Remembering Cebu and the Philippines today.
One of the things that attracts me to Republika ng Pilipinas is the friendly people. Here in the US as I walk down the street I am lost in a sea of unsmiling, uncaring, unfriendly faces. I smile at people sometimes but I am usually met with a frown. Don’t know why that is. I’m not that ugly am I? I dress well and keep myself neat and clean. I’m not malodorous. Not many smiles though. Ah, but in the RP I am met with smiles wherever I go. The clerks in the stores, the workers in the restaurants, the cab drivers and just ordinary people walking down the street. Heck, even the security guards in the Philippines smile. In the US we are so insular, so fearful of strangers. In Pilipinas the people are outgoing and fun loving. Every once in a while I need to return to my post “The Land of Smiles” and remind myself of the good people of the Philippines so that those fotos can bring a smile to me again. If you are in the US, will you do me a favor today? When you venture out into public, take the time to look someone in the eyes and smile at them. If they smile back it will make your day. Trust me.
Ah Cebu. Mingaw, Cebu, mingaw.
hello! i found your blog in “random blogs”
thought it was funny that you’ve found in your travels the US to be where people don’t smile! i’ve traveled to europe and russia and had a bit of a culture shock because there they smile even less than in the states! people hardly look at you when you pass them on the streets, much less smile! (different depending on cultures, that is)
happy traveling!
I agree 101%!! Actually, filipinos are very friendly people, that’s why we love to smile. People here in Canada, they look miserable because of the lack of smile on their faces! I guess cold country, cold people. Hahaha!
the land of smiling people even if loaded with problems and hardships
hope you get to visit again soon
if someone smile at me, i smile back of course. it cost me nothing.
Philippine people are friendly as what you said Goyo, im one of it.
i use to smile back to people who smile at me. Y the US people r sour?
i agree with you.. Filipino people are friendly and fun to be with.. Well for me smiling is the easiest thing you can do to brighten someones’ day and it makes us more prettier..hehehe
Smile is the most effictive beauty enhancer and absolutely free!! It’s fun to smile and laugh.
i love being a Filipino!! I love to smILE!