You know, different cultures mean different values, different ways of looking at things, different practices. No culture is right, and no culture is wrong, they are just different from each other. Some people prefer one culture, some people prefer another. Nothing wrong with that at all. Variety is, after all, the spice of life! One […]
Are we reaching critical mass?
In recent years, I am hearing some rumblings in the Philippine society, and these are rumblings that I believe may bring about some changes in the Country. A lot of Filipinos seem to be getting very tired of corruption in the Government, and in society in general. I generally see and hear these rumblings among […]
They Are What They Are
Last year a close relative, near and dear to my heart, said this about Filipinos and the sometimes hidden but none-the-less very rigid ‘class system’ that underlies Philippine society. “They are what they are” … and the hidden meaning was, there are classes of people here whom you are not going to change, no matter […]
In the Philippines, Not Of the Philippines
I received a very good comment a day ot two ago which made several good points and I didn’t feel a direct answer in the comments block was adequate to explain myself fully. So I’ll break my “once a week, Monday morning” posting schedule and cover the subject here in a ‘Bonus Post’. Here’s the […]
Loss of face
One area where you’ll find a huge difference between the Philippines and Western countries is in the way people deal with each other. In the West, we pretty much say what’s on our mind. If there’s something we don’t like, we say what we don’t like. Here in the Philippines, and pretty much throughout Asia, […]
Are Filipinos liars?
No, Filipinos are not liars in general. Of course there are people who are liars in every race, but from what I can see, Filipinos have no more greater degree of liars than any other race. Why do I even ask? Well, I hear a lot of foreigners, tell me that they think Filipinos are […]