A Country Where Everybody Wants to be a Nurse
Lipad-Lawin
If you want to find out the intensity of the Indian youth when it comes to their future, go to . This reveals why India is rising to become Asia’s intellectual research center.
Studyplaces.com is an educational portal and a one-stop-shop to all your questions on education in India and abroad. It has live chat counseling, forums, and in-depth study of various fields/courses, among others…
One article is entitled, “Should you be a lawyer?” The first paragraph says,
“All human beings are gifted in their own small, little ways. Thus, it is certainly good to know that all of us stand gifted. However, the real challenge lies at the identification of this gift finding out what it is that we are good at. This is important as this defines a lot about our future; making our success dependent on its realization. It is this realization that takes an otherwise ordinary individual above the ordinary. It is this alignment of strengths with careers that makes us excel as professionals.”
And then it goes on to explain what strengths and skills a person taking up law should possess—such as flair for reading and writing, strong analytical skills, the ability to get the big picture out of small details, orientation towards research, being compelling, good memory and recall, etc.
What is amazing about this website is how much thought and consideration are devoted to one’s choice of course and career for the purpose of drawing out India’s human potential. You can’t just take up law without taking profile tests and going through a series of counseling. In the Philippines, logorrhea is the sufficient and pathetic reason to take up law. Basta mahilig kang dumaldal, mag-law ka! If you like talking, take up Mass Communications! We are depthless, clueless and detached from the real world.
Here’s another article/testimony from the same site written by an Indian student who realized he wanted to pursue Computer Networks:
“It was during the third year of my undergraduate course in Computer Engineering at XXX college that I was introduced to a subject that impacted the course of my academic career. Socket programming for the transmission of data between computers on a LAN formed part of the curriculum. Inspired by what I had learned in class, I started writing small programs that used sockets and was amazed at the ability of the network protocol stack to pass data packets in the required format between terminals. While I realized intuitively that a complex version of this elementary network could achieve much, at that time I had no idea just how far these achievements would go in changing the world. Now, I know that Networking makes possible a plethora of applications from video conferencing over the Internet to linking banks through private networks. To me however, it still seems like magic, or rather a grand adventure – one that I most certainly want to be a part of.”
Taj Mahal, Agra, India
This Indian youth is smitten by his course and calls it “magic,” a “great adventure,” and thinks of “changing the world.”
He continues by sharing his dream, which does not stop in getting a college degree.
“In the near future, my aim is to attain an advanced education in Computer Networking through a Masters Degree Program. It will provide me the intellectual stimulation, guidance and creative energy to work on the cutting edge of technology in todays computing field. In pursuit of these goals, I decided to apply to the Computer Science program to the University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign. I intend to follow this up with a Ph.D., and later a career in research. I have consulted with my professors, seniors and colleagues about my choice of university, and have chosen to apply to UIUC, impressed by its research facilities like Co-ordinated Science Laboratory, Institute for Communications Research and The National Center for Supercomputing Applications. The department web site too revealed an expert faculty involved in extensive research in the area of Computer Networking, under whom I would consider it a privilege to learn and which has served to strengthen my resolve to study at UIUC.”
This Indian youth has his entire future mapped out!! One thing’s for certain, this Indian is not dreaming to be a domestic helper in Hong Kong or Italy. He wants to take up Masters, then a PhD in a US University and then a career in research! Why can an ordinary Indian student dream big, while a Filipino youth only knows one course, which is nursing? Instead of hearing research, technology and intelligence from our students, you will hear Wowowee and Eat Bulaga, the newest TV series, the latest cell phone and the highest paying call center in town.
I heard that in Baguio City, there is one college/university that has already offered Agriculture for FREE just so students will take it up. Wala pa ring nag-eenroll. Instead, universities are bursting at the seams because of nursing. What stupidity.
I am very happy that the US and the UK have set new policies and are halting the entry of Filipino nurses in their countries. Good for us!!! These countries today would much rather hire local nurses than Filipino nurses because of the poor quality of our education plus integrity issues due to leakages etc.
The newspaper reports that there are at least 150,000 to 400,000 unemployed nurses now in the Philippines. This needless oversupply is brought about by our greed to work abroad instead of finding our passion in life. This oversupply is also brought about by parents and relatives who push their children to take up nursing because of practicality, in short, money. There is nothing wrong with nursing as a course—but something is definitely wrong when the whole country wants to take up nursing! So much human potential is being wasted in the Philippines, because nobody is interested in farming, sciences, engineering, athletics, business, etc. We are truly a country of mediocres. We are so left behind because we have no big picture. The Philippines is far from our minds.
The phenomenon of doctors becoming nurses is unheard of in other nations. This is only happening in the Philippines! How many stories have I heard wherein working professionals with ample salaries have left their jobs in favor of becoming a caregiver or a nursing aid? The Filipino has lost dignity (dangal) because he has sold his soul for money and the American/European dream. He will swallow his pride that he was once a doctor, issuing orders and respected by the whole world, in order to stroll the streets of New York and London, but this time, as a pitiful slave.
Filipinos at Bulgari, Hong Kong, China
We should not be surprised if the Philippines is now being called “a country of slaves,” for we very much deserve such name. Iwan na iwan na talaga tayo. They said it’s only a matter of time, and even Cambodia will overtake the Philippines. A friend from Singapore heard his boss make this shameful description of the Filipinos: The Filipino shuns competition. He is the only race that will always prefer the lowest jobs available.
~ Lipad-Lawin
September 25th, 2008 at 07:58 AM
To get kicked out of a room because the nursing program had reserved the right to use a room that you have been using since the beginning of the semester and that room has been the one assigned to you since the beginning of the semester is an indication that Nursing is IN and Education is out. This is not a protest just a statement of fact.
My students had to look for another room, had to stay in the corridors worrying where we would hold our Literature class. They were really pissed off about the situation but couldn’t do anything about it. Just like me.
There’s still one thing that can be said out of this: in this country NURSING is in and education is OUT. So much for teaching literature. So in the near future I imagine all of us will be wearing that white uniform with that white cap and that white shoes and stockings, holding a syringe or handing out a scalpel to whoever that comes in our way. I hope not wiping feces or drools. If we have political problems we’ll solve by of course, first, noting the vital stats and BP of our president, senators, or mayors. If there’s a war in Mindanao we will send troops wearing white uniforms and boots. In case we need to entertain tourists(of course a throng of them will visit our islands because they will enjoy the company of nurses) we’ll just show them how good we are in counting their dollars. They will surely appreciate it because that is what they expect from us.
We need to wake up to the fact that in my own estimate 60% of our youths are taking up nursing. Just in the school where I’m teaching nursing students are so everywhere that it makes me dizzy staring at their white shoes in the corridors.
We are indeed going to beat Singapore and China in producing great nurses. We are indeed going to be the no. 1 in the whole world. We are really a good nation. We solve our economic problem by forcing our kids to take up nursing because it’s IN.
The bell tolling on us.
September 25th, 2008 at 06:07 PM
Ang sakit naman no’n! I don’t want to be left out! I will really fight for our country at sisiguraduhin kong hindi ako matatakot. ‘Yon nga kasi ang wala sa ‘tin e. ‘Yung tapang dahil lahat tayo takot magutom kaya kahit sino sinasabi “yan ang kunin mo. Pag nakapunta ka ng ibang bansa malaki kikitain mo.” Ayokong matawag na Indio ulit! Pero Filipino nga ang tawag sa ‘tin ngayon pero ang meaning ay alila pa din. Nagustuhan ko ang movie na The Great Debaters lalo na ang sinabi ng kanilang coach dun. Sinabi n’ya kung anong ibig sabihin ng negro at sinabi n’ya sa kanyang mga mag-aaral, “write your own dictionary and mark this as a new beginning.” Ang ganda di ba? Sisimulan ko na ngayon pa lang. Mag-aaral talaga ako ng mabuti! Gusto kong maging tulad ni Rizal!
September 26th, 2008 at 12:37 AM
My peer writing group in my script writing class decided to come up with a public service announcement (PSA) script. Our advocacy? To stand up against this unstoppable fad among us Filipinos nowadays – brain drain.
In our PSA, we included lots of statistics reflecting the status quo of brain drain in our country and sorry to break your hearts further (which is actually good for each one of us) for the following information that I will be sharing with you:
There are now more than 80 million OFWs worldwide representing 10% of the total Philippine population or nearly 23% of the country’s labor force.
The total deployment of OFWs in 2007 reached a total of 1077480 (2952 daily deployment).
Filipino teachers now comprise some of the more than 10,000 foreign teachers being recruited annually to fill the US’ gaping demand for teachers especially in crucial subjects such as special education, math and science.
Between 2003 and 2005, PAL lost 80 pilots or 20% of the airlines total number to other Asian Airlines such as Hong Kong, South Korea, Middle East and Sri Lanka.
The Philippines is currently the leading exporter of nurses, with 164,000 or 85% of the country’s trained nurses are working abroad with doctors becoming nurses.
Nurses and other medical workers are leaving the Philippines at the rate of at least 15,000 a year for better paying jobs abroad.
The backlash of these? Read through…
Diminished capacity and lower quality of service in the affected sectors especially in health care, education, and information technology.
The best teachers in English, Science and Math are leaving in droves, and many of those remaining in the country are those often ill-trained, if not incompetent.
About 200 hospitals have closed down across the country because of a lack of doctors and nurses with another 800 hospitals considered partially closed due to the lack of qualified health personnel.
REALITY BITES. Oftentimes, we have to keep ourselves always in pain because of these agonizing ‘bite.’ In pain, there’s hope for an uproar from inside of us that may propel us to deliver ourselves, our people, our country from this agonizing bite of reality. Definitely, it doesn’t stop when we become aware. There should a response to our awareness of our burden. We can do something. THERE IS HOPE. Because as F. Sionil Jose would put it, “…there are young people like us…” who are given the chance to discover our passion and nurture our gifting that we may use it in taking part in the big work for our country.
“All must come back to the native land, to be welded with the soil, for in the end, this is what nationalism truly is, to be with this earth and people.” — Dr. Jose Rizal
September 28th, 2008 at 09:32 PM
The aim of university education should be to turn out true servants of the people who will live and die for the country’s freedom.
-Mahatma Gandhi
The Indian youth really understood this saying of Gandhi. Kung ikukumpara with Rizal’s “Ang kabataan ang pag-asa ng Bayan” famous quote, di hamak na mas matapang at at strong ang mga salitang ginamit ni Rizal pero with that quote from Gandhi pa lang at ganoon na sila katapang papaano pa kung Indian si Rizal at sa katulad niya dadaloy ang inspirasyon ng nakararaming Indian youth?!
We have the best people who can give the best speeches and lasting words to inspire us pero ito we are a country of slaves and nurses! Kailan kaya darating ang pagkakataon na we have a renaissance in the minds of our youth? a change the way we see education as a means to liberate this country for the next generation and for themselves din naman at hindi siya gateway para kumita ng limpak-limpak na salapi?
No wonder kung bakit ganito ang pagkakakilanlan sa India:
If there is one place on the face of earth where all the dreams of living men have found a home from the very earliest days when man began the dream of existence, it is India”
-Romain Rolland, French Scholar
Kapawa bansa na natin sa Asya ang India pero di pa tayo matuto from them.. pero sa sarili nga pala nating bansa na madaming sumubok na buksan ang mga mata natin di natin nakita sila pa kaya?
Sigh…
October 14th, 2008 at 04:56 PM
Why dont we organize a “Brown Raise Volunteer Group”? Or something to that effect, and turn the title of this blog into “A Country Where Everybody Wants to be a Volunteer”.
It is quite irritating when you make a short-stop to buy something and park your car “somewhere safe”. After the errand, you get back to your car, lo and behold someone would “volunteer” to assist you in backing out from the parking and you will feel obligated and end up giving some 5-peso coins. He’s not even there when you arrived in the first place!
Back to “volunteer” topic. Anyone?
Rizal park would be a good start. Once we’re organized, we coordinate with the Manila Parks and Development Authority and volunteer our group for a 1-day cleaning of the park.
How about a 1-day work with the MMDA, directing traffic along EDSA?
All for free but our little sacrifices until we convert this country into a proud nation of volunteers.
The truth is, with or without a group, we can be volunteers in our own little worlds. Be it in our office, home, school, church, neighborhood, or anywhere. Just do it with a smile and refuse to receive something in return.
October 16th, 2008 at 01:59 AM
Im very Glad to have found your website.
A link was sent to me from my friend who moments ago I was chatting with. I was ranting about why do I have to suffer much sa course ko ngaun.. suffer in a way.that the time and effort Im spending now which supposedly I should be using for in fulfilling my own goals and completing the picture of my dreams na dati ko pang inaasam asam..
.I used to imagine back in high school about my future..that I could land a job which would cater my talents and skills and hoping someday to make a change and help our nation…
Then he gave me the link.
like many filipino students. Im currently taking up NURSING (mundane to say) which actually is not my choice but my family’s…
so sad..
after reading the article, though It didnt end me up making decision that Id be shifting by next sem. considering the expenses and all.
and would maybe cause for make my family to be depressed for making such decision.
Its a sad truth.
Knowing the fact that our country
is gradually becoming a country of -SLAVES-
because of Filipinos preferring lowest jobs just to earn bigger salary.
hell no!! were not slaves! di ako papayag!
I may not be a fan of my course. But the way I see it.
(based on the 1st sem Ive learned from our major subject TFN
The Fundamentals of Nursing.)
The development of Nursing now is advancing its expertise in academics
in its aim for professionalization. so as a profession nursing education daw has greatly improved in a way na nakakalevel na niya ng ibang profession.
yun ung pagkakaintindi ko.
in short. huwag masdyadong maliitin ang kursong nursing.hehe
someday titingala din ang mga tao sa mga nurses.
especially the patients who benefits nursing care…=p
(nag aastang nurse ntlga ako wah ;p)
but you know what?.. upon reading your article.
It challenged me to be more competent
magsumikap at mag-aral ng mabuti. =D awhow!
BE PRODUCTIVE. .
and.. VALUE TIME
kasi napapansin ko what most WE youth nowadays do.
we have this unproductive habits.
AVERAGE teenage pinoy ngaun ang usual routines
nakaharap sa computer- inet at paulit2x chinecheck
ang friendster, multiply or facebook account..
or watch vids sa youtube.
I myself admit that Im doing that pag na bobored sa house. =D
but now I realized. mas productive if pag everytime naginternet ka in a way may nakukuha kang information.. educational. like the way I end up dito sa site nyo =D
more power THEBROWNRAISE!
BE A MODEL TO OTHERS!
LABAN!
KABATAANG PINOY! \m/
SULONG IPAG LABAN ANG PILIPINAS! =D
***at akoy matutulog na =p***
October 16th, 2008 at 02:05 AM
btw-coming from a FRESHMAN – NURSING PO =D
. magtulungan po tayo 
It’ll be my honor to advertise this site to my friends or perhaps sa professors sa school namin
October 16th, 2008 at 06:06 PM
Re: China’s comm
“in short. huwag masdyadong maliitin ang kursong nursing.hehe
someday titingala din ang mga tao sa mga nurses.
especially the patients who benefits nursing care…=p”
Tanglaw says: China, there’s really nothing wrong about nursing itself. Perhaps, if we try to see our people’s motives in taking up this course, we will get the real picture. Nursing is a noble profession. We could have not produced a Florence Nightingale without it. Didn’t she profess and devote herself to serve the wounded people of the World War? And I am so sure you have learned her story by heart, that she actually fought against all odds, even against her well-to-do family’s will, when she decided to pursue nursing. And the motive behind it… a heart that is willing to serve the needy, definitely not dollars, not greener pastures, not green card.
Indeed, I believe there is an inevitable and much need for nurses. No need to think of that 10,000 nurses Kingdom of Saudi Arabia needs that was just recently announced. Just consider Philippines. Aren’t we having a deteriorating medical condition here? Aren’t we needing medical professionals especially nurses and doctors? Hundreds of hospitals are closing because we lack our own medical professionals.
Now, ultimately, I guess, it’s all about the motive, the heart, beyond each and every decision that we pursue. Are we about to look to ourselves alone, or we will bravely look at the outside where our fellow Filipinos and our nation’s faces strike us with the reality?
October 17th, 2008 at 08:48 AM
Dear China,
Thank you so much for your letter
We very much welcome the views of our readers. We would be very grateful and happy if you will help us promote the website. We wish the best for you, your family and your future. God Bless You.
Take care,
Lipad-lawin
October 22nd, 2008 at 12:12 AM
bakit kaya nurses lang ang napapansin natin?dahil kaya sila ay mas marami o di kaya sila lang ang pwede nating maliitin?tayong mga kayumanggi hanggat di natin ma-aalis sa sarili ang madaling mampuna ng kapwa wala tayong mapapatunguhan.mas mabuti pa kong ating harapin ang problema ano ba ang pwede nating gawin para mabigyang solusyon ang pagkukulang sa nurses?kong kulang tayo ng nurses dapat pwedeng gumawa ng paraan para masustenahan ang papalit sa mga umaalis.na ang tangging gusto lamang ay mabuhay nila ang kanilang pamilya,dahil sa gobyernong bulok walang ma-ibigay na trabaho sa mga mamayan.minsan narinig ko sa radyo na dapat merong associate degree in nursing . para mas madaling makapag-aral ang iba na ang gusto lang ay nursing?pwedeng dito tayo magsimula na bigyang solusyon ang problema, tama na ang mga pambabatikos sa kapwa natin.humanap ng solusyon di yong akala mo kaya nilang bigyan lunas ang problema ng bawat isa.
October 23rd, 2008 at 07:26 PM
ang problema ng Pilipinas sa puso ng bawat isang Pilipino nagsisimula. Hindi naman uso ang pag-aabroad noong sinaunang panahon pero namatay ba ang mga Pilipino? Naubos ba ang lahing kayumanggi? HINDI. Nakasurvive naman sila. Tayo lang talaga itong gustong madaliin ang mga bagay-bagay. Ang totoo, gusto nating magtrabaho sa ibang bansa dahil mas malaki ang kinikita natin doon na hindi katulad ng kinikita natin dito. Mas aatupagin pa nating pagsilbihan ang ibang tao sa ibang bansa para kumita habang nakikita natin ang ating sariling bansa na naghihirap dahil kulang sa mga manggagawa. Sa tingin ko hindi ninanais ng mga manunulat sa mga blog na ito na maliitin ang mga nurses at ang mga kumukuha ng ganitong kurso, sa halip gusto lamang nitong ipamulat sa ating mga mata na ito ang realidad at kailangan nating kumilos at iahon ang sarili nating bansa. Tayo lang ay nasasaktan dahil alam natin na ito ay TOTOO at ang sabi nga MASAKIT ang tanggapin ang KATOTOHANAN lalo na kung kabahagi tayo nito. Hindi naman magkukulang ng nurses sa Pilipinas kung hindi nagsisialisan ang mga nurses na sa aten nagtapos. Sa totoo lang sobra sobra na nga ang populasyon ng mga nursing students sa pilipinas umaapaw na sa mga nursing students ang ibat ibang paaralan kung kaya matindi ang kumpetisyon. Marami na ngang nagsulputan na mga bagong paaralan na nag-ooffer ng Nursing na course. Ang tanong, Pagdadagdag ba talaga ang solusyon? Ang malaking problema ay ito, pagdating sa problema ng ibang bansa, kaya nating gawan ng paraan ultimo sarili nating taniman ng mga bigas kaya nating ibigay sa kanila kapalit LANG ng PERA, PERA, PERA pati dignidad ng ating bansa kaya nating ITAYA. PERO pag para sa ating bansa na, nabibingi tayo, nabubulag, at isisisi nalang natin sa gobyerno. Marahil may mga pagkakamali sila pero ikaw ginawa mo ba ang part mo ng tama bilang isang PILIPINO na lumalaban para sa bansa mo? O katulad ka din ng iba na ipagpapalit mo nalang ang lahat para lang sa MABILISANG pagkita ng PERA? WALANG MASAMA kung NURSING ang kinukuha ng isang tao at kung sa ibang bansa siya magtrabaho basta ayos ang puso niya at alam niya na para doon siya talaga at tinawag siya upang tumungo sa bansa na iyon. HINDI yung pinipilit niya lang na doon nalang siya dahil alam niya na hindi kailangan ng matagalang paghihirap dahil sa konting panahon lang na igugugol niya sa pagigigng nurse sa ibang bansa, malaking salapi na ang katapat at makakapagpahinga na siya at iyon ang GUSTO niya …ANG BAYANI NIYA? walang iba kundi si JUAN TAMAD. Kung may puso ang bawat Pilipino para sa Pilipinas, magiging mahirap ba ang PILIPINAS?
October 24th, 2008 at 07:46 PM
Tal pueblo, tal gobierno [As the people are, so their government is] — Dr. Jose Rizal.
Always, always, we attribute all the problems and backlash of our country to our government. We find our fellow Filipinos complain all the time how “rotten”, hopeless, dysfunctional and unjust our government is due to corruption and the moral malaise of our politicians who defeat their purpose of being public servants. The government that we have, that is given. Name all the negative things you can say about the government, it is all there. But have we thought of how “religious” we are in abiding traffic rules? How about the last time we kept our trash in our pockets to not add to the poor waste management?
I like so much what my respected mentor once said. She said, if we want future for our country, for the Philippines, we must stop focusing at the government because we will just be really depressed [but it does not mean we will not abide the laws, as citizens, we should respect them.] We should look and focus at the YOUNG PEOPLE, the NEXT GENERATION who will soon take over this country. I remember what F. Sionil Jose, a renowned writer, social commentator and one of our National Artists, said when i had the chance to interview him. He said, whenever he is asked if we are hopeless, he will always answer no, we ARE NOT hopeless because there are young people like us who know the problems our country is faced and have the chance to solve them if we would bravely do.
Now, my point is, yes, we cannot do some make-believe exercise and be illusioned that a bad government does not exist in our country. It exists, but if we really want to save this country we must have foresight and focus at the young people of today and the next generation. At that, THERE IS HOPE. Now, that is why I think the writer of this blog reiterates that we should not be a country having its young people all taking up nurses and end up leaving the country for better paying jobs abroad. We are talking about the youth here, the next generation, the future. And, as my mentor said, wala namang bansa na nabuo na lahat ng mga mamamayan ay nurses, o call center agents at iba pa. We, the young people have the freshest of dreams and ideals. We can dream for a future not confined of our own self-interests and self-survival tactics. We are meant to dream BIG, hope MORE and reach them with all our might because after all we are not just carrying our first name and surname. Anywhere we go, we carry our being Filpino. Whether we are highly paid or not, whether we have earned our pay checks or not , whether we work for the most famous and richest people or put up our own businesses, whether we study here or outside the country, WE ARE FILIPINOS, that cannot be divorced from our identity. Our young people comprise 1/3 of our total population. Just imagine if each youth of that 1/3 finds his or her own passion, and be able to maximize his or her potential, DON’T YOU THINK WE CAN MAKE OUR COUNTRY’S FUTURE BRIGHTER?
As our National hero, Dr. Jose Rizal once quoted,” Tal pueblo, tal gobierno [As the people are, so their government is].” The government is just a REFLECTION of our people. And we part if that PEOPLE. How our government acts and behaves is a mere reflection of our situation as a people. Therefore, the question of what we can do to make a difference is the key for this. And as one quote says, “When we change the way we look at things, the things we look at, change.” Maybe, if we stop complaining and start making our own part in the big work for our country, we will find out that baby steps indeed lead to that door of hope and change.
October 29th, 2008 at 01:03 PM
Dapat mag-usap usap na kung ano pwedeng gawin, yung doable at yung hindi suntok sa buwan, baka ma malungkot lang tayo pag di natin makayang gawin
October 29th, 2008 at 01:21 PM
May mga kasalukuyang pagkilos na matahimik sa mga communities at workplaces kagaya ng mga pagbubuo at pagpapalakas ng mga kooperatiba, mga family enterprises , scientific at organic farming at iba pa. Ang kailangan lang palagay ko ay maiugnay ang mga tahimik na pagpupunyaging ito ng mga ordinaryong Pilipino sa konsepto ng BrownRaise para maging mas lalong magkaroon ng malinaw na direksiyon kung bakit nagbi business at nag bubuo ng kooperatiba at nagsusulong ng agrikultura, at iba pang pagpupunyagi.
Sana mailatag din ng BrownRaise ang mga impormasyon ukol sa mga Best Practices, mga kurso, propesyon at bokasyong maaring mag-angat sa Pilipino at sa Pilipinas. Maipakita ng husto ang alternatibo at positibong tahakin ng lahi at bansa upang magsilbing guide ng mga kabataan at ng mga nagpapatuloy kumilos sa mga komunidad sa kanayunan at urban areas.
Gayundin, kailangan ng mga simbahan o grupo ng pananampalataya na magbigay ng direksyong biblikal sa mga makabayang pagkilos na ito sapagkat magiging tunay lamang at malalim ang pagmamahal sa bansa kung ginagabayan at pinaghaharian ng Panginoong HesuKristo.
October 31st, 2008 at 08:45 PM
Mahirap talaga unawain ang ugat na sanhi ng sitawasyon ng bayang Pilipinas ngayon. Di ko maintindihan kung sa mga sarili ba natin dapat magsimula ang pagbabago o sa mga lider/pinuno na nakaupo sa kapangyarihan ngayon. Eto ako at ang mga kasama ko sinasakripisyo at inaalay ang aming mga buhay para mapanatili ang katiwasayan at kalayaang tinatamasa ng aming mga kababayan. Ngunit tanong namin sa mga sarili namin, nararapat ba ang aming mga sakripisyo o itoy mauuwi lamang sa wala? Ang problema sa insurgesiya ang lubos na pinagtutuunan ng pansin ng aming organisasyon ngayon. Di alintana kung anong mangyayari sa mga pamilya namin kung sariling buhay namin ang malagas sa pagtatanggol sa saligang batas. Walang problema, sinumpaang tungkulin talaga ang aming ginagampanan. Panalangin ko sa ating Dakilang Tagapaglikha na sana ang dugo na ibinuwis ng ating mga ninuno at ng mga kasamahan ko sa organisasyon/trabaho ay makatulong sa pagbibigay ng bagong simula sa ating bayang sinilangan.
November 6th, 2008 at 05:10 PM
Grabe! Wala akong masabi! Habang binabasa ko po ang inyong blog, hindi ko po mapigilan umiyak. Grabe. Dinudurog po ng nilalaman ng blog na to ang puso ko. Hindi po ako pinatulog ng blog entries dito. Salamat po ng marami. Salamat. Nakakatuwa po talaga ang website na ito. ito na nga ang henerasyon naming mga kabataan. Kung lahat lang po ng estudyante na katulad ko mababasa po ito at madudurog ang puso katulad ng kung paano dinurog nito ang puso ko palagay ko po simula na ng pagbabago— pagbabagong magsisimula sa aming mga sarili. Grabe grabe grabe. mabura man po ung website na to ung aral na binigay nito sa akin hindi mabubura at dadalhin ko kahit saan man ako magpunta. Ang kaya ko lang pong gawin upang maipakita ang pasasalamat ko po sa mga bumubuo ng website na ito ay ang hinding hindi ko po pag-iwan sa Pilipinas at mag aaral po ako ng mabuti, at magpeperform ng excellent. Alam ko po hindi ko mababago ang Pilipinas pero maaaring ako ang maging pagbabago sa Pilipinas. Mabuhay po kayo! AT request ko po sana… MORE ENTRIES…..
God Bless you po!
November 7th, 2008 at 02:25 AM
I LOVVVVVEEEEEE PHilippines!!!!!!!!!!!!
November 7th, 2008 at 02:56 AM
Indio_Eye, alam ko ang nararamdaman mo at tulad din siguro ng nakararaming mga Pilipino, ang tanong na kung saan dapat magsisimula ang pagbabago ay nananatili pa ring tanong hanggang ngayon. Ngunit tulad ng kasaysayan ng Timog Korea, Tsina, Singapore, Hapon, at India, hindi naman talaga sa mga liderato natin dapat manggaling ang pagbabago. Dapat ito manggaling sa atin.
Napansin ko nga sa ating mga Pilipino na gusto nating madaliin ang lahat. Gusto natin ng mabilisang pagbabago, kaya kahit artista ang maging pangulo okey lang sa atin. Pero kung tutuusin, ang pagbabago ay hindi naman nangyayari ng ganun-ganun na lamang. Tulad ng sa Tsina na nakaranas lamang ng pagbabago pagkaraan ng mahabang panahon ng mapang-usig na komunismo na nagdala sa kanila ng kahirapan, o sa Timog Korea na nakaranas ng taggutom dahil sa pananakop ng mga Hapon, ang pagbabago ay mabagal–ngunit kung ating uunti-untiin at pagsisikapan, makararating rin tayo doon.
Saan ba dapat magmula ang pagbabago? Hindi sa gobyerno, dahil repleksyon lamang ito ng kaluluwa at diwa ng bawat Pilipino. Ang pagbabago ay dapat magsimula sa atin. Tulad ng maraming mga nagkomento dito, ang solusyon ay ang totoong pagdama ng hinaing ng ating mga kababayan, at pagmamahal at pag-iyak para sa bansa. Ano naman kung mauuwi ito sa wala? Ganoon din naman ang mga naramdaman ng ating mga bayani di ba? Ngunit mayroon silang pangitain. May isang pantas nga ang nagsabi, ang mga taong may pangitain ang siyang nagtatanim ng mga punong hindi na nila masisilayan at masisilungan. Kaya, tulad mo, tulad ko, tulad ng bawat Pilipinong lihim na nagsisikap at nangangarap para sa ating bansa, hindi ito mapupunta sa wala.
November 10th, 2008 at 09:11 PM
I really admire this website so much….I wish they’d come up with another inspiring article…More power Brown Raise
November 17th, 2008 at 11:04 PM
I guess most of you are still part of the idealistic group of college students who think they can change the world. One day you will wake up (just like I did) and finally understand why Filipinos have to go abroad to work. It is not because of the “greed to work abroad”. I believe that there is no one OFW who wants to leave their family. If you only knew and understood the great lengths of sacrifice most of them undergo then you wouldn’t be so harsh on them. True, if our country could only give the youth more opportunity to pursue their goals without having to think about their family’s financial condition then maybe we would have a happier and more fulfilled youth. Until that “Utopia” is reached, we will have to contend with the reality that once you graduate, you will realize the painful reality that there are so little options in our country for a better paying job. A job wherein you can live comfortably with your family. A job that can place decent food on the table. A job that can provide your children with the best education there is. A job that can make you retire while you can still enjoy the best things in life. Unfortunately, kids, to many working class Filipinos this goal cannot be attained in our country. That is why not only are there so many Filipino nurses and teachers but other professional working abroad as well. YOU WILL ALSO WAKE UP THIS REALITY ONE DAY. Till then go on dreaming!
November 19th, 2008 at 04:00 PM
Talagang nakakalungkot. Ako mismo ay saksi sa mga ganitong kalagayan kung saan ang ating mga kababayan ay mas ninanais pang mag-hanabuhay sa ibang bansa para kumita ng mas malaking salapi, kahit na hindi o di kaya’y lihis sa kanilang pinag-aralan. Kalimitan pa ay mabababang posisyon. Isinasakripisyo ang dangal na dulot ng pinag-aralan para sa pangarap ng mas marangyang buhay.
Pero ang tanong ko ay: mas mahalaga ba ang karangyaan? Tila nagiging alipin na ang mga ito ng salapi.
November 19th, 2008 at 08:57 PM
Our country, the Philippines, is a country with swarming nurses like ants. grabe. it’s not that nursing is a bad course, it would be a good one if it was your passion, your calling. eh hindi. Filipinos take up this course for money and nothing but money. I’m really, really impressed with India. maybe this is why they are rising to become the research center of he world when it comes to science, technology, medicine and even economy. their youth are so focused on making their country rise and making their country stand rather than earning a salary. but i’m still grateful that i am a Filipino. we Filipinos do not realize our capability to do something great. like Barth Suretsky said, we are worshipful to anything foreign. we must start going beyond our limits. we must start seeing that we are brown and not white. we must start it in our classes and our opinions when other countries insult our nation. i am sure you’ve heard of the “Filipinos” biscuits produced by Kraft Foods. Dark outside, white inside. one blog in the Internet posted a question “Nakakainsulto ba?” Guess what? a lot of Filipinos said “hindi naman, it’s just a biscuit.” “i want to taste it, sweet daw” “pwede sa kape yan” grabe. my heart was torn when i was reading this. they our insulting our race and binebalewala lang natin. ang sakit-sakit. i’ve made a resolve to study hard and take up a course that Filipinos rarely take because of their passion for it, but take it because of their parents or the money. i want study abroad, and return to the Philippines to serve our people. magsikap na tayo para sa bansa. we are in dire need of geeks, engineers, doctors, etc. let’s start now!
November 27th, 2008 at 08:59 PM
Ouch talaga… Ang hirap isipin na napaka walang kwenta ang tingin ng mga nabyaga sa atin. NAKAKAGIGIL and at the same time NAKAKACHALLENGE.
NAKAKAGIGIL kasi bakit ganon sila. Hindi nila nacoconsider ang mga great filipino scientist at engineers (eg. gumawa ng M14 armalite, Gumawa ng Flourescent Lamp at Gumawa ng moon buggy). Come on, we Filipinoes have great potentials. We are better than that kahit na napakadami ng mga kasambahay na OFW.
Come to think of it. Kung bibilangin natin ang mga studyante sa kolehiyo. Makikita natin na napakadaming studyante. Pero ilan lang ba talga ang masasabing studyante talaga? Ilan ba ang mahilig mag aral? at ilan din ba ang mahilig magcomputer? Sa dami ng mga studyante sa Pilipinas ilan ba ang nagmamahal sa bansa? Nakakalungkot pero yun talaga eh, Kung tutuusin magagaling talga tayong pinoy. Let us trace the reasons why this is happening in our country.
1. Walang trabaho
Bakit walang trabaho?
– Walang Investor…
bakit walang Investor?
– Mahina daw ang security…
Bakit mahina ang security?
– Walang support from the government?
HUH! GOVERNMENT NA NAMAN ang MAIN REASON?
“Bakit nga ba hindi? Eh hindi naman nila sinusuportahan ang mga Filipino people. They cant produce Jobs and they only think of themselves”
- common reason ng mga Pinoy Gobyerno ang tinuturo…
NAKAKACHALLENGE kasi I know I am not a maggot in the world. We Filipinoes have great minds and ideas. Alam nyo mga kapatid kung gusto nating maging number one kaya natin basta magtulong tulong lang tayo eh.
ask yourself… “HOW CAN YOU HELP YOUR COUNTRY IN A WAY THAT IT IS POSSIBLE AND NOT JUST A DRAWING?” Tingnan nyo sa paligid ang daming mga street people. Isipin ninyo pano pa sila nabubuhay sa isang araw? alangan namang kumita ng P400 ang bawat pulubi sa kalye? ano ang gagawin nyo?
“DONT WAIT FOR THE GOVERNMENT TO MOVE FOR THE BETTER OF YOUR ASS! CHANGE DOES NOT START IN THEM IT START SA IYO. SA PUSO MO… SA GAWA AT HINDI PURO DADA!”
We can surpass our neighboring country if we like. We dont need the support of the Government. All we need to do is to make a difference to step up one at a time in ourselves. Maybe start with our Morality, then Attitude and then do a good Job.
Inspire ourselves in simple ways. Change is not easy. Tama ang mga nagcocoment na education will lift us from poverty so come on people lets make a difference everyday.
You dont need to be like RIZAL. All you have to do is “BE YOURSELF!” Wag nyong gayahin ang ibang tao DAHIL YOU CAN SURPASS THOSE PEOPLE WHEN YOU ARE DOING RIGHT IN THE EYES OF THE LORD AND DOING GOOD TO YOUR FELLOW CITIZEN”
When it comes to engineering we Filipinoes are equipt kahit na napaka layo natin sa unahan pero kaya nating sumabay.
Light The Fire of Patriotism in your HEART and MIND. If every Filipinoes will do it. Time will come we can be the center of attraction.
November 28th, 2008 at 11:05 AM
to morena, I am one of those idealistic college students you are talking about! wait for 5-10 more years and I will prove to you that I am not dreaming.. we are not dreaming.. we are not just dreaming! We are also working about it! What do you think this blog is all about?!
I will be one of those young people that will turn our IDEALISM into REALITY! MARK MY WORD! And I am not alone! Just wait for us and SEE for yourself!
THIS BLOG, AND THE SO CALLED IDEALISM OR DREAM WE ARE NURSING IN OUR THOUGHTS AND HEARTS ARE.. one of …THE BLESSED REALITIES we are so into! JUST OPEN YOUR EYES… I MEAN, LOOK FARTHER… NOT JUST WITH YOUR EYES..
December 3rd, 2008 at 05:53 PM
MORENA, I have to disagree. The Brown Raise Movement in my opinion is not an IDEALISTIC GROUP. Sometimes you have to clean the wound even if it hurts, otherwise you would have an infection. By saying some sharp things that this blog just noted, this is not idealism, this is just painful truth. Why can Vietnam and Singapore make it and not us? Why can India make it and not us?
What the article is pointing out, (which you missed out completely) is that unlike India which has a diaspora like our own, ours are just in want of money. Let me make my point here. In India, the Untouchables, the lowest of the castes are forced to go out from their country because clearly, the Untouchables have no future in India. An Untouchable may want to aspire to become more than what he is but he will be pushed down by a society that wants to preserve their status quo (castes are cradles of mediocrity). But slowly the Untouchables who left are coming back to India… Bhimrao Ambedkar is one of them, who eventually helped write India’s constitution.
But us? It is not our poor whos leaving. It’s our middle class. It’s the people who can eat three times a day and never starve. They are the people who are fully equipped to dream, despite the high cost of living in the city. They are not pushed to desperation like India’s Untouchables. And yet, they are the ones leaving our country. It’s ok if they would have thought of going back to lift the Philippines a little higher. But are they coming back? Have they thought of their country when they left, or are they just thinking of their families only? Why can Singapore do it and not us? Why can Deng Xiaoping of China say that “When our students from abroad come back to China, you will see how China will transform itself.”?
I can tell you countless stories of doctors who became nurses, and executives in makati who became bar attendants and GROs in Malaysia and Japan… yes, they left the country, but their condition is much worse than when they were here.
To think that Brown Raise is unreasonably idealistic is preposterous. This blog documents the most painful of issues, that alone makes it NOT idealistic. You said that we should have a “better paying job” when collegians graduate. That’s the reason why this country is poor. We don’t want to patiently cultivate our calling as teachers, scientists, etc… because we want the so-called ‘better’ standards of living. We want the lure of comfort. We want MORE money. We have failed to realize that dignity is more important than money (Now think of Doctors becoming Nurses). Having a mission, a sense of significance is MORE IMPORTANT than being comfortable in life. You say better-paying job? Why can’t we just have a good-paying job? If we just patiently do our jobs well, wouldn’t the money come after our labor?
We have become SO FATALISTIC to the point of believing that WE CAN’T CHANGE OUR COUNTRY’s DESTINY. Yes, MORENA, we shall go on dreaming. But dreams if you must remember must be made into reality not in any other way but only through SACRIFICE. It’s unfortunate that Filipinos have sunk low to resignation. If ever the Philippines would rise, it is not because of people who wanted to have greener pastures, but because FILIPINOS who are willing to give their all and have a stake for the country’s future. It’s a pity that you’ve given up dreaming.
December 5th, 2008 at 07:33 PM
To: Morena
I appreciate persons like you who come-out in the open and offer their counter-opinion(s). Such appreciation however do not mean total and automatic agreement to their opinions.
Your pragmatic assessment and understanding of THE FILIPINO REALITY in our time is really an evidence that many of us, Filipinos, continue to think and analyse about what is really happening in our country. I agree with you that too many Filipinos are forced to work abroad because of lack of opportunity in the Philippines for decent and sufficiently rewarding jobs and livelihood undertakings. What I do not understand however is your outright condemnation of the concerns and points of view of the bloggers who do not share the way you RESPOND to FILIPINO REALITY.
Describing a situation wherein the Filipinos finally realize that they can contribute to the coffers of their families, the nation and the government decently and sufficiently without going abroad as “bagong bayanis” and instead utilizing the resources and the markets within as UTOPIA is a blatant disregard to the efforts now being undertaken by so many Filipinos who SAW THE FILIPINO REALITY and silently decided to diligently stick it out in this country and slowly build knowledge centers, domestic markets and industries that may be our last defense should the big economies go wayward.
Describing those who refuse to believe that going abroad is the only and final solution to this economic malaise as “asleep” kids who still belong to college group of idealist that need to WAKE UP is putting a dose of sleeping pills and anasthesia to the souls that are bravely preparing and/or prepared to find solutions for the FILIPINO REALITY to be re-directed to a more developed and prosperous FILIPINO REALITY like what is now the KOREAN REALITY, MALAY REALITY, CHINESE AND TAIWANESE REALITY, VIETNAMESE REALITY, SINGAPOREAN REALITY — to which, sad to say, you equate as UTOPIA — a state that can not be realized in our lifetime and not even in the lifetime of the last filipino.
If you are now working abroad or a beneficiary of the affluent and prosperous life brought about by foreign employment and currency, please do not contribute in weakening the souls of your UTOPIAN FILIPINO COLLEGE IDEALIST KIDS who do not view WHERE YOU ARE NOW AND WHAT YOU ABUNDANTLY ENJOY as UTOPIA. Certainly, the Philippines will reach that UTOPIAN stage you skillfully describe. If our fellow Asians succeeded and still succeeding to reach that UTOPIAN stage, then stay where you are right now and we promise, with the guidance of Our Lord Jesus Christ, we will catch up and overtake.
Thank you very much MORENA for be so concerned with us and for trying to wake us up.
From: ethnicface
January 9th, 2009 at 03:20 PM
Reality, reality…
Haay… Oo tama dark reality na…
Kaya nga may TRUTH diba??
January 29th, 2009 at 06:16 AM
ako po ay isang accounting student, gradauting na po ngaung taon ngunit pagkatapos ko pong mabasa ang “A Country Where Everybody Wants to be a Nurse” nakakalungkot pong isipin na marahil sa kadahilan pong ang buong bansa ay naka-focus sa course na nursing eh napapabayaan ang ibang courses. Ang iba’t ibang Accounting Standards ay walang pasubaling ginaya lang po sa iba’t ibang bansa na nangunguna sa bawat panahon. Ang pinaka masaklap po dito, hindi po lahat ng copied and pasted na Accounting Standards ay lubusang naiintindihan kahit maging mga professor. Alam nio po, isa lang ang aking pangarap. Na sana sa pagpasa po natin ng bawat puna at suwestyon sa susunod na henerasyon ay ituwid natin. Pagsumikapan po nating matuto ang susunod na henerasyon ng wasto at nararapat.
February 2nd, 2009 at 11:05 PM
sigh..hearing about the reality in this country would simply make me cry.
I feel for that Indian computer network student. I was pursuing something like that before till later on I found interest in graphic design then animation.
mang iyak ng ako sa masterals ko ng IT eh XD
Looking at it this way. I’m going for an animation career now so I’ll make sure I stay to it.
To defy reality like this..ideals must start..even from a so-called nobody who’s ideals are big.
February 5th, 2009 at 11:15 AM
para sa akin, ang tanging sukatan lamang ng isang bansa ay batay sa sapat na bilang mga mga estudyanteng naghahangad ng pagbabago sa bansa ayon sa kanyang napiling kurso na magbibigay ng magandang kinabukasan, kasama doon ang magiging trabaho niya. sa madaling salita, EFFICIENCY, ito ang tanging pamantayan.
kahit pa saang bansa man tayo magpunta, pare-parehas lamang ang bilang ng mga estudyante sa bawat kurso, hindi katulad dito ang bilang ng mga mag-aaral sa isang kurso’y hindi pantay-pantay kung baga hindi patas ang bilang.
ikalawang dahilan, ang alam lang naman natin dito’y mga bagong teleserye na possibleng inulit lamang o bagong ideyang galing sa mga magagaling na manunulat.
February 9th, 2009 at 04:12 PM
Although nashare ko na ito sa ibang blog. I realised tamang tama ito sa topic.
15 years ago, may 3 choice ako para magtrabaho. Yung 2 parehong nasa Makati na parehong ad agency at yung isa ay sa Taiwan bilang factory worker sa pagawaan ng kama. Limang beses na sahod ang offer ko dun compare sa 2 Makati offer. Bukod pa dun libre ang deployment ko meaning wala akong gagastusin anumang placement fee pag-alis ko papuntang Taiwan. Pero pinili ko yung 1 sa Makati kasi I believe at that time bilang artist, lalong lalalim ang experience ko compare dun sa offer bilang factory worker sa Taiwan. Marami akong kabatch na nakapasa papuntang Taiwan na mga highly educated may mga nurse, engineers, computer technician etc. Marami kami dapat dun siguro nasa 150 kaming madedeploy.
A week after na magsimula ako sa Makati, nasunugan kami sa Quezon City. Nasunog lahat ultimo yung maliit namin na tindahan. Sa kagipitan pinaalis ako ng aking ina patungong Taiwan para makaahon sa hirap na dinadanas naming buong pamilya, sa kawalan ng pag-asa sa buhay. Hindi ako umalis at pinanindigan ko talaga ang gusto ko dahil naniniwala ako na mas malaking opportunity sa akin ang makapagtrabaho sa isang ad agency sa Makati. Sa awa naman ng Diyos kahit tagpi-tagping bahay, kahit limitadong budget ay nakaraos naman kami. After 6 months, sumulat yung kaibigan kong nurse na nasa Taiwan at ang sabi sa akin na tama ang decision kong mag work sa ad agency dahil siya rin ay naisip niyang mali ang desisyon niyang magtrabaho bilang factory worker sa Taiwan dahil hindi umuunlad ang career niya bilang nurse. Marami na rin sa batch nila ang nagresign at umuwi siguro sa dami rin ng hindi magagandang sitwasyon.
Ngayon after 15 years, malaki ang naitulong sa akin ng desisyong iyon sa buhay ko. Nasa ibang bansa na rin ako sa ngayon at nagtatrabaho bilang isang Art Director sa isang International ad agency sa Gitnang Silangan. Sumasahod ng maganda. Sa kabila ng lahat na 1st year college lang ang naabot ko sa Fine Arts pero hindi nangangahulugang hindi ko kaya yung trabaho ko. Baluktot man ang grammar ko sa English, hindi ko ito ikinahihiya. Yumaman ang bansang hapon kahit hindi sila marunong mag-inglish. Malaki ang naitulong sa akin ng experience ng pagtatrabaho diyan sa Pinas. Minsan iniisip ko kung naging factory worker ako nun at hindi nangarap na iaangat ang sarili kong career sa kabila ng sitwasyon sa buhay ko at that time. SIguro hanggang ngayon baka hindi ko napaganda ang takbo ng buhay ng pamilya ko.
Dito sa ibang bansa, nagtataka ako. May mga istorya akong naririnig sa ibang kababayan natin. Nagtapos ng seaman pero fabricator sa welding shop, teacher na nagiging dh, duktor pero nurse, ibang dh na nagiging prostitute, yung iba may asawa na pero kung kani-kanino pa sumasama para lang guminhawa. Mga ilang kababayan natin na ang dahilan ay para lang makaahon sa buhay…dahil mahirap lang kami.
I believe may purpose ang buhay natin, pero still kung ano man yung mga pangarap natin sa buhay minsan kailangan din talagang magtiis. Pero hindi nangangahulugang pati yung prinsipyo at paninindigan sa buhay natin ay pwedeng bumaluktot kapag nasa gipit na sa sitwasyon. Marami tayong kababayan na nagsimula sa wala pero nagtagumpay sa buhay. Kasi may ibang Pinoy na basta magkapera kahit ano gagawin kahit na ilegal. At kung mahirap man tayo wag natin isisi sa iba ang kahirapan na dinadanas natin. Take it as a challenge, mas masarap namnamin ang tagumpay na pinaghirapan.
Sa Saudi, may 3 Pinoy ang bibitayin dahil sa pagpatay at pagchopchop sa kapwa nila Pinoy. Teribleng krimen, kailangan pang magpapunta ng kamag-anakan para lang makunan ng DNA at makilala ang mga biktima. Nangyari lahat ito dahil lamang sa kompetisyon sa SUGAL.
Sana dun sa ibang kababayan, ano man ang ginagawa natin. Ayusin natin kasi marami ang nagmamasid at nag-aaral sa buhay natin….hindi lang ibang tao…kundi pati mga anak at mahal natin sa buhay.
February 9th, 2009 at 04:19 PM
Eto yung link sa 3 Pilipinong bibitayin sa Saudi dahil sa kompetisyon sa Jueteng sa Saudi. Na sinulat ni Rasheed Abou-Alsamh (MANILA MOODS) isang Arabo na mahal na mahal ang mga Pilipino at may mataas na respeto sa lahi natin.
http://opinion.inquirer.net/viewpoints/columns/view_article.php?article_id=80473
February 23rd, 2009 at 05:49 PM
I am a student nurse…like almost everyone else, I didn’t chose that course…it was my mom. Di ko kasi alam pumili ng kurso. I am aware that doctors are becoming nurses at talagang nauubos na ang mga Healthworkers natin sa Pilipinas. I have attended the Brown Raise seminar in Baguio, at sinusundan ko ang movement na ‘to.I have come to realize that my country and my fellow Filipinos need me. I talked to my mom, and she was shocked when I told her I will not go abroad. Minahal ko na rin sa totoo lang ang Health Sciences, tumaas ang pangarap ko, lumaki ang burden ko para sa bansa…gusto kong maging doktor na hindi iniisip ang kumita ng kwarta.
As of now I have to study hard, really hard. If i have to sacrifice my sleep hours or time with my friends and shopping- I will!
March 11th, 2009 at 07:22 PM
Kung si Maricar ay isang student nurse, ako naman ay isang licensed occupational therapist.
I’m actually a landed immigrant in Canada. But since I have to take good care of my grandparents and I have the desire to set an example to other people that we should give back what is due to our countrymen, I prayerfully made a decision to stay here in the Philippines.
There is nothing inherently wrong with becoming a nurse or going abroad. Traveling to different countries expands one’s horizons, helps a person see a greater scheme of things and even makes one appreciate one’s country of origin all the more. However, it is possible to do something that is “morally neutral” or even “good” with bad motives. We ought to make sure that the main motivating factor in our career decisions should not be the greed for more wealth or prestige. I hope that we will be those people who will study the health sciences and/or leave the Philippines with motives that are noble and not self-centered.
March 11th, 2009 at 11:54 PM
It is so untrue that the Filipino shuns competition. It is also so untrue that all of us want to be nurses. I never wanted to be a Nurse. I picked my course to facilitate my higher goal of producing my own contraption. I am still working on it. There are many others like me. Some more successful. We actually have a lot of innnovators. Even in the common workplace. It is the negative way many so called nationalistic Filipinos paint a picture of what they think is a good representation of my race (as if they don’t belong to it).
Isn’t it enough that the mass media, marketing, and education keeps drilling into the minds of the masses , whether directly or by implication, thatthe Filipino is no good, that we should emulate the white man, or maybe anyone else who is foreign?
Please try to not be too negative in your writing/ blogging. A lot of young minds, internet savvy as they may be, are not yet able to think for themselves.
My race, my country does have problems but we don’t need them to be further complicated by negativism in the masses’ self worth. How about focusing on the positive too?
I am working on my contraption for the future. For my race. There are many others like me. Thanks to execessively negative portrayals by so many who can paint pictures, we have a hard time selling our own producte/ fruits of thinking, to our own people. Many of us have sold the out to other countries because too many of us are convinced we cannot produce anything really good from conception to production to marketing to application. Please try to not be too negative, if you really love your country.
March 11th, 2009 at 11:55 PM
Please try not to make reckless generalizations.
March 12th, 2009 at 07:17 PM
Sa “The New Asian Hemisphere” sabi ni Mahbubani Filipino minds are crippled while other Asian minds are exploding with creativity. Kasi nasa dark ages tayo. Sabi din ni Sionil from darkness to darkness. Let’s admit na di pa tapos ang dark ages sa Pilipinas. Hangga’t di natin tanggapin di natin makikita ang liwanag. Kaya nga di ba liwanag sa dilim. Walang liwanag kung walang dilim. Ang mundo nga nagsimula sa kadiliman. Let’s not be afraid to accept the dark TRUTHS about US. Besides, ibang bansa na ang nagsasabi na dark ages pa tayo. Sinasampal na tayo nila di para saktan kundi para magising. Kasi alam nila magaling tayo, bulag lang.
March 12th, 2009 at 07:24 PM
para kasi tayong naglalakad na naka shades kahit umuulan. tapos may ibang tao sinasabihan tayo na oy, wag kang magshades magpayong ka, tapos ang isasagot natin, no, no, no, I want to wear this, men, this is cool man, there’s nothing wrong with me ha…i’m okay lang. ganito tayo. nagbubulagbulagan. ang hirap gisingin ang gising.
—pero ang galing ha…may interaction dito na makabuluhan. Ang ibang blogs ang pinaguusapan di tungkol sa bansa kundi tungkol sa artista, mga makeup, mga kapuso, kapamilya, mga kung ano-ano.
March 12th, 2009 at 07:39 PM
Dear Alibata,
Too much have been said on ‘positive thinking’ that it’s not healthy anymore for our countrymen. You say that we shouldn’t be too negative, but how can we not be PAINED when our neighboring countries are rising and we’re not?
Are you saying that Rizal himself is wrong by calling our culture a “Social Cancer”? That’s pain right there. This article was intended not to comfort us. PAIN, or negativity as you put it, should be negative because it should prompt us to WAKE UP.
By saying that this is a country of nurses is the truth, no matter how painful that is to anyone’s ears. Look it up in your research and you’ll discover that the National University of Singapore is now teaching that the Philippines’ primary contribution is to export domestic helpers. You say ‘reckless generalizations’. In the Greek dictionary, ‘Filipina’ means domestic helper.
How many refuse to be a nurse to fight for their dreams (which are less-paying jobs)? Just a few. How many are taking nursing courses and reviews? C’mon, just look at the billboards and ads. Count how many nursing schools are opening left and right. Even STI (a supposedly IT school) opened a nursing course!
Many Filipinos have given up or postponed their dreams, and have accepted the status quo, to take up a nursing course because it’s the easy way out of this country. They don’t want to fight for their dreams anymore because they don’t want to risk not having more money than what is enough. They want to be comfortable, to tread the short-cut route to the American dreams.
When does true love for our country begin? It begins when we have a stake for this country’s future, when there’s ownership for this country, WHEN WE TAKE THE BLAME for our nation’s sickness even if we’re not part of it, because truth of the matter is, WE ARE ALL FILIPINOS. Lahat dapat tayo ay may taya para sa kinabukasan ng bansa. Kung nakataya ang ating buhay, hinding hindi natin hahayaan na ganito na lamang ang ating bansa.
These are not generalizations. This is reality. If the Filipino keeps on refusing to admit that he has a social cancer, he will never be healed.
March 13th, 2009 at 11:16 AM
“Sa “The New Asian Hemisphere” sabi ni Mahbubani Filipino minds are crippled while other Asian minds are exploding with creativity. Kasi nasa dark ages tayo. Sabi din ni Sionil from darkness to darkness. Let’s admit na di pa tapos ang dark ages sa Pilipinas. Hangga’t di natin tanggapin di natin makikita ang liwanag. Kaya nga di ba liwanag sa dilim. Walang liwanag kung walang dilim. Ang mundo nga nagsimula sa kadiliman. Let’s not be afraid to accept the dark TRUTHS about US. Besides, ibang bansa na ang nagsasabi na dark ages pa tayo. Sinasampal na tayo nila di para saktan kundi para magising. Kasi alam nila magaling tayo, bulag lang.” -Balanghai
This is very true. I had a personal experience that painfully illustrates this social truth. I was having dinner with my Singaporean foster father when he asked me about my dreams and insights about the Philippines. I told him that, with all of my heart, I hope to live to see the day when the Philippines will stand proud and esteemed alongside her Asian kin Singapore, Malaysia, and Thailand in the hall of nations. I told him that I will do everything in my personal capacity to make certain that this will happen within my lifetime. He responded by telling me to be patient and not be too hard on myself and my country. I think he sensed that I was growing impatient about my desire to see change come too soon. He went on to tell me that Singaporeans do not think lowly of us but, on the contrary, are just waiting for us Filipinos to mature as a people.
What deeply pains me about what he said is the simple fact that the Philippines has a longer, deeper, and much more glorious history than Singapore. The Philippines is also incomparably wealthier than most Southeast Asian nations in terms of natural wonders, and, quite frankly, human resource potential. What led my Singaporean uncle to say that we are a nation that still needs to mature? How on earth did Singapore achieve its strong sense of identity and maturity? How is it even possible for Singapore, one of Asia’s tiniest nations, to assume the role of a benevolent big brother to the beloved country of Jose Rizal?
Perhaps the simple answer is the Singaporeans’ love for their country despite the fact that it has virtually zero natural resources and its historical stigma of being forcibly ejected out of the Malaysia. Singaporeans can pitifully talk down on us because they are a people who had emerged as winners after they sacrificed their day’s wage to build their national university during a time when the world thought that all hope for them had dissipated. The journey of the Singaporean people ultimately proves that national identity and maturity only emerge out of sacrifice.
Sinasampal na tayo ng mga kapatid natin sa Southeast Asia ngunit hindi pa rin natin hinuhubad ang shades na ating suot kahit ang langit sa ating bayan ay napakadilim at patuloy na umuulan. Ilang sampal pa ba ang kailangan para magising na ang gising?
March 25th, 2009 at 06:59 PM
malaki ang population ng indians, koreans, chinese at taiwanese sa school ko ngayon (grad school of business). may few europeans din dito. pero mga a year ago, i had a chance to ask one indian and a chinese based in HK kung bkit ang dami nilang nagpuputan for schooling sa bansa natin. Philippines is the cheapest country to learn english (pareho din ng ibang asian friends natin). nandito daw ang best Graduate School of Business (AIM).Sa india they can esily get a loan and they will use this finance for their study. Then they go back to india to start a business or to middle east to get a management positions to payback the loan. My chinese classmate naman has an prep school sa HK. Iniwan nya to study here para pag balik nya english grammar school naman ang tatayo nya sa HK.
April 13th, 2009 at 06:59 AM
Im not against the course but one thing’s for sure almost all of my relatives want me to take up nursing instead of Education. They said that Education is for the dumb people at “nasasayang lang ang utak ko” for it. I replied to them, “I find nursing as a yucky, icky and gross. Hindi ko masikmura holding another patient na may dugo or having a labor then you have to touch the materials used by the doctors.” I added, “still, if you think that Education is for the dumb, then I will be the first Education student na hindi BOBO…”
It’s pretty obvious that our race is tainted. Our mind is clogged by dark clouds. We think taking up nursing and going abroad is the COLLEST thing, yet it’s the other way around. Making yourself as the servant of other people is NOT cool but made you a BIG LOSSER!!!
Kaya ako, while Im studying, I will go beyond my lessons.
April 13th, 2009 at 09:35 AM
Nakakalungkot man pong isipin pero totoo ang nakasaad sa artikulong ito.. Naalala ko lang bago sumapit ang graduation namin nung high school, nagtanungan kami ng mga kaklase ko kung ano ang kurso namin at unibersidad na papasukan, karamihan sa “section” pa lang namin, Nursing ang plano… at ang dahilan nga ay pinilit sila ng magulang, mas madali makapag-abroad,atbp. pero meron din namang iba na tiningnan ko mukhang determinado na mag-silbi sa bayan. Naisip ko wala naman talagang masama maging nurse, ang masama lang parang lahat yun na lang ang gusto…
Naalala ko rin nung nakasakay ako sa jeep papuntang ayala,habang naka-dungaw ako, may nakita akong dalawang nursing student nag-lalakad( medyo di ko pinansin). Nagulat na lang ako habang tumatagal isang uniform na lang nakikita ko sa dinami-daming taong dumadaan! Napaisip ako, nursing sila lahat??? Paano kaya kapag nasa classroom na sila? Ilan kaya sila sa isang room? Paano kaya kapag board na nila?Sobrang Dami. At paano kaya kapag nag-apply na sila sa mga medical institutions, matanggap kaya lahat? Pero sa dinami-dami ng naisip kong tanong tungkol sa dinami-daming nursing students na nakita ko…Isang tanong ang dapat masagot..
” Ilan kaya sa dinami-daming estudyante na yan ang may PUSONG♥ MANATILI(kahit anong mangyari) sa ating bansa at buong tapang na mag-sisilbi sa mahal kong Pilipinas?”
Sana mapagtanto ito ng tulad kong mga kabataan….
I can’t believe the brownraise web has a crowd of visitors… dati kasi kaunti lang yung bumibisita kapag tinitingnan ko yung world map sa gilid ng page, pero ngayon mabilis na rin lumalaganap ang liwanag na dala ng website na ito…. Sana ay marami pang masinagan ng init ng apoy na ipinaglalaban ng movement lalo na sa mga kabataan. ☺ Maraming salamat po sa BrownRaise Team! God Bless sa inyo!
May 11th, 2009 at 01:29 AM
i can see that many were offended by this blog.”pinairal ang init ng ulo hindi utak”(kunkunklaeng) and some never got the picture(china). the y are not saying that nursing is a job na walang karangalan. We do not look down on nurses, but the stupid people who take it up just for the money, not to be the next Florence Nightingale”. So what if –”The development of Nursing now is advancing its expertise in academics
in its aim for professionalization blah blah patati-patata. NALULUMPO NA ANG BANSA NATIN!!! WALA NANG NAGAAGRICULTURE! WALA NANG NAGMAMARINE BIOLOGY! DIBA DUN TAYO MAGALING? BAKIT HINDI TAYO KUMUHA NON?
June 9th, 2009 at 03:35 PM
This is a sad reality for our country and for the supposedly HOPE of our Country. Many of our young peoples dreams has already been murdered in its early age.
The academe, where in ideals are pursued and dreams are cultivated, somehow becomes a graveyard for the young peoples dreams (Nursing students specially) They are in a CURSE, that instead of having a bright future- thyell end up UNemployed and will just be trainees on different hospitals.
Im NOT against nursing, for i my self is a registered nurse, and from my point of view coming from the profession- its just so heart breaking: there are many stories, coming from different classes in society where in students dreams are killed and give birth to a dim nursing career.
August 15th, 2009 at 11:43 PM
This is not the fault of nurses, mind you. Don’t mistake the effect as the cause. You despise the relentless increase of number of nurses here in the Philippines, but do we have any other choice? When you haven’t any food, all is left is pride to swallow. This is a sad fact, but please don’t undermine their sacrifices. Nursing is not just about earning dollars abroad. It is about saving the stomachs of your loved ones in the face of adversity, even if it takes giving up your pride. Again, not to harsh. They are not the problem. Instead we, those who look down upon them, are actually putting the final nail to the coffin.
Try putting yourself in their shoes. I doubt if you would have any other choice.
-Jed (masscom student)
August 19th, 2009 at 09:46 PM
The aim of university education should be to turn out true servants of the West who will live for money and die in a private room at St. Luke’s.
– utak ng Pilipino
August 19th, 2009 at 10:46 PM
Regarding jedprayer’s post:
I agree that we should not “mistake the effect as the cause.” I think what you’re trying to say is that poverty is the cause and the increase in the number of nurses is merely an effect. If that’s your underlying assumption, then I disagree with you. The Filipino nation’s poverty in itself is also JUST AN EFFECT. It’s an effect of laziness, mediocrity, selfishness, lack of wisdom and apathy both among the masses and the leaders in the government. Taking up nursing to alleviate the financial poverty of your family is merely a band-aid solution. The solution is to do the opposite of what we Filipinos are naturally inclined to do BY CONSTANTLY IMPROVING AT WHAT WE ARE GOOD AT (OUR TALENTS) AND BY TAKING OUR STUDIES OR OUR WORK SERIOUSLY. Though we may not become instantly rich, the daily provisions will come naturally if our God-given capabilities become more and more excellent. The important thing is that we don’t try to keep up with the Joneses that we end up spending more than what we can afford.
Moreover, I do not agree with the psychology that says that you always have to meet your needs first before you can help others. If everyone has to think of himself first before he can think of others, then we would not have heroes like Jose Rizal and Andres Bonifacio who gave up their very lives in order to alleviate the sufferings of their countrymen.
August 21st, 2009 at 08:13 PM
I’ve been reading news articles and books just so I could understand what’s happening but the closer I get to reasons why the Philippines is like this
September 15th, 2009 at 06:48 PM
nakakahiya yan ang isang salitang dapat para sa mga katulad nating Pilipino na puro kahihiyan lang ang ibinibigay sa ating bansa,, oo tayong mga Pilipino,
Pilipino meaning mga taong gustong maging habang buhay na alila, alipin, katatawanan ng ibang lahi. Yan ganyan tayo sakit pakinggan dib? pero yan ang totoo nabubuhay tayo na para sa sarili natin hindi natin iniicp ang dararating na henerasyon mga magulang na walang tamang pagdidisiplina sa anak at mga anak na walang pangarap ayan tayo ganyan tayong mga Pilipino. Nakakahiya…
Mga walang pangarap ay oo nga pla maging isang NURSE meaning utusan, alila ang ganda dib ngtapos ka ng pagdodoktor para maging nurse, teacher para maging caregiver, nakakahiya, mga taong wlang pagmamahal sa sarili nila mga taong sinasamba ay PERA, , oo PERA ganyan tayong mga PILIPINO MUKHANG PERA…
Ang sakit diba pero yan ang katotohanan wlang gustong mangarap para sa PILIPINAS para sa ikabubuti at ikadadakila ng bansa… Sayang ang panahon nang ipaglaban ng mga bayani ang ating kalayaan… KALAYAAN MULA SA PANANAKOP NG DAYUHAN mali pala sila ng ipinaglaban dapat ang ipinaglaban nila KALAYAAN MULA SA PANANAKOP NG MALING PUSO NG BAWAT PILIPINO WALANG PAGMAMAHAL SA BAYAN yan ang totoong laban
dahil hindi dayuhan ang kalaban kung hindi ang mga puso nating hindi marunong umintindi ng TOTOONG KALAYAAN…
dahil tayo mismo ang gumgawa ng dahilan para tayo alipinin para tayo gawing utusan at pagtawanan ng ibang lahi… dahil un ang gusto natin ang kumita ng PERA KAPALIT NG DANGAL, PRINSIPYO, AT PANININDIGAN PARA SA ATING LAHI…
walang makakatulong sa atin kung hindi tayo mismo sarili natin umpisahan nating mangarap para sa ating lahi na higit sa lahat dapat ang ating bansa muna ang dapat paglingkuran higit sa lahat… YAN ANG LABAN MANGARAP PARA SA BAYAN AT SA KAPWA PILIPINO….
September 17th, 2009 at 12:09 PM
Wow!!! salamat at nabasa ko ito. Saktong sakto. Wala naman talaga masama sa pagiging nurse pero naiirita na ako dahil lahat na lang ng kabataan, gusto maging nurse dahil sa pera or para makapag abroad.
Naninirahan ako sa Amerika at halos lumaki na din dito sa Estado Unidos… May mga kaibigan ako na kumukuha ng nursing at ang lagi kong tanong ” nursing? bakit? andito ka na sa amerika, magnunursing ka pa?” Meron pang isa, nakapagtapos sya ng cum laude sa UP, OO, UNIBERSIDAD NG PILIPINAS… Philosophy ang natapos nya tapos andito ngayon sa states,, nagnunursing… sabi ko nga sa kanya ‘ ITAAS MO NAMAN ANG BANDERA NG UP! NAG-UP KA PA! MAGNUNURSE KA DIN PALA’
Hindi Nurse ang magpapayaman sa Pilipinas… Bakit ba tayo naka-focus dyan? Dapat Agriculture, Tourism at Education.
Nagaral ako sa isang kilala na unibersidad dito sa Amerika at halos lahat ng kakilala ko na graduate student ng engineering at mba ay indian… Wala man lang pinoy na nag-MBA…
Hindi nyo ba narealize kung bakit in demand ang nursing sa Amerika? Dahil ayaw ng mga amerkano ang ganyang trabaho… Since ayaw nila, tayong mga pinoy ang taga-salo, AS USUAL.
Pero minsan naiisip ko din na siguro sa hirap din ng buhay sa pilipinas kaya kung saan malaki ang sweldo, doon sila pupunta… kahit papaano, naiintindihan ko din kayong mga kumukuha ng nursing na gusto nyo lang maiahon sa hirap ng buhay ang pamilya nyo pero wag nyo sasabihin na wala kayong choice dahil sa buhay nang tao, lagi kang may choice.
Ang sahod ko ay hindi kasing laki tulad ng isang nurse pero ayos lang atleast gusto ko ang ginagawa ko… Yun naman ang mahalaga.
Sabi nga ng tatay ko, ang mahalaga sa buhay ng tao ay gusto mo ang ginagawa mo dahil ito ang magpapaligaya sayo. Hindi dahil malaki ang sweldo mo ang ibig sabihin non ay nagtagumpay ka. Ang tunay na tagumpay ay ang sinunod mo ang gusto mong gawin sa buhay mo.
September 22nd, 2009 at 12:46 PM
Sang-ayon ako kay Florante! Sana nga ay magising na ang bawat isa sa atin, lalo na ngayong palapit na ang panahon kung kailan kailangan na nating mamili ng bagong mga mamumuno sa ating pamahalaan.
Nalungkot naman ako sa sinabi ni Maria Magdalena. UP graduate, nag-nursing sa Amerika… Ano ba yan.
Sa kabilang banda, masisisi ba natin ang mga Pilipinong naniniwalang nasa nursing ang pag-asa nilang umangat sa buhay? Masisisi ba natin sila na walang trabahong makuha dito sa Pilipinas? Kung meron man, aminin natin, sadyang mababa ang kita dito kumpara sa ibang bansa.
Sana mabigyan ng pansin ang iba pang mga kurso dito sa Pilipinas lalong lalo na iyong mga kinalaman sa S&T. Kulang ang mga researchers natin. Paano tayo bubuo ng bago at sarili nating teknolohiya kung walang mga taong gagawa nito? Huwag sana limitahan ng mga magulang ang kanilang mga anak sa pagiging nurse. Susko, ang dami nang nurses sa Pilipinas!
October 21st, 2009 at 07:04 PM
Tama ang mga nasabi sa artikulo. Nasa ating mga Filipino mismo ang kakulangan. Wala tayong pagkakaisa, dahil sa kakulangan sa pagtitiwala at respeto sa sarili. Ayon sa aking pag aaral narin. Ang mga mayayamang bansa ay may pagmamahal sa sariling wika lalo na sa kanilang bansa. Tayong mga Filipino bakit nga ba (2) dalawa ang pambansang wika natin? Simulan natin ang pagmamahal sa ating sariling wika nang sa gayon ay magkaroon tayo ng mataas na pangarap sa ating bansa.