We Filipinos are often offended whenever we are compared to a carabao; that is our English skills for an example. We get so fussy about people telling the manner of our speaking as "English Carabaos". But we shouldn't get annoyed actually, instead let us take it as a challenge.
Why? Because looking at the carabaos attitude, we are compared to an animal who is focused on its craft. it wakes up earlier than his "partner", the farmer to work from early dawn to dusk at the field, toiling the fields over and over in a very organized manner. We Filipinos are like that. We make sure our tasks are done in perfection. That is why we are all over the world because other nationalities see our "service par exellance" craftsmanship.
Have u looked at a rice field before? Aren't they so neat? We owe it to the carabaos. Farmers would not have done those without a carabaos help. In my world, at least here, in this place. If you look at the tables of teachers inside the teachers room, you can have a clear idea which is owned by a Filipino and which is owned by not. We are the only ones who would make a mess all day in our works, but makes sure that tables are neat before we leave for home. We never leave our working places messy, we make sure that our working tables for the coming day is neat and organized.
Carabaos are the epitomy of service with obedience. They won't stop working unless the farmer stops. They will work continuously without complaining. Yes I know we can't hear them complain, but have u seen a carabao stop moving in the middle of the field? Or have u heard of a news that a carabao had a tantrum from its farmer early in the morning before toiling the fields? NONE! And Filipinos are like that too. At least those people that I have worked with. We work all day and would only stop when we finish our works. We would blurt out some words of distates, but still we continue to work and comply to our requirements.
Carabaos are diligent, a symbol of hardwork. We Filipinos are like that too. Look at every fields of industry all over the wolrd, there will be a Filipino working inside it. Why? Because employers believe that we are hardworking people. We can handle tasks assigned to us. Yes, in the beginning the carabao maybe whipped once in a while for an error made, but once it gets the hang of its task, the carabaos will do it like its already programmed to its head. That once it wakes up, its brain will function automatically doing his task until its completion. We are also like that. In the beginning they may say, we lack the skill, as all craftsmen experience. But once we get the hang of our works, we would do it like its just an impulse to us.
So why get angry when they say we speak "english carabaos"? Look at where it leads us... We beat all these native english speaking people all over the world in a business English proficiency assessment. We have proven the world that we Filipinos can peferct our crafts when we put our hearts into it. We only prove that if we strive, we can achieve what we want.
So when people say, your English is an English carabao, let us proudly say, YES INDEED! That is why our English improves everyday, that is why our English is grammatically correct, that is why after a year or two, our English is in perfection, because our English is an English Carabao: The English of skillful, harworking and passionate workers!
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