Living in the US and getting to know different people from different cultures, this article does indeed point out that most Filipinos do indeed misunderstand the Koreans. Koreans tend to stick together (maybe because of they’re not comfortable with English as much) if they’re going out to eat, mall, etc. and this may have labeled them as the article states.
But I beg to differ, Filipinos in groups are also tend to be noisy too, especially tourists. And for some odd reason, Filipinos somehow learn to somewhat discipline themselves and obey the laws more when they go to other countries.
This seems to be the first time that there’s a lot of tourist in the Philippines and that’s why other people may feel uncomfortable about this, but tourist being “noisy and undisciplined” is quite the norm.
Koreans: The Most Misunderstood Visitors in the Philippines Filipino journalists, traders, villagers describe them as too noisy, undisciplined and more
Source: Ohmynews
Korean visitors, students and “tourists” in the Philippines have been seen and observed as “too noisy, undisciplined and rowdy.”
Because of their behavior many Filipino businessmen do not welcome the presence of Koreans in their establishments.
Exploring Biodiversity in the Philippines by Eric Rickart
Glossary: Edemism - means that it’s unique in the region, it is only found in one place.
In this case, it is only found in the Philippines.
Lecture Highlights:
14 of 25 species found in Palawan are endemic species.
Greater Luzon’s and Mindanao’s non-flying mammals endemic species are 84%
Two of the largest bat’s in the world are in the Philippines:
Golden Crown Flying fox wins in terms of wingspan about 6ft.
Giant flying fox wins in terms of weight.
One of smallest bats in the world also lives in the Philippines called the bamboo bat.
There are more than 70 species of rodents.
5 species made to Philippines 50 species resulted.
Largest rat in the world is found in the Philippines genus Phloeomys weighing at 2 kg.
Native rats actually helps in maintaining the rice terraces.
At 50:00-56:00 he talks about the connection between Philippines and Utah.
56:00 Question and Answer portion.
Philippine Eagle, the largest eagle in the world.
Old world tree frogs are incredibly diverse.
The New Iloilo Airport, probably the most modern in the country. So far the news is that this airport is for local, but there are plans next year to receive international flights.
Interesting article about Thailand vs Philippines. Hope to keep this momentum going
I am sitting in Liverpool in the UK writing this, having been travelling almost non-stop for the whole of April and all of May so far. I am almost over the shock of having bought the world’s most expensive kebab in a wealthy area of London at a posh kebab shop (which sounds like an oxymoron to me). The price – EIGHT HUNDRED AND FIFTY BAHT (12.50 GBP!)
since my last column I have been to the Philippines, France, Italy, Dubai, the island of Zanzibar, off the coast of East Africa, where I was able to swim with (and photograph – see pic) a pod of wild dolphins, which was a superb experience, and I’m finally now back in the UK. I was impressed by my time in the Philippines, which, after the recent travails of Thailand actually appears to be an increasingly attractive alternative destination in which to live and invest, if you select your destination carefully. No sooner had I decided to write about it, than a big article appeared in the Wall Street Journal echoing my own increasingly favourable impressions of the Philippines from this trip. It gave the recent example of Texas Instruments building a second, 1 billion US$ assembly plant there, in preference to China which has seen land prices, rents and salaries soar on the east coast, and because they don’t want to put all their eggs in the China basket.
They were also swayed by the prevalence of a highly educated and fluent English-speaking population, which is why Vietnam didn’t get it. The same considerations are moving Intel towards locating a 2.5 billion US$ plant in the Philippines, where new tax legislation and greater investment brought about by a stabilizing political and economic landscape have breathed new life into the wider economy and boosted annual GDP figures which in turn attract even more investment though favourable publicity. I don’t think Thailand was ever in the running, but it goes to show what factors influence business decisions in the region. I spent a few days in Subic Bay, scuba diving on World War 2 shipwrecks, and I had a great time there. I also looked at the strong, well-run local economy and liked what I saw. Subic used to be a big US navy base, and is now a Freeport and a preferential economic zone which is attracting increasing business, and is expanding fast, with ongoing land reclamation projects and companies queuing up to build factories there.
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