Proud To Be Filipino. Oh Really Now?

Oh yeah, it's always on the buzz recently, with all of the Manny Pacquiao, Charice and Arnel Pineda making all the headlines, you couldnt help but feel proud of yourself being FILIPINO.

And this just it, I'm so proud that I'm a Filipino after the "Philippine" Football team Azkals won against Sri Lanka for the elimination for the World Fifa Finals. (I think some of the information there are wrong, but thats not the point here.) My biggest congratulations to the team, and for the Philippines for having another achievement for the country.

But here's the thought, a lotta people are saying that they are proud to be Filipino in twitter. Nothing wrong with that, just some nationalistic pride kicking in, nothing wrong with that if you yourself are always proud of your own lineage. Of course people are only proud that they are Filipino when something good about the Philippines come in the headlines. But when you see anything that further deteriorates or destroys the image of the Philippines to the whole world, you'll find most of them saying that they'd be better off if they were in another country or just support the entire claim and wouldnt do anything to change the current state.

I know I'm not making any much sense right now, but I'd appreciate it more if you continue to be proud that you are a Filipino despite the towering garbage in the Smokey Mountains or the impoverished faces of our kababayans in the slums. And it would count more if you would be thinking of ways on how to put a solution to these problems.

Nationalism doesn't just end with you being proud of our achievements or the achievements of other Filipinos, but you also think of ways on how to alleviate the state of the country. And I think that has a deeper and profound sense of being rather than just joining the bandwagon of supporting those who are already popular but just make a name for the Philippines, but never make any solutions for change.

And if you are curious why I placed quotes on Philippines when referring to the team, its because the composition of the teams as well as their lineage are not entirely Pinoy, does Younghusband sound Manila-ish to you. Pero I think thats kinda irrelevant right now.


Pero, thats just food for thought.