Korean Invasion

Every now and then, I can't help but notice the increasing number of Korean population in our country. They had slowly penetrated our Filipino culture by bringing with them their unique and over kill fashion, their music and even their television drama series. It was like our country is the extension of South Korea wherein the Koreans are enjoying cheaper but joyful life.

I have nothing against Korean people but I can't help but felt a bit pissed-off because most of them are all over the country. Cebu for example is completely "koreanized" as I would like to call it. Everywhere you look you see group of Koreans chatting loudly as if they were mad at each other, sometimes little children crossing the street with their mothers in their kiddie shorty shorts. Also we would see different Korean restaurants around and even Korean convenience store! Their very own 7/11 is built up all over Cebu City. Of course their life wouldn't be very much Korea without their very own entertainment. Karaoke bars, big and small, were also starting to increase in number. As I observed, Koreans like Filipinos loves to bond over music and some drinks, hence the numerous karaoke bars. It doesn't end with this, most resorts in Cebu were also bombarded by...Koreans! Even to other beach resorts far far away from the city proper, such as in Madredejos, a small isolated island, five hours away from Mactan Cebu, were still occupied by Koreans. I don't even know how they know such places exist. I guess, business enterprises in Cebu targets Koreans as their very own customers, and that many Filipinos lives off more on these Koreans money.

What's the point of my ramblings then? I'm merely stating a fact on why our country, the Philippines, is a damaged culture. Skipping the explanation that the Philippines is colonized by many countries, I guess in this post modern world, one reason would be that the Philippines is actually tolerating it. The country completely embraces something that is foreign and that the government is desperate enough to consider these "Korean invasion" as a good investment of our country.

I may not stated my arguments strongly but this writing is simply an expression, my own opinion on the things that I see through my own eyes. I have nothing against Koreans but I believe that Filipinos must wake up and be aware of their surroundings. Look beyond our damaged culture and at least remember the true Filipinos of this country.