Thursday, May 21, 2009

My Thoughts on Tsip Chao

While I was in the hospital getting ready for surgery, I watched the news with my mother. One night, we encountered this much hyped news about a Hong Kong based Chinese journalist named Tsip Chao who supposedly talked trash about Filipinos, calling us a “nation of servants,” incorrectly translated in the news as “bayan ng mga alipin” (alipin = “slave”).

Yeah, even I would say that was mean. But I wasn’t angry ‘coz it’s true, but it seems my people seem to be going on a rage about it for the same reason. The politician who was most passionate about it (I forgot his name) kept saying, “I want to see him come to Manila. Let’s see how he likes it.” I was like, “Dude, that’s like the stupidest thing ever!”

What pisses me off most about it was that my people, especially the OFWs were so mad that they threatened to boycott Hong Kong, as if to show “let’s see how you’ll do without us!” People, Hong Kong would survive pretty well without Filipinos. It’s us who need them to employ us.

Fortunately, I’m not the only one who thinks about the issue this way. Yesterday, on my way to an appointment with my surgeon, the radio was tuned in to DZMM, in which Korina Sanchez was speaking at the time. She was saying, “Are we angry because it’s rude, or are we angry because it’s true?” Apparently, she’s feeling the same way I do.

Open your eyes, people. There is such a thing as constructive criticism. If somebody says something mean about you, maybe you should look at yourself first before lashing out.

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