Won Bin, me love you long time, but!~!@#$%
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Some of your people are annoying!!!
I love Won Bin! He He He! I wanna marry him! because I think he’s just so handsome, especially in that “Endless Love”? I love all his expressions with his emotions that’s sorta flowing out of his eyes. Song Hye Gyo is also really good and photogenic. Anyway…
Why are there so many Koreans in the Philippines?!
I couldn’t take this anymore!!! I was on the phone AGAIN with mi amiga in Ortigas yesterday and yes, we were talking about Koreans, again. This was for the umpth time!!! Some them are rants and angst! Well, actually, everytime I call, they’re all angsts!!! I was like - Ei! what happened to Sandaka Park love?! She said, “It’s over!!!” And Won Bin? “He’s all yours!!!”. Wow.
Ok. So, how many Koreans are there in the Philippines now? According to our reliable wiki-wiki:
Government figures show from 378,602 Korean tourists in 2003, the number went up to 572,133 in 2006, a 51-percent rise. Together with the increase in tourists has been an influx of Korean residents. The Bureau of Immigration could not furnish the Inquirer with figures on how many Koreans were granted alien certificates of registration in the country. But one only has to look around to see the rising Korean population in the country. Over the past few years, establishments like English schools for Koreans, Korean restaurants, Korean groceries, Korean dress shops and even Korean churches have sprouted all over the Philippines. Many schools in the country already have a Korean student population.
Many schools in the country already have a Korean student population. At the international school where my niece goes to, most of her friends are Koreans. As a matter of fact, about 20%Â of the class were Koreans.
Didn’t you noticed? I begun to think. You know, there’s something funky going on in our kawntri! There are puzzles in my brain that’s waiting to be solved. Something is just not just adding up. You see this is what happens when you come from a dysfuntional family! And you work in a dysfunctional office! And you see dysfunctional people running ma kawntri! You could easily sense dysfunctionalities. This is what I see…
Crazy Migration. Didn’t you notice?
Consider this news, although it’s a year old, it’s still relevant to what I am talking about.
The poll by Pulse Asia reported that a third of Filipinos would emigrate if they could; a fourth considered the Philippines to be “hopeless.” The consensus is that the ouster of Marcos was a shuffling of power among long-established elites rather than the beginnings of fundamental reform. Many poor people depend on patronage, which allows a feudal political and economic system to survive.
But of course, we don’t need Pulse Asia to tell us these, why? Heck, eh yong 7th month baby nga eh,  in a Filipina mother’s womb is already applying sa POEA! Majority of us are frustrated by all these GDP numbers that are meaningless because it’s not generating enough jobs!!! Eeeeeeeeee!!! Our insane political system, government inefficiency and add to that the almost daily extra-judicial killings in every corner of the Philippines. EEEEEEEEEE!!! Sumasakit ang ulooo kooooo!!!!
But as hundreds of us pile up at POEA, line up the intenet cafe to browse for jobs overseas, fly out daily to places as far as Azerbajian and Honduras where we think we can find our Philippine Dream (*saglit lang. me Philippine Dream ba?), - ANYWAY - check out who are the people flying to Manila in droves!!! It’s the Koreans and the Chinese!!! And look! They are coming to our dear kawntri for the very same reasons why we are all leaving the Philippines?!
Watz going on Matilda?! Playing switching games?! Explain this to me in a powerpoint presentation!!! When I decide to go home in bizillian years to Manila, yong population ba will all be Koreans? and Chinese?!
I go home to Manila every year and I know that parts of Makati, Quezon City, Manila and even in the outskirts of Manila, you see a lot of ubiquitous Korean signage! Are they the “new chinese”? In January this year, I was with friends in Batangas, side by side with us are buses and buses of Korean tourists! “Kuripot po ang mga yan!” says one sari-sari store owner selling pineapples!
If you look at the map, Korea is very close to us geographically. It’s only about 3 hours or something and I’m sure that (probably) explains why they prefer to come here. They lurrrvvee our hospitality. Who wouldn’t? We treat every foreigngerm wid all the love and attention that they can’t buy in their country! Heck, we welcome anyone else in our kawntri, di ba? Dun nga sa condo, there is a resident from South Africa and di pa maalis sa kokote nang mga pinoy to call this guy “egoy” and that pisses him off! Everytime I hear it, bulyaw ang inaabot sakin nang mga unggok na mga taong tumatawag sa kanya nang ”egoy”!
Back to the Koreans - ang gulo ko ano?!
Another thing - English. Majority of them come here to learn basic english since it’s very expensive to learn english somewhere else. Sabi nga nong dun sa sarisari stor - kuripot sila! Now, after that, they fly to Australia, UK and the US to study. Of course we all know na kahit sa Mutya ng Pasig, nagtitinda na sila nang English for Koreans. Aba, dalian lang nila because Filipinayzd has it that our English will soon be extinct! Our Filipino tongressmen can’t seem to decide hangga ngayon - kung english ba? tagalog ba? Alphabet ba? Alfabeto ba? You know what I mean? English-speaking na lang ang Singapore, tayo we still can’t decide. A ewan!
But what’s alarming to me is this, there seemed to be a lot of negative news about what the Koreans do in the Philippines and/or how they conduct themselves! I read them on the Inquirer that a lof of them has all these businesses na puro lang front! At eto pa:
These are the reports I read:
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Koreans would lease the house then sublets this to four or five other families. And sometimes the Koreans destroy the property. There’s a plush subdivision in the south has already disallowed leasing out homes to Koreans.
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In Baguio, some developers complain that Korean builders get licenses approved too quickly.
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In Cebu tour operators say Korean tourists are coming in droves but only Korean business are benefiting. They have their own guides, their own resorts and, even, their own buses.
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In Baguio, a few neighborhoods have alerted the police about “Koreans who party all night in their apartment buildings, and who disturb [their] sleep.â€
Heck! I’m sure they’re bringing in a lot of almighty dollars to pump our economy and I’m sure, even if it’s not reported, those almighty dollars and the services we provide Koreans have somehow given some Pinoy employment. I didn’t want to start something nasty about Koreans because I’m sure there are a lot of them who are good natured people.
But here’s what’s bothering ma brains out, which brings me back to my question - are some of these people mga ”persona non-grata” and taking advantage of the hospitality of Filipinos?!
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June 24th, 2007 at 10:11 pm
I think you are right on the last part, about the abuse. There was this report in ABS-CBN I cannot remember the particular documentary; they showed a part of Baguio wherein Korean owned residences and establishments with all those signboards and panaflexes are mushrooming overnight– needless to say, a korea town in Baguio.
The question that was on my mind was that, why did the local gov’t of Baguio allowed these things to take precedence? it is very clear in the 1987 constitution that no alien life form should own any land in the Philippines. I think this is not only an abuse on their part, but also a corruption on our part. .
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June 24th, 2007 at 10:22 pm
Ei! bluep, exactly mah point! You see, I maybe American but I look Filipino. I speak Filipino. Heck! I even smell Filipino, but when I was buying property in Manila several years back? AYAW. Hanggang condo lang daw ako. Kasi di daw ako Pilipino! PUCHHAAA! Eh ngayon? Sumumpa na ako sa Nueva Yorka? I wonder if our Korean friends had the same experience as moi? You know what I mean?
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June 24th, 2007 at 11:16 pm
Hi Reyna Elena! Dumayo lang ako rito, Makisawsaw sa iyong topic.
Marami na talagang Koreans sa Pinas chis time. It started with many public works and infrastructure projects awarded to Korean construction companies. Their executives and engineers found it good to live in our country because they’re earning is US dollars. They brought their families and friends who in turn visit our resorts on weekends. Good for tourism sabi nila. Tapos, some attended English schools and when their countrymen heard that it’s convenient to study English in Manila area, puntahan naman sila. Soon after, nagtayo na sila ng sariling restaurant, resorts and schools (some are fly by night) exclusively catering to their countrymen. Dumami nang dumami. I have a first hand info on this because I have an auntie working in Seoul who sent an 18 year old Korean girl to live with us because she’s enrollng to study English in a operated by a Korean by staffed by Filipinos. She paid us handsomely for her board and lodging for 6 months stay. Pagbalik niya sa Korea, ang galing na niyang magsalita ng English.
Doon naman sa Baguio, some time ago, there was a featured story of a retired Korean executive who prepared to reside in Baguio with his wife on his US$2,000 monthly pension. Buhay mayaman siya living in a condo, with katulong and play golf at Camp John Hay. Sarap ng buhay nila.
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June 25th, 2007 at 3:05 am
hey xanadu!
thanks for the visit!
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June 25th, 2007 at 3:20 am
another Korean Company exploiting the resources of our country… fresh from the news:
http://newsinfo.inquirer.net/inquirerheadlines/nation/view_article.php?article_id=73111
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June 25th, 2007 at 7:26 am
In Anchorage, Alaska, about 90% of Chinese and Japanese restaurants are owned by Koreans. Barber/beauty saloons, ice cream parlors and dry cleaners are owned mostly by Koreans. So, it is not a surprise to me that Koreans would put up businesses in the Philippines.
I visited Boracay 3 times, and more than half of the tourists there were Koreans. So, I thought, Koreas must not have islands like Boracay in their country.
I am tempted to conclude that Koreans want to own what they do not have, and taking the opportunity to silently invade our country. That’s what it is turning out to be.
The Philippine islands are indeed pearls - one fact that we Pilipinos take for granted and give away for nothing but temporary pesos in our pockets. We’re selling out our lands to foreigners, the same lands that our heroes died for. Talk about 30 pieces of silver! What is worse? Those silver coins are going to only a few with power and wealth!
-picoy fernandez, anchorage, alaska
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June 25th, 2007 at 11:16 am
Filipinos should be oriented in this kind of silent invasion. I have nothing against koreans but it seems that they want to dominate even our own country.
America is different because eventhough many filipnos are there, the natural resources are not exploited by us or other nationalities for that matter. But here, it’s like we are being stolen of our own land. C’mon pinoys hindi na nga tayo magkaige ng tayo tayo lang, hahayaan pa nating manakawan tayo ng lupa at likas na yaman ng iba… Gising naman mga kababayan ko… nakakaiyak na ang ganitong sitwasyon natin.
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June 25th, 2007 at 1:45 pm
…and i think the koreanovelas are the brainwashers that invade every household but mine (i don’t have tv, remember?)…
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June 26th, 2007 at 2:34 am
thanks reyna for bringing this up! this has been an endless topic also with me and my friends as well.
we really feel na nai-invade na ng mga Koreans ang Pilipinas! kahit san ka magpunta me Koreano, as in Kahit SAAng parte ng pinas ka mapadpad, nagkalat ang mga Koreano!
I have nothing against Koreans, pero iba ang asta nila compared sa mga Intsik at Japanese na nadito sa bansa, hello sangkaterba rin naman ang mga singkit at sakang sa pinas pero never akong na-threaten na maiinvade nila ang bansa natin.
something fishy is going on here, another thing, napaka-ingay ng mga Koreano ha!
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June 26th, 2007 at 2:36 am
Sandali lang ha? I am going to move this back up again on the front page. Sana wag magalit yong banda! He he He
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June 26th, 2007 at 2:55 am
oo nga sobrang ingay nila… lam mo po nung minsan nasa public bus kami pauwi galing bundok, syempre pagod na pagod…basta past 11pm na yun…
biglang may mga koreano (anim ata sila) na umakyat sa bus para sumakay… grabe! as in biglang kala mo may dala silang loudspeaker sa pagsasalita, syempre di mo maintindihan kaya talagang noise sa pandinig… eh nakakainis talaga kasi po natutulog na kami at ang tahimik sa bus…
ayun, bigla silang sinigawan nung isang pasahero, in english ha, at talagang natahimik sila, natakot ata kaya bumaba na lang…kasi masama na rin tingin ng ibang passengers eh hehe
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June 26th, 2007 at 3:12 am
“napaka-ingay ng mga Koreano ha! - pusa & JC”
hahaha. loudspeakers ba?
I made a prank onetime here in our place when they began blabbering inside a coffee bar.
I was with my friends and then they started laughing beside our table, yun na nga, pure noise kasi di namin sila maintindihan.
I stood up and conversed with them with all smiles (really I was not angry at that time because they were also customers and it is so rude of me to tell them to shut up).
so what I did is, I began to talk to them (four of them, all teenagers) in an “imaginary chinese tongue”. In short I was just making out some chinese words na who knows kung ano ibig sabihin ng mga yun.. I just invented them. I said:
“chong kwa kung syao ne min yung yang kefung kwey…” (not the exact words but it would spice up my story)
and I went on talking and talking. they began to really wonder what I was talking about.
and then after a minute or so of talking with all of the expression as if naintindihan ko din yung pinagsasabi ko, I asked them in english:
“did you understand what i said?”
the korean replied: No we don’t
“ah, me neither, but it just means that you have to tone down your voice”
they began to laugh and smile and I smiled back… and they said
“oki oki we do it”
“have a nice day” I said.
and that’s it. when I went to our table, and my barkada can’t believe that I did that. Shy as ever pero I had to calm them or else baka awayin sila ng ibang pinoy dun sa cafe.
nga pala I just dropped by reynz before I go offline to tell you that I haven’t signed up for gmail yet. I will do it later, really hectic here. Just wondering mas maganda ba sya sa yahoo? yahoo has already removed it’s limit meaning kahit 10 giga na laman ng inbox mo eh okay pa rin…
Ciao everyone and God Bless..
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June 26th, 2007 at 3:17 am
hello everyone, mah friend from ortigas wanted this post up on top dahil sa galit nya sa mga koryano ha ha ha! so i have to move it.
JC, Xanadu, Bluep, pusa at picoy,
i think one of the difference sa mga koryano wid japs at chinese is that, kahit na pareparehas na ang tingin nila sa sarili nila eh mas mataas saatin, my personal opinion eh - mas sila if you know what i mean. yon bang talagang tingin nila they are the best of the best.
i understand na masyado silang close sa mga kapwa nila koryano, kaso gaya nang impression ninyo, bat kaya yong mga taong to eh walang pakialam at parang insensitive sa mga hosts nila? eh kung tayo kaya ang magwala nang walang pakundangan sa korea? rally kaya ang abutin natin???
bluep, nabasa ko yong article na sinabi mo, nagbuga nang lava ang nguso ko sa init?! why would the local officials do that? malaki siguro ang natipak sa permit?
teka lang - sino ba ang governor sa batangas?
sya ba yong kwan… sino na nga yong babaeng artistang ayokong matandaan ang pangalan?
ano bang iniisip nila?
anong susunod na ibebenta?
INTRAMUROS?
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June 26th, 2007 at 3:11 pm
hello reyna, this is number cruncher hopping from mlq3’s blog!
as for the reason why koreans seem to have a grand time coming over here while we pinoys fly out in droves is a lot about the money.
it’s very nice to live out here; once you get above the income barrier, you can enjoy luxuries here very cheaply. unfortunately, this income barrier, though low in absolute dollar terms, is quite high for more than 60% of pinoys…
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June 26th, 2007 at 6:33 pm
Kung ang Greece ay sa Cyprus, ang Malaysia sa Singapore, ang India sa Sri Lanka, ang Korea sa Pilipinas.
Maraming pagkakapareho ang Pilipinas at (South) Korea. Parehong koloni ng Amerika, pareho ang porma ng gobyerno, marami ring Kristyano sa Korea atbp.
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June 26th, 2007 at 10:14 pm
…at mahilig sa telenobela!!!
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June 27th, 2007 at 12:14 am
reynz just heard from the radio this morning: Ate Vi (Sorry I mentioned her name) is against the Korean Spa at the peak of Taal Volcano. I think it was not Vi who gave the permit since it was not yet her turf as governor of batangas. I think it was Governor Sanchez and the Mayor of talisay who got a lot of bribes from the koreans. It was a talk in DZRH this morning.
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June 27th, 2007 at 12:32 am
hey number cruncher, thanks for the visit! you’re right. mayaman sila. pero pede ba! ba’t palagi na lang tayong api? pati dayuhan, ultimo kaingat-ingatang pag-aari natin, aangkinin?
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June 27th, 2007 at 12:34 am
bluep, good! mention ko na pangalan ni Ate Vi (biglang *atih!) and I hope palayasin nila ang mga huditos na yan at do something dun sa mga kurakot!
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June 27th, 2007 at 12:35 am
filipinayzd,
lintian, pag sinda so luminaog sa legazpi, borongagon ko an na mga koryanong an!
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June 27th, 2007 at 6:31 am
Reyz, dakul man nin mga ukay-ukay na haling Korea.
Nata (tauno) man ta anggot kang marhay sainda? Palis-palis lang yan. Ang mga 1st world countries habong mag-araki, ang mga Pinoy sigi-sigi. E di kita ang mapano kan pagkukulang ninda! Isay man ang pasalida kan mga naghaharali sa Pilipinas apwera kan mga bagong pangaki kan mga mahihigos tang kahinmanwa?
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June 28th, 2007 at 2:01 am
Ei Filipinayd,
Anggot ako dahil ginagamit ninda so pirak ninda sa mga yodiputang bayadan na mga opisyales. Baku man gabos an. Aram ko, me mga tultol dyan, kaso, pag dai mo guiniba na maging aware sinda (koryano) kan mga hiro ninda, aba, eh di urag-uragon na sana ang abot kaan sato. habo ko kaan. mga koryano sinda, bisita lang sinda, wez magtoltol sinda. you know what i mean?
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June 30th, 2007 at 6:10 pm
Uy naku hindi ko na yata maintindihan yan hehe, pero actually Picoy Fernandez of Alaska mas lalong hindi nya naintindihan kasi he can’t understand tagalog hehe (nice to hear from you Mang Picoy), yap I use to work at Globe Telecom at Pioneer Highland Plaza,mostly of the residents are Koreans, most of them are here to study english,anyhow malaki na din influence nila sa atin,biruin mo ilang Korea Novela ang napanood ko sa pinas bago me napunta sa Singapore at sinusubaybayan din ng mga Pinoy, saka kinda nagpapalitan lang yata tayo ng bansa kasi I also have lots of friends who study Korean Language just to work in Korea, haay weird hehe.
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July 1st, 2007 at 12:28 pm
Well, my experience with Koreans was at East Ortigas Mansions, pero buti na lang di ko kinagat.
When I was there in 2005, merong dating food mart sa tapat nang East Ortigas. Then, they close it down. Nalugi raw. After a few months pagbalik ko galing sa US, biglang nagkaron nang activity. Dami pa ngang advertisement sa papers that it will be the biggest PC eMall in the whole of Asia or Philippines ba or something something. Basta grabe ang promotion nila. Meanwhile, they were selling the stalls at a minimum of Php500,000 and I know dahil ilan yata dun sa condo ang mga bumili.
Hangga’t sa naudlot nang naudlot ang opening, until biglang nangawala yong mga Korean investors. Ayun, tinakbo yata lahat nang pera.
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July 13th, 2007 at 4:56 pm
my sis is teaching english in a korean school d2 sa qc…aside from cheap ENGLISH EDU…they also go here for cheap travel and tours…punta ka puerto naku puro korean dun..pati sa baywalk…left and right and front and back…puro koreans!
pero bilib sila sa talent ng Noypi esp sa music scene…wala yata kasing bumibirit sa kanila tsaka panget siguro mga beach dun…hehhehe
one thing though, they say that THEY are the most beautiful people on earth. They normally believe Chinese are dirty and ugly and Japanese are midgets. Very very proud people. In fact, Moon preaches Koreans are the super race whether you belive it or not. That explains it all.
oh well, i do watch some koreanovelas. aliw eh.
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July 14th, 2007 at 12:12 am
Malen, naku agree ako seo. Eh kahit dito sa US, iilan lang koryanong kebigan namin at yong iilan eh ang tingin nila samin? lupa.
Ganun daw talaga sila. Para bang mga Pranses. Tingin nang Pranses sa mga Kano, lupa din.
Ewan, di ba ganyan naman ang ibang lahi. Pero sa totoo lang parating Pinoy ang api. Yong Koryano tingin sa Pinoy lupa. Yong Hapon, tingin sa Pinoy palipas libog. Yong mga Thai, tingin sa Pinoy, mga tanga. Eh kasi nilagpasan tayo eh. Lahat ang mga yan tingin sa satin - ala. Ganun. Kelan kaya lahat nang pinoy maging darna?
Saan? Aling peryodiko? Anong entablado? Aba, tingin lang nang mundo magaling tayong alipin kaya ayan sandamakal kaming nagtatarbaho kung saan saan.
He He He Alam ko maraming magagalit sa sinabi ko! Makaalis na nga!
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July 17th, 2007 at 3:30 pm
An-yong!
hay naku..ako rin napupurga na ako sa mga nakikita kong Koreans..they are everywhere..sa malls..sa kanto ng bahay namin..sa office..waaaahhhhh ..lahat nalang chinky eyes..it seems like na alienated tayo..waahhh..sobra na talaga..
Actually I am working in a Korean company as a teacher..kaya sobrang na pupurga ako..yes I learn something form their culture pero sometimes..mali yung mga asal nila..(As I have observe my bosses)
Grabe..sobrang kuripot..sometimes na nanagkalan..sometimes user..di ko maintindihan.yung iba naman sobrang bait at wala kang masabi kasi sincere sila..extremes!!!
By the way, isa pa when my friend and I where searching for a building along Pearl drive , I was so amazed to see a Korea Town..its a real Korea Town with a small center full of Korean stores..
very contagious pa sila..
At isa pa..wag nga silang mag pumilet na magtayo ng Spa sa Taal..naku kung matutuloy man yun..humanda sila dahil siguradong puputok ang Taal sa galet..
Na-aapreciate ko naman sila ..pero may mga moments talaga na gusto kong magpahinga sa Korea wave na yan at sana kapag nasa mall ako wala akong makitang Koring…
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August 5th, 2007 at 1:53 pm
Koreans: The Most Misunderstood Visitors in the Philippines:
http://english.ohmynews.com/articleview/article_view.asp?article_class=&no=374206&rel_no=1
Essentially, what the article is saying is that we don’t understand the Koreans but the article does not really discuss ano ba ang culture na dapat nating intindihin sa kanila?
reyna elena, 2007/08/05 22:51
I understand what you wrote - but you didn’t really discuss what’s in their culture that we need to understand? Well and good if they are disciplined in their country - then what gives? How come they’re a bunch of annoying shits and craps in the Philippines? Trying to be French that we are just nothing but Indios?
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October 20th, 2007 at 4:56 pm
hi yah… i have a korean boyfriend and his parents don’t like me because of the fact that i am a filipina. the thing is he is the only son so he is expected to serve his parents… we do like each other (it really annoys me that koreans only uses the term “love” when they wanted to marry their girlfriend)… anyhow, the only solution is for him to work here in the philippines. i am wondering if you guys knows a korean company here in manila?
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j-a-n-e-t-t-e reply on December 15, 2007:
Hi Lay… I have some friends who also have Korean boyfriends. Just a friendly tip, never compete with his parents. I have so many Filipino friends (also teachers) who has relationships with Koreans…well, as expected…talo tayong mga Pinay. Koreans are popular racists. They treat Filipinos as the lowest form of people in the world. Here’s an example how these people treat us even in our own country. My co teacher’s husband was rushed to the hospital due to heart attack. He was confined in the hospital. My co teacher was in short of fund so she approached our Korean boss to ask if her Christmas bonus in advance. (By the way, he gives our bonus every Dec 24). She showed her hospital bills and vouchers. Our boss was upset because according to him, our Christmas bonus is a privilege so he can only release it to us on the 24th. I was so pissed that I approached him and explained to him the urgency of my co teacher’s need for the money. He debated with me. Alas, I told him that our bonus is not a privilege. It is mandatory and he is obliged to give it to us early part of December. I then told him that I referred the issue to my uncle working in DOLE. As soon as he heard DOLE, lumaki ang mata at namigay ng bonus the following day. Duwag pala ang loko. Well, goodluck Lay. Make sure na kaya mo siyang ipaglaban til the end. Otherwise, just let it go. Take care.
December 9th, 2007 at 1:02 pm
For me, I apreciate the existence of foreigners in our country. It’s like a good sign that they are “fit” in our environment, and it is a sign that we ourselves must stay in our own land..
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December 15th, 2007 at 5:18 pm
ANYEONG HA-SEYO !!!
Wanna know the real reason why these Koreans love our country so much ??? Well for one thing, studying ESL here in the Philippines is so cheap (it only cost then PHP200 to 300 per hour including car service to and fro their temporary residence here—as compared to PHP3,000–converted to peso– per hour in their own country)Well, best deal right??? Next is, our government is so lenient with them even if they overstay. Some of them even have the guts not to pay study visa and study illegally in our prestigious schools in the metro. Lastly, our cost of living here is so much cheaper as compared to their country. Just imagine, the price of one piece of maxx candy can amount to P6.00 equivalent in Korea….wow!!! One piece of our famous spanish bread (P2-3 in our local bakeries) will cost P35.00 in equivalent to won in Korea. Also, signature clothes cost 200% to 300% higher in Korea. Those are simple examples… Well, hello Philippine government!!! Are you there??? I wouldn’t wonder if one day the Philippines will be filled with Koreans as secondary Filipinos….anyway, most Koreans residing here in the Philippines are mothers and kids while their husbands remain in Korea to earn a living. Kung baga, dito sila namumuhay para baba gastos. In the meantime, Filipinos cannot work legally in Korea. FAIR BA ANG LABAN ???? kNOCK kNOCK Philippine government. Will you just sit there and watch ????
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June 3rd, 2008 at 2:57 pm
haaay ang dami na ngang koreans sa bansa natin, ang ugali nila wala sa gitna kung mabait , mabait tlaga, kundi magalit galit tlga .. extremes.. i have koreans friends mabait sila compare sa iba na hindi tlga namamansin, i work in korean office.. ask ko sila bat ganun un iba mattaa sang ere, sbi nila mayayaman daw un at mayyabang kya gnun.. nagkaron din aku ng boyfriend na korean super sweet super mabait ntunaw niya tlga ang puso ko , ang galing kc magtagalog kya nagkakaintindihan kmi.. un nga lng bumalik na siya sa korea.. aftr nun.. wala halos isang buwan lng sya tumatawag ng mdals tpos wala n aku narinig sa knya.. gnun ata sila pag nahihiwalay sa gf, nlulungkot naghahanap ng iba.. at cguro ayaw ng parents nya sa ibang lahi kay gnun…
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June 26th, 2008 at 6:40 am
hello po. it’s lay again. hopefully i will be granted a visa this 02 july because my boyfriend’s parents would like to see me this september. their whole clan accepted me because of the fact that i have a white complexion. according to my boyfriend, his parents are worried if i can blend in korea & that we will face alot of challenges but my boyfriend assured them that he will take care of me. my boyfriend loves my family as well & that we are planning to live in baguio after 5 years in korea. i would just like to ask about the gift that i can give to his parents? any suggestions please…thank you.
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