I have a friend who is questioning about how many of those people in the Philippines who always find time to go on vacation >  holidays and can travel anywhere they want to. It is an inquiry on how they can afford such thing? How they can travel around the country and feel like winners of  sweepstakes or lottery. Because here in Canada and even in the United States people here no matter how rich they are they cannot afford to travel just like what other people in Philippines so they thought what's the story wishbone? Well she is just asking with much curiosity.

If I'll be in the Philippines would I be able to travel like these people do? Probably I can go on vacation or tour only because of  reunion with relatives and friends who live in the province and whose house are close to the beautiful spots such as the beach or close to where the famous volcano is. If you live in metro Manila it takes probably three to five hours to commute to the nearest beach in Cavite and or Batangas City. To travel in Visayan region and Mindanao would be an hour or two hours flight via PAL or Philippine Airlines domestic flight. But then of course all these travel requires financial or monetary aid. Everything requires money in all things wonderful. In all things beautiful money is required. Just like here in Canada. Every move you make requires payment. You just go to Victoria or Vancouver requires to fill up full tank  gasoline for your van, your car or whatever vehicle you have  to travel to those destination. Some people in Philippines may visit places too many of them in one spot and yet pay only for the cottage maybe and they are paying in group. ..maybe paid in KKB (Kanya Kanyang Bayad). Then they have to hire a driver and a big bus or car pool . They have so much time unlike here in Canada when and where  everyone is always busy. Work, school, no time for leisure time cuz even vacation time is set up for work. I think too many children and teens missed time not able to see the whole country of Canada. They cannot even see the whole British Columbia. I am  fortunate to be able to see the whole British Columbia up to Alaska and boundary of Alberta, California and Seattle.

It's good for those Filipinos able to have holidays and vacation where they can post online what Philippines is and what you can see with your own eyes through those pictures, the photographs of the scenery which can help the tourism industry in that country. Good for them that they can afford luxury through visiting their own provinces within that country. Maybe they are rich. Who knows eh? According to a columnist: Filipinos are poor pretending to be rich or rich pretending to be poor! Which one is true?

Ah, there is nothing important here in Canada other than SPORTS! The view is not much of important to them. SPORTS that matters is what's keeping them alive! They have beautiful homes, beautiful cars , vans, pick-up truck and yes their HOMES are the best things in life where they can just relax at home in front of their TV watching sports. Relax by using state of the art computer and other luxuries. People have their own views of HOME and their kind of home is simply not outside but inside.

But how long can you stay inside the house? How long can you stay and live just being alone and with nobody to talk to? Home is not a home and a house is not a home when nobody talks. When everyone thinks that the house is actually a place just to watch TV, eat 3 meals a day, sleep when its bedtime and wake up the next morning because that's what people do. Waking up when it's over! Really life here in Canada and or America the countries you adore and envied are really soooooooooooooooooooo F boring! Those who are born here don't know the difference. Nothing to be compared with because they never been to other countries. That's what it is. It's the same kind of story when I was in the Philippines and I haven't seen Hongkong yet. I first thought HK is just another province old and not so modern unlike Makati area. I was culture shock of its modernized city, the tall buildings, skyscrapers, the big department stores, the metropolis ultra modern  metro railway transit, the cable cars, the Ocean park the amusement park with the roller coaster. The concrete jungle. The easy access to transportation and the civilized transportation facility and its people who value the peace and order. It was a clean city. Peaceful and orderly. It was like that during the Martial Law. Everything is in order. That's the kind of life. That's what it should be in a modern society with nothing to fear. There's a curfew you cannot galavant and roam around unprotected. Anyway, when I left HK and returned home to Philippines, Makati area is the next plan or civility and order of the new era of another HK in the making. As of now Makati area is a greenbelt ultra modern cosmopolitan can already be compared to HK and Singapore when it comes to urbanized civilization offering the convenience of modern life.

What can we expect here in Canada? You really have to travel further to big city, to Vancouver main downtown area, to Toronto, Montreal, Victoria and Ottawa to find out for yourself what big main cities have to offer otherwise you wont see here at my place what you expect in HK or Makati. You really have to love the forest and huge body of water to appreciate where I live. Ya I know I'll be a hermit soon.