Read Part 1 HERE.
I've been off from the Philippines for almost seven years now. For that period of time, I've been to Saudi Arabia, UAE and presently here in Bahrain. Being in these countries, it is inevitable to meet different people from different nationalities. Majority of them are from south Asia - India, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, Pakistan, etc.
Sadly, being in constant connection with them, be it at work or in public places, some Filipinos had conceived some prejudices towards them. Some are funny, some are true, but most of them are just plain preconceived notions.
This made me into thinking if how are these people thought of ourselves in return? With that question in mind I would like to share with you this video made by whitedragonawa, wherein he talks about his reflections about the Philippines. He went to our country to do some missionary works for a period of six weeks. He is a white guy but claims that he is 100 percent pure Pinoy by heart (notice the shirt he is wearing).
SERIOUS REFLECTIONS:
Mabuhay! Welcome to Third World Philippines.
"Majority are urban poor living in squatters area. The kind of houses they live in is ridiculous. Totally inhumane. But they survive. They just don't give up."
REFLECTIONS WORTH MENTIONING:
Talaga lang huh?
"Friendship and family mean everything. It is like a medicine that eases the pain and sufferings of life."
Kain na tayo.
"People are loving and caring. They give you rice. You come in. They give you food. They give eventhough they don't have anything to give."
Kasi mga uzisero sila.
"In the US, people like to be isolated from each other, but in the Philippines they like to be close together."
FUNNY REFLECTIONS:
Si Yaya.
"They don't want to call their helpers as "servants" (katulong). Because it's kinda strong word."
O sa'yo na lang 'tong t-shirt ko ha?
"A lot of kids just wear shirts (maybe its a hand-me-down from his kuya)not knowing what the printed word on it means about." - Referring to a kid he saw in a supermarket wearing a SUFFOCATION shirt (whatever it is).
Si Bantay, si muning at kung anu-ano pa.
Cool and Exciting. Hahaha :)"There are lots of stray dogs, cats and frogs in the streets. There are bats zooming around at nights."
"There are lizards in almost every house. Cockroaches are all over the place. But its cool and exciting."
For more Youtube videos by whitedragonawa click HERE.
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