anybody beeni am espeicaly interested in cagayan de oro city ,economy ,culture pic are always nice, i will tell you why i have been corresponding with a woman from there who would like to come here i am not so sure she would be happy in the mnts. of tn we have been talking for maybe 2 months i have no idea of the proccess of her being able to come any ideas opinions or info would be great thanks you can also pm me i will reply to all
Economy The Philippines is a Third World country. It goes without saying that our economy sucks. The peso-to-US dollar rate is around P56.00 to $1.00. Culture I'll just give you some of our cultural values, which will give you an idea of what makes us tick (I hope). Pakikisama - The ability to get along with other people. Utang na loob - The sense of gratitude. Utang means debt, and to the Filipino, to be grateful is to be indebted to a person. A favor must not only be acknowledged, it must also be returned in the future. Hiya - Literally means shame or shyness. A Filipino is expected to be modest in both attire and behavior (of course, this is not always followed nowadays). That's why if you go to the beach in the rural areas, you won't see many Filipinas* wearing bikinis. Most of them will be swimming with their clothes on! And if you offer a Filipino something, he/she will normally pretend to refuse, feigning shyness**. It is only after you insist that he/she will accept whatever it is you are offering. Hospitality - Filipinos are a very hospitable and friendly people. If a guest enters a Filipino household, whether he was invited or not, it is customary for the host to offer him food and drink. If the guest happens to walk in while the family is eating, the family is expected to share their food, even if there is not enough to around. If you want to learn more about our culture, I suggest you visit the Philippines. Or look for a Filipino community near you. OFWs (Overseas Filipino Workers) are legion and are spread all over the world. It shouldn't be too hard to look for our people. I suggest you contact the Philippine embassy for information on how to secure your woman friend's visa, passport and other travel necessities. Mabuhay! * Feminine form of Filipino. Masculine words often (but not always) end in "o", while feminine words often (but not always) end in "a". For example, a male street vendor is a "tindero" while a female street vendor is a "tindera". ** Filipino hospitality is like a play or a short skit. It has a particular sript that must be followed, and it goes like this: Let's say that I am a guest and I show up at your front gate. It is customary for you, the owner of the house, to invite me in even if my business with you is already done. I then exercise hiya by either pretending to refuse your invitation or accept it but feign reluctance and shyness. In either case, you insist and I enter your house. Now let's just say that it so happens that you and your family were already having dinner when I appeared at your gate. So now I'm standing inside and your family is seated at the table.
You're welcome pare. Btw, this is just the continuation of the second footnote in my previous post. I wasn't able to finish it because something just suddenly came up. So, to continue... You then offer to share your food with me. Again, I show hiya (even if I'm really hungry) so you and your family insist. Finally, I give in and sit down to eat with you. The point is, if you offer something and I say "no", I don't necessarily mean "no". Then again, I might really mean "no". Or I might say "yes" to something, but I don't really mean "yes" - I might just be too shy to say otherwise. Then again, there are times when yes really means yes. It takes practice to tell the difference.
Lol.... gosh, I had forgotten how much red-tape was involved in everyday Filipino society! Thanks for reminding me why it would take me 2 hours to get my mail from the post office! hehe. Gotta love'em! P.S. the Eraserheads rock. I wore out my Cutterpillow tape and had to get a CD sent to me a couple years ago!
As far as the process of getting her here it all depends. It has been more difficult since 9-11. Me and my wife are almost to the immigrant visa part of the process so were almost done with our paperwork but it has taken us a long time. As far as climate it is great, a bit hot but usually with an ocean breeze to at least make the temperature not seem so bad. Sad thing is wages are low and product prices for many things are compareable to the prices for that same thing here in the states. Not on all things but a lot of things are out of touch for the average worker. Getting back to the country itself if there would have been a way for me to adequately provide for my wife and me over there I would have gladly stayed there with her until she was able to come. It is a beautiful country.
I was in high school when the Eraserheads came out with Ultraelectromagnetic Pop...sigh, those were the days...(begins to reminisce about the good ol' days)
man all i can do is send her messegess she dosnt have the resorces to get back to me or she thinks that its only on messanger i havent talked with her for a long time i miss her! my standing in usa is not good i am born and breed here but im a non citisen because of past indescretions with the current attitude i what would it be like trying to bring her here under my invite> she does have a cousin that just wed a us citezen in dc ? would that avenue be eiseier i know i cant typ or spell makes a bad combination peace to you and all of yours!
Thats funny, because one of my male filopino friends just married a DC area US citizen filipina. Wouldn't it just be wacky if they were the same 2 people! lol. If you aren't in the US "good books", try to move there. I loved it, and had no problems securing employment (ESL teacher and diving instructor towards the end). The rules tend to "bend" easier over there than they do here, especially if you have any inroads with the hig mucky-mucks. Her cousin is new in the States and not likely to be able to bring anyone over on a "visitor visa" for some time.
All that is true, but the average of US-to-Peso or vice versa is 50 Pesos per $1. What does Third World Country mean? An yes, our economy sucks. We're only getting back on our feet because of sports (GO MANNY!).
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At the time I was writing my response it was 56 Pesos to a dollar. Simply put, a Third World country is one whose economy sucks. And yeah, Go Manny!
A developing country would be a better way to put it. I haven't taken human cultural geography in such a long time that I forget alot of the things that make a country a developing country. What I mean by developing is they have some things we have such as tv's, cell phones but some of them still wash their clothes by hand and let them hang dry and some have refrigerators. The place I stayed they used a cooler with ice to keep things fresh. Infrastructure was one of the things that differs between developed and less developed countries. When I was there you were lucky to have an air conditioner. The province I was in was poor compared to some of the houses in san fernando which had air conditioners, computers, flush toilets, regular showers to name some things. Also not to many people own a vehicle like it is here in the US. Musikero how can you talk that way with this guy encouraging him when you didnt help me out much with my post in the other forum? I see what you mean now by when someone says no. I gave her some flowers onetime when I was there and she said she didnt like them and liked white ones instead. She was joking when she said that. I asked her to lay on the bed next to me and she said no, but she is also a very shy person.
This is really not the place but what the hell: I encouraged him because he didn't say anything about marriage. And he wanted to know about our culture. You, on the other hand, not only want to get married but already have your friend encouraging you to do so after only so many weeks. I felt that you were being naive and wanted to advise caution. Now, whether or not you actually marry is your own affair - and if you do then best of luck to you and your bride. All I was trying to say was it doesn't hurt to keep your eyes open and not just go blindly. Making that leap of faith (and marriage, no matter how long you wait before doing it, is always a leap of faith) doesn't mean not listening to negative feedback like what you got in your other thread. Listen to both camps and then decide for yourself. I still think you're crazy, but if you really want to I ain't stopping you man.
