Return-On-Investment
For the heck of it, I got to watch this noon-time variety show on my way to work (yeah yeah Sunday pare, and I'm fuckin' working! *yuck*) The show for this day was a "special" because they were airing live from Nagoya, Japan.Most of the gameshow contestants were Filipinos (mostly people who have migrated there or on contract). It's funny that whenever they were asked the question "what would you do if you won [ insert amount of money here ] ?" Their answer would usually be to go back home to Manila.
[ I find it sometimes weird. Why bother going back when you can bring your family to Japan instead? ]
Well, as the case with most people who lived in Manila for the best part of their younger years, living in Japan (Nagoya / Tokyo / Osaka / wherever) sounds like a good idea. And then the people who have worked and aged there are saying that they want to go back home.
[ it's just like the saint said - "that's the way it is" ]
I mean, when do you finally say that you've made enough of the time you've invested? (working in a foreign country i mean?) When your feet are straight already? In that case, I don't pity the lazy. Rather, I pity the middle class in manila because they are ones deserving of pay commensurate to costs of living.
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Anyway, going back to Japan. In mainichi shimbun, there was this quote from a guy working in Akihabara. He said that relationships are too difficult and you get more return-on-investment when you spend it on computers. I wasn't so proud about what this guy said. My suspicions were correct. Apparently, Japan's rigid system has turned most of the populace into mindless robots. Because of this, kids nowadays think that marriage is a crap shot, and the sex industry over there flourishes. [ Not being hypocrital saying that sex is wrong; it's a matter of respect of perspective ]. Yeah, given this idea, I'd rather just work there for a while or visit, but not migrate. Nihon no bunka wa daisuki desu ga, ryoko suru dake ga hoshii.. (I am a fan of Japanese culture, but I'd only want to go there for vacation)
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I watched a movie "Wasabi" last night.
I liked Ryoko Hirosue's line -
"I want wallpaper in my room-that of a nuclear explosion. With people dancing all around to techno."
posted by Urban Warrior @ 9:58 AM
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