The Philippines, home to 90 million filipinos in 7,107 islands. Where Jose Rizal and Andress Bonifacio sacrificed their lives, where Ninoy fought the dictator, where an actor can become the president and where ZTN deal was the talk of the town.

A year ago I was reading a blog by Jim Paredes, it was about living in another territory to start a new life. I was fascinated by it but somehow had sentiments of my own as to why he should give up on his own country or maybe as to why Filipinos leave the country to the point of no return.

I’ve been working here in Singapore for almost two years and just now that I clearly understand why. While Jim Paredes is not really giving up, I’m like 95%.

Political bickering, endless corruptions, merciless murders, daylight robberies, bombing, militants and rebels. Name it… It happens on a daily basis. I’m not discouraging any tourist, investors or so. It’s just a SAD reality. Should you blame President or would you point to the person who doesn’t understand "Bawal Tumawid Nakakamatay"?

Just a day before my GF returns to Singapore, she went on to relax and watch a movie. Bag and a Laptop with her. With a blink of an eye it’s gone. My God even in a movie house?! Who would have thought, the bastard paid P120 movie and in return he got goodies worth tens of thousands. Some of you might even say or ask as to why she didn’t attend to her things. For crying out loud where else should we feel secure? Why do these guys even exist? You came home to visit your family, to visit your friends, to have some peace of mind and this is what you’ll be getting? Well, they were called ROBinsons for nothing…

Yes, this may be an isolated case and yes I maybe just too disappointed. Hmm but 1,000 isolated case like this all at the same time, several isolated cases? And all you can hear is "Naku ma’am wala na yun!" coming from a security guard that didn’t even looked into the situation.

Is it like every man for himself now in the Philippines? No wonder Filipinos here in Singapore doesn’t want go back. I was laughing my ass off before to those OFW’s who comes back because of their paranoia… Turns out it’s true! Better to be paranoid at all.

There’s still that 5% of chance. Please work it out. We want to feel safe in our own country. Lastly, I don’t wanna brand my country as Hopeless Philippines.