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    Filipino Culture 101
    Filipino Culture 101
    Filipino Culture 101
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    Filipino Culture 101

    By Mark Nelson

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    Whether you are planning to retire in the Philippines or you want to really gain a deep understanding of your Filipina girlfriend or wife this book will show you everything you need to know to understand the culture of the Philippines.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherMark Nelson
    Release dateOct 3, 2016
    ISBN9781370218592
    Filipino Culture 101
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    Mark Nelson

    Dr. Mark Nelson is a founding director of the Institute of Ecotechnics and has worked for several decades in closed ecological system research, ecological engineering, the restoration of damaged ecosystems, desert agriculture and orchardry, and wastewater recycling. He is Chairman and CEO of the Institute of Ecotechnics, a U.K. and U.S. non-profit organization, which consults to several demonstration projects working in challenging biomes around the world as well as Vice Chairman of Global Ecotechnics Corp. and head of Wastewater Gardens International.

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      Filipino Culture 101 - Mark Nelson

      Filipino Culture 101

      Your guide to understanding the Philippines

      by

      Mark Nelson

      Copyright 2016 by Mark Nelson

      All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced, stored, or transmitted by any means — whether auditory, graphic, mechanical, or electronic—without written permission of both publisher and author, except in the case of brief excerpts used in critical articles and reviews. Unauthorized reproduction of any part of this work is illegal and is punishable by law.

      Table of Contents

      Marrying a Filipina: What You Need to Know

      How to Tell if Your Online Filipina Isn’t the Real Deal

      Kapal ng Mukha

      Hiya

      Utang ng Loob

      Why do Many Filipinos use Spoons as Knives?

      The Filipino Family and Tita Baby

      Filipinos’ Peculiar Use of the Phrase For a While

      Filipinos Love Nicknames

      Distinctly Filipino Naming Conventions

      Filipino Gifting Customs

      The Balato system

      Filipino Birthday Traditions: The Blowout

      Filipino Family Alliances: Godparents

      Mano Po

      The Ever Present Filipino Po

      Tampo

      How to Tip in the Philippines

      Don’t Get Scammed by Webcam Vixens

      Filipino Time

      Keeping Cool like a Local in the Philippines

      Getting around in the Philippines: Jeepneys

      Amor Propio

      Delicadeza

      MARRYING A FILIPINA: WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW

      If you are in communication with an exotic tropical beauty across the seas or on the other side of the globe, congratulations! Filipinas are definitely enchanting creatures. They know how to treat their partners right and Filipinos male and female are known the world over for the level of care and compassion that they provide.

      It is not an accident why Filipinos excel in the nursing field in the United States and in Europe. There are certain elements in Filipino culture that plays a big importance in helping others and caring for others.

      A key part of this is a Filipino trait of pakikisama or getting along. There is a certain aspect of Filipino culture that one defined his or her identity based on group identity or how a person goes along within that larger group. This is the reason why Filipinos make great nurses, ship cruise and other occupations that require getting along and providing one on one service.

      With that said, if you are thinking of marrying a Filipina, you need to know few things about Filipina and Filipino culture so you don’t get shocked and you avoid misunderstandings down the road. Western culture is dramatically different from Filipina culture in at least 3 separate issues.

      Marry a Filipina and You marry Her Family

      Unlike in the United States, children leave the home when they turn 18. Either they leave voluntarily or they get booted out. Filipinos tend to remain close with their family all through their adult lives. In fact it is expected for unmarried daughter or son to live with his or her parents until he or she gets married. In fact in many situations due to financial issues, adult children never leave, either support their parents or parents support them for life.

      So you have to be aware with this because a key part of a Filipina’s assumption and mentality is that you marry your family when marrying a Filipina. This means that you become part of the family so you become part of the emotional support structure and also become part of the financial support structure.

      If members of the family come from the Philippines to visit the States or Europe, guess what? You have to accommodate them and this doesn’t just mean making sure they stay with you a couple of nights you might have to house them for their whole stay while they are over.

      So you don’t just marrying a Filipina you marry her family so you need to wrap your mind around that concept so that there are no misunderstandings down the road.

      Marrying a Filipina: Children are the Center of the Filipino Family

      It is a very common source of conflict among interracial and intercultural couples. Many foreign men don’t understand the fact that once their wife gives birth the center of the family becomes the child. This is a very Filipino culture trait.

      The word for family is based on the root word for offspring. The same goes with the word for relatives. It is all based on the word anak. That’s how powerful, that’s how important children are in Philippine culture.

      So you have to understand this and you have to remember this when you are marrying a Filipina. Especially once you have

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