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FRIED came in first grazie7y.. n fried egg and fried chicken.. ehehehe... u can get rid of the scars thru Dr. Vicky Belo.. ehehe ....  just kiddin  ..

Sir junayag how will you define DOWRY?... arrange marriage?

So where is the LOVE?

Well said, dear cousin!

Back in college (that's way, way back time ), I presented in my English or was it Social study subject about The Notion of Male Superiority.  I know this has nothing to do with this thread but bear me for a while. (Hadlok i eject ko dre na thread kay seryos matters ra ba ni ) Anyway, that study led me to get interested in reading materials about dowry stuff and one I remembered reading is a book about Bangladesh and its cultures.  I learned from that book that the women's family give dowry to the men for the reason that the women's family are transferring the responsibility of taking care of these women to the men. They had a set of prices daw according to the social status of the women.  Also, if in the family there's only one donkey or horse ba to, the men got to ride and the women walks.  So that goes back to the question, is there love involved in this kind of marriages? 

Hmmm, that really jolted me then to think that me as a woman is the responsibility of the men in my family!  

Mag lana na lang ko ug putot, Lin!

hahahaha di siguro na mahitabo Manong Lin oi na ang mga Pinay makipagshare ug bana - or at least not knowingly like the muslims...

Eh di mag mangkay na lang hahahahaha

Manong Lin, akong Lolo kay diha sya'y duha ka mangkay na auntie so bale amo na tong great grand aunties!  Dili man kaayo sila luoy tan awon kay daghan man sila'g mga pag umangkon and then elementary up to high school or up until namatay sila, we took care of them.  as always the case in our bayan na the poorest family got to take care of our elderly kay ang mga richie2x dili man jud mo lingi ug naa nay alimahunon bisan na lang gani unta mohatag financial support.  Anyway, in our case, it wasn't hard to take care of them kay they were so loving people and they helped us when we were growing up kon wa nami bugas malung-ag.

Why Philippines is attractive for expats as a retirement haven it is because of our culture of sincere domesticated service and loyalty for someone who has helped in one way or another....ang tawag ana "mounong".

In the west, it is full of IMPERSONALISM.. kon wala nakay gamit or ayo, ignored ka or neglected. pero dinhi matigulang na ka unya maayo ang imong kinaiya mounong gyod nimo hangtod ta molangyaw sa laing kalibutan.

Well said, Mr. Ayag. And I hope that the Philippine tourism sector taps into this resource, which, if properly handled, could generate thousands of jobs and result in a 'trickle down' effect for the country.

Hi Pare!  Had heard about this newly  built-up "Home for the Aged" I think somewhere in Baclayon.   Only I'm not aware whether it is already going on for business and also about the monthly basic prices.

Mao ba Ms. Bambi naa na tay "Home for the Aged" sa Bohol?  I can't believe it kay we always take care naman jud of our elderly family members.  By the way, dili na acceptable dre ang term nato diha na "Home for the Aged" kay dili daw na politically correct na term.  Instead, they call here Home for the elderly or Senior Homes. 

Grazie,
Nice to hear nga duol ra mo dinha ni Ms da Binsi sa akong Mama ug sister sa Union City.  Kon moadto unya mo didto dapita, sultihi unya ko aron makavisit mo sa balay nila...it would be pleasure for them to meet both of you.

Grazie,
Nice to hear nga duol ra mo dinha ni Ms da Binsi sa akong Mama ug sister sa Union City.  Kon moadto unya mo didto dapita, sultihi unya ko aron makavisit mo sa balay nila...it would be pleasure for them to meet both of you.

Bran Lorenz,
Sus baskog pa gyod akong Mama bisan 76 na kay anad man sa trabaho, dili mahimotang kon walay buhaton.  Would you imagine, she was travelling alone from the USA to the Philippines (back and forth) 2 yrs ago at the age of 74? Dili man gani mosakay sa wheel chair when embarking from the plane to the airport.

Buyag baya tawon akong Mama. Sulti niya mas dali man kuno siya magkasakit sa US kay wala may buhaton pero kon dia siya sa Bohol daghan trabahoon (gardening, cleaning, cooking, everything... daghan trabaho pa sa helper...LOL)

Grazie and Bran Lorenz,

I really appreciate your being warm hearted... making me feel I have extended families. Nice to have beautiful human beings like you two...

unja, kanang mga ga work ug dive instructors, nay working permits?

ATTENTION : BUREAU OF IMMIGRATION

injo gajud icheck palihug status sa mga working foreigners.

not unless, na na clay contact sa injong opisina nga pwedeng............

balo na mo ana.......

What amazes me is the people here gloat about how proud they are to be a native from here? but, they marry outside their race to get away from the place?
So they are not that proud after all?

Most marry for this one $$$$$ and are hoping for greener pastures from the other side of the fence with their new husband.

Most women who get married here to foreigners have a high rate of divorce after they have a new country citizenship and remarry again in the same country.

Allot of foreigner men come up to me and we laugh together as they tell me how unfaithful their being to their Philippine wives here.

The reason for it is because they are having a boring time here compared to the fast paced life back home.
The Philippine wife is fine with it for me "No Way"!
The foreign husband gets here and he pays for everyone in her family and it is not practiced in our place to get married and be the bread winner for Uncle Joe, Aunt sue, cousin Billy Bob, and the family pet pig.

I am telling you Philippine ladies if you want to lose your foreigner man just keep on washing his pocket book out supporting people he barely knows in your family.
It upsets them but they are too nice to say anything to you about it. So if your happy using a foreigner husband as an ATM machine then I guess it makes sense why you ladies allow these guys to be unfaithful towards you because you hold the legal banking card!

I also notice the Philippine woman married to a Westerner or other white foreigner man here is also changing her style of dress from conservative to non conservative?
She wears more richer threads then a Philippine woman married to her own native race.

I will not change for anyone I do not care what the style of the country is I will respect but not change it or myself
I would never marry to change my status in fact poor men have character and are rich in heart and rich men have everything and they never seem content!  JUST BE YOURSELF AND ACCEPT YOU FOR   HOW YOU REALLY ARE DO NOT DO IT FOR OTHERS DO IT FOR YOURSELF PEOPLE!)
 

Stop thinking white is better than black (see Obama now), maybe someday brown or yellow is the superpower. Remember the world evolves and so with technology.