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nature of Filipino people How best to describe some of the warmest‚ friendly and informal people in the world? As with most predominantly Roman Catholic cultures religious traditions and customs help define the daily lives of the people‚ family values and their view of the world. Since arriving in the Philippines in 1980 I have felt more comfortable and at "home" than any of the more than 20 countries I have visited. My warm feeling is a direct result of the happy go lucky‚ easy going Filipino people
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Filipino Americans My name is Mely‚ a Filipino American‚ born and raised in the United States. Many people are not too familiar with Filipinos as they are other ethnic groups‚ such as the Chinese or the Japanese. Some people have confused me or my family as Chinese or even Hispanics because of our physical features being similar to either culture. I would like to give a background of my Filipino history. According to the U.S. Census Bureau‚ there has been a 99% increase of Asian Americans
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striving for economic emancipation‚ political independence and cultural renascence." One must be aware of the country’s problems‚ understand the solution and be caring and courageous enough to work and sacrifice for our country’s salvation. We Filipinos must work hand in hand to achieve one goal. In my opinion‚ many Pinoys want the Philippines to be an American state because for them‚ lying in independence could mean poverty. Hopeless and grim as it may seem. For me‚ it’s not just the government
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2013 The Filipino Attitude In the early 1990s until around World War II in the 1940s‚ the Philippines was the second richest nation in Asia‚ next only to Japan. But everything changed during the 1960s when the economy stagnated and other Asian countries began overtaking the country. The Philippine economy sharply declined in the following decades and with the Marcos dictatorship‚ democracy began failing. How did this all happen? A closer look on the attitudes and social values of the Filipino people
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Rise of Filipino nationalism The opening of the Philippines to world trade rapidly developed the Philippine economy. Many Filipinos prospered overnight. Everyday Filipinos also benefited from the new economy with the rapid increase in demand for labor and availability of business opportunities. Some Europeans immigrated to the Philippines to join the wealth wagon‚ among them Jacobo Zobel‚ patriarch of today’s Zobel de Ayala family and prominent figure in the rise of Filipino nationalism. Their scions
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The Miseducation of the Filipino (Reaction Paper) Prof. Renato Constantino‚ in his essay entitled “The Miseducation of the Filipino”‚ writes about the coming about of the miseducation and the consequences of such action in the lives of the Filipinos‚ then‚ now‚ and perhaps the future. Promoting and imposing the “unFilipino” identity in Filipinos was the miseducation that Americans pursued during the time when they “posed” as a benevolent ally to the Philippines‚ and they proved victorious indeed
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The Indolence of the Filipinos This is a collection of essays that declares the existence of indolence among the Filipinos. However‚ he points out that this is not the reason of the country’s backwardness and its citizens’ lack of ambition‚ thereby encouraging us to see the root cause rather than what seems to be it. Rizal pointed out several factors like‚ wars‚ insurrections‚ expeditions‚ invasions‚ corruption in the government‚ usurpation of the native lands by the friars‚ limited training and
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Non-verbal Communication: Filipino Style Not all cultural gestures are unique; some gestures may be the same with other cultures. However‚ there are certain gestures that we can identify as very Filipino. As I observed the people around me‚ there are a few gestures that I noticed that I was not even aware that we do but actually do quite often. I come to realize that conversations and situations would be bland without these gestures that we have become accustomed to one way or another. Nothing
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THE FILIPINO YOUTH According to Dr. Jose P. Rizal‚ “Ang kabataan ang pag-asa ng bayan”. But for the youth of today‚ who is Dr. Jose P. Rizal? Is he a role model for the Filipino youth? Is he still being remembered the way a national hero should be? Is he an inspiration to the younger generations? What is his legacy? What is his relevance today? Dr. J. P. Rizal‚ describing the youth as the Philippines’ hope of tomorrow. But now some of the Filipino youth doesn’t even care
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