helo, people!

did you hear the news, the Filipino people are the 6th happiest people in the world!

I remembered once, there once was an e-mail message that is criticizing Filipino people beiong miserables having so many poor people amongst us.

Then someone made a reply and it was also chain-mailed to everyone. He said that it's not true that tej Filipino people are miserable people. They don't have money but event he street children are always smiling and laughing together.

Even poor people are being happy.

Unlike the grumpy rich people of some countries.

Imagine the suicide rate in Japan, the country is economically well off, but the people are suffering sadness just to keep the economy going.

We are happy, I'm happy ... Guess that's what's more important!!! 2

[quote=Chinese DesertFox,Feb 24 2005, 04:28 AM]


ok u stinkies wait we,ll teach u there,s no such a thing as one china inner mongolia tibet taiwan must be happy what can make them happy Only independence can do it.once again there,s no one china stinkies


[quote=Onebrutaltruth,Feb 23 2005, 10:14 PM][quote=Yuje,Feb 24 2005, 02:29 AM][quote=Onebrutaltruth,Feb 23 2005, 02:40 PM]U DUMB U KNOW NOTHING ABOUT THE HISTORY ALL THAT U SAID IS JUST A BULL $hit .INNER MONGOLIAN PEOPLE SUFFERIN BECAUSE OF COMUNIST GOVERMENT THEY KILLED A LOT OF INNOCENT(INNER) MONGOLIAN PEOPLE
THEY WANT TO UNITE WITH THE OUTER MONGOLIAN,THEY NEVER WANTED TO BE PART OF COMUNIST CHINA.THEY,RE SUFFERIN THEY WANT TO REUNITE
ONCE BEIJING WAS JUST A SMALL STINKIN VILLAGE.MONGOLS HAVE CONQUERED CHINA AND MADE THAT AS A BIG CITY.
INNER MONGOLIAN PEOPLE ARE SUFFERIN UNDER COMUNIST CHINA
WHERE,S THE HUMAN RIGHT



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If people in Inner Mongolia are suffering, why aren't we seeing tons and tons of refugees fleeing north? Why does Inner Mongolia have more people? Why didn't Inner Mongolia ever declare independence? Are you just going to answer me with bigger fonts and more exclamation marks?



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I THINK CHINA WILL SOON FALL APART L;IKE DOG,S $hit AND BY THE WAY
ALL U STINKIES LISTEN UP ONCE AGAIN U DUMB ASSES KNOW NOTHING ALL U CAN DO IS ONLY BUBBLIN ALL TOGETHER IN YOUR fu-kIN LANGUAGE
IF INNER MONGOLIA WANT TO SEPERATE FROM CHINA,(THEY STILL WANT IT)WHAT U THINK UNDER THE COMUNIST REGIME IT,S FOR NOW IMPOSSIBLE
BUT IN THE FUTURE WHO KNOWS .
INNER MONGOLIAN PPL LIVE IN THEIR HOMELAND
WHAT FOR GOIN TO ANOTHER COUNTRY OR SOMEWHERE ELSE U DUMB THEY,RE LIVIN IN THEIR COUNTRY AND IN THEIR LAND.ONLY CHINESE MUST LEAVE INNER MONGOLIA.I KNOW ONE THING FOR SURE THAT DUMB CHINESE GOVERMENT HAVE KILLED A LOT OF INNOCENT INNER MONGOLIAN PPL FOR THAT,THAT THEY WANT TO BE SEPERATED.MANY PEOPLE HAVE BEEN SUFFERED OF IT.AND THOSE WITNESSES ARE STILL ALIVE SOME OF THEM LIVIN IN AMERYCA OR EUROPE AND IN MY COUNTRY TOO(GERMANY).THAT,S WHY I KNOW THE FACT
DU ARSCH WEISS NICHTS
INNER MONGOLIAN PEOPLE MUST BE HAPPY WHAT CAN HELP TO MAKE THEM HAPPY ?INDEPENDENCE ONLY CAN DO IT .



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i wonder how could China will fall apart...right now most people live in those areas are chinese......HAN CHINESE>.

MANY COUNTRIES LIKE AMERYCA JAPAN BRITAIN GERMANY FRANCE KOREA
CANADA EVEN RUSSIA WANTS (GEOPOLITICALLY) SEPERATED POOR SMASHED CHINA
EVERYBODY IN THIS WORLD WANTS AND THINKIN THAT CHINA MUST BE FALL INTO A BANCH OF PIECES (LIKE DOGS $hit)
IT DOESNT DEPEND ON WHAT CHINA WANTS AND TO BE
IT DEPENDS ON US!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
IF AMERYCA WANTS AND WE WANT IT CHINA MUST GO AND FOLLOW THE WAY THAT WE,RE SHOWIN U OK STINKIES
WHAT GOOD WILL CHINA DO? TOO MANY UN-USEFUL PEOPLE AND THROW ONE NUCLEAR BOMB THAT,S ALL THERE,S NO CHINA ANYMORE

DONT FORGET IT DEPENDS ON US
U STINKIES WAIT FOR THAT SOON WE WILL TEACH U

wth are u talking about? what about inner mongolia?

I'm just saying that it's good that even if life is hard people in my country are finding ways to be happy. That happiness doesn't rely on material things.

It's just good that people can be happy about the simple things in life.

you see, there are many blessings to ocunt its just dat most peopel ignore the beautiful things in life.

All righty then, it must be because the Philippines is a tropical island, lol.

we're happy because we Filipinos are so-to-the-max optimistic about life. we don't complain that much. i can only imagine Americans and other foreign nationals in our shoes and what they'd probably do with their life... hehe

on the other hand, us Filipinos although at the brink of economic falldown plus 400 years of colonization and endless criticisms from other developed and even developing nations, still manage to survive and even conquer the world's most powerful nation with our Filipino-cultured teachers, nurses, engineers, scientists, construction workers and even soldiers. The world's greatest and modern buildings may have been planned and engineered by engineers from MIT but it was built by the hands of Filipino construction workers. in short, we are contented with what we have. we aim high but we accept who we are... which can be advantageous for us in the situation we are in.

we're the best!....

We live life to the fullest...



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WHAT!!!?? you guys aren't the first?? flips a the greatest to be around, y'all are so funny and full of energy!!

you mean you smoke weed to the fullest 2 2

money can't buy happiness that's true. when i tell people the filipinos are just culturally like that, they don't understand it.

also i'm no catholic, but there was a catholic mass in tfc and the sermon was about happiness and how filipinos despite their economic disability compare to singapore, had a much lower rate of suicide and have a freer society. he relates this to freer society in terms of having no "child" policies and more lenient laws, that don't stress people out.

Do you mean El Shaddai? I don't think thats Catholic, or at least not sanctioned by the Catholic Church.

i know el shaddai (I'm from Manila for crying out loud and I went to a real Catholic school) and it was not. It was a small Catholic mass that was broadcasted in the Phil. Channel/TFC like December time. (Sunday morning)

You mean... smoking weeds make you happy??? Bad bad 2 2

Related article from : Philippine Star

Filipinos among happiest people’

The Philippine Star 02/24/2005

The trademark Philippine smile has weathered back-to-back calamities, immense external debt, poverty, lack of jobs, credit downgrades and other onslaughts, yet it continues to shine through.

Problems notwithstanding, Filipinos have been rated as among the happiest people in the world — and they are considered the happiest Asians to boot.

This conclusion was based on a study conducted among the peoples of 50 countries by the World Values Survey. The results are contained in a media statement issued by Malacañang yesterday.

In the survey, Filipinos placed sixth among the happiest nations, with Filipinos saying they are "very happy about their lifestyles."

Venezuelans came out the happiest, with a rating of 55 percent, followed by Nigerians with 45 percent, the Irish and Icelanders with 42 percent each and the Dutch with 40 percent.

Filipinos posted a 40 percent happiness rating in the survey, followed by Australians, Americans and natives of Turkey with 39 percent each and the Swiss with 38 percent.

Of the 50 countries surveyed, the Philippines is the only Asian country among the top 10 happiest nations.

According to Malacañang’s statement, "the survey appears to confirm the old adage that money can’t buy happiness." The statement also pointed out that "many of the wealthy countries failed to make it to the top 10."

The World Values Survey researchers also described the desire for material goods as "a happiness suppressant."

"They say happiness levels have remained virtually the same in industrialized countries since World War II, although incomes in those countries have risen considerably," the Palace said.

The exception to this observation is Denmark, where people have become more satisfied with life over the last three decades.

The least happy people seem to be concentrated in Eastern Europe: Bulgarians had a happiness rating of seven percent; the Armenians, Romanians and Russians reported six percent each; the Ukranians and Belarussians had five percent each; natives of Moldovia, Lithuania and Estonia were four percent each; and the Latvians surveyed reported a rating of only three percent

"Of the 50 countries surveyed, the Philippines is the only Asian country among the top 10 happiest nations. "

Some countries in Asia are getting better, but they ain't getting happier.

I feel sorry for the East European countries (ex USSR). That proves you communism is not the idealistic utopia it suppposed to be.

that's because communism deprives a person of his individual needs just to meet the "supposed needs" of the community as a whole.

thank God we're democratic even though it's not perfect!!

o magsaya at magdiwang... kahit gumagapang sa lusak. Kahit puno na ang salop. Kahit pasan ang daigdig. kahit magdusa ka, kahit di alam kung bata, bata paano ka ginawa, kahit mawala ang tanging ina, kahit ang Maynila ay nasa kuko ng agila...
nakukuha pa rin nating tumawa... shempre, bilog ang mundo, eh!

who are the top 5?

1. Venezuela
2. Nigeria
3. Ireland
4. Iceland
5. The Netherlands

yup, far from it. 2

Ive always felt strange over the statement "filipinos are the happiest people".

^uh, that is relative to the state of happiness or being happy of other peoples... i guess

HAHAHa yeah well thanks for that, but i meant that why are a lot so happy despite all the poverty and country's many ills. Is there a stat stating the percentage of happy people in phil and where are they in regards to the poverty line?

precisely the point methinks... inspite/despite the poverty, the problems, the crimes, the corruption and the various ills of a sinking country and society, we the sovereign Filipino people still find the time to laugh, be happy and have a good time, rather than sink into national depression or hopelesness.

it doesn't necessarily mean that we always party or so, just that, we tend to face the woes of life, take it on, laugh when we fall, and try again. nor does it mean that statistics will show you a number of faces split into grins, just the general sense of happiness of a people...neither would it be people below poverty or above poverty line... again, accross all.

You can go to an urban place and see people in groups, talking and laughing even when they are discussing VAT and its various effects... or go visit a rural area, the same thing... or visit an exclusive subdivision and still find people laughing and talking and generally being happy.

i guess, it is our ultimate weapon against our situation... GRIN!

dunno, yan ay aking mga haka-haka lamang...

hehe well i guess they dont much of a choice it beats sucide and depression any day of the week. By the way is there a survey or statistic on the filipino's view of the future, if they are hopeful or not not?

There's been a lot of that type of survey... and most are pessimistic with regards to the future in such a way that they'd rather leave the country...

pessimism is so strong with regards to the economy and the government's ability to serve the people.. but individually speaking, Filipinos look at life at a lighter side... like everything's gonna be ok..

kaya nga isa tayo sa mga pinakamasayahing tao daw eh... ewan ko ba... kaya naman talaga natin na ibangon ang dangal ng Pinas eh...

As an individual, Filipinos are always happy no matter what the economic situation it maybe....

That's awesome!

honestly, i cringe with this bull! Filipinos are easy to please, but that doesnt necessarily equate to happiness.. The sorrow is a very much personal thing to filipinos thats why. hence, the result of this crap..I dont think we should be proud of this, i think we should be alarmed...Makes me think if this is also the thing that makes our country go down while the rest of the world unhappily struggles againt their social problems, struggles very hard...

my 2 cents..

I dont think communism cant take all the blame for thier current emotional states...the best films coming from former eastern block countries especially Russia, you'll see that thier useually quite serious and dealing with serious issues. As filipino's are happy by culture maybe they are just like that by culture as well???

I guess Im gonna have to go to Pinas and see..

but isn't it such a coincidence, that those people are sad. coinciding that all of them are ex USSR, i mean there are other slavic culture countries, ie bulgaria, that are not one of them.

Happy...... shalalala.. As the song said.

I do believe that Filipinos are always happy ...

hehe

ako happy. kase masaya dito sa forum na to. eheheh

i love my country..kahit na ba considered tayong
3rd world country..tayo naman isa sa pinaka masasaya!
and i find that true.. 2
look at US...stress naman tapos tataba ka pa whew!

It certainly is and that is why communism cant be totally responsible, also because they live in much harsher climates, environments etc....the czechs make some good beer though.

hehehe. funny thing is that beer is a depressant, like weed.

please dont sing that song...

..well..do u h8 that song?...i find it cute... ...

weed is a depressant? i think it's a manic drug.

it doesn't really fall into the "depressant" category, but it does the same deal as depressant: slows heartbeat and "chill out" system. the term depressant is really now given to stronger chemical drugs.

Who need a anti-depressant drug???

those with Manic-Depressive disorders, bipolar 1 and 2 disorders and schizophrenic patients

smoking weed will calm you down...but it has different effects on people...like the non stop blabber! the mute! etc...

cuz its too cute

...it's so nice to be happy...

sorry wowo jmac... napapakanta ako kasi busog na ako, eh...

amen to that!
hehe.

we aren't democratic,we are a bureaucratic country and we won the 3rd place in the most corrupt country in the world