I came across a video in YOUtube.com about a person whose username is bassnrifle. He wrote about Filipinos in relation to the desperate housewives fever remark. Here’s the video and his comment about Filipinos :

“Filipinos got big issues.They gave a big damn on it. Who's desperate now? It's a BIG insult, and Filipinos deserve it. Many filipino doctors here in US are doing illegal things, like getting too much money from the insurance co. How do they do that? haha! See? you cry baby pinoys know nothing! And stop thinking that filipino nurses (ewww!) and pinoy doctors are in demand because they are that good, hell no! They are in demand because of "CHEAP LABOR". But the quality? How is it? YOU GET WHAT YOU PAY FOR.”

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RhxNNqY-eWI

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I believe it's not proper for you to speak ill of Filipinos like that. We are human too you know. We are just trying to react on the things that they did / say. It was really wrong for them to broadcast such remarks. NO matter what race or country it came from. A public apology is still needed for that.

What if we Filipinos say that Americans are too proud or user friendly people. Isn't it that Americans will get mad?...Of course, they would. it's not the people we're mad at. It's the remarks. If we people would just think straight and just backup each others differences. Our world will be a better place.

Filipinos are hard working people. They strive hard to work for their families they left behind. There might be a few that needed some guidance not to over use their so smart minds in doing bad stuff. But, it's just a matter of acceptance and appreciation towards each other. Be a people person and be sensitive about other people's feelings.

God Bless you ! Don't be so judgmental or such a racist. God did not plan his people to fight but to love and support each other. No hard feelings Bro ! You're not the one being asked for an apology. It's the actions from people who have hurt decent and hardworking individuals who, in fact, are just minding their own business.

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Brain Drain is defined by the Houghton Mifflin Company as “the departure of educated or talented persons for better pay or jobs”. Elsewhere, brain drain has been one of the major concerns faced by our country nowadays.

Senator Ralph Recto described this observable fact like so: "The country needs 10,000 new doctors by 2010 to satisfy the current shortage. Between 1,000 and 2,000 of these doctors would work overseas not as physicians but as nurses, to the detriment of millions of ailing Filipinos who need medical attention."

Clearly, the demand for doctors in our society is getting a large amount of increase each year. However, most of the educated doctors opt to relinquish their area of expertise for the sake of getting a higher pay in other countries as nurses. As a result, since there are very little skilled and trained doctors in our country, Filipinos who need good medical attention are not well taken cared of.

We cannot blame them regardless of the detriments caused by such occurrence. We cannot deny the fact that there are more opportunities given abroad that will allow them to gain a better lifestyle for their own families.

There is no easy way to combat this rapidly increasing situation. The damage of the society and the relationship between government and the masses has extremely affected a lot of major aspects concerning work and employment. Unless the government does something about this to regain the trust of Filipino doctors, nurses, or the like, this is going to keep on. Something must be done, yes, but while trying to figure it out, means of survival is necessary to progress in life – even if it means “brain draining” oneself.

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