and animals; and those many other unsung heroes among our countrymen.
Patriotism and nationalism may not always be tangible in our everyday lives, but when the imperative call for it comes, Filipinos respond enthusiastically.
A humbling example of that is the national and local elections of May 10, 2010, in which 38 out of the 50.7 million registered Filipino voters (that was a 75% voters’ turnout) trooped to the polling precincts, and most endured the 2- to 6-hour long wait, the extreme heat and humidity, the hunger, and the exhaustion, just to be able to cast our votes. We did all those sacrifices because we want change – a good government and good leaders. Why do we want all those? Because we care for our country – that’s how simple it is.
The Philippines is also a defender of the democracy of the free world. It is one of those countries that dispatched soldiers to the Korean Peninsula in 1950-53 to defend the South Koreans against the suicidal invasion by the fanatical communist North Koreans. One of those sent soldiers was Fidel V. Ramos, who became our nation’s president in 1992-98.
I am saddened by the fact that after we helped Korea defend its freedom and democracy in the past, here now comes an irresponsible Korean sporadically spitting on our faces by calling us less patriotic, which is a severe insult to all of our painstaking and hard-earned efforts towards a better country.
The problem with some people is that because they are already prosperous, they feel that they already have the right to lecture other citizens about nationalism.
And why did that Korean single out the Philippines? Of the more than 230 countries in the world, more than half are poorer than ours. Why doesn’t that Korean go to the more than 100 countries poorer than the Philippines and also lecture the peoples there about this thing called patriotism?
For those who want to know the real reasons why the Philippines is a poor country, the following link may help:
http://emanila.com/philippines/2010/01/19/why-is-the-philippines-a-poor-country/
MORE REACTIONS TO A KOREAN STUDENT’S ESSAY INSULTING FILIPINOS FOR BEING LESS NATIONALISTIC
PATRIOTIC DEEDS ARE ALL NOTHING!
For some people, the patriotic deeds of the Filipinos in the past and in the present are all nothing!
The past is past; it doesn’t count anymore. And so the gallantry, sacrifices, blood, and tears of our ancestors, of our heroes and heroines, of the Filipinos who staged in 1896-98 the revolution against Spanish, of the Filipinos who fought in 1899-1906 the American forces, of the more than one million Filipinos who perished in the fight for freedom against the Japanese invaders in 1941-45, and of the Filipinos who braved armored tanks and warplanes during the peaceful 1986 People Power Revolution — all of these are nothing because they are already the past! They don’t prove anything at all that we Filipinos had done patriotic deeds in the past and that we could still do them again.
The majority of Filipino voters who demonstrated the spirit of burning patriotism in the May 10, 2010, national and local elections — they are all nothing!
The majority of Filipinos today who work hard and strive hard, here or abroad, to earn for themselves and for their loved ones, and to become productive and honorable citizens of our country — they are all nothing!
For some people, the patriotic deeds of the Filipinos in the past and in the present are all nothing! They don’t measure up to anything! They don’t count!
For those people, the one that counts is that Korean student’s essay!
Purihin ang langit! Yepeee!
TRAITORS
Those people who obstinately cling to that racist Korean student’s essay belong to the breed of individuals who love believing what foreigners say against Filipinos.
Instead of defending their very own race, the race of their ancestors, parents, and children, they rather clap the insults of the foreigners…. See More
They are no different from those canines who betrayed their own countrymen to the Japanese during World War II.
If the Japanese invade again our country today, those canines will be the first to their point fingers at, and betray, their countrymen to the invaders.
STUPID BELIEFS
The belief that rich nations are rich because their citizens are patriotic and that poor nations are poor because their citizens lack patriotism is no different from such other stupid beliefs as the following:
1. Handsome or good-looking guys cannot commit rape; only the ugly men can.
2. Rich people don’t steal; only the poor do.
3. White people don’t shoplift; only the blacks do.
Most countries and most citizens of the world are poor. If we would follow that stupid belief on patriotism, it would appear that it is only the wealthy people who are and who know how to be patriotic, while the poor citizens don’t know how to love their respective nations.
come on guys ! what jaeyoun kim wrote was true.. why deny it!? it’s not insulting but it’s opening our minds and maybe reflect on it. corruption is everywhere but are we just going to dwell about it never do some action? why don’t we start from ourselves and then to our community? if you think guys you love philippines then love her more.
MY THOUGHTS ON KOREANS: DO THEY REALLY LOVE THEIR COUNTRY?
According to the data of the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund, in 2009, South Korea is the 15th largest economy and 9th biggest exporter out of the 182 surveyed countries in the world. It manufactures and exports electronics, computers, cameras, household appliances, cars, construction equipment, ships, and other high-tech and industrial products, amounting to more than US$350 billion a year.
From being one of the poorest and the most backward up to the 1950′s, South Koreans are now among the world’s wealthiest peoples.
Koreans believe that they have achieved all of those economic successes because of discipline, perseverance, and most of all, patriotism, their passionate love for the native land. They do love their country.
Really?
Dr. Syngman Rhee was elected as the first president of the Republic of Korea when it was established in 1948. He was reelected thrice, but he suffered unpopularity because of corruption, fraud, and terrorism committed by his political party right under his nose.
The people deplored his third reelection in March 1960 because of widespread electoral fraud. They rioted in the cities, sacked the homes of corrupt government officials, and clashed with the police. The uprising forced Rhee a month later to flee the country and settle in Hawaii with his family and with their loot.
Corruption, terrorism, and fraud tarnished the image of the “Father of Korean Independence” and the country’s very first president.
Rhee’s successor, John M. Chang, began a four-year term in July 1960, but was overthrown ten months later by a military rebellion led by General Park Chung-hee. Park claimed that the military had to intervene to save the country from further corruption. He led the country until he got assassinated in 1979.
Chun Doo Hwan staged a coup in 1980 and became the nation’s 12th president (1981-88). In 1996, he was sentenced to death after having been found guilty of mutiny, treason, and corruption. His successor, Roh Tae Woo, who served from 1988 to 1993, was sentenced to 22 years in prison for the similar offenses. They were soon pardoned by Pres. Kim Young-sam.
In April-June 2001, the South Korean government arrested 251 banking agency officials and businessmen for corruption and bribery, which cost the country US$1.5 billion. One of those arrested was a former vice defense minister who accepted bribes in return for business favors (AFP, June 30, 2001).
On November 30, 2001, South Korea’s finance minister apologized to the public after a state-run audit agency reported that, based on a six-month investigation of 87 banks and non-banking financial institutions, there were 182 cases of misuse or embezzlement by the recipients of public money amounting to US$5.64 billion. The agency asked prosecutors to investigate 44 individuals for allegedly embezzling public funds (Reuters, December 1, 2001).
The culture of Korean corruption has already made it into the international arena.
In December 2005, the U.S. Department of Justice ordered the South Korea-based Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd., the world’s largest maker of memory chips for computers and other gadgets, and its U.S. subsidiary, Samsung Semiconductor Ltd., to pay a US$300 million fine to settle accusations that it secretly conspired with industry rivals to fix prices and cheat customers.
The justice department had earlier also ordered Samsung’s rivals, Hynix (another Korea-based company) and Infineon Technologies AG (of Germany), to pay US$185 million and US$160 million, respectively, for the same offenses (AP, December 16, 2005).
In May 2009, Roh Moo-hyun, the country’s 16th president (2003-08), jumped to his death in the mountains of rural Korea. He was the first national leader to undertake suicide because of bribery and corruption charges. The corruption committed must have been so massive and shameful that they only possible way out was self-extermination.
Koreans project to the world that they are prosperous because they do love their country.
They are prosperous, there’s nothing to argue about it. But if they really love their country, why is it that graft and corruption has permeated their culture and society? Why is it that it has always been rampant, be it in the government or private sector?
I am not making any accusations that Koreans don’t love their country. I am not like many Koreans who get intoxicated when they insult the Filipinos by calling us less patriotic.
I am only asking why graft and corruption has always accompanied the vaunted Korean patriotism.
Source:
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this koreans are funny
To Jaeyoun Kim,
What is your main concept of your essay?being poor of a Pilipino? being poor is not a big deal.we’re poor but warmhearted unlike Korean.
After the world war Korean was pitiful because nothing’s left,no natural resourses etc.? what about Philippines? what do you know about Philippines after war? if you think that Korean was pitiful because they’re a victim of war then what about Vietnam?
I strongly recommend you to study the world history before publishing that damn essay.
every country was in the same boat after war.we are all in the same situation,winner or loser.
may i ask you one thing,are the koreano happy being Korean?if so,then why Korea is the highest number of people who took suicide? what’s the problem?
do you realize that the Korean government doesn’t let the people know about the real thing or what’s happening in the world? they brain wash or blind fold the people.and what do you know about patriotism? to force people undergo a military service within 2 years like Korea? HELL!!!
then why are you in the Philippines anyway?when Pilipino people treated by a Korean as a monkey? you need to eat monkey because you’re a BARBARIAN right?
GO BACK TO HELL WHERE YOU BELONG!!!
Jan,
This Korean is not funny.he is crazy idiot!!!
SHAME ON YOU!!!how dare you post that damn essay!before you say something about the others,look at youself first.
ANG PANG-UUTO NG MGA KOREANO SA MGA PILIPINO
Ang pang-uuto ay isang ugaling pangmamaliit, panghahamak, o pang-uulol sa isang tao ng kapwa niya. Sa ngayon, naging paborito nang utuin ng mga Koreano tayong mga Pilipino. Narito ang ilan sa mga pang-uuto nila.
PANG-UUTO #1
Noong araw daw, noong dekada 1950-60, kinaiinggitan daw ng mga Koreano ang mga Pilipino dahil mayaman daw tayo samantalang mahirap sila. Inggit na inggit daw sila sa atin noon.
Ang totoo, hindi pa naging mayaman ang Pilipinas kahit kailan. Hanggang ngayon, nananatili itong nasa ikatlong daigdig (third world) at may istatus na developing country (bansang papaunlad pa lamang).
Noong dekada 1950-60, karamihan sa mga Pilipino ay mahihirap at dukha dahil nakatira sa mga bahay-kubo, walang kotse, walang telepono, at walang radyo, telebisyon, bentilador, erkon, ref, makinang panlaba, at iba pang kasangkapang pambahay.
Dukha ang mga Pilipino, tapos kinaiinggitan daw ng mga Koreano?
Bakit hindi kinainggitan noon ng mga Koreano ang mga bansa na talagang mayaman na noon pa man, gaya na lamang ng Estados Unidos, Japan, Alemanya, Britanya, Pransiya, Italya, Canada, Olandes, Australia, at iba pa? Ang Japan, kapitbahay na nila, bakit hindi nila kinainggitan noon?
Mayayaman ang mga tao sa mga bansang iyan. Sagana sa pagkain. Nakatira sa magagandang bahay. Mga de-kotse. May telepono. At halos kompleto sa mga kasangkapang pambahay. Sila ang may pinakamataas na antas ng pamumuhay (standard of living) sa buong mundo.
Hindi totoo na kinainggitan tayo noon ng mga Koreano. Sino ba naman kasi ang maiinggit sa isang nakatira sa gigiray-giray na bahay-kubo at salat sa malalamon?
Nang-uuto lang ang mga Koreano. Gusto lang nila tayong asarin at hamakin.
Pang-uuto! Nagpapauto naman ang marami riyan.
PANG-UUTO #2
May isang estudyanteng Koreano na sumulat ng isang sanaysay, kung saan sinabi nitong kulang daw sa pagkamakabayan tayong mga Pilipino. Hindi raw natin mahal ang Pilipinas.
Bakit silang mga Koreano? Mahal ba nila ang bansa nila? Kung mahal nila ang bansa nila, bakit talamak ang korapsyon sa lipunan nila?
Kung mahal nila ang bansa nila, wala sanang korapsyon. Kaso, sa pamahalaan o pribadong sektor man, laganap ang pangungurakot. Kurakot ang mga naging presidente nila, mula kay Dr. Syngman Rhee, ang una nilang pangulo (1948-60) na pinatalsik nila dahil sa korapsyon, hanggang kay Roh Moo-hyun, ang ika-16 na pangulo nila (2003-08) na nagpakamatay noong Mayo 2009 dahil sa isyu ng korapsyon pa rin. Maging sa ibang bansa, may mga korporasyong Koreano na naparurusahan dahil sa pangungurakot at pandaraya.
Bilang karagdagan tungkol sa talamak na korapsyong Koreano, paki-klik ito:
http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100000736890069&v=app_2347471856#!/note.php?note_id=117933141576533
Ang lakas ng sikmura ng estudyanteng Koreanong iyon na pangaralan tayong mga Pilipino tungkol sa nasyonalismo, gayong ang dapat niyang inuna ay ang kanyang mga kababayan. Pinagduduro niya tayong mga Pilipino dahil daw mga mutain tayo, samantalang silang mga Koreano ay mapuputik naman ang mga mukha.
Pang-uuto! Nagpapauto naman ang marami riyan.
PANG-UUTO #3
Mayaman ang Korea; kaya, silang mga Koreano, matitino sila. Mayaman sila e. Hindi nila magagawang magnakaw, mandaya, at higit sa lahat, ang mangurakot. Imposible iyan. Mayaman sila e. At mahal na mahal nila ang bansa nila. Mayaman sila e. Tayo namang mga Pilipino, dahil mahirap tayo, hindi tayo matitino, mga kurakot tayo, at hindi natin mahal ang bansa natin. Mahirap tayo e.
Ayon sa mga tala ng IMF at World Bank, sa 182 na bansa na sinuri nila, mula sa pinakamalaki hanggang sa pinakamaliit na pambansang ekonomiya, pang-47 ang Pilipinas noong 2008 at pang-48 noong 2009. Bilang patunay, paki-klik ito:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_GDP_%28nominal%29
Ang isang ibig sabihin ng mga tala na iyan ay maraming bansa ang mas mahirap pa sa Pilipinas. Nangangahulugan din ang mga iyan na karamihan sa mga bansa sa mundong ito ay mahihirap at mga dukha.
Para sa mga Koreano, silang mayayamang bansa lang ang matitino, ang masisipag, ang matatapat, ang mga hindi kurakot, at ang marunong magmahal sa sariling bansa.
Kung susundan natin ang pang-uuto na ito, lalabas na karamihan sa mahigit anim na bilyong tao sa kaisa-isa nating planetang ito ay mga ungas at siraulo!
Pang-uuto! Nagpapauto naman ang marami riyan.
ISYU NG ISIP
Bakit ba maraming tao ang nauuto ng iba? Ang mga uto-uto kasi ay iyong mga tao na hindi nagbabasa, nagmamasid, o nagsasaliksik. O kung nagbabasa, nagmamasid, o nagsasaliksik man sila, hindi naman nila nauunawaan ang kanilang nababasa, napagmamasdan, o nasasaliksik. Dahil ganoon sila, agad-agad silang nagpapaniwala sa mga pang-uuto sa kanila.
Ang buong akala pa nila, ang mga Pilipino na ang pinakamasamang lahi sa buong mundo. At dahil ganoon nga raw, para sa kanila, dapat mahiya lagi tayong mga Pilipino sa ibang lahi sa tuwing may mga nagagawa tayong pagkakamali.
Kung lalawakan lamang nila ang kanilang mga isip, malalaman nila na masahol pa ang ibang bansa. Pagdating na lamang sa paramihan ng mga magnanakaw, mamamatay-tao, bilanggo, krimen, at iba pa, nangunguna na riyan ang Estados Unidos, India, Rusya, Britanya, Alemanya, Pransiya, Japan, at iba pa.
Bilang patunay, paki-klik ang mga ito:
http://www.nationmaster.com/graph/cri_car_the-crime-car-thefts
http://www.nationmaster.com/graph/cri_rob-crime-robberies
http://www.nationmaster.com/graph/cri_dru_off-crime-drug-offences
http://www.nationmaster.com/graph/cri_pri-crime-prisoners
http://www.nationmaster.com/graph/cri_tot_cri-crime-total-crimes
Pero para sa mga uto-uto, tayong mga Pilipino na ang pinakamasama. Mga uto-uto e.
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Ako, mahinang estudyante ako noong araw, lalo na sa Ingles, matematika, at agham. Pasang-awa lang ang mga grado ko. Kung hindi pa naawa sa akin ang mga guro ko, baka hindi ako nakatapos ng kahit hay-iskul man lamang. At magpahanggang ngayon, mahina pa rin ako sa numero at kuwentahan, at sumesemplang pa rin ang Ingles ko.
Pero sa kabila ng lahat ng mga kapintasang iyan, mapalad pa rin ako dahil hindi ako uto-uto!
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