Proud To Be Pinoy!
Most of us know that our candidate won the recent Ms. International 2005 but what was most memorable about this event and which is worth sharing to the whole world was the way she answered a sarcastic and a seemingly negative question about the Filipinos. I just do hope that everyone of us Filipinos have this kind of attitude.
Here it goes:
"Mabuhay! Representing the democratic and freedom loving people of the pearl of the orient, I am PRECIOUS LARA QUIGAMAN, from the beautiful country of THE PHILIPPINES"
The Question:
"what do you say to the people of the world who have typecasted Filipinos as nannies?"
The Answer:
"I take no offense on being typecasted as a nanny. But i do take offense that the educated people of the world have somehow denigrated the true sense and meaning of what a nanny is. Let me tell you what she is. She is someone who gives more than she takes. She is someone you trust to look after the very people most precious to you - your child, the elderly, yourself. She is the one who has made a living out of caring and loving other people. So to those who have typecasted us as nannies, thank you. It is a testament to the loving and caring culture of the Filipino people; and for that, I am forever proud and grateful of my roots and culture."
Mabuhay ang Filipino!
posted by Hezel @ 10:14 PM
