tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-479598702218925789.post4921951250363341797..comments2022-11-28T08:52:38.323+11:00Comments on It's simple, really™: Chicken-and-egg: the challenge of weaning Filipinos off OFW remittancesbenign0http://www.blogger.com/profile/08022916216097762181noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-479598702218925789.post-63035824112776837722011-01-28T04:04:59.130+11:002011-01-28T04:04:59.130+11:00the problem with the people here is that they have...the problem with the people here is that they have their priorities mixed up. The usual progression with OFW money<br /><br />-expensive consumer electronics <br />-cars<br />-marbled house<br />-tiangge/jeep/tricycle<br /><br />in a way the whole thing is well planned. a car to impress the natives, a big house full of electronic wizardry to spite the neighbors and the tiangge/jeep/tricycle i suppose is the contingency plan. if all goes kaput.<br /><br />if all goes well. it will also serve as the OFW retiree's "distraction" while waiting for the paychecks of his OFW children.manzihttp://manzi.blog.friendster.com/noreply@blogger.com