GMT +8:00 + 1 hour
March 8, 2007
Since I was stuck again at home I decided to just post random thoughts that crossed my mind today.
GMT +9:00
aka Filipino Time
I wonder who handles requests for timezone change 'cause I'll definitely file a timezone change request for the Philippines. From GMT +8:00 to GMT +9:00 so that our time will be 1 hour ahead from what it should be. Will this significantly affect the Philippines? Not really, in fact such change is actually good and will drastically improve the image of us Filipino who always seem to be 1 hour late for everything.
Why did I come up with such a brilliant notion, well at least for me, anyway? Filipino time is an everyday problem plaguing us Filipinos across the archipelago. Even the Philippine media recognizes the fact that the Filipinos are a "bit" off with their time by actually running shows "later" than it should be if you consider the definition of the term late as showing a 7:00pm show at 7:30pm just to give an example. Well there's more than one way to solve this big problem of time management but us Filipinos are too poor and too lazy to afford and attend some time management seminar, which most of us will not be able to comprehend anyway, and I have concluded that modifying time by shifting it is the best solution.
Of course it's still impossible to move entire archipelago countries with current technology such that that country will be at the same longitude as South Korea and Japan so we will have to do with a notion of timezone change.
The term "Filipino time" will become an archaic word. But of course if my idea is approved there is a high chance that in the near future it'll be moved again +1:00 and then moved again aned again until we have become the first country to go around the world!! (well, sort of) It's yet another senseless new Guiness World Record for the Philippines!! Like how we are the current record-holder for the sheer number of sms (probably the cheapest form of communication there is) that we use.
Proud to be a Filipino! (?)
