Apr 06 2009
Things You See in the Philippines
I’ve done several posts on things we miss while living in the Philippines. I thought it would be good to do a few about things you see in the Philippines which I don’t think you see many other places.
1. The family transportation may be a motorcycle. And the entire family rides at one time. Dad drives with smallest child in front of him. Larger child between Dad and Mom with Mom being the back person. It’s also unusual to see a child standing while riding but frightening when the standing kiddo is the one on the motorcycle.
2. It’s not unusual to see kids with pets but the different thing here is seeing kids with pet roosters.
3. America could learn a lot about going green from the Filipino people. Recycling is a major thing here. It is normal to see wait staff sorting the garbage to recyclable versus nonrecyclable.
4. Even people who appear to struggle with basic survival needs have cell phones.
5. I’m not sure I can imagine to many countries who have toilets but no seats or bring your own TP requirements.
I’ll share more as they come to mind. In short every country is different and different doesn’t mean wrong. It just means we decide what we can accept as is, what we need to adapt our way of thinking to accept, and what we need to decide if there is a way to change.
