17 November 2015
You,
According to World Health Organization
(WHO), the average lifespan of a Filipina is at 72.5. I am currently 37. This means I only have more or less 40 years
to live in this planet.
It’s currently 10:35 pm, Tuesday,
Philippine time and this thought popped up in my head. In these remaining years of my life, what
kind of change/s do I hope to see in my own life, and in my own country?
- HUMAN LIVES are respected. I notice how daily, in the news, daily we hear murder, numerous deaths, beheadings in the south, infants aborted in the most repulsive way, etc. I can only speak for myself but I also observe the same reaction from my own social circle or neighbors. We have become numb and consider it a regular daily affair. Like having coffee and pandesal in the morning. Whilst, I had the chance to live and work in Singapore for almost a year. Most tabloid news already consider somebody caught drinking or eating in the Train – a heinous crime. Does this mean we have become apathetic because of our personal struggles and knowing we have too much population anyway? I know it will take a lot to find the root of the problem; however, I know deep down, I want to have the same level of respect and importance on human lives in my own country as they do in 1st world countries.
- Proper People/Country Governance. This means a government consisting of people who are elected because of their will and experience not because of their last names or elected solely because of the popularity game. I recently got inspired by an article that I’ve read regarding recently elected Prime Minister of Canada – Mr. Justin Trudeau – that each and every member of his cabinet are carefully selected and have had proper “exposure” to their assigned sector. More details of this article are found in this link: http://imgur.com/gallery/Nerxe My impression of current Philippines government, is that the politicians put more importance on keeping their position or personal agenda – not really improving people’s lives.
- Gender, Race, Intellectual Capacity, Socio-economic equality in treatment at work or in public. I notice how some people discriminate towards people who are blue vs white-collared worker, Filipino Race over White Race (even in the Philippines), and all other type of non-sense discrimination. Anybody who works hard for their money should receive the same amount of respect, in fact who cares what degree or honors you have received in school when you cannot show respect to your fellow human-being? I have personally experienced being treated a second-rate citizen in my own country by a supposed “leader” of my own hometown over A WHITE VISITOR. I have lost respect faster that you can say BOOTLICKER soon-after.
- Having dignity in one’s work or passion. I know that it’s not only government’s responsibility to provide the opportunities for its people to have work and consequently result in dignified living. However, it’s supposed to be the primary responsibility. Why do you think majority of the population want to leave their own country due to lack of opportunity? In addition, people should start realizing that respect or that certain level of entitlement shouldn’t only go to traditional occupations like Nurse, Lawyer, Engineer, Doctor, Banker, etc. I have been to the US and the major difference lies there.
- Humans loving other humans and living creatures more than material things. I guess this one’s self-explanatory. :)
