The shameless balikbayans


	The shameless balikbayans

johaygood

7-22-2008 7:49 AM

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Is it one of those they call the Filipino mentality?

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<FONT size="2">They're the ones who sally forth to bedazzle the natives. They queue up in East or West Coast airports with tons and tons of baggage, many of them containing groceries for relatives who can't wait to have a taste of America.</FONT></P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://bibingka.com/phg/Balikbayan/default.htm">the <I>balikbayan</I> <I>does</I> succeed in bedazzling the natives. If he flaunts his wares, it's simply because he knows the audience will lap it up</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://bibingka.com/phg/Balikbayan/default.htm"><P>
<FONT size="2">It's the lack of any sense of nationhood, of being Filipino, among us that makes expatriation the most preferred option of all... But surely there's a tragedy in seeing the fundamental question of one's life as nothing more than which country can provide a better living? Surely there must be more to life than this? 
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