When I was in London last year I would wander around the streets alone on bright sunny days whilst Fiance goes for work, some people would ask me straight away if I am Japanese but would comment on my nice tan(i do have Jap blood and I am bit fair but tans up easily), I would tell them I am a Filipino and they would roll their eyes and wonder where that country is. Yes they can't even locate it in the map. I used to say it's in the Far East. That makes them confuseddotcom all the more. But anyway, I have not encountered anyone who have humiliated me for my being a Filipino but some friends of my fiance had warned him before not to get too serious with a Filipino lady as they would just want a ticket to the UK or any other Western Countries and would run off after getting the Citizenship, I know that has happened and fiance knows that too but duuhhh, the relationship grew stronger and we are now engaged and about to be married. And those jokes about Filipino ladyboys are true as well, I live here in the street of Manila where you could see them hanging out at night trying to catch any foriegn guy and yes my cousin is a ladyboy who is trying to sort his visa for the Republic of Ireland where he is to join his boyfriend. It's really fascinating to note. But who gives a right?
Quote Originally Posted by joebloggs View Post
i don't have strong opinions on it, but my wife does for me everyone is a target , but i can understand why she gets , this and people thinking shes chinese make her ...

no argument, bit of a debate, its good that its woken a few people up , i work with , who shouldn't be let out on their own, everytime i've been to the philippines, i get all the paedophile and ladyboy jokes, this is how the saddo's see the philippines, they wouldn't even be able to spell the philippines never mind find it on a map ., i've been 8 times to the philippines over many years, and the filipino people deserve a better image that most brits have of them, if not the world.

I can understand why the couple on here, who are advertising the housekeeper job, when they say they will take a filipino who are running away from an Arab family, i work with 2 libyans, and they tell me in their country they get treated badly and they do the jobs libyans dont want to do.

bigtom, you will have the best and worse time of your life in the philippines, the best because you'll meet your lady, and see how kind and decent most of the filipino's are, also how beautiful the philippines is, but you will not forget the poverty you might see, if you go thru some parts of manila..

but have a great time, and no theres no argument, my wife can defend herself and me .. fearless.. talking about fearless, she needs to clean out the gutters on the roof , oh don't all moan at me, me and me stepson tired to, but its 30ft + up we both got to about 20ft and had to come back down , but the wife, pushing past, at a height of 5ft in her slippers, was up the ladder and cleaning the gutters before we could blink.. what a gal, thats filipina's for you , my hero