Shiny, happy people
The Geography of Bliss: One Grump’s Search for the Happiest Places in the World by Eric Weiner.
E nagpunta ba siya dito? Walang kwenta ang librong yan kung hindi siya napadpad sa Pilipinas! Masaya ang mga Pinoy. Walang rason, wala lang, masaya lang kami.
If the author had been Pinoy, his name would be Eric Langgonisa.
Remember that piece in The Economist, The Anthropology of Happiness? The one about Pinay maids in Hong Kong who by all rights should’ve been miserable, but were Happy.
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January 26th, 2008 at 09:37
Sa Pilipinas ka lang makakakita ng hanggang tenga ang ngiti habang naglalakad sa abot hitang baha pagkatapos yan ng isang matinding bagyo. Joy in tragedy? Or are we just masochists?
January 27th, 2008 at 00:18
Didn’t see that one, what piece from Economist about happy Pinoys??? Kailangan ko lang ng paalala na masayahin nga pala tayo…..