Originally Posted by etsys
Most of the lesser educated people are like, live for today, tomorrow will take care of itself
Like a friend who fell in love with an AC Girl, and was invited to her home town and my friend hosted the small town's Fiesta, with band and all and celebrating the girls' grandparent's birthdays, since the old folks never had a grand birthday ..
My friend dutifully sent money, arranged all, burnt a total of close to 100,000 peso plus apart from loads of Red Horse and San Miguel he got a friend to ship over ... (he was like - when in my life could I feed a whole village for that price .. never mind .. it's a once in a life fun .. to see a hundred people happy and that is priceless) and then after the fiesta packed off and went back to JKT .. and the girl never even thought ahead that the 100,000 peso could have fixed the house, or bought a cow or more .. something to keep their families happy for longer time - or paid for her kid sister's studies or more ..
The girl was more happy that she made a hundred people happy for a day, and also 'helped' the band members (as the band was a distant connection of her brother) and that's all that mattered.
Some upbringing they have .. so don't challenge them
No kidding
A week later, when I was in AC, the girl called up to come and meet me in my hotel room, and guess what ? she didn't look up to my friend as a sugar daddy or cash machine - his one night of mega party was the happiest time in her life, and she went back to working the bar ...
Oh, well, my friend, he is also a smart guy, after all, what better talent than Yogyakarta, according to him, and will never fall for AC lovelies.. and his AC foray was 'for fun'
I tried to figure out the rationale of taking a stranger's money, spreading your legs wide, to make all your neighbours and freeloaders happy, instead of making your sacrifice worth it only to yourself or your immediate family .. when pinays choose the former. Almost always
And I was also fretting that he may be kidnapped for more money .. that too didn't happen, neither did any demands for more money.
I could give a lot more similiar stories, but, well, you get the point right ?
Now you know how people like Marcos can be worshipped and thought as they could be never bad even when their money can make the country mega rich with investments in industries and all ?
Instead of teaching the people to fish, they give them Expensive Alaska King crab for one night and the ordinary simple folks are hooked and indebted forever, so the politicians can suck every drop of blood out of the simple minded folks
Heck, if I believe my friends, most of the ordinary folks don't even take out insurance or even save money for burial, since the town's benefactor takes care of such stuff .. so don't save -- when the benefactor throws money, eat and drink with his money ..
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