HAY BUHAY AMERICA TALAGA
Akala ng mga tao na nasa Pilipinas
kapag
nasa America ka akala nila madami ka ng
pera. Ang totoo, madami
kang utang, dahil credit card lahat ang
gamit mo sa pagbili mo ng mga gamit mo.
Kailangan mo gumamit ng credit card
para
magka-credit history ka,
kase pag hindi ka umutang o wala kang
utang, hindi ka pagkakatiwalaan ng mga
kano . Pag wala kang credit card, ibig
sabihin wala kang kapasidad magbayad.
Akala nila mayaman ka na kase may kotse
ka na. Ang totoo, kapag hindi ka bumili
ng kotse sa America
maglalakad ka ng milya-milya sa ilalim
ng init ng araw o kaya sa snow. Walang
jeepney, tricycle o padyak sa America .
Akala nila masarap ang buhay dito sa
America . Ang totoo, puro ka trabaho
kase pag di ka nagtrabaho, wala kang
pangbayad ng bills mo sa kotse, credit
card, ilaw, tubig, insurance, bahay at
iba pa. Hindi ka na pwedeng tumambay sa
kapitbahay kase busy din sila
maghanap buhay pangbayad ng bills nila.
Akala nila masaya ka kase nagpadala ka
ng picture mo sa Disneyland, Seaworld,
Six Flags, Universal Studios at iba
pang attractions. Ang totoo, kailangan
mo ngumiti kase nagbayad ka ng $70+
para
makarating ka dun, kailangan mo na
naman
ang 10 hours na sweldo mong
pinangbayad sa ticket.
Akala nila malaki na ang kinikita mo
kase dolyar na sweldo mo. Ang totoo,
malaki pagpinalit mo ng peso, pero
dolyar din ang gastos mo sa America.
Ibig sabihin ang dolyar mong kinita sa
presyong dolyar mo din gagastusin.
Ang P15.00 na sardinas sa Pilipinas
$1.00 sa America , ang isang pakete ng
sigarilyo sa pilipinas P40.00, sa
America $ 6.50, ang upa mo sa bahay na
P10,000 sa Pilipinas, sa America
$1,000++.
Akala nila buhay milyonaryo ka na kase
ang ganda ng bahay at kotse mo. Ang
totoo milyon ang utang mo. Ang bago
mong
kotse 5 taon mong huhulugan. Ang
bahay 30 taon mong huhulugan. Ibig
sabihin, alipin ka ng bahay at kotse
mo.
Madaming naghahangad na makarating sa
America . Lalo na mga nurses, mahirap
maging normal na manggagawa sa
Pilipinas. Madalas pagod ka sa trabaho.
Pag dating ng sweldo mo, kulang pa sa
pagkain mo. Pero ganun
din sa ibang bansa katulad ng America .
Hindi ibig sabihin dolyar na ang
sweldo mo, yayaman ka na, kailangan mo
ding magbanat ng buto para mabuhay ka
sa
ibang bansa.
Isang malaking sakripisyo ang pag alis
mo sa bansang
pinagsilangan at malungkot iwanan ang
mga mahal mo sa buhay.Hindi pinupulot
ang pera dito o pinipitas. Hindi ako
naninira ng pangarap, gusto ko lang
buksan ang bintana ng katotohanan.
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The following comments are in no way demeaning but are just a response to the above observations that were emailed to me by other people.
First of all the description of Filipino life in the states as based on these observations hold some measure of truthfulness. I tend to agree that our fellow kababayans have a "Hollywood misconception" of life here, this mainly because the media paints such a rosy picture of life here that people instantly equate America with the land of milk and honey.
The facts are clear that in America one can better oneself to certain degrees and variances, allowing for a certain period of adjustment and hardship, let us be frank unless you came to America already with money (which would be the case if you were a croney of past or present administrations) then usually you started life just like every other immigrant who came to this land, down at the bottom.
The measure of your success here is measured by your ability to improve your situation by hard work, I agree with the comments that money in the states is not picked off a tree or found on the wayside it is made with sweat and sometimes tears. I remember that it took us about a couple of years to adjust to the brutal realities of life in America but the things that we went through made us push harder to succeed.
I also agree that most if not all material possessions in the states are either a lease or loan, as nobody unless they already have money, can afford to pay cash, which is not bad in itself but because the economy functions on credit, your history in paying off those debts counts as much as having the ability to pay them.
I am not saying you can't live a frugal life in America and have a lot of spare change but at one time in your life you had to go thru growing pains here in the states. I would like to end by saying that if somebody tells you that so and so have got it good in the states think about the sacrifices those people make in working their a## off!
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