I joined this forum last year when I found my brother after 25 yrs and discovered he was living in the Phils.
To cut a long story short, he reinded me why we fell out all those years ago and are now estranged again (thank goodness!)because he was using and abusing Filipino girls and women and telling massive lies to people.
Anyway, the good to come out of it is that I have remained friends with the family of the girl he was with when he came her and the girl he met when he went back and they are decent people, unlike him. I speak with them regularly via yahoo and chikka and I know consider them a significant part of my family.
I've sent one or two little things over but really just bits and bobs as I can't afford much and in any case, the postage usually costs more than the contents
What I would really like to know is this....what type of things would the Filipino people appreciate as token gifts....such as what do they like that they can't get easily there? I just send little tokens of pretty stationary items and dress jewellery, plus I discovered that certain feminine hygiene products are unobtainable so I've sent those over as well. We're talking not very well off people here so I need some ideas of things to just make life a little more pleasant for them.
Looking forward to hearing from some of you.
