03:30.0
Problema naman maya. Paano tayo mag-adjust the other way around?
03:33.4
But let me just say hola from Palo Alto.
03:37.3
Yun na, medyo Latino feels tayo.
03:40.2
Of course, si Palo Alto, as you know, and dito yung Stanford University na.
03:43.2
And of course, andito rin guys yung, yan, lahat ng mga tech companies.
03:46.8
This is where all of the, alam nyo na, all of the whole tech revolution and all happened.
03:53.2
Facebook is down here. Google is down here.
03:55.6
So, really, really exciting part.
03:57.6
But first of all, before tayo...
04:00.0
So, pag-usapan natin itong topic today, no?
04:02.6
Shout-out lang dyan sa Consul General ng Pilipinas dito sa California
04:07.1
who flew in all the way from Los Angeles.
04:09.7
It's really a pleasure for me to meet yung ating mga kababayan dito.
04:14.5
People representing our government, our country, our nation dito sa West Coast.
04:19.4
Obviously, dyan sa Washington, D.C.
04:22.3
Good friend natin si Ambassador Babe Romaldes and the fantastic staff there
04:26.3
in the Philippine Embassy there.
04:30.2
Always a pleasure to get in touch with them.
04:32.2
I really look forward.
04:33.4
I know na medyo may mga sinabi tayo kahapon sa conference na malay ko,
04:37.1
bakit hindi naman nila nagustuhan.
04:38.9
I'm an outspoken guy.
04:42.4
I say what I think is needed to be said without overdoing it.
04:46.7
But I look forward to hopefully working more with the Philippine-American community
04:52.8
para lalo natin i-push itong bilateral relationship, special relationship na meron tayo.
05:00.0
Not to mention, also push for more development, cooperation, trade investment.
05:04.8
Pag-usapan natin lahat ng may mga kamay.
05:06.4
Of course, shoutout din dyan to Stanford University sa...
05:11.0
Meron akong dito.
05:15.7
Southeast Asia Program sa Shorenstein Asia Pacific Research Center.
05:20.0
No, I needed to double check kasi there's the other dalawang center dyan.
05:24.3
May Freeman Spogli also.
05:28.0
Thank you so much, of course.
05:30.0
And shoutout, of course, to my very good friend, Professor Don Emerson,
05:35.0
who has been leading the Southeast Asia Program dito sa Stanford University
05:39.7
for more than two decades, a quarter of a century.
05:43.9
And Professor Emerson, he's the leading expert on Southeast Asia.
05:51.6
And for some reason, nakalimutan niya natin na dapat may dedication din ako sa kanya kahapon.
05:58.6
So yesterday, we had...
06:00.0
I had no less than Francis Fukuyama,
06:02.1
a number of leading scholars on Southeast Asia,
06:05.7
leading the conversation dito.
06:07.7
And, you know, their homage to Professor Emerson.
06:15.2
On my part, guys, pagdating kay Professor Emerson,
06:18.3
I launched two of my books, at least here.
06:22.0
One, the Duterte book, in 2017.
06:24.1
I was back again here...
06:25.5
Sorry, 2018, 2019.
06:26.8
I was back again here in 2020.
06:30.0
I launched my other book, The Indo-Pacific.
06:31.6
I was hoping to launch another one.
06:32.9
Let's see. May sobrang delayed yung isang book natin.
06:35.5
Pero looks like magre-retire na itong Professor Emerson soon.
06:41.0
So medyo emotional tayo kanina.
06:43.8
So I'm hoping to do an interview with him later on para sa podcast natin
06:48.7
with one of the greatest scholars of Southeast Asia and region.
06:52.7
Tingnan natin kung mahabol ko rin.
06:54.1
If ever, masingit ko rin.
06:55.1
Baka makuha rin natin si Francis Fukuyama for a proper interview.
06:59.1
Or I'll try to...
07:01.0
Shoutout, of course, dyan also to my cousin, si Mark Foronda Conde.
07:05.5
Shoutout dyan, cousin.
07:07.1
Congratulations, of course, dun sa...
07:09.8
May kinalaman na ito, guys.
07:11.2
Hindi ko lang kinakonggratuling kuzin ko dahil kuzin ko.
07:13.2
But shoutout dyan, boss, dun sa your fantastic restaurant,
07:23.6
Let me tell you guys one thing.
07:27.1
Ang daling maging skeptical.
07:29.8
Ang daling maging cynical.
07:30.7
Ang daling maging apolitical.
07:32.4
Ang daling maging, ah, wala na mangyari.
07:35.5
But I'm telling you guys.
07:38.0
Telling you guys.
07:39.2
As someone who's traveling all around the world,
07:41.6
and I'm extremely, extremely grateful to the Lord for that opportunity,
07:45.4
going here to Stanford, going to Berkeley the other week,
07:48.7
meeting Chancellor Olaf Scholz of Germany,
07:51.3
giving talk in Berlin,
07:53.0
going all around the world, being in Tokyo,
07:55.8
meeting officials, doing talks.
07:59.2
I'm extremely grateful for this opportunity.
08:01.1
And I'll tell you what, guys.
08:02.6
I'll tell you what.
08:03.7
The more I travel all around the world,
08:06.6
the more I give talks all around the world.
08:09.8
you may have a chance in New Zealand.
08:12.4
God willing, inshallah.
08:13.4
Of course, we have also a series of talks organized there across New Zealand.
08:18.0
So I hope to also have conversation with folks in New Zealand,
08:22.2
including the very robust Filipino Kiwi community there.
08:26.0
And of course, the Asia enthusiasts.
08:29.2
So I'm telling you guys, I'm telling you guys,
08:32.7
siguro baka medyo exaggerated pag sabihin mo masarap maging Pilipino nowadays
08:37.9
in the sense that, you know, you're romanticizing the situation of the country.
08:41.7
But I'll tell you what, exciting maging Pilipino nowadays.
08:45.0
Exciting maging Pilipino thinker nowadays.
08:48.6
Exciting maging Pilipino influencer nowadays.
08:51.3
Exciting maging Pilipino, if I can put it,
08:58.8
For that matter nowadays.
09:00.7
And actually, in conversation natin kaapon dito sa Stanford University,
09:05.4
I was together with Pak Kita,
09:07.5
the former trade minister of Indonesia.
09:15.2
And very interesting.
09:17.6
Because both of us, ito yung agreement namin.
09:21.8
ASEAN countries, Philippines, Indonesia, Vietnam, Thailand,
09:28.8
Not super power like China or India or US.
09:34.0
But we are going to be all forced to reckon with.
09:36.7
And I'm telling you again, I'm telling you again,
09:38.4
of course, dito yung cousin natin, I'm telling you again,
09:41.2
the Filipino food, the Indonesian food will be a global food
09:44.8
the same way that we have with Thailand and increasingly with Vietnam.
09:49.0
I'll remind you guys, 10 years ago,
09:51.2
sino sa atin ang may alam sa Vietnamese food?
09:54.2
I only got to eat Vietnamese food when I was going to Vietnam 10 years ago.
09:59.5
Next thing I know, everywhere I go in the world, may Vietnamese food.
10:02.3
Thai food, kailan lang sumikat ang Thai food?
10:04.7
10 years ago, 15 years ago, a little bit earlier,
10:07.9
because yung Thai government ay tumutulong meron silang food diplomacy.
10:11.2
But I'll tell you what, sumisikat na rin ang Indonesian food.
10:13.9
Sumisikat na rin ang Filipino food.
10:17.7
Una-una, mas maraming taong pupunta sa mga bansang yan
10:20.8
at nakikita nila yung kagandahan ng bayan natin.
10:24.1
Yes, hindi tayo perfect in all of that,
10:25.7
but we have so much progress, so much success going on.
10:29.6
Second, and more importantly,
10:31.4
kaya nga minimeasure ko yung kausin ko,
10:33.3
ang dami mga Filipino going all around the world
10:35.5
and proudly, proudly showcasing their culture,
10:38.8
our food, our cuisine, our culture.
10:41.9
I'm telling you guys, dito sa Stanford,
10:44.6
I just met some of the Filipino fellows here,
10:47.5
hoarding fellowships here and all of that.
10:49.2
And these are people in the business world and all of that.
10:51.5
And they're organizing events,
10:53.4
bringing in Filipino entrepreneurs,
10:55.5
bringing in Filipino-American communities,
10:58.8
ang dami mga film, guys, film, no?
11:01.9
Na-excited na tumulong sa Pilipinas.
11:04.6
Hindi yung tulong na parang kawawa tayo,
11:06.2
na in terms of putting us on the map,
11:08.9
promoting our food, our culture,
11:11.5
you know, showing that the Philippines is not just in a third-world country,
11:15.0
na kawawa, you know, all that poverty porn nonsense.
11:18.4
Yes, we have problems.
11:20.9
But there's also so much more to the Philippines.
11:23.9
There's so much more to the Philippines.
11:25.5
We have to look at also overseas Filipinos.
11:28.8
Who are businessmen, entrepreneurs, influencers, executives, CEOs, lawyers, doctors, professionals,
11:36.1
all of those people, guys.
11:37.7
Dapat i-emphasize natin yung story nila.
11:39.3
Ako, to be honest, ako,
11:40.6
pag ako may nakita akong Phil-am or Filipino gano'n,
11:44.0
tapos pinag-usapan ng Pilipinas na parang kawawa tayo,
11:47.1
oh, pumunta ko sa Pilipinas,
11:49.1
lumalaban sila kahit kawawa.
11:50.9
Ayoko nang gano'n, guys.
11:52.1
That's poverty porn.
11:53.5
That's poverty porn.
11:55.3
If you want to help the Philippines,
11:56.8
remind the world that Filipinos,
11:58.8
are among the most creative, entrepreneurial,
12:01.3
and they could be among the most successful people
12:03.4
if only you give them the opportunity.
12:05.7
So, we don't need your pity.
12:07.6
We don't need pity.
12:08.4
We don't need drama.
12:09.7
What we need are opportunities.
12:12.0
What we need are networks.
12:14.5
Building networks.
12:15.8
What we need are investments.
12:18.1
What we need is promotions, publicity.
12:20.6
Those are the things that we need, guys.
12:22.6
So, I'm telling you guys,
12:25.5
I'm the last person to be,
12:28.8
parang idealistic masyadong about the Philippines
12:31.1
in a sense na riniromanticize ko.
12:32.7
No, nakikita ko naman yung difference.
12:34.5
Nakikita ko naman umangat yung ibang bansa.
12:36.6
Nakikita ko naman yung progress, diba?
12:38.7
You know, we've been in the richest part of the earth, right?
12:43.0
Luxembourg, whatever you want to call it.
12:47.5
excited ako para sa Philippines.
12:49.0
I'm telling you what,
12:49.9
in spite of all of our shortcomings and all,
12:52.4
this is a country on the move.
12:54.2
And I'll tell you what,
12:55.7
so over the past year,
12:58.8
I've had at least three interviews
13:00.9
with The Economist magazine.
13:02.5
Different people.
13:03.7
I posted also something about it.
13:05.4
So, kanina lang lumabas yung interview ko
13:07.1
with The Economist magazine.
13:08.8
But this is my comment dun sa West Philippine Sea,
13:11.0
Taiwan, US-China dynamics.
13:12.5
But, I'll tell you what, guys.
13:14.3
There was this very interesting piece by Robert,
13:16.4
the deputy editor at The Economist.
13:18.3
And we had a very long conversations about.
13:20.2
Hindi ako na directly quote dito kasi I think
13:22.3
very limited yung space in and all of that.
13:24.5
But, we had a conversation in that.
13:26.3
And, if you look at this,
13:28.8
piece by The Economist magazine,
13:31.3
which is the most prestigious magazine
13:33.5
that has to do anything with economic development
13:36.3
or not to mention politics.
13:39.3
Ang sinasabi dito is,
13:40.8
the Philippines is rising all the quietly.
13:42.8
The Philippines is getting richer all the quietly.
13:47.3
you know, we keep on talking about Vietnam.
13:49.6
You know, Vietnam, envy na naman tayo.
13:52.0
I'm very happy for Vietnam
13:54.6
in every sense of the word
13:56.0
in terms of the respect they're getting
13:57.8
on the international stage.
13:58.8
The recognition they're getting
14:00.2
for their fantastic cuisine and food.
14:01.9
I'm a big fan of Vietnamese food.
14:03.7
You can keep lean and all of that very easily.
14:06.9
Ang hirap maghanap ng overweight people sa Vietnam.
14:10.6
I mean, they have fantastic food.
14:12.1
But, did you know, guys,
14:14.0
na actually, we are faster than Vietnam
14:16.9
when it comes to economic growth, right?
14:19.5
And, actually, eto, eto, eto.
14:22.3
So, this is the article, guys.
14:25.0
Ang tawag ko sa Pilipinas
14:26.2
is the unsung success story.
14:28.8
Is the unsung success story.
14:31.0
Again, hindi tayo, let's say, number one, alright?
14:36.8
Pilipinas yung parang sobrang galing na bata
14:39.5
tapos naging kulela
14:41.3
at dahil, alam mo yan,
14:43.1
sobrang magaling na bata.
14:44.0
I'm talking about 50s, 60s, di ba?
14:46.7
Sobrang magaling na bata.
14:47.9
And then, pumalpak na, bumaba.
14:49.5
And then, ngayon, slowly, umakyat.
14:52.4
At isa sa mga pinakamabilis na umakyat sa rankings,
14:55.9
sa grades, ganun.
14:56.8
Parang ganun na estudyante ang tingin mo sa Pilipinas.
14:58.8
So, we're not number one yet.
15:00.7
But, guys, I mean, look at it.
15:01.7
This is interesting.
15:02.8
So, this is a survey from the Economist magazine.
15:05.9
I can get a ball pen or something.
15:07.6
So, etong red na nakikita nyo, pula,
15:10.6
this is the Philippines, right?
15:12.5
This is the Philippines.
15:13.8
Now, unfortunately,
15:15.2
dahil medyo palpaksitigaw,
15:16.7
medyo yung grabe yung baksak natin dito, di ba?
15:20.3
The drop was very high during the pandemic.
15:23.1
But, nevertheless,
15:23.9
if you look at the trend lines,
15:25.1
the Philippines will be
15:26.2
practically number one fastest growing economy.
15:28.8
This is a rising tide.
15:30.8
So, you see, it's the Philippines, right?
15:32.3
It's the Philippines, you see,
15:33.7
magiging fastest growing country.
15:36.4
And, neck and neck tayo with India,
15:38.2
which is still poorer than us.
15:40.2
So, for the Philippines to grow at 7%,
15:42.7
it means more for an average Filipino
15:44.5
than an average Indian growing at 7%.
15:46.7
Because India is still way poorer
15:48.5
than the Philippines in per capita.
15:50.4
And, because our population growth is healthy,
15:54.3
most likely, ma-overtake pa natin yung Vietnam
15:56.4
in terms of economic growth.
15:58.8
So, what I'm telling you guys here is,
16:02.6
we are succeeding as a nation
16:04.8
in spite of our bad politics.
16:08.1
So, even if kurapat yung mga leaders natin,
16:10.5
even if may mga, you know,
16:12.5
even if you have the clowns
16:13.8
that you have in the government,
16:15.1
I mean, kailangan ba natin pag-usapan
16:17.1
yung nangyari sa Senado yung isang araw, di ba?
16:21.3
Si Ahente Morales, I mean,
16:23.6
dodgy siya sa akin,
16:24.7
pero may point din siya.
16:27.1
Ako nga, in-investigate.
16:28.7
Ikaw nga, convicted.
16:29.8
I mean, yes, we have all of...
16:31.4
But that's the beauty of it, right?
16:33.8
Na in spite of the fact
16:35.3
na ang dami natin mga clowns,
16:37.4
ang dami natin mga crooks,
16:39.2
ang dami natin mga malatatay level
16:42.2
ng pag-iisip na medyo walang, ano,
16:44.0
di ba, medyo nasabog na gano'n,
16:46.6
we're still growing this fast.
16:48.9
Kaya, ang sinasabi ko dito is,
16:51.0
imagine if the Philippines gets its politics right
16:54.1
and we get better and better leaders in power,
16:57.8
things are gonna be very,
16:58.7
very, very interesting.
17:01.8
some of you may have seen it,
17:04.1
kapon, the opening speeches
17:05.3
were by Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim.
17:09.9
Obviously, he couldn't attend,
17:10.8
but he sent a special video message,
17:13.1
which is also rare, by the way,
17:14.8
for any head of state to do.
17:17.4
I mean, an academic conference, right?
17:20.6
So, that's the kind of special,
17:22.8
that's the kind of the special importance
17:26.2
that they're giving to us.
17:27.7
But I'll tell you what,
17:28.7
the other thing here is,
17:33.0
I mean, he's just a few years older than us,
17:34.8
I think he's just 41 lang yata yan,
17:39.9
who won the elections in Thailand last year,
17:43.0
who was seen as the next leader of Thailand,
17:46.0
also gave a speech.
17:47.8
Of course, alam niyo naman yung kwento,
17:49.5
hindi siya pinayagan ng monarchy,
17:51.3
hindi siya pinayagan ng mga trapos,
17:53.0
dahil, of course, direct threat siya.
17:54.4
But nevertheless,
17:54.9
siya yung head ng the biggest party in the parliament.
17:57.6
So, he's a force to reckon with.
18:00.1
And he gave a beautiful speech, man.
18:02.2
He gave a really beautiful speech
18:04.2
in terms of what can,
18:07.5
what can, you know,
18:10.1
what can ASEAN do.
18:11.5
And I like his tone.
18:13.6
We, Thailand, we're not a small country.
18:16.0
We are a middle power.
18:17.8
Yung ganun na term, no?
18:19.7
as I explained to you guys,
18:20.8
middle power means
18:21.6
countries na hindi ganun ka-superpower,
18:24.2
pero may laban din,
18:25.3
may masabi din sa buhay, di ba?
18:27.2
kung sa Greek city states yan,
18:29.3
hindi ka Athens and Sparta,
18:31.1
pero Thibs ka, di ba?
18:34.1
so you're one of those
18:35.4
mid-sized but feisty
18:37.7
and self-independent
18:39.1
and decisive kind of countries.
18:40.9
So, Thailand feels that way.
18:43.8
Indonesia is that way.
18:45.1
I think Philippines is also moving in that direction.
18:47.4
I think in many ways,
18:48.2
we are already a middle power, right?
18:49.9
We're already part of the squad
18:51.9
So, what I'm saying is,
18:57.2
the secret to success for the Philippines
19:03.4
to look at the glass
19:11.6
I think it's more than 50% good.
19:15.2
just as a reminder,
19:16.3
we're the fastest growing country, right?
19:18.4
In this part of the world.
19:20.2
obviously, we're still here,
19:23.3
growing fast the way we do,
19:26.2
you have to give,
19:27.2
you have to give credit to that,
19:31.4
we are accomplishing this
19:34.7
in spite of our politics,
19:36.5
in spite of our politicians.
19:40.4
how much hard work we're doing
19:42.4
to still have that kind of high economic growth,
19:45.1
even if ganun yung mga politiko natin.
19:47.8
we're still achieving that,
19:49.3
even if hindi pa natin nakuha
19:51.0
itong mga high quality investments
19:53.3
in manufacturing and all.
19:55.1
Even if wala pa tayong
19:56.3
yung sinasabi ko na
19:57.2
industrial policy,
19:58.7
yung ginagawa ng Korea,
20:00.3
na dati walang-wala sila,
20:01.6
and then slowly, slowly,
20:04.4
their national industries.
20:06.9
O yung China ngayon,
20:08.4
ang ganda ng mga EV cars nila,
20:11.9
They got the technology from the West,
20:13.6
they learned things,
20:14.3
they put things together,
20:15.2
now they have the BYD.
20:18.8
Xiaomi as that gorgeous car.
20:20.8
You know, I'm just saying,
20:21.6
I mean, I'm into, you know,
20:23.3
but I'm telling you,
20:24.5
I like what I'm seeing
20:25.7
with some of these Chinese cars.
20:27.2
I won't use it personally
20:28.3
because of the software safety
20:30.3
but what I'm saying is,
20:32.2
even if wala tayong mga ganitong bagay,
20:33.9
nag-grow pa rin tayo ng 67%.
20:35.7
So, imagine the possibilities, guys.
20:40.5
yung mga policies natin,
20:41.8
imagine the possibilities
20:43.0
kung medyo matitino
20:44.6
at medyo mas magagaling
20:46.4
na makakuha natin.
20:47.1
And I'll tell you what,
20:49.4
cautiously optimistic
20:53.2
na yung nangyari sa ibang bansa,
20:55.7
katulad ng Thailand,
20:59.7
well, a few years older than me,
21:01.6
a Harvard graduate,
21:02.8
Oxford trained guy,
21:05.7
to the Prime Minister's office, right?
21:08.1
I think that's gonna be
21:09.4
a bigger and bigger possibility
21:10.7
also in the Philippines
21:12.3
5 to 10 years from now
21:14.2
simple lang naman ang explanation dyan, eh.
21:16.5
As we become wealthier,
21:20.0
let's say our per capita
21:21.0
goes from $4,000 right now
21:25.2
to be in the middle class.
21:27.2
And as early as now,
21:28.6
meron na tayong malaking middle class.
21:31.6
traveling around the world,
21:32.7
ang dami na kita mga Pilipino
21:39.0
marami ng Pinoy ngayon
21:43.0
medyo may pampagastos,
21:44.7
medyo may pampapamper
21:47.2
Japan, my goodness,
21:48.7
nung pumunta tayong Japan,
21:50.2
ilang beses tayo bumalik-balik
21:51.7
sa Japan earlier this year,
21:53.1
ang dami mga turistang Pilipinos
21:55.2
I think more than a million
21:56.6
Pilipinos visited Japan last year.
21:58.6
I mean, it's crazy.
21:60.0
So, meron na tayong middle class.
22:02.4
That middle class
22:03.5
will potentially increase by 50%
22:05.7
in the next 5 to 10 years.
22:08.2
Then, you're looking at
22:09.1
a large middle class of Pilipinos
22:11.0
na ayaw na nila yung mga
22:13.0
buduts-buduts style lang na politiko.
22:17.1
the buduts and the crooked
22:18.6
and yung mga clown ones,
22:20.1
they will be there.
22:20.7
They will not go away.
22:23.3
I'm a very realistic guy.
22:24.4
You will have the buduts,
22:26.6
you will have the clowns
22:31.4
Vico Soto type of leaders
22:32.7
in the Philippines.
22:34.5
And when I say leaders,
22:35.7
not only political leaders,
22:37.9
Ayala is already going
22:38.7
through a transition.
22:39.6
The next generation,
22:40.3
Ayala is coming in.
22:41.8
who's taking over Ayala,
22:43.2
the guy is even younger than me.
22:45.3
ika-Ispany Vico Soto yan.
22:47.0
Mga early 30s lang
22:48.2
siguro yung gaya niyan.
22:49.8
You're gonna see more
22:50.8
of this kind of young leaders.
22:54.0
aggressive in a good way,
22:55.1
meaning ambitious,
22:56.6
pushing the envelope.
22:58.4
You're gonna see more
22:59.3
Filipinos going on
23:01.5
hey, we're gonna be
23:02.0
the next big thing.
23:05.4
pretty intellectual
23:06.1
kind of a big businessman guy.
23:08.0
I was thinking that
23:08.3
the Filipinos will be
23:09.0
the next big thing.
23:09.8
I just saw his piece,
23:12.2
with the Global South
23:17.4
So you're gonna see
23:18.8
not only Robin Hood Padillas
23:23.5
You're not gonna see
23:24.2
only Batos of this world
23:25.4
or Tatay Digong style.
23:30.2
even more eloquent
23:31.8
and statesman-like
23:33.5
Because let's be honest,
23:34.5
if there's one thing
23:35.2
that BBM got right is
23:36.5
matinutinig siya.
23:38.7
At least in terms of talking,
23:40.0
in terms of statesmanship
23:42.6
Well, you're gonna see
23:43.4
more credible people
23:46.4
Hindi lang yung mga
23:48.4
sa mga magagandang eskwela.
23:49.5
Yung mga nag-graduate talaga
23:50.7
sa mga magandang eskwela.
23:52.0
Yung mga nag-train talaga
23:53.0
sa mga magandang eskwela.
23:54.6
Yung mga nagturo pa
23:56.1
sa mga magandang eskwela.
23:56.4
Mga magandang eskwela.
23:58.1
more of those Filipino people
24:02.5
all around the world,
24:03.6
you're gonna see more
24:08.4
Filipino thinkers,
24:10.1
Filipino storytellers,
24:12.0
Filipino influencers
24:12.9
who tell the other side
24:14.6
of the Philippines.
24:21.5
yung mga kairapan and all,
24:22.5
there's so much here in the middle.
24:24.4
That is the story
24:25.3
that is not being told.
24:26.4
That is my biggest frustration
24:28.5
with coverage of the Philippines.
24:29.8
Whether it's by mainstream media
24:35.5
influencers and all.
24:37.0
Tingnan mo yung mga foreign influencers.
24:38.3
They go to the Philippines,
24:39.2
they do poverty porn.
24:40.9
Look at yung mga nonsense stuff
24:44.0
They will go again,
24:45.0
why not go and talk
24:46.0
to the Filipino middle class?
24:49.6
Why not talk to the,
24:51.0
yung mga Filipina sa kitna
24:53.5
na may ambisyon sa buhay,
24:56.4
in-improve ang sarili,
25:00.8
pamalakat ng mundo,
25:03.4
medyo switched on,
25:05.2
looped into the debates
25:08.1
That middle Philippines,
25:13.1
what is not heard enough.
25:15.3
and I'm seeing more and more
25:16.7
of that middle Philippines.
25:18.2
Middle class Filipinos,
25:20.0
ordinary backgrounds,
25:21.9
galing lang sa probinsya,
25:24.3
mas privileged ng kontel,
25:28.6
nag-aaral sa abroad,
25:32.0
and the next thing you know, guys,
25:33.2
the next thing you know, guys,
25:34.7
next thing you know,
25:35.4
nilalagay ang Pilipinas
25:36.7
on the global map.
25:39.2
going back to Erwan,
25:41.7
privileged background,
25:49.2
to put the Philippines
25:50.7
on the global map.
25:54.3
these things were
25:56.2
five, ten years ago.
25:58.9
you're seeing all of these things
25:60.0
popping up, right?
26:01.6
Because matagal na to
26:02.7
nilaluto, guys, eh.
26:03.8
Matagal na nilaluto.
26:05.5
hindi natin nakikita
26:06.4
yung nasa ilalim.
26:07.7
Nakikita lang natin
26:11.6
flash in the pan,
26:16.3
yung kawawang Pilipinas,
26:18.5
tapos makikita mo si Bato,
26:19.6
makikita mo si Robin,
26:20.6
makikita mo yung mga ganyan,
26:21.7
tapos buduts-buduts.
26:24.3
what I'm saying is,
26:24.9
you're forgetting
26:30.0
a new, fresh plans
26:31.2
which are gonna grow out
26:32.4
all of these clown shows, right?
26:35.4
will still be there
26:38.2
bubotan ng Trumpson yan.
26:40.2
the clowns will not go away.
26:42.3
But what I'm saying is that
26:43.2
you're gonna see more and more
26:46.4
Younger generation,
26:50.5
ang pinakamalaking challenge
26:57.0
the story of our country
27:03.4
to the complex reality
27:06.1
that shows fidelity
27:08.7
that this country is showing
27:09.7
on the global stage.
27:11.1
And at the same time, guys,
27:13.1
again, I'm telling you,
27:15.6
coming from my own experience.
27:16.8
Kasi, alam ko sa sabihin ng iba,
27:23.0
I'm telling you what.
27:24.6
I'm invited all around the world.
27:26.3
Not only because I'm,
27:32.0
some of this is because
27:33.4
I am who I am, right?
27:36.2
It's what I write.
27:38.5
I'll tell you what, guys.
27:40.4
It's also because
27:43.6
I'm seen as a voice
27:44.5
of the Philippines.
27:48.7
yung establishment Philippines,
27:53.2
but voice of the new Philippines
27:55.4
And this is what I'm telling you, guys.
27:58.7
and this is where
27:59.4
my cautious optimism comes in.
28:03.1
if we don't take advantage
28:06.3
The Indians are doing
28:07.3
very, very good nowadays.
28:09.9
really making the most
28:13.7
their moment in the limelight,
28:15.8
let's just call it
28:16.6
12 seconds of fame
28:17.7
or 15 seconds of fame.
28:19.1
They're making sure
28:19.8
that 15 seconds of fame
28:20.7
become 15 years of fame.
28:25.7
all of these guys
28:26.4
are making the most.
28:27.9
are on the global stage.
28:29.5
Kailangan din natin
28:30.3
gawin yan sa Pilipinas, guys.
28:41.7
we went from a poor,
28:44.0
low-income country
28:45.9
an upper-middle-income country.
28:49.3
And we are not getting
28:50.6
enough recognition for that.
28:52.0
Because ang pinapansin natin,
28:53.6
India, Indonesia,
28:57.0
we're growing faster
28:58.1
than these countries
29:00.1
even faster than these countries.
29:07.1
And this is my problem
29:08.0
with some opposition people.
29:09.8
Nega lang sila ng nega.
29:11.4
Wala silang sinabi
29:13.4
Ang problema kasi
29:14.3
kung puro kang negative,
29:16.8
maging cynical ang tao,
29:18.1
they're not gonna get involved.
29:19.3
Nothing gets done.
29:21.2
So, it's extremely,
29:22.3
extremely important.
29:26.9
and then inspire them
29:29.1
to contribute to the country
29:30.3
in the best way possible.
29:34.1
Use your platform
29:35.2
to show to the world
29:36.5
that the Filipinos
29:37.2
are more than just,
29:41.0
or in this nonsense,
29:47.7
there's a reason why
29:48.9
I keep on putting this,
29:50.3
yun yung mga video
29:53.1
alam ko yung mga haters sa'n
29:54.3
eto na naman si Aydaran
29:55.9
naka-leather jacket,
30:00.9
Why do I put videos like this?
30:02.9
Because, first of all,
30:03.6
I want to remind the world
30:04.7
that being a Filipino,
30:09.1
is extremely diverse.
30:10.5
Na hindi lang siya lechon.
30:12.1
I mean, no offense.
30:13.0
I mean, it's great food
30:13.9
for people who love it
30:14.8
but at the same time,
30:15.6
marami kasi tinitingnan
30:18.7
Hindi lang balot.
30:27.5
I want the world to know
30:28.3
there's so much more here.
30:30.4
There's food from Ilocos.
30:31.9
There's food from the North
30:33.1
which is vegetable heavy,
30:35.7
which is healthy,
30:36.6
which is balanced.
30:37.8
I want people to look at
30:38.9
the food from the South,
30:40.1
from Maranao food.
30:41.5
Yung yellow rice nila
30:42.6
na ang sarap-sarap
30:43.5
na parang saffron style,
30:50.4
the reason I'm doing
30:52.6
I want to remind the world
30:53.3
the Philippines is way more
30:54.4
than this straight-jacketed
30:57.6
the understanding
30:58.2
of the Philippines,
31:00.3
in your own little ways,
31:04.3
for the Philippines.
31:06.9
you're based abroad,
31:08.7
You have multiple citizenship,
31:12.8
But in your own little ways,
31:14.1
if you have platform,
31:15.8
make sure you put
31:16.8
the Philippines on the map
31:17.9
in the best way possible.
31:19.8
and put the Philippines
31:20.9
in the worst way possible.
31:22.2
Ginawa tayo mukhang
31:26.3
Put the Philippines
31:28.6
for the good reasons,
31:31.1
Show the complexity
31:33.0
Show the many shades
31:37.0
Show the middle-class
31:39.0
Show the new Philippines.
31:40.2
Show the ambitious
31:40.9
Philippines, right?
31:42.3
And at the same time,
31:44.9
optimism and energy
31:46.2
that you can deploy
31:48.0
and put pressure dito
31:49.9
or still in charge
31:50.7
of our government.
31:52.2
to be more proactive
31:53.7
in their industrial policy,
31:55.5
in their strategy,
31:56.3
in their investment strategy.
32:00.7
and I'm gonna say
32:03.9
that, for instance,
32:11.5
to bring this out.
32:18.0
foreign direct investment,
32:19.9
almost two-year high.
32:23.3
nag-pick up na po
32:24.6
yung foreign direct investments.
32:26.3
you know where I stand
32:29.0
the Philippines is starting
32:36.1
I completely understand
32:38.0
We have to up our game.
32:40.3
having said that,
32:41.8
having said that,
32:42.6
we need to up our game.
32:46.0
You still have to
32:48.1
that things are coming in.
32:52.2
ewan ko sa mga Amerikano,
32:59.2
they're relatively
32:59.9
bullish on the Philippines.
33:02.3
may mga marami tayong
33:05.2
tayong kailang ayusin,
33:07.1
they're looking at us
33:08.5
semiconductor investments,
33:09.9
manufacturing investments,
33:11.1
whether it's Germans,
33:14.1
are moving there, guys.
33:15.7
sinisabi natin dito
33:23.1
There's a movement there
33:25.6
take into consideration.
33:27.6
ang akin lang parati
33:28.4
for Philippines is
33:29.2
we just have to make
33:35.5
mas magaling tayong
33:38.4
questionable lang
33:39.9
na it's part of everything.
33:42.3
where do we use that
33:43.5
English proficiency?
33:48.8
English proficient
33:54.2
We have to be more
33:54.7
proficient in sciences.
33:56.3
You have to be more
33:56.9
proficient in creating
33:57.8
the basic infrastructure.
33:59.4
We have to be more
34:02.6
including in terms of
34:09.5
and all of those things.
34:10.5
So, I think one of the
34:14.2
dahil Inglesero tayo
34:25.2
if you look at the
34:26.0
PISA rankings and all,
34:27.9
even if English-speaking
34:32.9
literacy skills natin.
34:34.4
Forget about math
34:35.7
Even yung reading,
34:38.3
nakakaproblema na tayo.
34:40.8
tweaking we have to do.
34:42.5
adjustments we have to do.
34:43.4
And I suggest you guys,
34:46.9
next week or something,
34:48.0
hopefully we'll have
34:48.8
lalabas yung interview
34:52.5
because I had a good
34:53.3
conversation with him
34:55.1
and semiconductor
34:56.5
development in the Philippines.
34:58.4
we have some very
34:59.1
interesting discussion.
35:02.7
And I want to have
35:03.2
more of conversations
35:04.0
like that in the Philippines
35:06.3
on semiconductors,
35:07.7
on reformer education.
35:09.1
One thing that I found
35:10.4
during sa conversation
35:11.2
natin with Senator Gachalian
35:15.1
just as much as the Philippines,
35:16.3
if not a bit lower,
35:27.7
mga babae ambassadors
35:31.6
No, going back to this,
35:35.2
na-distract tayo bigla.
35:43.2
just as much as Vietnam,
35:45.5
but something is not
35:47.9
So, we have to look at,
35:49.2
well, corruption.
35:50.0
We have to look at,
35:51.4
misallocation of funds.
35:53.2
We have to look at
35:53.9
a little bit dun sa training
35:56.1
We have to look at
35:56.9
yung curriculum natin
35:59.8
So, we really have to
36:01.1
up our game dun sa education
36:05.2
pinaka-basic level.
36:06.3
At the same time,
36:08.5
in elite universities
36:10.8
Ateneo, LASA, whatever
36:11.6
because napag-iwanan na rin sila
36:14.1
international rankings,
36:15.3
if you look at the
36:18.3
if you look at the
36:21.2
at the university,
36:21.4
So, ang isa pa sa kailangan
36:23.6
kaya ang suggestion ko is
36:25.3
the Philippines should also
36:26.1
have its own CHIPS Act.
36:29.5
Science and Technology Act.
36:32.0
we don't have the resources
36:34.0
billions of dollars
36:36.0
a few million dollars
36:37.1
preferably at least
36:38.2
tens of millions of dollars
36:45.7
some of the elite schools,
36:47.1
engineering schools,
36:51.4
I think that could
36:52.0
put the Philippines
36:52.7
in quite an interesting space,
36:54.4
interesting place.
36:59.6
what I'm saying here is
37:02.0
we're moving upwards
37:03.0
in spite of bad politics
37:04.8
but we have to still
37:06.1
get the politics right
37:07.4
and you're not gonna get
37:08.3
the politics right
37:09.0
kung puro ka lang nega.
37:10.7
And more importantly,
37:12.1
you're not gonna get
37:12.8
the politics and policy right,
37:15.3
not perfectly right,
37:17.3
but at least 6 out of 10,
37:20.2
Para hindi naman sagaba,
37:21.4
baling politika natin
37:22.3
sa economic growth natin
37:23.4
and success natin.
37:25.2
But you won't get that
37:26.3
if you make people cynical,
37:28.4
if puro ka lang nega.
37:29.5
So, it's also important
37:31.5
the positive points,
37:33.3
the positive movements,
37:36.8
all of those things together,
37:38.6
there's hope for the country.
37:41.0
I really, really appreciate
37:42.1
the conversation we had
37:43.2
dun sa panel natin
37:44.2
with Minister Gita
37:46.8
yung trade minister nila
37:51.0
in the Philippines.
37:51.4
Sanford right now
37:52.1
for a fellowship.
37:53.8
We need to tell the story
37:55.6
of the Philippines
37:56.2
in the right way,
37:58.2
That this is a country
38:00.4
with problematic politics,
38:02.5
a country on the move.
38:04.4
That the Philippines
38:07.3
and extreme poor.
38:08.3
There's a huge number
38:09.7
of middle-class Filipinos
38:12.1
who are aspirational,
38:15.2
this urge for success
38:17.4
on the global stage
38:18.5
big into their very being.
38:24.3
be ambassadors for a country.
38:34.5
hawk akong magandang
38:37.3
Kasi may Amerikanong
38:39.5
may usual mga Amerikano
38:41.0
na nagra-rant-rant
38:42.6
bakit Philippines
38:44.0
Eh, I just told him,
38:45.3
may kasalanan kayo
38:47.7
Dahil nung nandito kayo
38:49.4
hindi niya inayos yung
38:50.4
afondasyon ng Pilipinas.
38:52.6
you didn't get rid of
38:54.5
A lot of our oligarchs
38:55.4
go back to Spanish era.
38:57.8
you empowered the dynasties
38:59.2
and predatory dynasties.
39:00.5
You created a kind of
39:01.3
a semi-democracy system
39:02.6
that actually further strengthened
39:04.1
the landed elite.
39:06.4
And then after World War II,
39:07.8
you didn't put any pressure
39:09.7
to build industries,
39:11.0
to do land reform,
39:12.1
to do the right thing.
39:13.7
you did that in Taiwan
39:14.9
to Chiang Kai-shek.
39:16.5
You did that in South Korea
39:17.8
to President Lee.
39:19.2
You didn't do that
39:20.0
to the Philippines.
39:23.0
do not allow the foreigners
39:24.4
to just walk on us
39:25.5
and just share their BS
39:27.4
about their ideas
39:28.7
about how to make
39:29.5
the Philippines better.
39:30.7
May kasalanan din sila.
39:32.2
Kasama sila sa problema.
39:34.5
Their colonization,
39:35.8
their colonial legacy
39:36.7
was part of the problem.
39:38.9
And instead of whining
39:39.8
about the Philippines and all,
39:40.9
they have to also look
39:41.7
at the other things,
39:44.3
A snapshot of the Philippines
39:45.8
might give you a lot of
39:47.6
ang daming problema,
39:48.8
But if you look at the Philippines
39:49.7
in terms of movement
39:52.6
and we're God-willing
39:53.5
and the Philippines
39:54.3
will be 10 years from now,
39:56.6
then you see hope.
39:57.5
Then you see light.
39:58.5
Then you see potential
40:00.1
And there you see
40:02.1
Gaya proud na proud tayo
40:02.9
dito sa kasing natin
40:04.7
And many other Filipinos,
40:06.4
middle-class people like us,
40:08.0
we go around the world,
40:09.4
we make the mark,
40:10.8
we put the Philippines
40:12.2
in the best way we can,
40:13.1
and we remind the world
40:16.4
You cannot just ignore us.
40:17.9
You cannot just think of us
40:19.7
that the elephants
40:21.7
can just trample upon.
40:23.3
Hindi tayo bystanders.
40:24.6
Hindi tayo passive lang.
40:26.6
That is the note we need.
40:27.8
I know medyo mga parang
40:29.0
ang dati ng conversation natin.
40:30.2
No, but I like it.
40:38.6
some minimal level
40:39.8
of reasonable optimism
40:41.2
if you want to get
40:43.7
we're just gonna whine,
40:44.6
we're just gonna be depressed,
40:45.6
we're just gonna be
40:47.8
And that doesn't work.
40:49.0
So, I don't know.
40:50.4
Hopefully, let's see.
40:51.3
You know, I look forward
40:52.4
to having conversation
40:53.3
with more leaders
40:54.8
back in the Philippines
40:55.6
across the political spectrum.
40:57.2
I mean, whether it's
40:58.8
whether it's BBM,
41:01.6
to all these people.
41:03.1
the bigger and more important
41:08.0
Us, the middle class
41:09.6
Us, the new Philippines.
41:10.5
And what we can do
41:11.7
Para matulungan din natin
41:12.7
yung mga kaubayan natin
41:13.7
na walang platforma,
41:18.1
Tulungan din natin
41:19.6
Kailangan natin gawin
41:21.3
para ma-empower din natin
41:23.0
yung mga ibang kababayan natin
41:24.9
some of the basic privileges
41:27.3
So, kailangan natin
41:29.4
thank you very much.
41:30.2
Maraming salamat, guys.
41:30.8
I know that this is not
41:33.6
this is not the usual
41:35.2
Our metas are usually,
41:37.1
alam mo na, diba?
41:40.8
it's very important
41:41.6
to elevate the discussion.
41:47.3
the whole dilawan
41:48.9
it's all disinformation,
41:55.6
that should be done, guys.
41:57.0
You have to call it out.
41:58.3
You have to call it out.
41:59.9
Hindi pwede sisisinil lang natin
42:01.2
yung kababayan natin
42:02.0
when things are going wrong.
42:03.3
We have to do our part.
42:04.5
We have to do our part
42:05.9
yung mga kababayan natin
42:07.5
who are not in that
42:08.3
privileged position.
42:09.5
We have to do our own part
42:10.9
to put the Philippines
42:12.4
to bring some respect
42:15.3
Sobrang mahalaga yan.
42:17.9
hindi ka maraming
42:23.8
both clowns and crooks.
42:28.7
But we also have to oppose
42:33.5
and all that nonsense too.
42:35.9
Then find a realistic path
42:37.4
and break through.
42:39.5
that will be the future
42:42.9
Without all the liberal
42:44.1
or elitist baggage
42:47.9
I'm excited to see.
42:51.6
and some of these people
42:52.3
are going to push ahead
42:53.6
of the opposition
42:54.2
and how the country
42:57.1
in the coming years.
42:59.2
thank you very much.
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and talk to you soon.
43:04.2
Thank you so much
43:05.5
Thank you so much.