How Do Filipinos View Balikbayans?

[kodyang]

they are reaping what they had planted. in a way, sacrifice na din yung pag alis nila. :upside:

[edc]

Bakit pala pag pinoy galing ng america eh pag nag-english iba na yung accent....

 

Pero pag japanese, chinese, korean galing ng america eh yung accent nila hindi naman na-bago......

 

Meron daw kwento.....Pati raw Amerkano pag kausap pinoy sa states hindi na daw maintindihan kasi pati accent exaggerated na..... :upside:

Edited August 12, 2007 by edc

[burnik20]

balikbayans are an easy to please lot--show them around a little, bring them to nice places, and they'd return the favor gladly, would be gracious hosts too if you get the chance to visit them

[iskurokutoy]

2nd-class citizens

[totsieroll]

i don't mean to generalize, pero i do get disappointed sa ibang mga laking pinas na nabigyan ng opportunity to migrate somewhere abroad, tapos pagbalik dito akala mo kung sino nang mas mataas kesa kahit kanino, or yung mga nag-iinarte na sa downsides ng pagtira sa pinas na akala mo di pa nya naranasan yun sa life nya. naaamaze pa nga ako sa mga iba na laking states talaga or sa mga bata pa nagmigrate kasi mas may breeding at mas humble pa sila and mas marunong makihalubilo.

 

as i said, i don't mean to generalize, pero this is what i've been noticing eh...

[wynona_20fqc]

they always thought that balikbayans are sikat (when it cums sa mga barrio xempre!) iniisip nila maraming pera na dala kea todo gastos..feeling nila di naghihirap yung mismong nagwowork dun..sumtyms naman yung iba mayabang na yung datig..tama ba?

[v_rhyan]

balikbayans are plain and simple... "mga turista sa sarili nilang bayan."

lalo na yung mga laki sa ibang bansa at hindi sanay sa culture natin dito sa pinas.

[bud760]

It's quite disturbing reading through some of the posts. *sigh*

 

All I can say is... don't generalize all balikbayans as if you know them personally. Not unless they do something horrible to you, leave 'em be. Just laugh it off whenever you hear them talk with a very bad "twang". Yes, some of them act up as if they've got all the riches in the world... who 'effin cares? Mind your own business. Some of them may show off all of what they have... just shrug it off. I'm for sure they'll eventually run out of things to show off. So, who's got the last laugh now right?

 

I've been going back to Manila at least once a year either on vacation or on business trip. And had quite a few encounters with people from the airport literally "asking" for money or goods. I just smirk at them and leave. So, should I think and generalize that all of NAIA employees are like that? Of course not.

 

Balikbayans has their own individual reasons/causes why they act such way. It's not you who are feeding them... are you? So, who gives a sh*t why they're like mayabang and all? It is those pakealamera people who needs to figure out what to do with their lives... to make it better.

 

we all live differently so stop being too judgmental.

 

peace.

 

I totally agree with you. This thread makes me sad in that people from the same country are deviating away from each other instead of uniting. We all have different attitudes and choices that we have made in our lives. Whether to stay in their own country or go somewhere else for a better opportunity. When white americans go to europe to return to their true mother land how come the european locals welcome them with open arms? Albeit there are white americans that may seem arrogant or obnoxious because they are not accustomed to european ways. From the previous posts why do Philippine locals welcome balikbayans with open arms and hands with the palm side up waiting for pasalubong? I'm happy to say that whenever I go home my relatives never greet me with their hands out but with open arms and a big smile on their face to welcome me back. When I go home I try to blend in with my people but there are habits that are hard to stop within the 2-4 weeks that I am home. I don't know the exact terminology but I'll call it culture shock. Let's say one of you city people go to the province to visit. Don't you get looked at funny or get treated a certain way? Don't you look at the locals in a certain way too? After a city person spends sometime in the province they get accustomed to their surroundings and pick up local habits. This is what happens to balikbayans that pick up habits abroad. If balikbayans come back to the Philippines with a big ego, start flaunting their money and looking at you funny these people are what I call balikyabang and they are easy to overlook. But if they start insulting you directly, ordering you to do things or physically assaulting you then by all means beat their as$ to a pulp.

 

Peace mga kababayan ko.

[stone21]

HARD WORKING....

[rbob]

amusing

[Borgie]

when my relatives in the states take a vacation here it only means one thing... pasalubong... hehehe...

[weirdo_rock]

mayaman

 

mayabang

[tweety]

I agree with weirdo_rock..........nagiging mayabang lalo na mga anak!!!!! :grr:

[johnlove]

for the poor & simple: Balikbayans are superstars

 

among some balikbayans: They come back because 'they didn't make it.'

[DonImus]

For the OFWs I think they are doing a great service to their families and to our country.