the future? i don't know what it is.
Tonight I talked about various things. I talked about what my future would be like, would the future generation’s knowledge of their cultural generation would be like. I have always, always felt sorry for those people that have little or no understanding of their cultural background. I am in fact very aware of this situation because a number of my
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Don't worry, it's the same for most of my friend's too. Some of my friend's entries also miraculously disappeared. LJ has issues a lot of the time.
It can be depressing. My situation is quite like yours except I'm culturally different because of my heritage and background. I speak the same language, know the same history, do many things other "white" Australians do yet I'm totally different to them. Sometimes, it's hard for me to grasp some things though because ALL of my friends are of Asian background and in similar conditions to me.
But I find your situation pretty amazing. I never knew a country could be so religiously based. Religion is not something over the top though sometimes it gets out of control and leads to conflict. Everyone in our country learns from books basically but I'll never be a native foreigner because of the way I look and my name.
That's truly ignorant. I would say I'm Australian except that even if I said it with proud and brought this country everything good, they would never accept me as an Australian. I would always be the Chinese person. But I understand that happens a lot in many Asian countries. It's really sad because it's not just Filipino people. Most Asian people are like that. They can't just accept who they are. I find that really saddening. I don't want to be anything other than who I am. But some people, they aren't proud of who they are and neither are they proud of their countries achievements. These people are lost. Not many people especially in Asian countries facing situations similar to yours are prepared to be patriotic to their country. They aren't proud of who they are anymore because of sometimes poverty and economic downturns. Sometimes I feel angered by them but really, I feel sorry for them. What do they get out of "wanting" to be European or American?
Ah. It's late now so you really should get some food into your system. It's okay. It's interesting yet depressing to talk about.
It's okay. I understand. I have these friends also in uni and they say it's pretty bad. It makes me feel scared. The stories can be quite scary. But I know you need to concentrate on school and I need to too so it's all good. I've missed you heaps too and this comment really lit up my evening.
I'm probably going to go sleep now considering it's nearly 12am here.
Goodnight and I hope everything goes well for you in your studies. =^w^=
wifey
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ironic, isn't it? but i guess it's no surprise since English is actually my first language and the one i feel most comfortable with in expressing myself... a lot of people i know outside of uni tend to be a bit envious of me because i'm good in English, but personally, i'm really jealous of my friends who could speak other Philippine languages besides Filipino and English.
i think there's so little of true patriotism left in many of my people's hearts. or maybe there actually is still so much deep down, but because of constant betrayal from the government, etc., faith in our Motherland has diminished so much. everything's just all about money and power most of the time, that's probably why humans forget the more important things.
uhm, i don't know how college/university life is over there but i'm sure you'll do just fine. i was pretty scared when i first entered uni, especially since this one has quite the reputation of activists getting into a messy situation in rallies, fraternities going against each other, etc. not to mention that it's a supposed to be hard academically. but as i got to know how it's really like from experience, it's not really as bad as how the news or stories of my elders put it. i enjoy life here so much that i wish i could be an undergrad forever. xD but my parents would kill me for that, so yeah.. ;_; need to graduate soon (next year, hopefully).
well, good luck in our studies! kaya natin ito! (we can do this!) *\(^O^)/*
-wifey ♥
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Oh, I think I understand a little better now. It must be pretty hard.
Too many things are ironic these days. Some people in Australia are raised like that too. Some of my friends are like that. It's interesting to know more languages but in Australia there isn't really anything to learn besides English if you wanted a large majority of people to understand you. We could learn the languages of the indigenous population but the problem is there are over 200 and most of it is lost because of white settlers trying to wipe them out.
I guess it would be quite true. I don't think I'm really patriotic either because let's face it, even if I was in trouble, would the people of this country help me? I don't think so. There also many issues with governments and money these days. Everything is corrupted. The price of living has rised considerably so I guess most people would choose money over patriotism because that's the only way they can survive. Sometimes it's easy to say that all you need is happiness and a good heart but when it comes down to reality, these things can't feed a family of hungry mouths.
I hope so too. Ahaha. It doesn't sound too bad then. But all good things come to an end eh? Maybe you'll find things you'll enjoy after uni too. There is after all so much more to the world that we haven't seen before.
Yes, indeed! I'm sure we can! Never give up!!
- wifey♥
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