Fork in the Road

FORK IN THE ROAD

My blog title today is inspired by a well-known documentarist and famous blogger (whose posts I don't fail to read), Mr. Howie Severino of GMA News and Current Affairs.

Howie Severino's Sidetrip attempts to find relevance in the exotic and the commonplace, value the undervalued, and satisfy Howie's personal curiosity about all things that have anything to do with being Filipino.

One of his posts last January 08 is a personal invitation to watch Sine Totoo, featuring Raffy Tima's The Doctor Is Out Of Town- a documentary featuring Dr. Julius Cidro, a Barrio Doctor who endures the long and tedious boat ride to the community, lack of facilities and medical supply, low wages and uncomfortable lodgings at the municipal clinic – in order to serve the people.

Well, the blog, and of course the documentary, seeks to tell all of us that there still are Filipinos who choose not to go abroad, but stay and serve the country and the people.

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Parang bigla ko tuloy naalala yung political ad ng gma na "sa isa kong boto".It's a pity really that pinoys (professional if i must emphasize) should go to other lands because there goes the greener pastures that they couldn't find here in the Philippines.Nakakalungkot pero totoo.
#2 hector olympus on 2008-08-28 17:59 (Reply)

Hector, In our lives we come to a fork in the road -- do we go to greener pastures... or do we try to nourish and water the pasture where we were born so it one day turns green?
#2.1 howie on 2008-08-28 19:08 (Reply)

agree with you, howie.

the topmost important is to be where God has placed you to be.

I, for one, as an accountant, had been through that "fork in the road", because our country does not offer much opportunities in our field.

However, I never regret staying in the Philippines because I know deep in my heart that this is my place. God has placed me here and this is where He will bless me.

Kayong mga nasa media nawa ang syang patuloy na magmulat sa aming mga mamamayan sa mga kakulangan ng bansa na dapat nating pagtulung-tulungang diligan at alagaan para maging maunlad ang bayan.
#3 hector olympus on 2008-08-29 09:39 (Reply)
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Fork in the Road. Indeed it is a pity why most Filipinos should choose to leave and work in a foreign land in search for better opportunities which our country could not provide.

Yes, there are opportunities-however, the pay are always undervalued. Or maybe because our government is taking much percentage of taxes from our income?

There are those who commend OFWs and even call them "Mga Bagong Bayani" for their dollar remittances.

But there are some who condemn and accuse the OFWs of leaving the country, and being self-seeking, never thinking of giving service to our nation.

But the truth is seen by the naked eye. Scarcity of good opportunities in our nation compel us to be on the "FORK IN THE ROAD" and decide whether to stay in the Philippines, or to go to other country where the pastures are greener.

Can't blame the OFWs. And in reality, I salute them for taking the courage to leave the comfort of being in our own land. It is hard being in a foreign territory. But the most hard part is leaving your beloved family and abstain from seeing them from say, 1 or 2 years.

For us who choose to stay, I will leave Howie's response with emphasis on his last phrase:

"In our lives we come to a fork in the road -- do we go to greener pastures... or do we try to nourish and water the pasture where we were born so it one day turns green?"

The choice is ours.