Making It Fun in the Philippines

It's a sad fact but many Filipinos are very balat-sibuyas or onion-skinned . This means that the person is too sensitive to criticisms, disagreements and insults. This may even result to throwing a temper tantrum in public, writing terrible comments, threatening the welfare of the other person or even using physical acts of violence against people. What may have been aggravated the fight any further because somebody is pretty much onion-skinned. That can also happen  while calling the kettle black . Let's discuss how having a balat-sibuyas attitude is actually a source of useless daily conflicts.

This pervert Bum Aquino knows how to fool the masses! Since today is April Fool's Day, I have thought of mentioning the sad fact that indeed, it's really April Fool's everyday in the Philippines. Sad to say, some people do not even see that the 1987 Constitution needs to be updated and revised to make a better Philippines. They think it's already okay, never mind that sometimes, you need to make changes if it is for the better. So why is the Philippines having all its problems of bad governance? If you love ignorance and incompetence because you just want to feel good, then you must avoid anything that feels bad. In short, it's all about having a misguided notion of happiness which is all about just having an obsession with happiness, not realizing that all sunshine and no rain makes a desert. That also explains why poverty is indeed sky high in the Philippines which I may choose to blame the people more than the government. Since people choose to listen only t...