In the Philippines, the best things in life are not free and very expensive: electricity that could power your laptop, put lights in the house, help you vacuum or iron your clothes, run your washing machine, etcetera. Moreover, electricity is used as a power tool to make you bow to the powers that be. Sick, very sick indeed.
The best product for our feet, the bakya has been obliterated. Now the most sought after are those havaianas slippers, birkenstock, and the Japanese-designed slippers.
Instead of developing the product, we have copped out.
Our best sunset at Manila Bay has been covered by that huge Ocean Park. Now the people just make do with a very small view of the sunset, and cannot even afford to enter that Park as the ticket is very expensive.
Our calesa is a nice ride around Luneta. But the trip is expensive, only foreign tourists can afford it. I cannot blame the caretela or calesa drivers. Food is expensive in MetroManila, for horses and humans alike.
The padyak bicycle with passenger seat is being pushed to the sides by tricycles. Yet it so much nicer to ride -- no noise, no pollution. The driver just pushes the pedal to move it. We should do something about that.
Our veggies are truly nutritious, but they are not being given proper and broader distribution channels. It is a good thing, our market vendors take the trouble of carrying them -- like camote tops and yellow ginger or luyang dilaw. These are really very nutritious.
More to come...
Saturday, October 20, 2012
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