Yes you hit a nail in the head. We Filipinos as a whole are very thin skinned and get offended really quickly. We are like the insecure kid who bites at anyone who teases him. I guess in a way you can say we are a honor bound society, but when I talk about honor I don’t mean “principles” but rather “face.” Pride is the worst of all sins because it blinds you to self examination, reality and change. This is the sickness of our society.

Hey Jerico,
You got a point. But the author and myself just has this point too…. if you know there are ill-manners in your culture and among your people as well as in every country, should you just leave it alone?
Yeah, never be an anti-pinoy! The ones we’re writing about!
Good day.

i got the point of some who left their response….
but as a Filipino, i oppose some of the statements regarding the Filipinos.
yes, it’s true that there are many ill-manners that Filipinos are doing, but those can’t prevail not because of the too much corruption in the country which lead to a boosting poverty in the nation…

understand that there are problems, ill-manners and awful smells in every country.
in the case of this country, these are their marks in their lives…

please, never be an anti-pinoy!
thank you
god bless!

i got the point of some who left their response….
but as a Filipino, i oppose some of the statements regarding the Filipinos.
yes, it’s true that there are many ill-manners that Filipinos are doing, but those can’t prevail not because of the too much corruption in the country which lead to a boosting poverty in the nation…

understand that there are problems, ill-manners and awful smells in every country.
in the case of this country, these are their marks in their lives…

please, never be an anti-pinoy!
thank you
god bless!

Never mind the oglers in the country. They probably like your skin colour

I get stared at all the time too especially when I wear a skirt. Both men and women do not know how to be subtle at checking someone out. They prefer to be blatantly obvious that they are scrutinizing everything.

It’s not easy to understand what makes Filipinos tick even if you’ve been living in the country all your life. Keep an eye on your wallet all the time.

Cheers!

Your totally rite you know what its like to go around this country being 260lbs-6’1′-British/Filipino everyone cant help but look and judge you seriously you speek the truth ilda. I am proud that there are Filipinos like you who see through are fellow country Mens fassaud. I mean seriously I cant even go out of my house without those people staring at me. I have traveled in other countries and this is the only country that I find act this way I get really embarassed by this. My fellow people they act like they have no breeding or class non whatsoever but during my trip back to my fathers native land. I have found that the people there are very respectful and courtious they do not judge me for being half or for my size. Even in China and Japan they don not judge me also in Thailand sad to say what happened to the Philippines why is it full of jealousy hate greed and corruption?

Thanks mooshmoosh

It’s funny, you just wrote exactly the characteristics of my grandma (and majority of my relatives):

“They are always looking for sympathy. They can’t seem to live without other people’s attention. They always want to play the victim even though they actually act like an aggressor. They don’t have any other achievement or purpose in the world other than to consume peoples’ times. The whole nation is not short of people like this.”

I’m glad I’m not the only one who saw that

I have to agree with you on that one Ilda: Carl’s comments are allover the place. Anyone could easily “misunderstand” you Carl with your jumbled up statements and reasoning.

Ilda, just don’t mind this guy. He’s an arrogant ignorant. You just a hit sore spot and he’s defending himself (and the “minority”, ie the majority). People like him refused to accept their shortcomings, hence the back-lashing and those idiotic hate messages in cyberspace. Whatever you tell him or his type will just aggravate them more.

I’m a a Filipina. I don’t really mind the country itself since I could still see potentials of a great economy. What I don’t like however are the people themselves, I’m itching to leave this country because of them. You say that Filipinos are polite and friendly? There’s always a motive behind that friendly smile. They’re easy to manage and polite? It’s because they’re gutless and have low self-esteem. The only time you get to see them being obnoxious is when in a pack. They accused other nations for bigotry but the foreigners here (who stayed longer than a month) never felt so alienated and picked on so openly before. It’s shameful to see that the majority are close-minded hypocrites.

I’m just glad that I married an unusual Filipino: assertive, open-minded, humble, thick-skinned gentleman. A peculiar one indeed. :-p