Where are you going?

This year is tagged as the "exodus" year as a lof of things have happened since the first quarter.

Two of my friends are leaving, 1 for the US and the other for Australia. I'm so happy that they're finally getting theirs.
I hate to say this, but it seems that whenever I congratulate people who have finally got their immigrant visas, other people make a lot of side comments such as "it's better here", etc. I have only one thing to say to them:

"RESPECT" fools!

I guess it's another of those defense mechanisms triggering.. just because someone's family owns a business here, they never thought of or dreamed of migrating. Why should other people follow their suit? They didn't own a business like them. So I think it's but natural for them (my friends who are leaving) to do what they are doing - because the system here wasn't working for them, instead it was screwing them bad. (I didn't mean you wouldn't be screwed if you went elsewhere, but you would rather be screwed by foreigners than your own countrymen).

My only wish for them - is that they never stop being industrious. Our being hardworking is a mealticket to quality living, wherever we are in the world.

By the end of this year, two more of my friends are looking forward to going out - one to Dubai and the other to Canada. We'll talk about that in another story.

I look outside the window of the cafe from where I was drafting this.. I see so many "beautiful" people, tell them that you want to migrate, and you'll probably learn why they like to stay in Manila. Not everyone was dealt the same hand - so they're just playing theirs the best way they possibly can.