You plan to move to the Philippines? Wollen Sie auf den Philippinen leben?

There are REALLY TONS of websites telling us how, why, maybe why not and when you'll be able to move to the Philippines. I only love to tell and explain some things "between the lines". Enjoy reading, be informed, have fun and be entertained too!

Ja, es gibt tonnenweise Webseiten, die Ihnen sagen wie, warum, vielleicht warum nicht und wann Sie am besten auf die Philippinen auswandern könnten. Ich möchte Ihnen in Zukunft "zwischen den Zeilen" einige zusätzlichen Dinge berichten und erzählen. Viel Spass beim Lesen und Gute Unterhaltung!


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Friday, August 2, 2024

Do Filipinos point with their lips?

 

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Ghemma Marie
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Hard-core introvert, fierce but compassionate, partly IP, a self-proclaimed advocate for Indigenous People, a proud Cordilleran.

I love to pour my heart out through writings, in it I can laugh, I can cry, I can scream my heart out.

I didn’t intend to offend, but I’m not inspired to flatter either. Genuine friendship is rare.

I value people who respect people no matter how they differ physically, intellectually, who doesn't see social status as a hindrance for genuine friendship.


I'm not offended, rather I found this question amusing.

Yes. We do lip-pointing like this.

Or this:

To point at something using our index fingers, is sometimes mistaken as being rude.

Like this:

I remember asking my mother where did she put my keys, and without a word moved her body towards the direction she's pointing to, pointing with her puckered lips.

“Over there!”

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Disclaimer:

I'm receiving negative feedback from some people claiming they’re Filipinos. IMO, lip pointing isn't meant to degrade Filipinos, on the contrary, this is to show that we do see funny positive things in every day to day situation. I want to reiterate that lip pointing is an informal way of pointing at something. Specially if someone is busy at the moment(most mothers), most scenario are if both of her hands are occupied/doing something. But common sense, we don’t do it like this if we are in a formal event, or if we need to point at something to strangers/ formal people.

Formally, we do hand gestures like this:

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