Ok. Houston, we got a problem.
What’s the problem?
FILIPINO TIME.
If you’re a foreigner, you have no idea what that means! Hahaha! And if you have travelled to the Philippines already and have experienced Filipino Time, I’m sure you’ve cussed all the gods in the river by what you have just experienced. Hahaha! You see, in my turd world kawntri called the Flippines, Filipino time is… ahh.. well… it’s like this.. it’s a state of mind.
A what?!
It means, we don’t really think of the time as the time. It’s the art of coming up with an alibi why we’re so ludicrously afflicted with tardiness. We are sooo late we even called Philippine Air Lines as Philippines Always Late. Look! Every single nation around us are already rich! We’re still in the conundrums!
When we say, 7:00am sharp, we mean, right around 9:00am or 10:00am. Bwahaha!
Don’t blame me. You have to blame the entire population because this is the general attitude – in the Philippines.
Did you read me? In the Philippines. Why? Because we Filipinos in America do not adhere to this stupid Filipino Time. In fact, we are always way ahead of schedule here. Bee!
Yeah people, in the Flippines, everybody is always late. No exception. Wag na kayong umalma. Oo, Silver, pati ikaw! Nyahaha! Charing. I know, bukang liwayway pa lang, nasa Greenbelt ka na.
But why in the world are Filipinos in the Philippines always late anyway?
Honestly? I have got not a slightest fkin clue.
But get this, the House of Representatives passed House Bill 6905 that seeks to cure “Filipino time” or tardiness habit by synchronizing the standard time nationwide.
Synchronizing?! Why?! How many time zones do we have in the Philippines?!
“By synchronizing the official watches and clocks in the entire archipelago, all Filipinos can sing the national anthem at the same time,” said Valenzuela City Rep. Magtanggol Gunigundo, the principal author of the bill. (Source: GMA News)
No kidding?! They can actually cure Filipino Time by this?
Should the measure become law, all national and local government offices shall display the PST on their official time devices, including bundy clocks. They will base their time on that provided by the Philippine Atmospheric Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration (Pagasa) using its network time protocol. (Source: GMA News)
Display?!
So, to cure the problem, you synchronize the time and you display the time.
I say, the Filipino Time is a culture thing. This bill is a waste and will just be another major flop.
How do you cure Filipino Time? Severe penalties to change Filipinos mindset.
Subukan lang naten kung merong pang ma-late.
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Theory ng Filipino teacher ko nung High School; namana naten to sa mga Spaniards. Kasi nung panahon ng Kastila, nasanay ang mga Pinoy na nag-aantay. Pag may gathering, piyesta, etc., inaantay ang mga Obispo, Gobernador, Mayor, Hermana, Santa, etc. etc. bago simulan ang lahat. Kaya ayun nung pinalaya na tayo, ok na lang sa aten ang nag-aantayan at naging part na na culture naten.
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reynz Reply:
December 22nd, 2009 at 4:26 am
tumpak! ganun den ang story nung titser ko hahaha at namulat na tayo that importante kang tao kung pinag-iintay mo ang mga tao. in fact, pag me party at NAUNA ka, parang “nakakahiya” hahaha, so actually kami nuun, gawain namen, aali-aligid lang, wasting time nyahaha
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Bwahahahahah! Honestly, I have no patience for waiting lalo na sa Official Events. Hindi lang naman PInoy. Ganyan din mga locals dito. Yes, it’s a culture thing pero naman huwag sayangin oras ng ibang tao. Mahal per ora ko
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reynz Reply:
December 22nd, 2009 at 4:27 am
hahaha i hear that from so many friends who work in the area hehehe, i doubt kung mabago pa naten ang kulturang yan hehe
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nina Reply:
December 22nd, 2009 at 5:58 am
pero trulili, inis na inis ako sa ganyan. yong usapan, 2pm pero darating 4 pm na. Tapos hindi pa tumawag kung mala-late. Haller, courtesy naman. Ako rin naman may sakit na tardiness but not when I am meeting people.
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reynz Reply:
December 22nd, 2009 at 6:43 am
pag sa pinas ka talaga, if you’re not careful, madadala ka nang ugali dun. of course, sa tagal ko sa amerika, i always adhere sa time. eh ganito dito eh. so when i go home, ganun din ako and i do tell people na kausap ko. in fact, on time ako nun sa greenbelt hahaha as in talagang 1.5 hours ata ang allowance ko dahil sa trapik. but yeah, yun ang kainis ang walang abiso kung male-late.
there was only one time na nabulyawan ako ni malen – we were supposed to meet at 7pm sa eastwood, nakatulog ako hehehe! nag-tatalak ang asawa ko hahaha
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nina Reply:
December 22nd, 2009 at 1:47 pm
eto pa ang kapatid ng tardiness, pag may meeting, walang duration! Kaloka. Nasanay na kasi ako na kung one hour, one hour lang. Eh sa pinas, yong one hour nagiging 3 hours na walang kinapuntahan ‘coz at the end of the day walang resolution na napag-agreehan. Hahahahaha Ang di ko maintindihan bakit yong mga Pinoy dito pag Pinoy ang mga ka-meeting (lalo sa Pinoy org), bumabalik yong Filipino time. Pero pag puti naman ang ka-meeting nasa oras!
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reynz Reply:
December 22nd, 2009 at 6:09 pm
Ow?! Depende na yan sa mga Pinoy. Dapat nyan dagukan hehehe!
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iyan ang ginagawa ng matatalinong mambubutas….ang aksayahin ang panahon nila sa pag pasa ng mga bills na ganito! sayang talaga ang ibinabayad ng mamamayan sa kanila!
nasa system na yan ng isang tao! at depende rin sa ginagalawan nyang paligid!
so, kung gusto ng mga mambubutas na ito na sumunod sa tamang oras ang mga Pilipino, mag simulamg ipakita ng nakakataas na opisyal! at sa lahat ng klase ng ahensya! hindi na kailangang gumawa ng mga bill-bill dyan! anak ng teteng oo!
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reynz Reply:
December 22nd, 2009 at 4:28 am
inferness, mas medyo mataas nag isang pitik to sa mga batas na papalitan ang pangalan nang streets nyaaha, before you know it, nangawala wala ka na hehe o kaya naman, gawing holidays ang holiday. at pag tambak na, ilipat ang holiday sa ibang holiday nyahaha
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sinong tongressman ang nagpass ng bill na ito? kabobohan talaga! nako po, sarap sampalin. hehe
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reynz Reply:
December 22nd, 2009 at 4:29 am
uncle ata to ni Malen – authored principally by Rep. Magtanggol Gunigundo I (2nd District, Valenzuela City) BWAHAHA!
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hay nako pasko sa inyo
heres my solvetion to the problema:
1) retardiness (my own word bwahaha) = don’t have Filipino friends
and/But if you have a Filofriend make sure the ratio between your other non-filo friends is 1 to 4. this means dat if the aforementioned (deep hahah) Filofriend is late the adir tres are on time then you can start lunch or coffee and when you are done you all can go while the Filofriend is rushing to catch up ie: not finishing her/his coffee etc.
2) if you are in the Philippines, well as they say when in Rome….
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reynz Reply:
December 22nd, 2009 at 7:28 pm
ngak hahaha! oo nga naman and this is true kamo talaga, mapipilitang makisama ang Pinoy at mapapahiya with the rest. actually, that is the reason why most Pinoys in America are always way ahead of time hehehe alam kasi nila na pag puti kausap nila bulyaw aabutin oras na lumagpas nang 1 second late hahaha
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krismas party namin dito, ang call time 10 am. nagdatingan ang mga imbitadho alas dose na, takang taka si kengkoy, bakit daw late na dumating. sabi ko sa kanya, nalimutan mo na ba? filipino time nga e, hehehe. paminsan minsan na sho shock pa rin sya.
anyway, ako wala akong filipino time. kapag sinabi mong alas gis, darating ako. yun nga lang, magdadala ako ng pocketbook o kaya ng papel at bolpen para may magawa ako habang nagiintay. sempre ngayon, lafftoff na di ba, hehe
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reynz Reply:
December 23rd, 2009 at 1:29 am
hahaha napapasubo ba si kengkoy sa manila? hehehe! culture shock! wawa naman ang bff mo hehe
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naku, marami pang version yan..
ako, ayoko din ng filipino time. pero yung mga tao na kasama ko sa lakad, sadyang matagal sila mag ayos ng sarili, ok na rin sakin. ./
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reynz Reply:
December 23rd, 2009 at 1:30 am
it only takes one to start. pag nadala mo barkada mo, sunod sunod na yan. walang House Bill na makakalutas sa nakakainis na culture na to unles heavy penalties ang katapat hehe
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dati marami ganyan sa kakilala ko pero patiuna ko sinasabi na 15 min. pinakamatagal ko maari ipaghintay. eh ung iba sa takdang oras pa lang magsisimula mag-ayos eh alam mo naman mga babae(pwera ako) grabeh.
so un pag lumampas ng 15 min. lalayas talaga ako at masayang na dapat masayang pero kung kailangan ako magisa kumilos gagawin ko.
naranasan ko na maglakad ng solo sa madaling araw na nataon pa winter pero kinaya ko dahil sa inis. katwiran ko kasi nde maalis kaartehan ng ibang tao kung palagi pagbibigyan.
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Kasi kahit malate wala namang mawawala. Di naman maiiwan or wala namang Penalty. Pag aalis ako ng 5:00, aalis ako ng tamang oras, ang maiwan, iwan na yan. Pero minsan nalalate din ako, pero I make sure na yun nga, walang mawawala sa akin, walang penalty at hindi ako iiwan. hehehe.
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