(This is my entry for the Topic of the Week which asks for one thing you like about your country)
The happy people. Ask any expat who keeps coming back to the Philippines and you'll get this answer. Filipinos are fun, creative, laid back, loving, happy. Just ask VJ Max, he knows this first hand.
Happiness. It's the one thing that sets us apart from the rest. It's not that we're blissfully lumbering around like deadbeats while the rest of us starve. It's mainly because Filipinos have a unique way of looking at life that makes it stress-free.
We know how to have fun regardless of how little we have. Sure, we're lagging in economics but we do our best every day to get better. What feeds this resiliency is our inate love for life. We take things one day at a time. Being happy demonstrates what Filipinos value most--over financial statistics, GDP, gratuitous flak from other national leaders...heck, even natural calamities. Where else can you see a woman smiling at the news cameras as she was being carried out from her house that was washed away by flood? Certainly not in New Orleans.
