I’ll instead show you what my country is like:
Blessed with more than 7000 islands, we do have some nice beaches making it a popular tourist destination.
Cebu:
Surigao:
We eat often, typically 5 times a day (snacks in between lunch and dinner), with rice as our staple food. Palette is more on the sweet side (who would put sugar in spaghetti, right?). However, we do have a lot of cuisines available (american, japanese, indian, italian, you name it!)
Cost of living is generally low. 1 USD can buy you a lunch at your nearest canteen, meal from a fast food would be around 3 USD, 10 USD when dining at a restaurant.
My 10 USD dinner as seen below. Our serving size is typically smaller as compared to western countries.
Religion is predominantly Roman Catholic, you can see a lot of churches everywhere. This was influenced by the Spaniards who conquered us for 300 years. Generally speaking, the country is still conservative and traditional.
(image c/o google)
Politics is often an interesting discussion because of current president, Rodrigo Duterte’s war on drugs. There are also war on religion somtimes especially on the southern island of the country, Mindanao.
People are generally friendly and optimistic. Here is a picture I took last week when we had a typhoon, streets were flooded and yet these people are still smiling!
We have beautiful tan skin but most of us want to have whiter complexion. Glutathione and papaya soaps everywhere!
Family ties is strong so it is still common to have an extended family living in one roof.
There is such thing called “filipino time”. If the appointment time is at 12noon most of us will be there by 1230 or 1pm.
Traffic is bad, drivers are creative especially those who are driving jeepneys and motorcycles. The train and bus system is not that good as well,l. There is no regular schedule of trips as opposed to other countries, no defined stops as well for public transportation.
(image c/o google)
Most of us can speak english, which contributes to the growth of the shared services industry in our country.
Overall, a good mix of crazy yet awesome country!
