Reverting back to the preceding eras, the trade of information including learning materials as well as a variety of timely products has been a common behavior among countries; even between communities and peers. As simple as exchanging coins are already enough to be termed as “trading,” but when one gives too excessively, the other ends up being spoiled with data and becomes a full-fledged dependent receiver. In the context of countries, that would be the Philippines for you.
Along with several developing countries, the Philippines have continued to pave its way up the ranks in, unfortunately, a struggling manner. Due to its weak local and international market competitiveness, it has remained stagnant and perhaps even declining from the hierarchy. To cope with this, the country kindly took in all sorts of foreign products and may or may not have rejected a single or two. Considering the Filipinos' love for unfamiliar and out-of-the-country dramas, food, music, and even dance crazes, these incoming external goodies are obviously a trend and a form of standard-setter within the country’s grounds. This in turn weakens the Philippines’ selling power, not just externally but even within its borders.
It is undoubtedly a fortune to receive such wonderful creations from top-tier lands, but to stock more than what’s enough can severely harm the export levels and even the expansion of local products internally. On a larger scale, we have benefited from every outsourced product that came into the Philippines. Our technology stretched way beyond its limit compared to what it would be with the exclusion of foreign gadgets. The local knowledge and equipment in medicine grew exponentially and enabled us to conduct high-maintenance surgeries and offer functional vaccines.
Weighing the pros and cons of countries outsourcing to Philippines might seem tricky on the outside, but comprehending it on a closer look would enable us to have a clearer and precise answer on how simple it actually is. I figured what the answer would be when I asked myself, “Will I be able to write this essay if the Philippines didn’t receive any laptop and other devices from the outside?” I realized that I would be set on a different pedestal if it wasn’t for outsourcing.
At the same time, I came up with a thought that states “Are we too dependent on other big countries?” And there I found that we are too fond of what we don’t have. Not in the form of jealousy, but leaning more on the side of appreciation. We appreciate what’s not ours to the point that we extensively lose our interest in what the Philippines can offer.
To sum it all up, outsourcing is generally a gift for developing countries like ours, the Philippines, but when it’s extended beyond normal, we become driven by the thought of getting more from them and forget that we also have to advertise what we can share. As of now, the Philippines is like a spoon-fed toddler, it takes anything that it receives. But I think it’s time for us to change bit by bit, to become wise teenagers and elevate our country on a higher platform.
Image links:
https://stock.adobe.com/ph/images/closeup-of-grunge-philippine-flag/461164785
https://www.philstar.com/lifestyle/arts-and-culture/2019/07/28/1938641/global-filipino/amp/
https://branwenph.tumblr.com/post/620089480860336129/countryhumans-philippines
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