Observations on Filipinos abroad!

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I've been to the US several times as a tourist and have observed some noticeable things about my fellow countrymen.

1. We now realized the difference between the red, amber, and green lights.

2. We also began to understand that the striped lines along the road is where the pedestrian crossing is.

3. We learned how to greet other people, look straight in their eyes, and say "how are you doing?".

4. We learned how to pay taxes properly.

5. We now understand that flashing our headlights means "I'm letting others pass first!" and not "hey, make me pass first"!

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am i the only one carrying an umbrella in the middle of day under the sun? others will rather die or get sun burned than getting caught using an umbrella even its not raining!!!!!!!! sorry, i am not a sun worshipper, i am naturally tanned.:rotfl:

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How about observations on Filipinos abroad beside USA, anyone?

How about observations on Filipinos abroad beside USA, anyone?

Hmn... UK??

Speed limit is 70mph on motorways... Expensive african mangoes at tescos.. free hospitals, Expensive petrols... everything is not free except the air you breath.

hahaha! this thread is so old but I love it!

You know your neighbor is filipino if and when a shipping van goes to their house during the first week of november and starts loading up 24x18x18 cargo boxes...

You can buy calamansi tree from Home Depot, you know...we did, like, 3 years ago...if you cant plant it on the ground, you can plant it in a huge pot (like a plastic drum...cut it...)

Wow, too many of the familiar fruits are in Hawaii! I should move there! hahaha! Do they have guavas in hawaii? I could live without mangoes, but guavas...oh man...I gotta have them esp when I'm on pms...hahaha!

hay...so far from home, trying to be at home, yet there's no place like home...

any of you guys goin' home for the holidays?

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hahaha! this thread is so old but i love it!

you know your neighbor is filipino if and when a shipping van goes to their house during the first week of november and starts loading up 24x18x18 cargo boxes...

you can buy calamansi tree from home depot, you know...we did, like, 3 years ago...if you cant plant it on the ground, you can plant it in a huge pot (like a plastic drum...cut it...)

wow, too many of the familiar fruits are in hawaii! i should move there! hahaha! do they have guavas in hawaii? i could live without mangoes, but guavas...oh man...i gotta have them esp when i'm on pms...hahaha!

hay...so far from home, trying to be at home, yet there's no place like home...

any of you guys goin' home for the holidays?

wish i could go home and visit, but i can't. yeah, we have guavas in hawaii too. we're so famous about our guava, passion fruit, papaya, and pineapple jellies :-). we just bought a house seven months ago, the former owner planted coconut tree, ( unfortunately, i can't climb it, its like 30 feet tall ). he also planted marcotted mango tree...( pardon my spelling), when we got here, it was fruiting already, i beleive its the variety you can find in the pi because it was very sweet. we also have lime tree, which currently fruiting also, not a big fan of lime. my neighbor has a towering malunggay tree, and kalamansi tree that looked like been fruiting all year long!! my other neighbor has banana tree,( saba variety), down the street another one has ginger, or "luya" plants as an ornamental green. 2 months ago, a single stray, "ampalaya" seed grew in my backyard, now it covers the entire fence! i think my other didn't mind...it looked like ivy vine, which is beautiful, i also cooked some of its young leaves with mongo and pork. felt like i am home again.:lol2:, yeah, we're bless with good weather here all year long, our temp goes from higher 80's and the low temp dips to mid 70's. lastly, i have four 10 feet tall papaya trees growing in backyard also;).

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i got addicted to yard sale since i came over to ameriki!! and still ask for further discounts har har har!!!!

i got addicted to yard sale since i came over to ameriki!! and still ask for further discounts har har har!!!!

hahaha! dat's so true! me too! i'm such a big fan of flea markets!

anyone ever observed the smell of luggages that come off of airplanes from the philippines? if you come from america, and open your luggage it smells of sweet stuff, but when you're from the philippines, it smells of dried fish, etc...

anyone also experienced that time in the airplane, when the announcement goes, "we'll be landing in manila soon" or something like that, all the people in the airplane clap and rejoice...

wow, guavas and malunggay...good stuff...sometimes when i was too busy i fix myself a quick meal of the chicken noodle soup, add malunggay to it and ginger...and tada! a healthy meal! we like to add the fruit (is that like the fruit?) of the malunggay to this one dish they call 'buridibod' (i dont know the spelling)

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hahaha! dat's so true! me too! I'm such a big fan of flea markets!

Anyone also experienced that time in the airplane, when the announcement goes, "We'll be landing in Manila soon" or something like that, all the people in the airplane clap and rejoice...

Hik Hik Hik!!! the clappings and allelujah!!! I experienced that while onboard saudia airlines...!!! that was my first flight home working from saudi arabia. I think that was funny while I myself was sitting quietly in one corner and my tears fell, as in really fell as soon as the plane touched the NAIA ground!!!oh boyy! that was a very different feeling!

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