I did say, however, that there seems to be something beneath all the show of concern. It is but a natural human thing to feel good when someone “remembered you today”. Wag mo kalimutan pasalubong ko ha? (Don’t forget my souvenir, ha?)ĭon’t get me wrong, on one hand it is a nice thing. Kamusta ka naman diyan? (How are you doing over there?) A female colleague of mine, as an example, was especially touched by the fact that when she travelled overseas alone, multiple messages of concern from her friends back home filled her cellular phone Inbox and e-mail. Is there a stigma associated with being alone in the Philippines?Īnybody who’s even just slightly familiar with Filipino culture will know that Filipinos like to consider themselves part of a community that looks out for each of its members. And for the third time, it seems like a (pseudo-) show of concern, but you can’t help but wonder what the thinking is behind it. When people see that you don’t have too many text messages in your Inbox, or you have a lot of phone credit remaining, you are most likely going to receive the comment mentioned above. Whether it’s among close friends or feeling close, a peek into the Inbox portion of cellular phones is almost always inevitable – something that I especially hate it because I’m extremely protective of my privacy. Kawawa ka naman, walang nagtetext sa iyo. Again, it seems like a (pseudo-) show of concern, but you can’t help but wonder what the thinking is behind it.
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