Any change/s in you?

[bless.books]

Even after 35 years in the UK my wife still hasnt changed in so many ways...!!! I still waken up every morning to the smell of dried fish being fried. Although she likes to experiment with British dishes we generally eat Filipino food (no complaint from me there) If we have an argument and she is wrong she will never say sorry..!!

Actually Im sure there are many other ways in which i feel that she hasn't changed, but actually i wouldn't want her to change..she is a proud Filipina and rightly so. scot5man

Hello scot5man! wait 2 secs to reload the image I meant to reply when I read this, but i can only do a few at a time wait 2 secs to reload the image ...

It's funny to hear/know how your wife craves Filipino foods, I do as well. Whenever I come up to London I make sure I drop at Earl's Court where the food is !!! And yes too in saying 'Sorry' ... I think that is a trademark of Filipinas wait 2 secs to reload the image It's a wife thing wait 2 secs to reload the image wait 2 secs to reload the image

[triple5]

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[bless.books]

PS : The only way i have changed personally is that since my first trip to the Philippines I contracted a very serious disease. It affects me every time I get back to the UK. Its called PPD and I hear that there is no cure for it..!! scot5man

Hello again scot5man! Excuse my ignorance, what does PPD means? :-)

[bless.books]

Husband's reply:''NO i didnt change a bit except that: ..I became more workaholic to get u here in Uk..
..I went down my brothers place often now and eat his rice and salad(used to eat rice 3x a day when in phils)

Hello sars_notd_virus! Sorry, my response is a bit late ... Yes, add'l expenses - and pertaining to your stay here, he will have to prepare as well ...

[bless.books]

oh...can i still join my self in this topic.. hello bless books. if im not mistaken are you also the one who put a topic here about AKOY PILIPINO song? coz if you do i have to admit that you are emotional person but.........very interesting personality. i like it. and for your question about this. in my own experience, really things change and no permanent in this world. not unless you set it to be in the same way. i have to say that its hard for me to say the truth of how i change. but to make this a little bit more clear for me changes in life is not always favor to what you expecting and if thats happened then you need more time to accept it..8-) hm.. i dont think i made my self clear..hehe8-)

Hello pocahontas! Finally, I am here to respond to your comment. I read this before, so sorry only now - I can only reply to a few at a time and besides, just don't want to monopolise the whole thread ... if that is the case, you will get bored seeing all my responses in one go.

Thanks for your words :-) ... yes, I am the same one who posted the AKO AY PILIPINO and yes, I am a bit emotional.

It has been said over that the only thing that is permanent is change aside from death and tax of course! Oh, it's perfectly clear to me pocahontas.

Change is inevitable, you can either embrace it or embrace. I see that we have no choice ... we just have to balance the good from the bad.
Okay, till next interaction with you ...

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Hello triple5! The changes that happened to you? hahaha ...

I noticed that only now. When I clicked the icon, it says those words hoping it will automatically show the icon when I submit reply, and obviously not!

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[David House]

My wife has been in the UK for 8 years and is now a British citizen. She has changed a lot, though some of those changes are due to her just getting older and wiser. She remains close to her culture and seems to have found a middle path, taking the good bits from both. No-one is a more enthusiastic supporter of any British sportsman or woman than Connie, who even comes to watch football with me and gets very involved. She values the lack of corruption here, but gets depressed at the way some families don't support each other. She loves many "English" dishes and cooks them really well, whilst still liking to eat rice with her fingers.
Although we live in a fairly small Cambridgeshire town there is an informal but active Filipino community which automatically includes any new face in town to any gatherings. These occur pretty frequently, the last being only yesterday when a birthday was celebrated with everyone cooking a Filipino dish and singing.
Although Connie did face some racist attitudes whilst studying at college these were from mindless youngsters who pick on anyone, or anything, different. If she had been black, muslim, fat, thin or old I think it would have been the same. It is much more a condemnation of the perpetrators than a comment on Filipinos. In fact Connie has plenty of British friends. We take part in a weekly quiz in our local which definately helps but the biggest reason is that Connie is a talented singer, who after being in a band for 4 years, is now gigging on her own. She is really popular and she gets lots of affection from her audiences, which in turn gives her confidence. In my experience the more you reach out to British people the more accepted you will become.
We spent 6 months in 2009 in the Philippines, and have spent other times there too, so I have had the opportunity to witness life there at first hand. I don't think it really made any changes to me. I still cannot tolerate dried fish, especially the smell, prefer potatos to rice, think Halo Halo is a joke and JollyBee portions stupidly small. I continue to believe that the education system there is a confidence trick on the people and that the Roman Catholic church is the root cause of many of the problems. However I like the kindness, the laid back attitude and the respect shown by young people to the more mature.