In La Indolencia de los Filipinos written by Jose Rizal, imperialist Spaniards blamed the slow progress of Philippine economy on the laziness of colonial Filipinos and pointed out that Indios tend to sleep through their afternoons and do nothing at all, but the truth is, "Filipinos" are always early by culture.

Those Spaniards were still asleep when the Indio farmers had already gotten up to do their crop works in the frigid mornings. It is a part of culture often associated with our weather wherein afternoon is always hot and morning is the suitable time to be productive; thus, we start school at seven, compared to Western's, and prepare ourselves even the sun is not lit yet.

Because of this, pre-colonial and colonial Filipinos tend to do things more early. Well, Rizal did also write that Filipinos were 'indolent' because of incapable colonial government, societal problems (such as foreign invasions and crooked education system), and even high taxation. That is quite similar to today's situation wherein we wake up early yet MRT is too busy. When we try to be productive, we just can't because of our society's dealings.

After reading your article, sir, it came to my senses that tolerating the stereotype of "Filipino time" is a disease that dishonors our ancestors. I hope today's world could tear down that soon.