HELLO EVERYONE!

It's 10 pm Manila Time March 3,2007. Not the time and date that I have targeted but what the heck! it's only a fewdays before my late Mom's birthday. It is also a few days after her death anniversary so I'm in the midst of things-correct ba yun?

I just got the inspiration to start this blog when I heard tiny little voices behind my ear telling me tuloy mo na !!!!!

I have been planning a site like this but time was wasted when I lost time searching for a good webdesigner, IT specialist etc.. Stupid me didn't know that I can get it for free without the hassles coz everything was in templates already.

I wanted to start this blog to make Filipinos aware of who they are, where they come from, where are they heading, and what is in store for their future(meron ba?)

As the blog title TANGE I aim to make pinoys aware of what they do,what they fail to do and how they influence(D)-(past and present-mistake intentional)- the people around them.

I have tried to talk to my abroad based friends to start something like this but all I hear is "Uy Maganda yan!" or "ang nationalistic mo naman". Some are sarcastic "Sayang lang ang pagod mo dyan Pre!" and "sinong makikinig sa yo?"

I know my target market here is people who have money to buy computers or have the funds to pay for internet cafes. But as I have observed even kids nowadays are spending so much time in front of their puters searching the net.

We read in the papers that our economy is growing and peoples lives are getting better. But is it really? Is it just influenced by other factors around the globe? I say this coz we gauge growth to the exchange rate of the peso vis a vis the almighty Us dollar. But we all know that the US moolah is loosing its luster because of the war they are waging around the world. Check the rate compared to Euro. Anyway

The aim of this is for you guys out there to share our faults ,our thoughts,our gifts hoping that if we expose these to the fore we will be aware,or the readers, of what we can do for the future of our children.

"Mag a abroad ang anak ko!"-is a common reply I get from our less fortunate pinoys when asked "Ano ang plano nyo sa buhay? I tell them "Galing ako ng abroad and mas maganda dito"
"Sabi mo lang yan kase may pera ka"

Is that the only solution? To seek greener pastures elsewhere? Why not generate jobs here and let the poor families stay together? Why do you have to break them apart just so one can support the whole clan?

Another trend of thought is "Why do I have to work hard when my government should do that for them?". Gobyerno and may kasalanan! Nagbabayad ako ng tax -di naman ginagawa ang kalye namin!-Sounds faniliar? OK so what do we do about it.

It pains my butt to see fellow pinoys being set aside in immigration counters for additional check. MagTNT yan, terrorist kase,di namn kase nagbihis etc...comments from other pinoys!
Pinoys selling their wares in train terminals in Italy, peddling drugs in Amsterdam, cracks in Los Angeles, maids in Hongkong, dancer in Japan ano pa?Gusto mo pa? Next issue na.

Are you still proud to be Pinoy? Well,I AM! That's why I am here. Same thing I said to Jim Paredes when I heard he was leaving for Sydney. Nandito ang laban! Walang iwanan.

So if you are with me- let us all try and bring the PINOY PRIDE. Let us stand proud abroad and proclaim "FILIPINO AKO!"