Much as I rarely appreciate the rainy season, it's doubly irritating to have it suddenly spring fangs and claws, attacking from the sky and the ground. Filipinos always seem to lack foresight when it comes to the rainy season and proper drainage management.
The Filipino race is not dumb - indeed, we seem hellbent on proving this assertion wrong time after time. We are, however, shortsighted and opportunistic, a combination that leads to corruption, poorly enforced traffic laws, lack of discipline and a sincere pride in all the wrong things. We know the government is crooked, and in my opinion a three-ring circus, and our only way to retailiate is to cheat the law whenever and wherever we can. Of course, there are laws that really do seem to do nothing but create red tape (customs laws involving educational and entertainment imports come to mind after some mind-sifting) and allow for more hands to open up for monetary lubrication. However, some laws, like traffic laws, and simple littering laws are in place in the eyes of cause and effect. If they aren't followed, we have what we have now - traffic jams and flooding.
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