Why I live in the Philippines

When I travel, people often ask me why
I live in the Philippines ?
Well here it is.....
It is the only place on earth
where......

1. Every street has a basketball court.
2. Even doctors, lawyers and engineers
are unemployed.
3. Doctors study to become nurses for
employment abroad.
4. Students pay more money than they
will earn afterwards.
5. School is considered the second
home and the mall considered the
third.
6. Call-center employees earn more
money than teachers and nurses.
7. Everyone has his personal ghost
story and superstition.
8. Mountains like Makiling and Banahaw
are considered holy places.
9. Everything can be forged.
10. All kinds of animals are edible.
11. Starbucks coffee is more expensive
than gas.
12. Driving 4 kms can take as much as
four hours.
13. Flyovers bring you from the
freeway to the side streets.
14. Crossing the street involves
running for your dear life.
15. The personal computer is mainly
used for games and Friendster.
16. Where colonial mentality is
dishonestly denied!
17. Where 4 a.m. is not even
considered bedtime yet.
18. People can pay to defy the law.
19. Everything and everyone is spoofed.
20. Where even the poverty-stricken
get to wear Ralph Lauren and Tommy
Hilfiger (peke)!
21. The honking of car horns is a way
of life.
22. Being called a bum is never
offensive.
23. Floodwaters take up more than 90
percent of the streets during the
rainy season.
24. Where everyone has a relative
abroad who keeps them alive.
25. Where wearing your national colors
make you baduy.
26. Where even the poverty-stricken
have the latest cell phones.
(GSM-galing sa magnanakaw)
27. Where insurance does not work.
28. Where water can only be classified
as tap and dirty.
29. Clean water is for sale (35 pesos
per gallon).
30. Where the government makes the
people pray for miracles. (Amen to
that!)
31. Where University of the
Philippines where all the weird people
go.

32. Ateneo is where all the nerds go.
33. La Salle is where all the Chinese
go.
34.. College of Saint Benilde is where
all the stupid Chinese go and;
35. University of Asia and the Pacific
is where all the irrelevantly
rich people go.
36. Fast food is a diet meal.
37. Traffic signs are merely
suggestions, not regulations.
38. Where being mugged is normal and
It happens to everyone.
39. Rodents are normal house pets.
40. The definition of traffic is
the 'non-movement' of vehicles.
41. Where the fighter planes of the
1940s are used for military
engagements and;
42. The new fighter planes are
displayed in museums.
43. Where cigarettes and alcohol are a
necessity, and where the
lottery is a commodity.
44. Where soap operas tell the
realities of life and where the news
provides the drama.
45. Where actors make the rules and
where politicians provide the
entertainment.
46. People can get away with stealing
trillions of pesos but not a
thousand.
47. Where being an hour late is still
considered punctual (Grabe
talaga 'to!)
48. Where the squatters have more to
complain (even if they do not pay
their tax)
- than those employed and have their
tax automatically deducted from
their salaries.
49. And where everyone wants to leave
the country!