SO WHAT DO YOU THINK ARE THOSE CUSTOMS, ATTITUDES/TRAITS, ETC. -WHETHER NEGATIVE OR POSITIVE NA TRULY IKANGA -
"ONLY IN THE PHILIPPINES"

(+) > PEOPLE GREET YOU WITH A SMILE MASKI HINDI KA KAKILALA
> DITO LANG MADAMI ANG MAGAGANDA NA GIRLS AT GWAPO BOYS
> DITO LANG PWEDE MAGUTANG SA KAPITBAHAY

(-) THOSE WHO PISS ON THE WALLS NA WALANG PAKUNDANGAN (AAAAARGH)
:ghost: :genius:

yeah i know, hehe, some countries you could your thing cut off for doing that

1. grabe sumunod sa superstitions, pamahiin.
2. nag-iexcuse na nakahilira pa ang kamay kapag dumadaan sa pagitan ng dalawang nag-uusap
3. bali sa artista! hahahaha

Cousins you haven't even seen before asking for pasalubong when you visit.
AN tricyle ride, especially when they try yo fit 3 people in it.

my pops use to drive tricycle longs time ago, hey it was tough but it was a heck of a decent job, the harder one was padyak, you know but some padyaks are so into their jobs that even though they cold afford something else like tricycle or jeep

(+) DITO SA PILIPINAS HINDI IPINAGKAKAIT ANG TULONG!!!

( - ) SA SOBRANG BAIT HINDI MAKATANGGI KAHIT HINDI NA KAYA....hehehehe

true after they say no for a while, because it nakakahiya to say yes

people are easily conned! konting iyak, konting drama, buong bansa nakikiiyak na!
politicians are so exploitative! basta ba mapromote sila or names nila!

We have orange, lychee, and chocolate-flavored toothpaste here.

Philippine Dried Mangoes! Tapos, pulutan at saka masayahin tayong mga tao heheh. I don't know if that's only a Filipino thing or not.

Drinking coke from a zip-lock bag.

^They're no even Ziplocks

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Do you have a 3:00 prayer in the afternoons? We have this on tv every 3pm.

Weren't they just normal plastic bags with straws. Haha, I missed them.

What prayer? I'm never home at 3 in the afternoon. I come to school everyday at 7 AM and come home at 6 PM I use the jeep as transportation, but when it's full, I call in a kalesa to bring me home (unfortunately, the horse pissed right in the middle of my neighborhood ) Man, schools in the Phils are hard on their students. We occasionally have to attend school even on Saturdays.

"You died Jesus..." etc

Omg... you still use the kalesa? Soooo old schooooool!

Hell yes! I remember those. Man, that takes me back. I still don't get why people would never buy them in bottles. Were they reused/recycled or something?

Coz you were supposed to return the bottles. BUt some don't do that-------> too lazy

Yeah, I noticed that they'd always ship the Bottles full to the corner stores and the same truck would take the empty bottles back. Never in my life have I ever drank from the bottle. =/

Any provincial people remember getting your water delivered to you by huge tanker trucks? I wonder if this only happens in Rual Philippines or if it's done in other countries as well.

I live in an urban area and yeah, water's also delivered to some houses here. There are subdivisions/areas where there's absolutely no water flowing from the tap so it has to be delivered. So pathetic, eh?

The government should really invest in rural/urban water irrigation/transport alongside sewage systems instead of having resevoirs for each individual house. I wouldn't call it pathetic per se since we are still developing as a nation, but this issue should be addressed rather than ignored, among other things that need revamping.

(-) borrowing money for fiesta and events
(+)complete stangers are welcome during fiesta to eat

^ LOL, talaga naman. Pag fiesta, ini-invite ko yung mga kapitbahay kong hindi ko alam tapos ini-invite rin nila ang mga kaibigan nila. Para lang tumatalon ng bandwagon. Kain lang nang kain, haha.

>itlog na nakabalot sa kulay orange na harina...
>uhmmm... unlimited text? di ako sure.
>uhmmm... mag-iisip pa ko..

1. remittance thru text.
2. you're invited to a party yet you bring friends that the host doesnt know YET. hehe you still have to introduce them then the party goes on!!
3. you can't advertise your product by comparing it to another brand in front of the camera, you have to blur their product name first (ex. laundry powders, cleansers, etc.)

I love those little shops on the side of the street, where you can pratically buy anything.

Flag inside the movie house and singing Lupang Hinirang

Even the begger on the street has a better cellphone than me and he sure as hell can text 10x fater too.

ummm like the young kids always give obeiscance to the elderly in the form of nopping or touching the hands of the elderly with the use of the forehead. In thai we dont do that but we nopp (bow w/hands clasped together and in front of the chest..then bow). I noticed that filipino young give obeiscance to their parents or grandparents regularly. Nice thing to see. Very asian.

jeepneys with brands!! hehe ex.. Elf-type jeeps with vinyls of ActiVision, Blizzard, Sony, Samsung, etc. you won't find that in Manila but it sure is rampant here in Cebu and other cities.. hihi

One thing I can't stop laughing about.. is the fact that..
We seem to be the only ones who love to point at a direction using ones lips. Hahaha! 2 2

thats because the girls go crazy when we do that.

but i really wanna know why is that?