To infinity and beyond..

                  I just watched Eat Bulaga. The favorite noon time show of my mother and my friend Ryan Aliwalas. While watching their Pinoy Henyo segment/game, there was this pair who was supposed to guess the country "Vietnam" through asking and confirming questions. At some point, they were having this conversation...

                  Guy:   Sa Europe ba ito?

                  Girl:    Hindi.

                  Guy:   Southeast Asia ba ito?

                  Girl:    Hindi.

                  Guy:   Middle east?

                  Girl:   Oo!  Oo!

                  Guy:  Saudi?   Dubai?  Abu Dhabi? (etc..etc..etc..)

                           (hanggang sa naubos ang oras nila...)

                  Girl:  Hindi! Hindi!

                           (malamang hindi nya masasagot yun kasi sabi mo middle east eh)

                 

                  I do not want to generalize but I simply cannot believe that Filipinos are poor in geography, when in fact our country is an archipelago composed of 7,107 islands, which makes us grow in an environment where knowing the physical arrangement of our islands is innate.

                  Vietnam is also from Southeast Asia just like the Philippines. In terms of weather and environmental set up it's just the same. So that's why I am really wondering where she learned that Vietnam is from Middle East???? Until the very end of the game she failed to realize what happened.