podcasts don't change the world.

anyone who thinks he can change the world simply by pointing out flaws and expecting everyone to come to an epiphany and get on their feet is deluded.

one does not change the world by picking out the weeds and stomping on the ground.

one cannot change the world without changing a country, a community, a person first. and this does not happen over angry podcasts that tread on a country's identity.

adam carolla was right in saying that manny pacquiao should not be allowed to lead merely on the basis of his fame and his fortune. i believe that he is in his right place in this lifetime: inside the boxing ring. all his charitable deeds are just that: charity. it does not show an exceptional ability to lead, to govern, to breathe life into this dying country. he cannot buy a first-world ranking for this country. he cannot sustain whatever is left of the life of this country on charitable donations. his fame cannot feed the hungry, shelter the homeless or heal the sick. his hands were made for sport, not to build a country.

true, he unites the filipino people. he is a symbol of hope. we've become so used to losing and being tread upon that he became our silver lining. but we are not all stupid, contrary to what most of the world thinks. we are not all contented with slavery and passivity. we are kind but not tolerating. we are understanding but not naive. we are small but we are strong.

manny pacquiao is not everything to the filipino people. he is simply a source of pride, a ray of hope, a symbol of strength. he is not this country's knight in shining armor. we are our own saviors.

so don't look down on us. we may be a third world country, but we can survive in places and times you can't even dare imagine. on the day when we finally rise up to your level, we will not push you to the ground, we will just rise even higher.

delicious ambiguity.