I read in an earlier post by Pete, of the showing off process. Pinays are proud to have a western boyfriend so will parade him round. Maybe it is the same with Jewellery and stuff Maybe they like to show off to people that they have a good future
I suppose it depends on the filipina
"10% of life is made up of what happens to you, 90% is decided by how you react" "The way to love anything is to realize that it may be lost"