"Bahala Na Si Batman" - Exploring one of Filipino's famous expression

One famous characteristic trait of Filipinos is the ‘come what may’ attitude, and we have this odd but famous saying/expression “bahala na si Batman” which is “leave it all to batman” or “it’s all up to batman” when translated in English. But what does this saying really means?

"Bahala na" is usually said in a difficult maybe hopeless situation when things are left to fate. It's like when you have to take an exam and you didn't review, you're gonna say "bahala na si Batman" because you wanna take the exam and you know you have to but you don't care anymore whether to passed it or not.

Batman in this context is taken to be a super persona of some sort who decides one's unchangeable destiny. It’s as if you don’t have any choice and you have to put all your hopes to a certain someone, in this case it’s Batman.

So why Batman? Of all the superheroes, why him?

Maybe, it’s because at one point an old geezer can’t think of any superhero when he invented this saying.

Maybe, it’s just because “Batman” and “Bahala na” starts with the same letter and its sounds nice to the ear.

Maybe, it’s because Batman’s an inspiration for he always finds a way to survive in any given situation because he's greatest weapon is his mind and his incomparable resolve .

Maybe, it’s because Batman is a superhero without any super powers. Thus, he can be looked up upon by any man because he’s a superhero that can actually exist.

Or maybe I just made this whole “why batman” stuff.

But we really do have that kind of saying. ^_^