Wow , Chris , Asia does give a different perspective. You have been here too.
The filipina people are America in the 1960's and before. They still neighbor easily, have community -sharing meals house to house , old values ( the ones we used to like to have in America) . The many store clerks greet with a respecful ' Hello sir, hello mom' (Ma'am). The stores have many more clerks than in America. It is a service oriented society. It is holy week , businesses closing, people taking time for God.
Coregador island visit was on Monday. It is 26 miles from Manila. On the ferry ride , they showed a slide show . At the end they had a nice prayer asking God's protection for the ferry travel on the video . Maybe a small thing, but the lady next to me from Denmark agreed with me that we would not see this public prayer in America . Coregador united the Philippines with
America. We went 7000 miles out of our way to liberate a nation from tyranny . We used to think this was a good thing to do. The filipinas are very grateful to us even today for doing that. We could have skipped over them. There is a statue of Gen McArthur here, also there is a statue titled ' the filipina woman' . It gives thanks to the woman for all she did for the American soldier. I don't know what to think of that, but the statue is there.
The people here speak English and have American first names .
I am at a huge mall in Quezon city . It is a city of contrasts . Outside are children begging for money. The mass transit is better than our system of everyone having their own car to commute . There are 'jeepneys' , a kind of 15 passenger minibus with no doors or windows , or room to stand up- a wild ride . Also small motorcycles with a sidecar for a paying passenger.
Saturday is off to Dumagette city in the South, rural with beaches.
Our church is sending a group out there for a mission trip very soon. I know of 5 people going for sure, as they just sent my wife and I a letter asking for prayer and sponsorship.
...or German clubs. Isn't that rich!
Old South End Broadway
That was very cold of you, OSEB. You come across as a prick. I guess you think children should ask (beg?) for only something very meager, a chance at subsistence, perhaps a scrap of food. I don't know you but I get the impression you were well cared for by your parents when you were young, given many opportunities to enjoy yourself, and that you can't relate to today's kids who are less fortunate. So stroll into Kroger, OSEB, get your beer and ignore the kids with the cans trying to raise money for their youth football teams. The kids might not be able to raise enough money to keep the sports program going, but I know they have more integrity than the pathetic asshole that you are. Now that's rich!
NormCash1
...beg on the street, Don. I give money almost everytime but I really do not know why. I do not really care for the sports scene, and we are just abusing the kids if we make them believe the way out of poverty is football. But this is America. Our poverty is the lack of a football jersey, not the lack of food. I do not drink beer.
Old South End Broadway