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Manners,respect,common sence

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  1. Rye83

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    Oh, I have one: Declaring people "persona non grata" for pointing out their flaws. haha. Be careful guys. Someone might be making a list of all the names here. :wink:
     
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    You would think with internet and a lot having smart phones and along with so many foreigners here now things would improve on that front but from my point it seems to be getting worse!
    The new generation I think are much worse than the older ones, I find the older ones in the provinces are so much more polite and welcoming to us foreigners, they will nearly always invite you to drink or eat with them. We sometimes join them and but a bottle of rum or a few beers which are always appreciated.
    It costs nothing to say please or thank you or even hold a door open for someone :smile:
     
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    You forgot Spoons, to cut your meat with, ..... :D
     
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    You see glimpse once in awhile; I was on the bus the other week and a Filipino probably around 18 or 19 gave up his seat twice; once to a cute girl and the other to a middle aged woman.

    There are tons of things to get frustrated by, there is a website devoted to it (some pretty funny stuff too). One reason I am going to start looking for a job and get away from the place, many things to love but I am not ready to stay here full time quite yet; plus at 45 I think I have a few more good years of work in me.

    Shawn
     
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    Also remember, common sense is not very common.
     
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    u right about that , im not either first year i saw it all true pink glasses,
    well that sertainly changed , people back home ,dont believe the stories i tell them
    cuz , we grew up thinking asian are so polite and gentle ,
    and we foreighner the rude ones
    well , i for sure , been brought up decent and polite
    hard to find it in here,
     
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    It does seem like expats either have their rose colored glasses on or are on the other side of just complaining and hating. I'm in the middle I guess and if I had to sit down and write out the positives and negatives I would probably have more positives.

    I have spent more than 21 years working and living overseas (getting close to half my life) so I think I am very open and respectful to other cultures and traditions but I do believe there are some very unique things here that are frustrating to a western mind set.

    This is Asia but the Filipino culture seems to be the most mixed of different cultures than say the Koreans or Japanese for example. As we all know it is a bit of a challenge with our upbringing to deal with some of the differences here. If I'm out fishing in a remote location I will take a leak outdoors...but when I have a house with 2 CR's and a guest feels better to p*ss on the side of my house it makes little sense so me. I've gotten pretty drunk on a number of occasions but still figure out how to walk into the house and use the bathroom.

    I'm sure we could all come up with some stories that would make our friends and family back home either laugh or be shocked. At the end of the day though I have a great woman who treats me well and a family that does do their best to work with the differences without being too judgemental.

    Shawn
     
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    That's why I have an hate/love affair with this country!
     
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    I don't think giving the seat up to a pretty girl counts. That's just trying to score some tail. If we were to base it off of my standards while 18 or 19 I'm not sure I would give credit for the middle aged women either. If it was female, moved and it showed interest I probably wouldn't have turned it down.

    Joking aside, I do see that Filipino are generally courteous to the elderly. My gf's brothers seem like pretty good guys to me and they are very polite and courteous while visiting the apartment as well. They weren't raised in Dumaguete City though. From my experience you are much more likely to find polite and courteous people away from the urbanized areas of the Philippines. Some of my best experiences with the Filipino people have been in small towns far from densely populated areas. This seems to hold true anywhere in the world though. Seems the urbanization of the world is responsible for many of the problems we face in today's world.
     
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    You are right, we should be more positive, I actually have had tricycles give way to me from time to time:cool:
     
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