Maybe I am not the first person to say this but I guess it isn't right to be stereo type.
Once you are late in a meeting your boss or co-worker might say ; "what took you so long? Filipino time again?" or maybe, " Why ya people keep your watch set in Filipino time?"A lot of people shared their statements about this but the same thought is condensed. Once you talk about Filipino time,it will definitely conclude in one's mind ,"incompetent".Have you ever observed weddings,meetings and other conventions?Instead of starting early,it will start just about few more hours from the said time.
Actually,we are not alone,we are not the only one who suffer this syndrome.Since this is a universal weakness in any race,even our neighboring country Indonesia has their jam karet which means rubber time and maniana habit respectively .
Good to know that the government isn't deaf and they never wanted to tolerate this.The former President Fidel V. Ramos,in his Proclamation No.767,states that the Philippines will implement a week of Time Consciousness starting from April 12-28 as National Consciousness Week for Punctuality and Civility.
Just a reminder people of the Philippines,everything will be useless if we will always believe that being late is in our blood.Instead of planting in our minds that Filipino time is tardiness,how about changing the meaning of it,starting from changing our point of views?It has been stated by Ph.D Gil G. Fernandez(2000)in an article of the book entitled Health & Home that Filipino time is being on time.Think about when you come too early and you have wasted your time waiting for others ,that's American Time.And when you come too late,other people will suffer because of your tardiness,that's Spanish Time,But when you come at very nick of time without wasting the time of others nor your's,that's Filipino Time.So,it's unfair to judge ourselves,we Filipinos value time more and we don't want others to suffer just because we didn't come early or waste our time just because of other people.Agree?
Usop,Nurjesa J.
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