November 13, 2009
Seen yesterday in Trinoma a pretty girl wearing a Rusty Lopez T-shirt with the message : "The Filipino is worth shopping for. ".Really , really made me smile ... For those not in the know, this is a take on the famous line from Ninoy Aquino, the harbinger of the EDSA revolution - "The Filipino is worth dying for." Talk about Filipino humour ...
Though I feel a little unease. I hope this does not mean that the Filipino is a country of impulsive shoppers and wayward consumers. On the other hand, this would mean that the retail industry is active, hopefully , the manufacturing sector as well. I suppose, as long as what the Filipinos are buying are not, for the most part, the cheap or inexpensive imports thanks to globalization.
How about balancing this with "The Filipino is worth saving and investing for" ?
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