While Filipinos are usually regarded by as a welcoming and hospitable people, there are things that appear to them as weird about our culture.
In a viral Facebook post by Mike Grogan, a best-selling author and international speaker, he listed top things he considers “crazy” that can be only seen in the Philippines.
4) Filipinos refer American male as “Joe”
“I’m not Joe. I’m Mike,” Grogan clarified in the video as Filipinos usually call him Joe. Joe is a name usually associated with an average white American male, which is equivalent to the Filipino’s moniker “Juan dela Cruz”.
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3) Tabo
“What is that for?”
That is the usual question from foreigners every time they go inside a bathroom of a typical Filipino family.
Most foreigners use shower to bathe themselves and tissue paper when they use the loo, but Filipinos find ease to do these things using a tabo.
Pair it with a pail or timba, as what Filipinos call it, and a faucet and Filipinos will be sure fresh once they go out of the bathroom.
2) Filipinos always leave the last piece of food on the plate
While foreigners will fight for the last piece of pizza, cake, or any other food, Filipinos usually leave the last piece of the food on the table and just wait someone to get it.
Usually, Filipinos would poke at one another and tell them to get the last piece of the food for a long time until someone will give up and take the last piece.
In this tradition, the trait of being hospitable and charitable is observed among Filipinos. As long as their visitor or friends are full with the meal they served, they are already satisfied.
1) Filipinos start celebrating Christmas on September 1
Foreigners treat the month of September as an ordinary month. But for most Filipinos it is the start of decorating the entire house with Christmas ornaments and blasting Jose Mari Chan songs in the mall.
The Philippines is known as the country that celebrates the Yuletide season longer than the usual. Looks like Filipinos want to embody the warm feeling of Christmas spirit for months.
The post by Grogan has already reached more than two million views, 64 thousand reactions, and 21 thousand shares, and three thousand comments.
Source: Mike Grogan/Facebook
