Of Filipinas and the Internet December 9, 2008

This is actuallly my second blog for today.; I just felt the need to express myself on certain issues which also affects me indirectly… like the issue of Filipinas and their trying to find fortune on and through the internet at the expense of shamelessly baring themselves in front of the webcam and showing off their immoral souls for all the world to see. I’m sorry to have sounded so bitter or too morally upright. I might have stepped on toes of concerned Filipinas for having written this but I’m past caring. I am a Filipina, proud to be one and one who has lived up to the moral standards of the true Filipina. Any degrading issue about Filipinas would indirectly affect me because I am a Filipina.

Throughout the world, it seems to me that the Filipinas have lowered their morales in their search for a better life, for a brighter future. Going abroad in order to find legitimate jobs is a good option. Many Filipinas have done this, single or married, to give their loved ones a taste of the good life. But to surf the net and spread legs in front of the webcam for all the world to see just to attract… or lure… possible interested applicants, is downright demoralizing not only for the Filipina concerned but also for all Filipinas… most especially Filipinas who have held on to morality despite the odds. It’s so frustrating to note that the “mahinhin, mayumi at malinis na Pilipina” has jumped out of the window and is replaced by the materialistic image whose eyed have shamelessly been blinded with the glitter of the dollar.

I, too, have known how it is to be poor. I have also known how it is to dream of a better life and how to strive to make that dream come true. I have dreamed of rising past the clutches of hunger, exploitation and illness but not even for once did I even think of baring my soul and have my body sold per kilo for all interested buyers to see. American male penpals? I also had them ten years ago, long before I was married. But not even for once did it ever occur to my mind to use anyone of those penfriends as a springboard for me to get instant wealth. Maybe I was just hopelesly romantic or downright foolishly idealistic but I don’t believe in the saying that money can buy love. Money can never ever buy true happiness.

I am no saint myself. I also have my own share of going beyond the margin of morality… but the internet, posing nude, exposing genitalia and all those craps for money… they make me sick! It’s hard for me to accept that Filipinas have now lowered themselves down to the level of the ass. All for the sake of money!

In the end, can money really substantiate everything?

WILL ALL THE DOLLARS EVER SUBSTANTIATE FOR THE LOST SELF RESPECT?