USAPinoy

During lunch one time at work, my Vietnamese friend took out a ripe mango from her bag and told me that it is a Manila mango. I looked at it and said, ” I don’t know Ha-Le but there has never been a Philippine mango ever around in the U. S. and this doesn’t look like a Philippine mango to me. ” She said it was Manila mango. I don’t know what Manila mango meant. Does it mean it came from the Philippines or it’s just a name like the manila paper? Since she said it came from County Square I decided to check it out and buy one box too. It was also sweet but a different kind of sweetness, it tasted a little , just a little bit like a ripe Indian mango.

When we got to County Square, there it was ” Manila Mango, 12.99 a box ” . I examined the box and it was not from the Philippines. It was a produce of Mexico. I wonder why they called it Manila mango then. Were they just using the Manila word to confuse people that it’s from the Philippines ? Anyway I Googled it and tumbled upon this Manila Mango article from ABS-CBN .

It’s just unfair that they are using our beloved Manila name. They should see how better and sweeter our Philippine mango is , especially the ones from Guimaras. My husband said just now that there already is super mango from the Philippines in L.A. I found out that this is the Super Mango that they know of and not the Super Mango ( carabao mango ) from the Philippines.

When is my beloved Philippine Mango finally coming in to America ? If it finally comes to Filipino stores all over states of America, I bet you, it would be mango mania for all of us Pinoy mango lovers. That would be absolutely heaven !!!

This is a compliment tag that I got from Pinay Wife’s Den.

Thanks so much for this tag, Ging.I love your blogs too but I don’t know where to get this tags and memes that you guys always send to me. I wish I can also make my own tag and pass it on to you too. Thanks for remembering me always.

Before, when I was still in the Philippines, I used to think that people who live in America never run out of money, like everything here is easy, that nobody here is poor. Hahahah, yeah that is true, I mean I thought before that they never have any problems financially. Then I came here. I saw the real picture of how it is to live here. Sad to say, I saw how my fellow Filipinos are working two jobs a day just to make both ends meet. I saw them work hard, because they have mortgages, car bills, utility bills, insurance, property taxes and lots more of things to pay for and not enough money. Some are in the brink of bankruptcy because they are suddenly laid off from work and had credit cards debt pile up. Some have two mortagages to pay for. Some are going to sell their homes to transfer to an apartment since they just can’t pay the bills anymore.I see old people working at Walmart, or babysit someone’s kid, or take care of elderly people when she in fact should also be retiring.

It is so sad to see them have these all kinds of problems and their relatives in the Philippines do not know that. People from other countries, most especially from my country, think that money grows on trees here in America, that the streets are gilded with gold. They think that the money being sent or remitted to them was not hard-earned which is really sad. They don’t know that people here really work hard to earn that money, in Filipino lingo, “dugo’t pawis ang pinanggalingan nyan”.

Well I know , not all Filipinos are hard-up as some that I have mentioned. Maybe some are living pretty comfortable lives here like the Filipina nurses but not all are lucky, not all of our “kababayans” who come here are highly-paid like the nurses. Not all have high-paying jobs.

If you have families, relatives over here, take it easy when you ask for “help” because sometimes some of them cannot afford to help all the time. I am very lucky to say that my family and relatives never ask anything from me, coz they know my situation but not everybody has families like mine. I hear stories from my coworkers when they help a relative, another one will go calling to ask too. And more sad because they are asking for money to buy a cellphone. I think most of us don’t mind helping if someone is really in dire need of it but asking money because one wants to buy the latest cellphone model doesn’t seem fair at all.

So remember , not all Filipinos who live in America are well-off. Take it easy when you ask money from your relatives, especially your aging grandparents, they probably need it more than you do.

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