Coconuter Blog

July 8, 2006 by reyna11
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David

Check this one out! http://coconuter.blogspot.com/

Here’s a guy, very handsome, smart and intelligent, obviously well-off in Texas, and he’s out there in the Philippines living as a nomad, in search of life. Isn’t this something?

Almost every Filipino wants to get out of the Philippines. It is a small and densely populated nation where more than 85 million drowning people are clawing at each other for a gasp of air. They want to run away from their diseased third-world country, plagued by starvation, crime, low wages, political corruption, poor economic growth, and terrorist attacks, just to mention a few. They all yearn to go abroad, usually because of the desire to live in a more civilized nation where life is relatively safer, is more comfortable, is more financially secure, has modern medicine and technology, has a higher quality of education, etc. Well, I had this and more. And then I sacrificed it all. I have let go of the comforts and financial ease of living in the US, a full scholarship to an Ivy League US college, and essentially the whole American Dream in order to become a modern nomad in the Philippines. I, a half Filipino half American raised in the US, now will be facing life in a turmoil-infested third world country, and I am doing so willingly. Furthermore, as this trip is a leap of independence and an emphasis of self-sufficiency, I am going there without any family or external support and without any extra money or belongings except what I feel are necessities for survival. What led to this? I kind of know, but it’s hard to explain completely. My instinct tells me my birthplace, the Philippines, is my “safe haven” although in reality going there may prove to be my undoing. I am clouded by visions of “striking gold” in a country where everyone tells me nothing glitters. I am trying to find what it is I am meant to do in life, and even though everyone tells me I am wrong, my heart still tells me that my purpose lies within the Philippines.

I spent hours reading his blog and I thought, OMIGOSH! I certainly could relate! In the same way as he was searching for some meaning of whatever it is that brought us here, I did my part of all the 7 months of my stay in Manila. Not as nomad though. But in search of business success. Success which I wanted to have and to share with good friends and relatives. Reality sets in. I had very few “good” friends there and I have very few “good” relatives either. A lot of plastic people, fake people. As it turned out, there ain’t no success for me there, rather a lot of broken relationships, disgusted feelings towards one another and a near bankcruptcy me. But, I believe that’s not the meaning of my life. It was a lesson that I am still dissecting at the moment.

Which now brings me back to this good-looking young man. I admire him. I have a lot of respect for what he is doing right now. And I agree with him. Could he be having a mid-life crisis at a very tender age? Maybe not. I’m sure, he knows exactly what he wants - maybe not sure of what he’s looking for.

And so young man, I may not have any $$$ to donate to you because my relathieves pounded me to the bones, the littlelest that I can do to you is to broadcast your adventure in this site and hopefully my readers would take notice.

I adore you!

I wish you all the best!

Be careful with all the people that you meet. Especially if your tagalog has the american twang - you suddenly will have a lot of best friends and uncles, aunties, cousins and what have you.

And please… learn the language and I am sure you will.

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6 Comments on Coconuter Blog

masterbetong on Sun, 9th Jul 2006 4:34 am

ei,

naaliw naman ako doon sa comment mo, OK lang yung request mo, add din kita sa links ko.

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pinay on Mon, 10th Jul 2006 5:27 am

well, this articles sounded like we filipinos are waiting for white people to feed us. i think this is not true because i have friends married to white people but still had to break their necks and even their backs for them to live!

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pinay on Mon, 10th Jul 2006 5:30 am

and we always try to be nice to white people no matter how they always think of negative thoughts like w are trying to be nice to them because of their dollars! well, i would advice my country men not to help any foreigner when they nedd help and let’s see if their dollars can save their life, lifting them from a place when they meet accidents or something like that.

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pinay on Mon, 10th Jul 2006 5:30 am

and to the man who think that he should be careful, be really careful.

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Reyna Elena on Mon, 10th Jul 2006 10:58 am

tita pinay….

ang puso! ang puso! sobrang galit mo yata sa mga puti! he he he

ano ba’t ganyan ang galit mo tita? half puti at half pinoy yang si coconuter. yaan mo sya. hinahanap nya yong meaning at purpose nang life nya. ewan, siguro nag mimidlife crisis tong batang to. kahit ako nag midlife crisis na rin ako. tong batang to, masyadong maaga.

teka…

ikaw ha? baka ikaw naman dyan ang nag mi midlife crisis?

he he he

chika lang ha?

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Coconuter on Thu, 20th Jul 2006 5:29 am

Hi Reyna Elena,

I just wanted to thank you for backing me up and supporting what I am doing. At marunong din poh ako mag tagalog. Sana nga poh mahanap ko o mahanap ako ng aking purpose dito sa Pilipinas. Keep in touch!

Maraming salamat ulit,
Coconuter

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