Usually, I can’t stand personal blogs that talk about their life but laurganism is one that I do check out. Maybe she will be featured on our Talk Show?

Here are some highlights of this gem of a post:

I cannot stand Philippine society. I cannot stand how strong class discrimination is and the fact that norms that operate within those classes exist and will continue to exist. I hate that everyone I know knows everyone else, and there are always people watching you, waiting for you to fumble, fall, make a complete ass out of yourself, or do something scandalous. I hate that if I commit a serious crime, I’m probably going to get away with it because my friends know people or my family members know people who can wipe my slate clean.

I swore this to myself once and I’ll say it again–I will not marry a Filipino. It’s not a race thing, it’s a cultural thing. Because if I marry a Filipino then I’ll marry into his family–whose in-laws will probably look down on me because I’m not rich enough or sociable enough or pretty enough or for whatever reason associated not with who I am as a person, but the class or family I belong to–and I’ll marry into his connections, and I have to be nice to all these powerful people who can save my ass from jail and god knows what else. I have to retain a certain image to uphold the glory of the family name. I will not stand for that crap.

I suppose some would say that I’m a horrible person for being aware that our country’s society is shit and instead of getting up and trying to change things, I want to get the hell out. I don’t feel like a horrible person, though. I’m not the asshole killing off political enemies, or stealing from the pork barrel.