Quote Originally Posted by lucille38 View Post

I'm open to being friends with non-Filipinos of course, but to be honest, when I listen to people talking around me (like at school, when I hear parents talking to one another in the morning and afternoon during drop off and pick up), I can barely understand them. I find myself asking them to repeat what they just said most of the time if they talk to me, and so jokes usually get "wasted" with me. I just thought it will be easier to chat with a fellow Filipino.

Have a good day everyone. Here in York, it's warm and sunny!

Cheers,
Lucille
Magandang hapon, Lucille ... I know exactly what you mean, albeit in MY case it's more to do with me growing increasingly hard of hearing - whether due to advancing age, I've no - but it can be frustrating trying to interpret what others are saying to me at times.

One of the great things about being a forum member, is that I feel it's much easier for me to communicate in the written (read: printed and/or typed) word.

Anyway, I'm waffling a bit. Here's wishing you the best of luck in your search for fellow kabayan.