Utang na loob
UTANG NA LOOB, one Filipino value – binaha sya. They way I see it, nasa putikan na ang “Utang na loob”. According to an entry on Wikipedia:
Utang-na-loob is a Filipino cultural trait which academics sometimes refer to as “reciprocity,” and which transliterates as “a debt of one’s inner self (loob).”[1] It is also sometimes translated as a “debt of gratitude.” In the study of Filipino psychology, utang na loob is considered an important “accommodative surface value,” along with “hiya” and “pakikisama”. That is to say, it is one of the values by which the Filipino accommodates the demands of the world around him, as opposed to confrontative values like “lakas ng loob” and “pakikibaka”.[1]
Who’s heart would not be broken when you see an image like this?
Photo Credits: Yahoo
Why us?!
I mean, really – WHY?
Why was the Philippine National Red Cross “sold” to – was that “Bong Gordon”?!
Photo Credits: Anthony Bayarong and of Subic Times
Curiously, shouldn’t these bags coming from the Philippine National Red Cross look like this?
Photo Credits: Yahoo
“Never dress down for the poor. They won’t respect you for it. They want their First Lady to look like a million dollars.” ~ Imelda Marcos
“Utang na loob“, subliminal messages out there in the open.
I believe in Filipinos. We will get passed this. In fact, the clean-up and the rebuilding is already underway. One of our regular readers, Dinah even went home to visit their house that was flooded. The gurl was very excited to see the cleanup taking place. Take a look:
Let’s have a closer look of the mud.
Let’s review the Wikipedia entry…
The essence of utang na loob is an obligation to appropriately repay a person who has done one a favor. The favors which elicit the Filipino’s sense of utang na loob are typically those whose value is impossible to quantify, or, if there is a quantifiable value involved, involves a deeply personal internal dimension.[2] This internal dimension, loob, differentiates Utang na Loob from an ordinary debt(“utang”); being an internal phenomenon, utang na loob thus goes much deeper than ordinary debt or even the western concept of owing a favor. Filipino psychology explains that this is a reflection of the “kapwa” orientation of shared person-hood or shared self, which is at the core of the Filipino values system.[1]
Utang na loob.
*bow*
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reynz is one Uragon and a Filipino-American, has many years of public accounting & auditing, broadcast investments, housing tax credits and equity investments as his background. Based in the US, he maintains his personal and humor blog at reyna elena dot com. A graduate of Aquinas U, he went to GWU and Temple U in the United States.
Nakakairita!!! Sarap pagsasapukin ng mga hayuf na ito! Tutulong na lang eh ibabandera pa mga mukha nilang walang pag asang maging photogenic. Pweh! Gusto ko talagang mag mura! #$&*(^$%&*@#^!@^%^&!#
i remember ung entry na pina-delete saken – na pinag-intay pa raw ang mga kawawang victims to get their relief goods dahil me mag-i-ispitz pa.
remember ko yan. bat ba dinelete yan.. hindi na tuloy ako makapag reference dyan.
Kulang na lang na ang imprenta ng mga mukha sa pakete ng instant noodles!
i’m sure pati yong mga noodles were arranged para marka nang mga pangalan nang mga yan
grabeh. kapal ng mukha!!! grabeh talga. ito ang mga taong dapat hindi iboto.
and why would you even dress up like that distributing relief goods?! talo pa si jackie onassis!
Anak ng hito na nakalunok ng putik naman!!! Ano ba? Ngayon ba talaga ang panahon para mangampanya? Ewan ko ba! Kahit ayokong isipin, saan napupunta ang mga tulong na binibigay ng mundo? Sa pag-papa imprenta ng mga “signs” na ‘to? Mga labeled bags?
am sure Comelec will rule that out na hindi political campaigning ang ginagawa nang mga to… heheh reminder lang sa mga biktima about utang na loob.
Red Cross has no boundary…
It has no country…
Bat nakapatong doon sa U.S. Aid?
tsk… tsk…
Ah! hindi lang ang local politisyan ang mukha ang ipinaskil…
Nakikisakay na rin pati si uncle same…
Teka ano nga ba itong U.S. Aid na ito.
Matanong nga si Google. But before matanong si google may isang katanungan lang.
Puedi bang kainin ung box na may tatak U.S. Aid?
U.S. Aid website facts:
Source: Frequently Asked Question page.
Hey, U.S. Aid Administrator, how much did you spend from our taxes with the BOXES na may tatak U.S. Aid?
Ah! – i see. Marketing/Advertisement.
I forgot.
Na-kiki-utang loob na rin pala si U.S. Aid. gaya-gaya puto maya, sori po U.S. Admin….
my bad.
2 separate orgs yun darbz and i assume iisang lugar ang bagsak nung goods kaya naghalo ang relief items.
mahirap mabuhay sa utang na loob.
yeap.
ano lang to.
excellent reinvention of utang na loob nang mga pinoy politicians. tipid sa political campaigns.
Ethics issue yan di ba? Most of the time pera ng taong bayan ginamit nila. Kung my batas lang sana para dyan atleast mababawasan ang mga eye sore na yan. Pakiramdam ko tuloy fanatic ako kapag nagbabayad ng tax para ipaprint ang mga pangalan at pictures ng mga oportunistang mga to. Buti na lang masarap ang kape ko ngayon kundi sira na araw ko hehe.
hahaha nasa bokaboluryo ba nang mga trapos and politicos saten ang ethics? tipong they have no clue kung ano ang ethics. besides, wala silang balak to police themselves. korak?
you nailed it again reynz. kakapal ng mukha no? lugmok ka na, sisipain ka pa.
salamat sa enry mo dinah!
oo! tigok na mga tao, gagamitin pa sa pangangampanya!
Kapag nakikita ko ang logo ng USAID, ‘Nutriban” ang naalala ko.
natawa ako gentle reader hehehe panahon ko yan ah! nagkakahalataan nang edad dito hehehe
okay lang reynz. accept it as a compliment… mas maayos at maalwan pa ang pamumuhay sa panahon natin noon banda huli na lang nagkaleche-leche…
nakakatuwa kamo ang experience ko sa lecheng nutriban na yan.
growing up in bikol, mahirap nga kami, purgang purga na talaga ako sa kamoteng kahoy which i eat morning, noon ang nite time. trauma na talaga ako sa kamoteng kahoy. lahat na nang klaseng pagluto nyan, nagawa na namen.
andun yung ginataan, andun yung binudburan nang asukal, nang asin, o kaya pinirito, or kaya nilusak lusak lahat na.
kaya nung dumating ang nutriban, feel ko, me angels talaga sa mundo. hehehe. most punctual ang lola nun sa school. hindi dahil gusto kong mag-aral noh? kundi para pers in line ako sa lecheng nutriban na yan, dahil pag nauna ka, meron ka pang puchang mantikilya. ganun. hehehe
napatawa mo ako dito ganyan din kami noon at may rasyon pang giniling na mais. isangag sa kawali,ilagay sa sungsong na papel butasan ng maliit ang dulo. pulburon tawag namin dun. hahaha
Bigla ko tuloy naalala ang papa ko. Nutriban daw ang rasyon sa kanila noon sa iskool sa probinsya.
peace kapitana!
EEEEEK! ANAK?! Waaaaa! HAHAHAHA!
see reynz, kung maaga kang nag-asawa may apo ka na rin sana ngayon. lol!
peace!!! baka bigla akong ma-ban sa barrio!
Back to topic: Kapal talaga ng mukha ng mga politikong yan!
was watching the correspondents ngayon lang… tama yung professor ng up who said na in times like this, kanya kanya talaga. you cannot expect the government to save you. haaay!
oo monique! saksakan na talaga nang kakapalan yan na ultimo earth mover eh me mga pagmumukha nang mga yan!
Mga politiko tlga wlang inatupag kundi mangampanya kahit s oras ng kagipitan. Sana ung pinagwang banner ng politiko n yan binigay nlang don sa mga risedente n nasalanta ng baha. And beside ung pera n gmit nla gling nman s mga tao un. Wla na nga clang iniisip kundi taasan n nman ang tax, pra may mkurakot sila. Wla ng gnwa ang presidente kundi pumunta s mga bansa na pinagttrabahuan ng mga OFW at mgyayabang na mrami p kaung trabaho dito s ibang bansa. Sana dumating ang araw sabihin nya sa amin mga kabayan uwi na kau s pinas. Maraming trabaho don na nghhintay s inyo. Sna dumating ang araw n un! Kelan kaya madam president, cguro kpag dna kurakot mga lider ng bansa ntin.
i share your frustration johnny fonts!
kelangan pa idukdukan kung sino gumawa ng ganito. kelangan ipamukha sa buong nasyon na ang taong ito ang tumulong sayo nung nangangailangan ka. tsk tsk. mashadong mabigat ang obligasyon ng mga pilipino.
kaya nga ako lumayas sa magulang ko eh. puro na lang utang na loob ang pinag babayaran nya. wala na akong pambayad sa utang na loob na walang katapusan.
well in our case (mrv) where the vice mayor lives.. wala naman yatang “utangan ng loob” na nangyari pero ang nakakatawa during the time na mejo mataas pa ang tubig, aba si vice, talagang pinakita na una ang pamilya wahaha…ayun namura tuloy ng mga tao LOL
namura ng harapan? ewan ko ba, ang lalakas ng apog ng mga taong to. siguro wala na talaga silang keber kung anong iisipin ng ibang tao. basta safe sila, may pera, at nagagawa kung anong gusto nila.
@pehpot, was that the one na pinalabas sa TV na hanggang tuhod lang yata ang baha eh sumakay pa siya sa rescue boat?
if he was that, kapat talaga ng mukha niya!
unfortunately, that’s how this thing works in Olongapo and to most places. the first picture couldn’t be more obvious and symbolic on how pathetic our politicians had become… tsk tsk tsk.
i actually commented to Bayarong…. “if a flood victim who don’t vote for the Gordons, went in line to get relief goods, will she get one? we both laugh, because we both know she wouldn’t get any.” to hell they care if the victims die of hunger..
like they say.. “Kung ayaw nyo sa patakaran ko, lumayas kayo sa Olongapo.”
Nyahaha! Mga walanghiya talaga.
Sa campaign time, I’m sure gagamitin talaga nila ang utang na loob na yan.
Even if there is an intention to plug their names for the upcoming election. Tumulong pa rin sila which is good.
i beg to disagree Clark but when is claiming credit that belong to someone else becomes good?
that statement is not necessarily correct. if one helped using their own resources, yes, it’s good. but when they use Red Cross relief and put it in bags that bear their names, i’m sure it’s not.
It is grotesque! And it is not OKEY!
Oh!- forgot I am not the Philippine Red Cross.
Philippine Red Cross is okey with that, right?
Magreklamo nga doon sa Red Cross International kung ano ang patakaran nila na ung relief goods nilagay doon sa bags na naka PASKIL ANG MGA [deleted] faces ng mga politisyan.
Dear Guys,
Nakalimutan kong hindi pala ako magaling magsulat ng reklamo tungkol sa ethical values dahil alam I am not a writer.
puedi kayang kayo na ang magsumbong este mag sulat kung puedi ba na ung mga relief goods ng Red Cross ay pueding ilagay sa supot na politisyan?
I mean not supot as in supot kong pamangkin sa Vidyokehan ni Tiyo Paeng, what I mean is ung bags na nakabalandra ung pagmumukha nila.
Mukha atang pati Red Cross an infiltrate na rin ng mga Makabayan Nating Politisyan upang sakyan ang UTANG NA LOOB na Philippine Red cross admin na may UTANG NA LOOB NA RIN SA POLITISYAN.
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hi reynz
kanino pong photo yung my bong gordon?
anthony, naku mukhang indi ko ata nai-link, galing yan sa facebook. let me dobol check and get back with you.
hehehhe. honga. sorry anthony. yep reynz, sa kanya galing yang pics.
naka!!! apologies anthony for not giving you credit! hahah! kanina ko pa kamo hinahanap sa facebook ayaw nang lumabas yong mga old entries
ok lang po no problemo…
Sayang, kung alam ko lang darating ang eleksyon na ganito, sana nakapag-save ako ng picture ng pamilya ng lumalaban mayor at congresswoman sa bayan namin na kasama ang mga SMUGGLER NG SBMA! sayang! sana meron din akong ebidensya!
ano kaya ang mas masakit sa mata, yung may nakalagay na pangalan na relief goods ng mga politician, or mga ebidensya na CORRUPT ang isang politician?
I also is a victim of utang na loob not by a politician but by a person whom i already considered as my sister. It all started when I gave birth to my 2nd child. since di ko maaasahan mga in laws ko I turned to her for help in paying the hospital bill. My parents is not here in the philippines to help me either. so while I was my hospital my daughter( my 1st child) and my helper stayed in her house for a few days. She really acted out as a real friend. even when I had my 2nd operation she was there to help. But before that time I always lend him some money amounting to either 5000 or 10000(max) every month and she pays them the following month. Last year, on the 1st week of September she came to me to ask a large sum of money she asked me if I could lend her 55000 and that she will give a 5% interest every month. I told her she dont have to me any interest but she insisted on giving the interest. By December she was diagnose that her right kidney is not functioning. I truly felt sorry for her. Her husband is a also a seaman like my husband but with a low salary. When the doctor told her that she have to undergo a series of test and after that an operation, and told her that most likely she will have to spend 100000 for the operation in mother seton naga city hospital. That monthe her husband came home and only money the have saved is 30000. So again she asked me if I could ask my mother if she could lend her 50000 to use in the operation. I called my mother andf told her about my friends situation. My mother was hesitant to lend her the money because she doesn’t know her, she only knew her because of me. I had built her character based on the help she gave me when I gave birth to my 2nd child. So my mother did lend her anyway amounting to 34000 and she never asked for any interest as long as she will pay as she promised. Before she was to be confined, again, she borrowed 10000 to promising me that she will pay me the 10k after her cousin in manila will lend her a 100000, unfortunately her cousin only lent her 20000. she hasn’t paid me yet for the 55k she borrowed, the 34k she borrowed from my mother and the 10k she borrowed before she is to be confined. Unfortunately the 34k that she borrowed from my mother wasn’t used for the operation it was used for their personal expenses. It came to my knowledge that they have incur large sum of debt from other people as well, pero di yun naging dahilan para di ko sila pahiraman,bilang pagtanaw ng utang na loob. after the operation they have no money left. So when my husband sent me 20000 intended to buy for a new washing machine, I didn’t bought for a new washing machine instead I offered it to them (with no interest) to help them meet the ends at that time. Last week of February again they borrowed 5000 that is again with no interest. By March she only pay me the 5000 and another 5k at the end of the month. All in all she had borrowed 124000 from as. And for the record my husband didn’t know about the 55000 that i lend it to her. Last April and May she paid the 34000 she borrowed from my mother on two different dates. A of now she still haven’t pay me the remaining balance which is 85000+ 5000(interest from the 55k she borrowed) a total of 90000. Ngayon di na kami mgakasundo, ang dahilan nya wala daw akong utang na loob dahil sinabi ko sa dalawang tao na nakahiram siya sa aking ng ganun kalaking halaga at idinadahilan nya na nag sabi daw ang asawa ko na ang mga kaibigan ko ay puro lang nanghihiram sa akin kya nilalapitan ako. On that 2nd accusation my husband didin’t say such a thing. In fact hindi sya ang pinapatungkulan nun kundi ang mga helper namin na nag aadvance kahit my naadvance na. Yesterday I went to her (and it was the 4th time) hoping she’ll pay me a 10k cash because we desperately needed a money right now. And she said “bakit wala na ba yung pera mo? akala ko ba madami kayong pera?”. So that started that I had to explain myself and I keep on saying that I only told to two people that she borrowed a large sum of money and her other accusation is purely untrue. And yet she didn’t listen to my explanation. She keep on insisting her reasons and telling me that napaka walang utang na loob ko na para daw akong batang nagsasalita telling me na skandalosa daw ako. in my opinion because of my utang na loob I had lend a large sum of money most of the time it has no interest. Now I wrote this to hear your opinion, Is it I who made a mistake? by the wayI had heard from her old acquaintance that way back when her daughter was still young she would spend 30000 just for her 7th birthday, but if her husbands relative will ask for her help she will insult them.