Kwento ni Emmet

P and I were chatting the other night about a Pinoy writer who, being fortunate enough to have the means to spend a vacation abroad (Greece, I think), had to be a crashing bore and a pathetic arrogant showoff to boot - her account of her plane trip was full of how annoyed she was to share coach class with many Pinoy OFWs (overseas foreign workers) with their 'working class' perfume and incessant chatter.

Not surprisingly the article aroused indignation not just among OFWs but non-OFW folk. I told P that I found the writer just too laughable and pretentious, so clearly a nouveau riche wannabe, she wasn't worth my indignation. Although I could understand how outraged many were.

But this overseas migration, this is a modern tragedy. Marami nang nasulat tungkol dito, ayoko na halos magdagdag pa kasi ang sakit isipin minsan. Pero nabasa ko ito at nakakaiyak uli. Bihirang Pinoy siguro ang walang kakilalang Emmet.