My online buddy, pB, a Filipina based in Saudi Arabia, posted an article, sent to her by her colleague, from Arab News believed to be written by a certain Mr. Abdullah Al-Maghlooth, an Arab national. The article is entitled "Imagine a world without Filipinos".

The article is great story of the skill, industry and discipline of the Filipinos working in Saudi and everywhere else in the world. Below is the clip of the article. Please read on, so no Filipino has to take Prozac tonight.





In my comment to pB's post, I told her how happy and glad this article made me. However, I said that I emailed the "author" to express my thanks for this very positive article about our hardworking overseas compatriot-heroes. In that email, I also asked if he indeed wrote it. So as not to sound imprudent, I did not ask if he was indeed an Arab national. I told pB that it would be very nice to know if the author is not a Filipino using an Arab nom de plume.

(I googled the article and it could be read at the Saudi Gazette, the same article, the same author. So the article really exists.. I would like to believe the writer is not a Filipino. DK)

Meanwhile, let's give the benefit to the article and the Arab's veracity, until proven otherwise. So put back the Prozac back to the med cabinet.

My online buddy, pinoy in NY Butch, led me to this site that tells of anything good about Pinoys in the international scene (and hopefully soon in outer and inner space, hehe). Even a slight drop of good news for any pinoy anywhere in the world is announced here even before the local media gets wind of it. A good repository of many things good about the Philippines and Filipinos, including those people who only have a tiny drop of Filipino blood.

David. From his HS graduation, to finding roots in the Philippines, getting a Filipina wife, having a baby, then back to the US. All his life. His journey.