Here's a video from Singaporean Prime Minister Lawrence Wong enjoying Filipino shaved ice, aka halo halo. This is a short video where Wong says, "Halo halo!" during the ASEAN. For some reason, he also sets the video to the song "Salamin, Salamin" by the Filipino girl band BINI. Salamin means mirror. The short video also has him greeting Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Manet, Thai Prime Minister Anutin Charnvirakul, Malaysian Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim, Vietnamese official Lê Minh Hưng, and Indonesian President Prabowo Subianto.
I can only imagine Flor Contemplacion Crybabies may be overreacting on social media when this came out. Migrante International is still stuck with its narrative that FDI is bad. It's presumably born from the Flor Contemplacion crybaby narrative. They can cry all they want, but the facts remain as facts. Flor was guilty. The movie, The Flor Contemplacion Story, remains a problematic film.
Ironically, some Filipinos may actually be happy to see Wong, the Singaporean prime minister, eat halo halo. As a Filipino, I'm actually proud that the Philippines can become closer to Singapore and the rest of ASEAN. The Philippines couldn't afford to remain isolationist, especially in times of war. During chaos, allied nations need each other, not isolate from each other.
What's the reality of the Philippines with ASEAN? Kindly read this article by me if you haven't.
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