Philippines

As an expat that retired to the Philippines I sometimes find things interesting, strange, funny, or just worth noting here. Yeah maybe this is my marites memo area. I will try to just keep this light humor and fun. Hopefully you think of things posted here in that way, just for fun. There are plenty of things about the USA or other countries that might offend them too. I hope it doesn’t offend, sometimes I laugh when I just bring an observation to the forefront. Again, no offense intended.

Philippines culture

Another interest I have is about the culture, history, and traditions of the Philippines. Living here is sure a step to making that easy. If are not careful or prepared things just fly by. If you are like me your grasp of the language is still developing, well I dont actually learn much.

And about the Philippine language, there isn’t ONE. In my area they mostly speak Bisaya, in my house, there is Bisaya, Tagalog, slang, Marites, Yaw Yaw, and talking with a mouth full of food(that is another language, believe me). Oh and another fun thing is that the TV is almost 100% Tagalog, but then again on TV they can talk and 3% of the words are in English, but maybe Spanish numbers. I am not kidding, I have learned other languages, but this one wow. Did I mention there aren’t really books to teach Bisaya, the local dialect spoken in many places.

Philippines blog posts