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Filipinos usually take jeepneys, buses, tricycles, and “carretelas” as transportation. Only a privileged few own cars. Here are some guidelines in taking public transport: |
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A few months ago, I found out that my passport was again about to expire and thought, since I was in the Philippines on a holiday, I might as well apply for a renewal. This should have been an easy and straightforward process and can even be made online or on the mail as I use to in the past. However, annoying of all annoying, I found out that I couldn’t do it that way. I was told that since I will be using my passport for travel abroad and that I am married to a foreign national, I must register with the Commission on Filipinos Overseas and attend the Pre-Departure Orientation Seminar (PDOS). I was informed by the Department of Foreign Affairs to go to a designated seminar hall/building somewhere in Manila, attend the seminar, get guidance and counseling and come back to them with a certificate of attendance/completion of some sort. Although I really didn’t want to go, turns out I had to if I wanted to get a new passport. |
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In the Philippines, all occasions that call for parties requires the giving of gifts. Whether Filipinos are attending birthday parties, baptism, wedding anniversaries or wedding parties, they usually bring gifts with them. Gifts could be in the form of food or tokens which they know the celebrant will like. |
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Tokneneng- boiled chicken eggs coated with orange-tinted batter and deep fried in oil. |
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In the Filipino society where public esteem is greatly valued, physical appearance is very important. There is always a struggle for one to look proper so as not to incur public criticism. Fashion and style is paramount to most Filipinos. Everyone wants fashion although, because of monetary constraints, only a few are able to follow the contemporary western fashion. But even then the Filipinos always want to look nice in their own way. Office workers are kitted with trendy casual shirts and executives even wear suits. In weddings people dress immaculately in gowns and “barong tagalog” (the Filipino formal wear). Non-conformity with dress codes will place a person into the ‘outsider’ category. This was the rule even during Spanish timewhen Filipinas wear traditional ternos and baro’t saya |
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The British…. They always begin their conversation with “THE WEATHER”. There won’t be a day when you won’t hear them comment on the weather. If you see your next door neighbor across the fence the first thing they will definitely comment on is how lovely or how horrible the weather is. If you meet a total stranger, they could either ignore you or some who are in a talking mood would stop and say “Hi! Good weather today, isn’t it? |
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Filipinos are the type of people who loves to party. They love to give parties and to attend parties. Although the degree of what is called as “partying” is very much more subdued as compared to “partying” in the west. |
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Marketing and sales practices of Filipinos are strange and interesting. Among the more common ones are the following: 1. The suki habit-This is a traditional buying practice of Filipinos which must have been introduced by the Chinese because “suki” is a Chinese word. Here the buyer patronizes one store instead of buying from different stores at different times. The store owner in return obliges by giving discounts or extra little things as “dagdag” or addition. These may be extra spices, two extra pieces of candies, etc. all to entice the buyer to continue buying from his store. It is worth noting, though, that Chinese cornerstone owners practice this more than any other seller, Filipino or other nationalities. |
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I have felt quite distressed after watching the news report on Filipinas being maltreated in Singapore and Malaysia. A lot of these Filipino girls are being recruited from the provinces of the Philippines and has never been out of the country before. The news said that as soon as their airpline lands, the girls’ recruiter informs them of the huge amount of dollar debt they owe the recruitment agency and that they have to pay them up as soon as possible. They are only given and opportunity to change their clothes and they are sent off to brothels to work as prostitutes. You could imagine the shock of these girls in finding themselves in these situations just an hour or so after they arrive in a foreign land. |
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This article was solicited from my gorgeous friend Rochelle Manalang, a Filipina Overseas Filipina worker in Dubai, UAE. Before you comment on this article, I would recommend you read the article “Things That Most . |
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This is actually a very delicate matter to discuss. I will be treading a very thin line between praise and hatred among my fellow Filipinos if I don’t watch carefully what I say. I remember what happened a couple of months ago when a journalist had tactlessly criticized overseas Filipino workers and she was really punished for it. She might have crossed the boundaries in the snobbish and indifferent way she presented her article but we cannot deny that there are morsels of truth in her story. I know because I have been to so many places and I have encountered Filipinos in all walks of life in different countries. |
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