2021年7月17日 星期六

[英文練習] One day If you wake up and become a Filipino. What are your "five natural advantages"?

I know that you might be dizzy just by your imagination. For example, you might want to go out every day in a traffic jam, or even "meet Duterte around the corner", what should you do? But please relax your mind and mood for a while. Every country has its advantages, disadvantages and characteristics, and in many cases we just use our own standards to measure others. 

1. Appearance: the facial features are deeper 
From a genetic point of view, if you were born in the Philippines and have comprehensive characteristics from Europe and Asia, your chances of becoming a handsome boy or beautiful girl will increase a little bit. Although it is only "a little bit" higher. But it can be guaranteed that the outline will definitely be clearer and deeper than the Asian on average. Height may not be too expectant (the average height of an adult male in the Philippines is about 163.5 cm and a female is 149.6 cm). Unless you have a genetic mutation or have a professional basketball player dad. But the advantage is that no matter how "not tall" you are, Filipinos always welcomes you to join them in basketball field. 

2. Character: Happiness index rises sharply. 
You don't know how to dig into small things anymore. Because the people around you are also like this. Everyone always has a sincere smile, enthusiasm and eagerness to help others. Your happiness index will rise quietly and quickly. Although life may be uncomfortable, you and your friends will always find opportunities to get together and laugh. Whether it is a drinking in the village together after get off work or a holiday. Sing karaoke in someone's home. Rather than running around for life, knowing how to get enough and enjoy a moment of happy time becomes your "superpower". You are likely to have the natural toughness to adapt, and you can always find a way to adapt to the various disadvantages in life. Even in the worst situation, you can face it with a smile. This trait has been confirmed in the World War II and under the rule of dictators. Filipinos are born survivors, and you are such a survivor now. 

3. Ability: English, sports, singing etc. 
You must speak English, even if you may speak not good. You still better than most of people in the world. And hardly you don’t need to study in particular. You are almost a natural "bilingual ability". Coupled with some Spanish and the local dialect of your hometown. This kind of multilingual ability will make many people envy you. Your athletic ability, especially in basketball, may be better than other Asians, and you may even have the opportunity to stand on the world stage. your national team will also make you very proud, because no matter how strong opponents you face. They will always behave aggressively. Not to mention the boxer Manny Pacquiao, he will let the world know how powerful energy of the Philippines is. You may be good at singing, at least you will have "a lot of opportunities to sing." Even if you have a bad tone, no one will say anything about you. But if you sing well, everyone will worship you like a god. 

4.Family: Everyone has a "rich overseas relative" 
You will own the closest family relationship in the world. You may be enthusiastic to any stranger, but you know that family is the most important relationship in life. And this "family" is usually not small, you can easily borrow your cousin’s school uniform. You can also often receive souvenirs from uncles and aunts who work overseas. If you are a child, you can expect your family to support you all the way to the age of 20 to 30. If you are parent, you can expect that when you’re old, children over 30 will come back to take care of you. Even if you are very wasteful and can't do anything well. There will usually be a "rich relative" in the family who often sends money or sends money back home from overseas. So you don’t need to worry about food and clothing. No one will laugh at you "mama’s boy" or " parasite single". Because the neighbor next to you may have someone similar to you. 

5.Society: the "natural pride" of the country 
Apart from dissatisfaction with politics, it’s rare to hear people complaining about the Philippines. Everyone seems to have a "native pride" for their country. So you’ll also subconsciously love your Filipino identity. The social atmosphere is generally very kind and helpful. You can easily borrow rice from your neighbors. He will also invite you to his birthday party. You will get a free meal. In fact, it’s not just a birthday, they also invite you to their wedding, Fiesta or any celebration. However, you always have to pay back in the future. You also need to invite them to your home for a free meal. You can borrow money from others as much as you want without being ashamed. If there is really no way, you can even not pay back the money. If you are lucky and was born in a rich family, then you can live very freely in the Philippines. Here money can not only make ghosts grind, it can push almost anything. The only thing that can stop you is the law of nature. The laws applicable to mankind will no longer bind you, and you can almost completely dominate. 

沒有留言:

張貼留言