I think after having lived outside the US for so long, you get a different perspective of Filipinos and the culture. I can count on one hand Filipino friends who I would count as "close." I used to have a lot more back in HS but then they all turned on me in a blink of an eye so after being burned like that, I've never really trusted having close relationships with Filipinos.
many pinoys are demeaning sa totoo lang. yung level din ng alaskahan is very very sharp. of course, kung wala sila mapapala sa iyo---- disapir. pero huwag ka, pag hawak mo ang kailangan nila.
and you know what, minsan tulungan mo sila. sila pa galit. as of obligation mo.
I also once had a friend, whom i had helped so many times, when i asked him for a small non-monetary related favor, he developed some sort of aversion -- due to his facial and body expression plus he didnt help right away. I never expected him to help and had other friends already to help but he acted only after 24 hours. sabay hirit, "oh ayan ha tinulungan na kita". i was so disgusted i just distanced myself na lang. i didnt feel na may utang na loob ako sa kanya because i had done so many favors for him, and i only asked one from him.
And all these excuses that Americans want darker skin is b******t. They don't seek treatment for it with pills nor want it in any kind of permanency.
kapag may Tan kasi, it means you have time to go to the beach and travel. The way i see it, traveling is the thing for developed countries whereas for the Philippines its the "gusto ko makapunta sa amerika".
and yes, they don't seek treatment for it, they don't want it to be permanent, and they dont discriminate people because they have a tan...unless maybe if you're from an insular Caucasian country where discri is silently common.
been living abroad for quite sometime already, hubby and I dont really have a lot of pinoy friends. we meet with a few of them occasionally, and that is it.
another couple who would flaunt the swimming pool in their house. which I dont quite get, they are very proud of this part of their house whereas the other areas of it literally needs complete gutting.
this is one of the major reasons why i dont like mingling with pinoys. they ask and ask about your life, but they're good in evading. minsan bastusan pa in the sense if they asked you about something, and you answer, and at the same time you ask them the same question, hindi iimik.
then they will chissmiss everything sa pinoy community. sooner or later issues will develop.
as for the competensya, marami naman pinoy utang ng utang. they borrow money just to go home to pinas, flaunt their lives in ie, USA or Canada...
meron pa diyan magmamayabang ng tour kuno to various countries, pero utang lahat yun.
and the reality is sometimes some of them ---do not pay up!!
kaya some pinoys here in our area, ayaw na mag pautang.
i'm do not easily get impressed with swimming pools.
