Desperate Indays

"Listen, Susan, I know for a lot of women the word 'menopause' has negative connotations. You hear 'aging,' 'brittle bones,' 'loss of sexual desire,'" said the doctor who was cut midway from his explanation by an agitated Mayer. "OK, before we go any further, can I check these diplomas? Coz, I just want to make sure they’re not from some med school in the Philippines'" she said while searching for the doctor’s records. He apparently graduated from Harvard Medical School.

An American got the nerve to say that? How dare you? You Americans cant even speak gramatically correct English ,your national language, the global language!. Now tell me, who's the dumbest, a smart alien in your country or you who's very liberated that even your own language can't be communicated correctly?

Whose the real inday?

The Inday phenomena in the SMS is a very popular past time of Filipinos today. it was just like the Ederlyn mania where her story begins when she invited people in her party and the reader's first reaction is "huh? who the hell are you?" This fiction character became very popular for Filipino texters. She was the laughingstock of the town. But then, her stardome declines like some other fiction personalities, pugad baboy, darna, cinderella.

And then, Inday came out from nowhere. The English-speaking, smart, talented, sophisticated Nanny who makes high-end foods as pabaon for her alaga. She became a nurse, a professor, engineer, doctor, accountant. The big fact is She's just a Nanny. And the even bigger fact is, Nannies must not just be nannies forever. They must not be limited of greater opportunities. But the biggest fact is that, most nanny's mentality is that they'll be forever Nanny. Now, back to Inday. What made her popular was her intelligence. What made her the weakest was just the mere fact that she is just a house-keeper, a Nanny, a yaya.

CONNEXION

Yes, Filipinos has got the trust of the world, their skills, their talents, their professions, they credibility. And yes, inspite this fact, we are still seen as one of the lowest race in the world. I dont know why, is it because of our Overseas filipino who works as house-keeper or because of our history? Inday, is this the new epitome of Filipino workers? With great character but of low value? I'll not be surprised if after 10, 20 , 30 years from now on. Inday is the new Juan dela Cruz. The new symbol for Filipinos. When will we wake up in his sad fact? When will be that time, where Filipinos rule the world?

For me, I'm positive of the saying that "bilog and mundo". That one of these days, these Americans will be the one serving us. One of these days, I will see an american beggar, roaming around like a hungry dog. One of these days, these Americans will be the one migrating to the Philippines. And one of these days, Sharon Cuneta says in her tv series "OK, before we go any further, can I check these diplomas? Coz, I just want to make sure they’re not from some med school in US of fucking A!"