profoundly foresaken

The Philippines is indeed foresaken, but she is beautiful.

I pity what has come to be of my country, but I love this place, but I can't do anything, or won't.

Why?

I'm not really sure, but I also ask, why is the Philippines neglected?  We actually live in paradise if we think about it.  We have all sorts of tropical fruits, the weather is acceptable, and the nature is damn serene.  Ken of F4 went to Batanes and opted to buy a land, which is actually next to impossible, unless local citizens there stretch their rules a little.  When I went to Batanes, I said I would marry an Ivatan in order for me to buy a land there.  They said that they only sell their lands to Ivatans.  The reason: they don't want their beauty to be destroyed by human beings, the ultimate destruction earth faces.  Indeed, Batanes is the most beautiful place I've been to in the Philippines, but so are other provinces.  In Donsol, Sorsogon, I was able to swim with and touch a whale shark.  Amazing creatures.  In Palawan, I was able to eat lunch with Komodo Dragons walking around your feet.  In Bohol, I was able to eat on a floating boat across a majestic river.  In Cebu, I managed to dive with Nemo.  Even in Batangas, I was welcomed by a school of Jack; hundreds of Jacks swimming around me when I was just floating. 

Isn't it funny, we live in absolute paradise yet when it comes down to it, our ultimate goal is to leave this country?  When hundreds of foreigners come here and create resorts because for them, this place is magical?

In a previous entry I mentioned wanting to live in Tuscany, I still do.  It is because Tuscany reminds me of Batanes and in Tuscany, the probability of me having a house there is better than the probability of me having a house in Batanes.  In Tuscany, I must have money, in Batanes, I must be Ivatan.