yung sa quiapo, heheh funny. pero lahat ng bansa may ganung black market. naging sikat lang yng sa tin kasi it's out on the streets.
as for the peso-us. true, it's the dollar's power that is waning. but we are definitely making more jobs than before, and we are actually taking away the jobs from countries like US because we (along with China and India), are making the services sector alot more competitive.
another thing i gotta tell you guys, mura ang bilihin sa tin for consumer products. when you go to other countries sobrang mahal. these things are adjusted to our living so let us try to appreciate that kahit papano. yng ibang nagtratrabaho sa abroad, they earn much bigger nga, but they also have a price to pay for the way of living.
lastly, the power is shifting to asian countries. patience is a virtue! if the US govt will keep insinuating war on other countries, they will just be putting themselves in a worse scenario.