This time, writing the title of the blog first does not work. I don't even know what I'm to write about - let alone the title. Let me write my message and then I'll add the title.
Today I am sad for the tragic storm that ripped through the Philippines this past weekend. I like the Filipino people. Corruption has wounded the country so deeply that many hard working people have had to leave in order to be justly compensated for their work. It's a bonus for the rest of the world - we get to know a wonderful happy people. Interestingly enough, Mexico has a similar problem - but without the propensity to spread across the world like the people from the Philippines. Filipinos are a happier people. I've enjoyed lots of fun with Mexican friends, but overall, the Filipino people are more fun. Maybe it's something about the islands that engrains you with the attitude of "Don't Worry; Be Happy!"
Within the past year the down turn in the economy coupled with terrible corruption has also hurt Spain, driving Spaniards, young and old, to leave the Iberian peninsula to find work elsewhere - mostly in the EU. Spain is a beautiful, but troubled, country. I feel like I can only love her from afar.
