The War at Home
By Chip Tsao
The Russians sank a Hong Kong freighter last month, killing the seven Chinese seamen onboard. We can live with that-—Lenin and Stalin were once the ideological mentors of all Chinese people. The Japanese planted a flag on Diàoyú Island . That's no big problem-—we Hong Kong Chinese love Japanese cartoons, Hello Kitty, and shopping in Shinjuku, let alone our round-the-clock obsession with karaoke.
But hold on-—even the Filipinos? Manila has just claimed sovereignty over the scattered rocks in the South China Sea called the Spratly Islands, complete with a blatant threat from its congress to send gunboats to the South China Sea to defend the islands from China if necessary. This is beyond reproach. The reason: There are more than 130,000 Filipina maids working as US$3,580-a-month cheap labor in Hong Kong . As a nation of servants, you don't flex your muscles at your master, from whom you earn most of your bread and butter.
As a pat riotic Chinese man, the news has made my blood boil. I summoned Louisa, my domestic assistant who holds a degree in international politics from the University of Manila , hung a map on the wall, and gave her a harsh lecture. I sternly warned her that if she wants her wages increased next year, she had better tell everyone of her com pat riots in Statue Square on Sunday that the entirety of the Spratly Islands belongs to China .
Grimly, I told her that if war breaks out between the Philippines and China, I would have to end her employment and send her straight home, because I would not risk the crime of treason for sponsoring an enemy of the state by paying her to wash my toilet and clean my windows 16 hours a day. With that money, she would pay taxes to her Government, and they would fund a navy to invade our motherland and deeply hurt my feelings.
Oh yes. The Government of the Philippines would certainly be wrong if they think we Chinese are prepared to swallow their insult and sit back and lose a Falkland Islands War in the Far East . They may have Barack Obama and the hawkish American military behind them, but we have a hostage in each of our homes in the Mid-Levels or higher. Some of my friends told me they have already declared a state of emergency at home. Their maids have been made to shout ' China , Madam/Sir' loudly whenever they hear the word "Spratly". They say the indoctrination is working as wonderfully as when we used to shout, "Long live Chairman Mao!" at the sight of a portrait of our Great Leader during the Cultural Revolution. I’m not sure if that's going a bit too far, at least for the time being.
Hey Cheap! Don't you know that you are one of the reasons why the Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome came out? And that you are also one of the reasons why tainted milk caused a lot of problems all over the world? And yes, you are one of the reasons why toy products nowadays are carefully scrutinized by would-be buyers and naturally, when they see the "MADE IN CHINA" label, they veer away fro the product because it stinks like you and it contains mega proportions of inhumane chemicals only like you would care to inhale?
And yes in my home country, The Pearl of the Orient, THE PHILIPPINES, almost all of the drug dealers and smugglers are illegal aliens with Chinese passports? Did you know that?
And yes le' me tell you these:
- Filipinos all over the world are well-liked by their employers for a gazzilion of reasons? We Filipinos are diligent, intelligent and highly spiritual creatures!
- We were the first nation in Asia to achieve feats in almost all areas of human civilization before your mother country realized there's a civilization outside of your borders.
- You've got the balls to give a lecture to your Filipina servant? Now think long and hard when you drink that stinking coffee or tea of yours in the morning... Laced with what? Careful now asshole!
- Let's say we truly are a nation of servants... What's wrong with that? The world will be a sad place indeed without the Filipinos.
Imagine this people, the world's only superpower, United States of America, has Flipinos in their Main Office, The White House. The Middle East was built, civilized and modernized because of Filipino engineers, architects and everyone in between.
Ahhh, Hong Kong! Be careful when walking the streets of HK... Just be very careful!
And please, don't ever think you'll be able to visit El Nido beach, Boracay and other world famous beaches only the Philippines can give... BECAUSE YOU ARE DAMN BARRED FROM ENTERING MY HOME COUNTRY!
Chip Tsao = FUCK YOU!
kiko, ang puso mo! tama naman sya eh, pumayag kasi tayong maging muchacha ng dahil lang sa pera. e kita mo, mga college graduates yung iba dyan, yung iba teacher pa, pero kinain ang pride dahil sa PERA.
ReplyDeletesiguro naman naiintindihan mo na ako kung bakit ayaw kong manikluhod sa school na inaaplayan ko para maging coach, di baleng hirap sa buhay, wag lang para akong muchacho dahil sa pera, dahil sa sweldo.
alam mo naman story ng buhay ko, walang natapos, walang pera, pero nakapasok sa meralco. sipag lang at tiyaga, makakaraos din, di ba naturuan ko rin ang mga anak ko para maging scholar, buti na lang hindi natuloy maging muchacha ang misis ko nung araw.
maraming pumayag maging muchacha, e ganyan talaga ang magiging kapalaran natin, aapihin, lilibakin. sana yung mga anak ng mga DH na yan e nag-aral ng mabuti para naman hindi masayang ang sakripisyo ng magulang nila. e paano mag-aaral ng mabuti yung iba kung wala ang magulang na gagabay? sana napanood mo ang ANAK ni vilma santos. sana yung mga naiiwan dito e alalayan ang mga batang iniwan ng kanilang ina o ama. para sa susunod na generasyon, hindi na katulong o DH, mga nurse naman at teacher, o kung anuman na hindi na DH ang aaplayan natin.