{"id":13457,"date":"2022-11-15T08:00:49","date_gmt":"2022-11-15T08:00:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/m2comms.com\/?p=13457"},"modified":"2024-03-12T07:26:59","modified_gmt":"2024-03-12T07:26:59","slug":"living-life-in-hard-mode-a-k-a-the-philippines","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/m2comms.com\/2022\/11\/15\/living-life-in-hard-mode-a-k-a-the-philippines\/","title":{"rendered":"Living Life in Hard Mode a.k.a. The Philippines"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"13457\" class=\"elementor elementor-13457\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-051aa9d e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"051aa9d\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-core-v316-plus=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6199531 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"6199531\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! elementor - v3.20.0 - 13-03-2024 *\/\n.elementor-heading-title{padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title[class*=elementor-size-]>a{color:inherit;font-size:inherit;line-height:inherit}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-small{font-size:15px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-medium{font-size:19px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-large{font-size:29px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-xl{font-size:39px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-xxl{font-size:59px}<\/style><p class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">By: Renzo Guevara<\/p>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-aa3c2c0 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"aa3c2c0\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\" data-core-v316-plus=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7b6a41d elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"7b6a41d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! 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elementor - v3.20.0 - 13-03-2024 *\/\n.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-stacked .elementor-drop-cap{background-color:#69727d;color:#fff}.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-framed .elementor-drop-cap{color:#69727d;border:3px solid;background-color:transparent}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap{margin-top:8px}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap-letter{width:1em;height:1em}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap{float:left;text-align:center;line-height:1;font-size:50px}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap-letter{display:inline-block}<\/style>\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-size: 24px;\"><!-- wp:paragraph --><\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"styles_container__2HrV1\">\n<div class=\"styles_wrapper__2m9rN\">\n<div class=\"ant-typography styles_subHeading__1pW5i styles_quote__heading__ztJRq\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: 24px;\"><b>I\u2019ve been in this country all my life. I used to think it was the greatest place on earth. Tropical islands, huge variety of food and spices, colorful culture, and Jollibee. What more could a kid want? I grew up and I soon realized what that is.\u00a0<\/b><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 24px;\"><!-- \/wp:paragraph --><\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b0db2f3 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"b0db2f3\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-size: 24px;\"><!-- wp:paragraph --><\/span><\/p>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<div data-block=\"true\" data-editor=\"75v3m\" data-offset-key=\"el9gg-0-0\">\n<div data-block=\"true\" data-editor=\"75v3m\" data-offset-key=\"el9gg-0-0\">\n<div style=\"text-align: left;\" data-offset-key=\"el9gg-0-0\">\n<div data-block=\"true\" data-editor=\"6j1en\" data-offset-key=\"eavfq-0-0\">\n<div data-offset-key=\"eavfq-0-0\">\n<div data-block=\"true\" data-editor=\"6j1en\" data-offset-key=\"eavfq-0-0\">\n<div data-offset-key=\"eavfq-0-0\">\n<div style=\"white-space: pre-wrap; text-align: center !important; font-size: 14px; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, Inter, &quot;Segoe UI&quot;, Roboto, Oxygen, Ubuntu, Cantarell, &quot;Fira Sans&quot;, &quot;Droid Sans&quot;, &quot;Helvetica Neue&quot;, sans-serif; color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.85);\" data-block=\"true\" data-editor=\"6vjit\" data-offset-key=\"54ek1-0-0\"><div style=\"text-align: start;\" data-block=\"true\" data-editor=\"28jph\" data-offset-key=\"dnon4-0-0\"><h2 style=\"margin: 1em 0px; position: relative; direction: ltr; text-align: inherit;\"><span style=\"font-size: 24px; font-family: Georgia; font-weight: bold;\" data-offset-key=\"dnon4-0-0\">Help.<\/span><\/h2><\/div><div style=\"text-align: start;\" data-block=\"true\" data-editor=\"28jph\" data-offset-key=\"37bfo-0-0\"><div style=\"margin: 1em 0px; position: relative; direction: ltr; text-align: inherit;\" data-offset-key=\"37bfo-0-0\"><span style=\"font-size: 18px; font-family: Poppins;\" data-offset-key=\"37bfo-0-0\">The Philippines is a very complicated place to love. On one hand, it\u2019s a country that has great people, good values, and multiple opportunities. On the other hand, it has horrible people, questionable values, and a severe lack of opportunities. <\/span><\/div><\/div><div style=\"text-align: start;\" data-block=\"true\" data-editor=\"28jph\" data-offset-key=\"14va9-0-0\"><div style=\"margin: 1em 0px; position: relative; direction: ltr; text-align: inherit;\" data-offset-key=\"14va9-0-0\"><span style=\"font-size: 18px; font-family: Poppins;\" data-offset-key=\"14va9-0-0\">It\u2019s a win-lose situation here.<\/span><\/div><\/div><div style=\"text-align: start;\" data-block=\"true\" data-editor=\"28jph\" data-offset-key=\"idhg-0-0\"><div style=\"margin: 1em 0px; position: relative; direction: ltr; text-align: inherit;\" data-offset-key=\"idhg-0-0\"><span style=\"font-size: 18px; font-family: Poppins;\" data-offset-key=\"idhg-0-0\">You know it&#8217;s bad when seeing good news on the timeline is more surprising than seeing the bad nowadays. I wake up, see that the pandemic response is <\/span><span style=\"position: relative;\"><a style=\"color: #1890ff; cursor: pointer; outline: none; transition-property: color; touch-action: manipulation;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bloomberg.com\/news\/articles\/2021-09-29\/why-the-philippines-just-became-the-worst-place-to-be-in-covid\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-size: 18px; font-family: Poppins;\" data-offset-key=\"idhg-1-0\">(heavily) flawed<\/span><\/a><\/span><span style=\"font-size: 18px; font-family: Poppins;\" data-offset-key=\"idhg-2-0\">, I feel angry or sad about it the rest of the day, then I go back to sleep and repeat. <\/span><\/div><\/div><div style=\"text-align: start;\" data-block=\"true\" data-editor=\"28jph\" data-offset-key=\"27tb2-0-0\"><div style=\"margin: 1em 0px; position: relative; direction: ltr; text-align: inherit;\" data-offset-key=\"27tb2-0-0\"><span style=\"font-size: 18px; font-family: Poppins;\" data-offset-key=\"27tb2-0-0\">If we\u2019re not busy <\/span><span style=\"position: relative;\"><a style=\"color: #1890ff; cursor: pointer; outline: none; transition-property: color; touch-action: manipulation;\" href=\"https:\/\/asia.nikkei.com\/Politics\/International-relations\/South-China-Sea\/Philippines-and-China-intensify-war-of-words-over-South-China-Sea\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-size: 18px; font-family: Poppins;\" data-offset-key=\"27tb2-1-0\">fighting other countries<\/span><\/a><\/span><span style=\"font-size: 18px; font-family: Poppins;\" data-offset-key=\"27tb2-2-0\">, we\u2019re going at it with <\/span><span style=\"position: relative;\"><a style=\"color: #1890ff; cursor: pointer; outline: none; transition-property: color; touch-action: manipulation;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.rappler.com\/newsbreak\/in-depth\/duterte-year-4-netizens-reaction\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-size: 18px; font-family: Poppins;\" data-offset-key=\"27tb2-3-0\">each other<\/span><\/a><\/span><span style=\"font-size: 18px; font-family: Poppins;\" data-offset-key=\"27tb2-4-0\">. Neither benefits anyone. If there\u2019s one good thing I can say about Filipinos, it&#8217;s that they\u2019re really headstrong about their values. Religious, political, conservative, liberal, or just any other opinion. They will take it to their grave if they have to. And yes, that is also a bad thing. <\/span><\/div><\/div><div style=\"text-align: start;\" data-block=\"true\" data-editor=\"28jph\" data-offset-key=\"e8dib-0-0\"><div style=\"margin: 1em 0px; position: relative; direction: ltr; text-align: inherit;\" data-offset-key=\"e8dib-0-0\"><span style=\"font-size: 18px; font-family: Poppins;\" data-offset-key=\"e8dib-0-0\">The pandemic hit the whole world hard but not as hard as <\/span><span style=\"position: relative;\"><a style=\"color: #1890ff; cursor: pointer; outline: none; transition-property: color; touch-action: manipulation;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bworldonline.com\/philippines-worst-in-covid-19-pandemic-response\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-size: 18px; font-family: Poppins;\" data-offset-key=\"e8dib-1-0\">we have it back here<\/span><\/a><\/span><span style=\"font-size: 18px; font-family: Poppins;\" data-offset-key=\"e8dib-2-0\">. When we were ranked as one of the worst places to be in amidst COVID-19, I wasn\u2019t even surprised. If anything, I\u2019m more shocked that the rest of the world didn\u2019t realize it sooner. <\/span><\/div><\/div><div style=\"text-align: start;\" data-block=\"true\" data-editor=\"28jph\" data-offset-key=\"30q7d-0-0\"><h2 style=\"margin: 1em 0px; position: relative; direction: ltr; text-align: inherit;\"><span style=\"font-size: 24px; font-family: Georgia; font-weight: bold;\" data-offset-key=\"30q7d-0-0\">More than just the pandemic.<\/span><\/h2><\/div><div style=\"text-align: start;\" data-block=\"true\" data-editor=\"28jph\" data-offset-key=\"aehqs-0-0\"><div style=\"margin: 1em 0px; position: relative; direction: ltr; text-align: inherit;\" data-offset-key=\"aehqs-0-0\"><span style=\"color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-size: 18px; font-family: Poppins;\" data-offset-key=\"aehqs-0-0\">I can go on forever about the <\/span><span style=\"position: relative;\"><a style=\"color: #1890ff; cursor: pointer; outline: none; transition-property: color; touch-action: manipulation;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.amnesty.org\/en\/latest\/press-release\/2021\/04\/philippines-faces-health-human-rights-crisis-covid\/\" target=\"_self\"><span style=\"color: #1155cc; background-color: transparent; font-size: 18px; font-family: Poppins;\" data-offset-key=\"aehqs-1-0\">Covid response<\/span><\/a><\/span><span style=\"color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-size: 18px; font-family: Poppins;\" data-offset-key=\"aehqs-2-0\"> in the Philippines but that\u2019s a narrative that everyone knows too well already. You think 2020 was the start of the bad?<\/span><\/div><\/div><div style=\"text-align: start;\" data-block=\"true\" data-editor=\"28jph\" data-offset-key=\"ug4b-0-0\"><div style=\"margin: 1em 0px; position: relative; direction: ltr; text-align: inherit;\" data-offset-key=\"ug4b-0-0\"><span style=\"color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-size: 18px; font-family: Poppins;\" data-offset-key=\"ug4b-0-0\">We\u2019ve been on the struggle bus for so long. <\/span><\/div><\/div><div style=\"text-align: start;\" data-block=\"true\" data-editor=\"28jph\" data-offset-key=\"fste6-0-0\"><div style=\"margin: 1em 0px; position: relative; direction: ltr; text-align: inherit;\" data-offset-key=\"fste6-0-0\"><span style=\"color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-size: 18px; font-family: Poppins;\" data-offset-key=\"fste6-0-0\">Where do I even start? <\/span><span style=\"position: relative;\"><a style=\"color: #1890ff; cursor: pointer; outline: none; transition-property: color; touch-action: manipulation;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.vice.com\/en\/article\/n7vy3m\/why-internet-speeds-philippines-slow-laws\" target=\"_self\"><span style=\"color: #1155cc; background-color: transparent; font-size: 18px; font-family: Poppins;\" data-offset-key=\"fste6-1-0\">WiFi sucks<\/span><\/a><\/span><span style=\"color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-family: Poppins;\" data-offset-key=\"fste6-2-0\">,<\/span><span style=\"color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-size: 18px; font-family: Poppins;\" data-offset-key=\"fste6-2-1\"> cities are <\/span><span style=\"position: relative;\"><a style=\"color: #1890ff; cursor: pointer; outline: none; transition-property: color; touch-action: manipulation;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.prb.org\/resources\/rapid-population-growth-crowded-cities-present-challenges-in-the-philippines\/\" target=\"_self\"><span style=\"color: #1155cc; background-color: transparent; font-size: 18px; font-family: Poppins;\" data-offset-key=\"fste6-3-0\">overcrowded<\/span><\/a><\/span><span style=\"color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-size: 18px; font-family: Poppins;\" data-offset-key=\"fste6-4-0\">, trying to survive <\/span><span style=\"position: relative;\"><a style=\"color: #1890ff; cursor: pointer; outline: none; transition-property: color; touch-action: manipulation;\" href=\"https:\/\/cnnphilippines.com\/news\/2020\/1\/30\/Manila-second-worst-traffic-congestion-report.html\" target=\"_self\"><span style=\"color: #1155cc; background-color: transparent; font-size: 18px; font-family: Poppins;\" data-offset-key=\"fste6-5-0\">the traffic <\/span><\/a><\/span><span style=\"color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-size: 18px; font-family: Poppins;\" data-offset-key=\"fste6-6-0\">before someone in your car celebrates their birthday for the second time in one sitting is impossible. Half the time, we don\u2019t even know <\/span><span style=\"position: relative;\"><a style=\"color: #1890ff; cursor: pointer; outline: none; transition-property: color; touch-action: manipulation;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/opinions\/2021\/6\/6\/dutertes-many-pandemic-failures\" target=\"_self\"><span style=\"color: #1155cc; background-color: transparent; font-size: 18px; font-family: Poppins;\" data-offset-key=\"fste6-7-0\">what the government is doing<\/span><\/a><\/span><span style=\"color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-size: 18px; font-family: Poppins;\" data-offset-key=\"fste6-8-0\">.<\/span><\/div><\/div><div style=\"text-align: start;\" data-block=\"true\" data-editor=\"28jph\" data-offset-key=\"5s4jn-0-0\"><div style=\"margin: 1em 0px; position: relative; direction: ltr; text-align: inherit;\" data-offset-key=\"5s4jn-0-0\"><span style=\"color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-size: 18px; font-family: Poppins;\" data-offset-key=\"5s4jn-0-0\">It\u2019s just tiring to have to live through it all every single day. Pick a struggle at least, not throw it all out one after the other.<\/span><\/div><\/div><div style=\"text-align: start;\" data-block=\"true\" data-editor=\"28jph\" data-offset-key=\"6n5mt-0-0\"><h2 style=\"margin: 1em 0px; position: relative; direction: ltr; text-align: inherit;\"><span style=\"font-size: 24px; font-family: Georgia; font-weight: bold;\" data-offset-key=\"6n5mt-0-0\">It\u2019s more \u201cfun\u201d in the Philippines.<\/span><\/h2><\/div><div style=\"text-align: start;\" data-block=\"true\" data-editor=\"28jph\" data-offset-key=\"daveh-0-0\"><div style=\"margin: 1em 0px; position: relative; direction: ltr; text-align: inherit;\" data-offset-key=\"daveh-0-0\"><span style=\"color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-size: 18px; font-family: Poppins;\" data-offset-key=\"daveh-0-0\">Even though I can go on forever about the problems the country has, it would be wrong for me to say that there\u2019s no redeeming factor to it. In fact, there\u2019s <\/span><span style=\"position: relative;\"><a style=\"color: #1890ff; cursor: pointer; outline: none; transition-property: color; touch-action: manipulation;\" href=\"https:\/\/guidetothephilippines.ph\/articles\/ultimate-guides\/why-travel-the-philippines\" target=\"_self\"><span style=\"color: #1155cc; background-color: transparent; font-size: 18px; font-family: Poppins;\" data-offset-key=\"daveh-1-0\">a lot<\/span><\/a><\/span><span style=\"color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-size: 18px; font-family: Poppins;\" data-offset-key=\"daveh-2-0\">.<\/span><\/div><\/div><div style=\"text-align: start;\" data-block=\"true\" data-editor=\"28jph\" data-offset-key=\"3r81h-0-0\"><div style=\"margin: 1em 0px; position: relative; direction: ltr; text-align: inherit;\" data-offset-key=\"3r81h-0-0\"><span style=\"color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-size: 18px; font-family: Poppins;\" data-offset-key=\"3r81h-0-0\">Sometimes, they just cancel each other out.<\/span><\/div><\/div><div style=\"text-align: start;\" data-block=\"true\" data-editor=\"28jph\" data-offset-key=\"96lbo-0-0\"><div style=\"margin: 1em 0px; position: relative; direction: ltr; text-align: inherit;\" data-offset-key=\"96lbo-0-0\"><span style=\"color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-size: 18px; font-family: Poppins;\" data-offset-key=\"96lbo-0-0\">Filipinos know <\/span><span style=\"position: relative;\"><a style=\"color: #1890ff; cursor: pointer; outline: none; transition-property: color; touch-action: manipulation;\" href=\"https:\/\/theculturetrip.com\/asia\/philippines\/articles\/11-reasons-why-youll-fall-in-love-with-filipino-people\/\" target=\"_self\"><span style=\"color: #1155cc; background-color: transparent; font-size: 18px; font-family: Poppins;\" data-offset-key=\"96lbo-1-0\">how to have fun<\/span><\/a><\/span><span style=\"color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-size: 18px; font-family: Poppins;\" data-offset-key=\"96lbo-2-0\">. Festivals, gatherings, hospitality, humor, sense of unity, plus, the country has some <\/span><span style=\"position: relative;\"><a style=\"color: #1890ff; cursor: pointer; outline: none; transition-property: color; touch-action: manipulation;\" href=\"https:\/\/theculturetrip.com\/asia\/philippines\/articles\/11-places-in-the-philippines-all-locals-are-proud-of\/\" target=\"_self\"><span style=\"color: #1155cc; background-color: transparent; font-size: 18px; font-family: Poppins;\" data-offset-key=\"96lbo-3-0\">beautiful scenery<\/span><\/a><\/span><span style=\"color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-size: 18px; font-family: Poppins;\" data-offset-key=\"96lbo-4-0\">. These are all just a fraction of what can be experienced here. <\/span><\/div><\/div><div style=\"text-align: start;\" data-block=\"true\" data-editor=\"28jph\" data-offset-key=\"aq6sk-0-0\"><div style=\"margin: 1em 0px; position: relative; direction: ltr; text-align: inherit;\" data-offset-key=\"aq6sk-0-0\"><span style=\"color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-size: 18px; font-family: Poppins;\" data-offset-key=\"aq6sk-0-0\">Even though <\/span><span style=\"position: relative;\"><a style=\"color: #1890ff; cursor: pointer; outline: none; transition-property: color; touch-action: manipulation;\" href=\"https:\/\/opinion.inquirer.net\/132791\/so-what-if-i-dont-want-to-be-a-filipino-anymore\" target=\"_self\"><span style=\"color: #1155cc; background-color: transparent; font-size: 18px; font-family: Poppins;\" data-offset-key=\"aq6sk-1-0\">leaving the country behind<\/span><\/a><\/span><span style=\"color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-size: 18px; font-family: Poppins;\" data-offset-key=\"aq6sk-2-0\"> is becoming more and more attractive each day that passes, I can\u2019t fully say I hate it. Maybe it\u2019s because it\u2019s the place I\u2019ve known all my life, or maybe I just like a little challenge. 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