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Originally Posted by TeddyBender
I actively read your blog and you constantly put Filipinos down. You treat them like bumbling idiots. Maybe you should learn Tagalog and people will understand your broken English more!
I don't put Filipinos down, ever. That's a very unfair and inaccurate accusation. In my blog, I make fun of stupid and lazy people. If you read my dumb blog before I moved to Manila, you would see dozens of posts where I'm "putting Australians down".
Making generalisations about races makes you racist. I will never do this. Some of the smartest people I've met in my life are Filipino. Some of the best live poker players I've ever played against are young Filipino pros - they crush me when we play. I have met Filipinos here so insanely intelligent and competent (probably the most brilliant medical specialist I've ever come into contact with is this amazing Filipino eye surgeon who saved my eyes in Rockwell), in some ways it's a shame they're earning only 1/10th what they would earn in Australia or the US (a large part of the 'brain-drain' problem 3rd world countries experience).
I tried to learn Tagalog but I was too stupid / lazy. It's a pretty hard language imo.
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In response to Paul B's question, you can legally buy condos (apartments, units) if you are a foreigner. Someone recently told me that either the law was changed regarding foreigners being able to buy actual physical land or that the law was about to be changed, but I'm not 100% on this (just hearsay).
Last edited by yoyo; 08-20-2008 at 04:18 PM.