Things for foreigners to know about the Philippines, Clarifying cultural traits Options

[sitataymo]

Alot can be said about foreigners and how they conduct themselves when they are in Philippines.
Some things that i find are that they want to compare things to how it should be and not accept things for what it has been before they came, this irritates Filipinos because 'one size does not fit all'.

It would be in their best interest to know a few things about Filipinos - we don't like being shouted at, we don't like loud people, we like people who smile, and we don't tolerate being looked down upon.

Foreigners should never call attention to themselves by disrupting the peace, it sends a bad message to the minds of the locals. Stereotypes and conclusions are reached because a few obnoxious and ill mannered people do not conduct themselves accordingly. If you are a foreigner, you should remember that you represent your country - like it or not, and behaving badly would reflect negatively on your country.

[P. Bredahl]

common courtesy works

[philfighter]

Foreigners here are the MOST friendly people in the world! Typically Koreans and Americans. Very nice people . . .

I find it weird that they are the ones less targetted by snatchers and pickpocketters.

[felltohell]

we won't kiss your asses...

[EyEsTrAiN]

Speak English.

[Pogpog]

Don't smoke cig in my hometown. If i'm not allowed to smoke, why should foreigners be?

[speedy_gonzalez]

Foreigners here are the MOST friendly people in the world! Typically Koreans and Americans. Very nice people . . .

I find it weird that they are the ones less targetted by snatchers and pickpocketters.

yeah why is that..

here in CEBU its the locals who are more targetted by snatchers...

hmmmmmmmm

maybe the snatchers have some respect for foreigners...

hehe

[redzeitgeist]

well for starters, foreigners shouldn't come to our country for the cheap sex. i mean its not a secret, some of these people are the bottom feeding scums and rejects of their own country coming to ours thinking they could mess around, exploiting filipino hospitality.

my left eyes twitches involuntarily every time i see the kinda sweaty ultra-tanned, fat and hairy white guy in a hawaiian shirt dragging along his five feet and one tall bimbo who's face is also powdered by an inch thick of makeup trying to conceal her dark skin probinsyana face. along with her mismatched skanky clothes, screaming like "yeah im with the white man". these days, my left eye almost never stops twitching...in the mall...in the beach...in the disco club. argh.

[sitataymo]

well for starters, foreigners shouldn't come to our country for the cheap sex. i mean its not a secret, some of these people are the bottom feeding scums and rejects of their own country coming to ours thinking they could mess around, exploiting filipino hospitality.

my left eyes twitches involuntarily every time i see the kinda sweaty ultra-tanned, fat and hairy white guy in a hawaiian shirt dragging along his five feet and one tall bimbo who's face is also powdered by an inch thick of makeup trying to conceal her dark skin probinsyana face. along with her mismatched skanky clothes, screaming like "yeah im with the white man". these days, my left eye almost never stops twitching...in the mall...in the beach...in the disco club. argh.

I like your powers of observation!

[P. Bredahl]

I have a Filipino friend who goes for prostitutes everytime he is there...

[123Doy]

well for starters, foreigners shouldn't come to our country for the cheap sex. i mean its not a secret, some of these people are the bottom feeding scums and rejects of their own country coming to ours thinking they could mess around, exploiting filipino hospitality.

my left eyes twitches involuntarily every time i see the kinda sweaty ultra-tanned, fat and hairy white guy in a hawaiian shirt dragging along his five feet and one tall bimbo who's face is also powdered by an inch thick of makeup trying to conceal her dark skin probinsyana face. along with her mismatched skanky clothes, screaming like "yeah im with the white man". these days, my left eye almost never stops twitching...in the mall...in the beach...in the disco club. argh.

HAHAHA that's hilarious and is true.

[EyEsTrAiN]

well for starters, foreigners shouldn't come to our country for the cheap sex. i mean its not a secret, some of these people are the bottom feeding scums and rejects of their own country coming to ours thinking they could mess around, exploiting filipino hospitality.

my left eyes twitches involuntarily every time i see the kinda sweaty ultra-tanned, fat and hairy white guy in a hawaiian shirt dragging along his five feet and one tall bimbo who's face is also powdered by an inch thick of makeup trying to conceal her dark skin probinsyana face. along with her mismatched skanky clothes, screaming like "yeah im with the white man". these days, my left eye almost never stops twitching...in the mall...in the beach...in the disco club. argh.

LMAO. True.




This post has been edited by EyEsTrAiN: Nov 19 2007, 03:43 PM

[calliezhou]

well for starters, foreigners shouldn't come to our country for the cheap sex. i mean its not a secret, some of these people are the bottom feeding scums and rejects of their own country coming to ours thinking they could mess around, exploiting filipino hospitality.

my left eyes twitches involuntarily every time i see the kinda sweaty ultra-tanned, fat and hairy white guy in a hawaiian shirt dragging along his five feet and one tall bimbo who's face is also powdered by an inch thick of makeup trying to conceal her dark skin probinsyana face. along with her mismatched skanky clothes, screaming like "yeah im with the white man". these days, my left eye almost never stops twitching...in the mall...in the beach...in the disco club. argh.

more like, he's gonna make me rich, give me a green card and bring me to the states...lol

[philfighter]

^^ Yes and I don't have anything against those doing that. The white guy wants someone to do the housework and the Filipina wants someone who can give her a better life. I'v noticed most white guys love ugly, fat old women.

[StyxBoatman]

Gaijin ought not to swagger about here as if they owned the place...like a lot of Koreans here in Baguio...really bloody pisses me off...heck they don't like to be frisked when they enter establishments like shopping malls...

[philfighter]

^^ Not all Koreas are like that. Here in Iloilo and in Cebu, Koreans are very friendly. Polite as well. They aren't the arrogant type. So are caucasians.

[redzeitgeist]

Gaijin ought not to swagger about here as if they owned the place...like a lot of Koreans here in Baguio...really bloody pisses me off...heck they don't like to be frisked when they enter establishments like shopping malls...

kimi wa nihongo hanashimasu ka? tonikaku dameda 'gaijin' wa itte o janai yo. the appropriate term is 'gaiko-jin'.

[StyxBoatman]

kimi wa nihongo hanashimasu ka? tonikaku dameda 'gaijin' wa itte o janai yo. the appropriate term is 'gaiko-jin'.

Ahh..you mean gaikokujin [外国人]...sure it means "person form a foreign country"...but gaijin [外人] "out-person" would suffice...it isn't that offensive here in the Philippiners as it is in Japan...

...あの...ちょっと日本語を話す事が出来る...あの語がバギオ大学で学んだ.

...nice 外人林檎 sig...

This post has been edited by StyxBoatman: Nov 20 2007, 01:18 AM

[sitataymo]

Ahh..you mean gaikokujin [外国人]...sure it means "person form a foreign country"...but gaijin [外人] "out-person" would suffice...it isn't that offensive here in the Philippiners as it is in Japan...

...あの...ちょっと日本語を話す事が出来る...あの語がバギオ大学で学んだ.

...nice 外人林檎 sig...

Hahaha, omoshiroi omae ga. Firipin forum na noni Nihongo hana$hiteimasu.
Nihonjin desuka? Dono gurai Baguio de benkyo $hiteimasu ka?

[ham_let]

^Lol can we not? Bawal maghapones d2. it gets confusing to mod.

well for starters, foreigners shouldn't come to our country for the cheap sex. i mean its not a secret, some of these people are the bottom feeding scums and rejects of their own country coming to ours thinking they could mess around, exploiting filipino hospitality.

my left eyes twitches involuntarily every time i see the kinda sweaty ultra-tanned, fat and hairy white guy in a hawaiian shirt dragging along his five feet and one tall bimbo who's face is also powdered by an inch thick of makeup trying to conceal her dark skin probinsyana face. along with her mismatched skanky clothes, screaming like "yeah im with the white man". these days, my left eye almost never stops twitching...in the mall...in the beach...in the disco club. argh.

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