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The Art of Jeepney Riding
1. What have you think about the view of the author?
I think the author just want to share his experience in riding a jeepney and at the same time how Filipino characteristics are depicts or show in jeepney riding. The author connects how the people acts when riding a jeepney and how they act in real life. One of what he mentions is about how Filipinos are opportunistic because they cover more space than they should. Mostly what he wrote was about the negative side of Filipino, like how we are just settling for less when in fact if we want we can have more than that. It also mention about our political issue and how we are just accepting the fact that the “isip-agila” which is the politicians are just treating/looking at us like their prey but we are doing nothing about it. The author is saying that the poverty that our country was experiencing was definitely our fault because of the thought that instead of expanding our resources we settled for limited resources and tend to overexploit it. We need to enlarge our resources and not just settled for less. But somehow I like what he said about the Filipinos being patience and having a good humor.
2. Do you agree with them? Why or why not?
Yes, I agree with the author because I am also aware of what was happening in our society and I can see that all the things that he was saying are real. We Filipinos are very practical, like what he said about the parts of the chicken being barbeque in which only the feather was being thrown and all other parts are cooked. It shows how we are trying everything to raise our living yet obviously nothing is changing. We should go further than just exploiting our little resources, we should think big, aim for larger opportunities and not just being contented about what we already have.
3. Can you relate to them?
Yes I can. I think most of us can relate to this because I believe that almost all Filipinos are riding a jeepney or have experience
1. What have you think about the view of the author?
I think the author just want to share his experience in riding a jeepney and at the same time how Filipino characteristics are depicts or show in jeepney riding. The author connects how the people acts when riding a jeepney and how they act in real life. One of what he mentions is about how Filipinos are opportunistic because they cover more space than they should. Mostly what he wrote was about the negative side of Filipino, like how we are just settling for less when in fact if we want we can have more than that. It also mention about our political issue and how we are just accepting the fact that the “isip-agila” which is the politicians are just treating/looking at us like their prey but we are doing nothing about it. The author is saying that the poverty that our country was experiencing was definitely our fault because of the thought that instead of expanding our resources we settled for limited resources and tend to overexploit it. We need to enlarge our resources and not just settled for less. But somehow I like what he said about the Filipinos being patience and having a good humor.
2. Do you agree with them? Why or why not?
Yes, I agree with the author because I am also aware of what was happening in our society and I can see that all the things that he was saying are real. We Filipinos are very practical, like what he said about the parts of the chicken being barbeque in which only the feather was being thrown and all other parts are cooked. It shows how we are trying everything to raise our living yet obviously nothing is changing. We should go further than just exploiting our little resources, we should think big, aim for larger opportunities and not just being contented about what we already have.
3. Can you relate to them?
Yes I can. I think most of us can relate to this because I believe that almost all Filipinos are riding a jeepney or have experience