"Where in the world must I go to find you?" by the Swing Out Sister
In 1989, the song listed above was popularized by a British duo Corinne Drewery and Andy Connell collectively known as the Swing Out Sister. On the same year halfway across the globe, 150 teenagers graduated from DB Tarlac. Fast forward to two decades, where can we find these "still considered" young men? This blogger used the database that can be found attached in DB Tarlac 89's yahoo group which has a list of 155 names. Here goes:
Based on the directory, it will be interesting to note the following:
(1) 54% of our batchmates are still based in the Philippines.
(2) 26% are now living abroad.
(3) 20% is the count and we need to find out where these guys are currently based.
To further drill down the statistics for those who choose to stay in the Philippines:
(4) 30% opted to continue to live in our home province in Tarlac.
(5) 15% moved to Metro Manila (and that includes this blogger)
(6) 5% are based in South Luzon (either Cavite or Laguna)
(7) 1% each are living in either Pampanga, Baguio City, Batangas City or Davao.
Those who chose to find a second home outside the country include:
(8) 8% in the land flowing with milk and honey, USA
(9) 8% in USA's neighbor, Canada
(10) 5% in the Middle East (Saudi Arabia, Dubai, Qatar or Bahrain)
(11) 2% in the United Kingdom
(12) 1% each in Japan, Australia and Switzerland
DYK that the life expectancy of a Filipino is 71 years old? Therefore, we are a little over halfway to the considered life expectancy. Madami pa tayong kakaining bigas (or bread or spaghetti or potato or whatever carbo load you employ on that part of the globe).
