As most of you know, I am taking lessons to learn to speak Bisaya. My lesson is every Wednesday afternoon. Unfortunately, I missed the previous two weeks! I really felt bad about it, but both weeks were beyond my control. Two weeks ago, i was sick that day, and last week, my Mom was leaving […]
Performance of Lupang Hinirang
Do you remember, a while back I posted the lyrics to the Philippine National Anthem, Lupang Hinirang? A number of people thanked me for providing the lyrics (which I found through a website, with the help of a reader here). I recently found a performance of the National Anthem on YouTube, and I thought that […]
Now, that’s disrespectful!
We had an incident that happened here in Davao over 4 years ago. Bob and I and our foreigner friend together with his half Filipino brother went to a have coffee just to talked about school and living here, because the half brother just came from the States wanting to study here for college. He […]
Another take on Filipino Time
There is a big discussion going on in regards to another post on this blog regarding tardiness, time keeping and such. It’s a subject that we all know as “Filipino Time.” Generally speaking (very general, OK?) Filipinos living in the Philippines tend to “ignore” things like punctuality and such. At least that is what is […]
Philippine Society can be very formal
In many ways, the society of the Philippines is quite formal, and if you want to blend in and really be accepted by Filipinos, it is best for you to pick up on some of the more formal habits of Filipinos. Don’t take me wrong, Filipinos don’t expect you, as a foreigner, to totally become […]
Philippine society teaches kids manners
One thing I really enjoy about blogging is the comments. Every morning when I get out of bed and head into my office (hey, it’s just in the next room for my bedroom after all!), one of the first things I enjoy doing is reading the comments that have been left on my various blogs. […]