Expatriate Communities and Their Cultural Influences in the Philippines

[Æsahættr]

Originally Posted by GreyX

Yes, nice pics Can someone post pics of Cebu's Chinatown, then...?

We don't have a specific one. Most of the city just has cebuano AND Chinese signs on buisnisses and such.

[ryanr]

Oh. i misunderstood then.

[sista]

Chinatown, just went there yesterday at grabe super traffic dahil sa 168 mall lol. One thing that I hate about it is horse poo everywhere. Then, the mainland Chinese (and some tsinoys native to Binondo) people don't know a thing about Hygene.

I remember we had this familiy association gathering thingy a few years back in some dirty Chinese restaurant. This old guy went to walk next to me to smoke and spit on the floor. At that time, I felt like I want to vomit because I was eating. Even in malls, I see people do that. Another thing, they do smell, especially their breath and their teeth are rotting away lol....yeah the downsides of being tsinoy....

[thomasian]

Not all tsinoys are like that. The rich ones who grew-up in the Philippines, especially the conyotic chinese guys that you'll see everywhere in Greenbelt, Podium, and Power Plant (and also those chinese guys studying in Ateneo, DLSU, CSB, etc.) are actually really nice. And mind you, they look so good, being gym rats and all. And the milky skin, those piercing eyes, the above average height, whew!!!, what more can you ask for.

Remember the starstruck ultimate survivor Mike Tan? The models Ton Lao and Bryan Tan? You wouldn't say they don't know a thing about hygiene, won't you? There's even more Chinese hotties here than I can think of.

[sista]

Originally Posted by thomasian

Not all tsinoys are like that. The rich ones who grew-up in the Philippines, especially the conyotic chinese guys that you'll see everywhere in Greenbelt, Podium, and Power Plant (and also those chinese guys studying in Ateneo, DLSU, CSB, etc.) are actually really nice. And mind you, they look so good, being gym rats and all. And the milky skin, those piercing eyes, the above average height, whew!!!, what more can you ask for.

Remember the starstruck ultimate survivor Mike Tan? The models Ton Lao and Bryan Tan? You wouldn't say they don't know a thing about hygiene, won't you? There's even more Chinese hotties here than I can think of.

yeah, I know what you're trying to explain. I'm from one of those areas you mentioned so I've met quite a lot of good looking more westernized tsinoys. I'm talking about those mostly living in Chinatown since the weird things happen there lol ...

[marites4]

my cousin went to mainland China and he said the some vendors there sell meat on the concrete on the sidestreet, nothing underneath . Next to like an open drain.

[diz]

<img src=http://cebuonwheels.tripod.com/cow%20images/Daoist_Temple.jpg><br>
I GOT THIS ONE OFF THE INTERNET
is da daoist temple in CEBU. part of chinatown???

[ryanr]

Originally Posted by marites4

my cousin went to mainland China and he said the some vendors there sell meat on the concrete on the sidestreet, nothing underneath . Next to like an open drain.

I heard thats how SARS was created.

[Æsahættr]

Lots of Chinese ppl came to the Cebu area from China to escape the communist revolution, and then from Hong Kong to escape the Chinese handover.

[tigidig14]

^wow, i know gokongwei but when they hand over it to china, most of their population pretty much stayed there. are you just joking, or pulling those genitalia jokes again.

[Lili]

Originally Posted by QuietLife

Nice pics. I went to school near Binondo and the impression I've always had of Binondo (and Ongpin) is that it's really crowded. Whenever we went there, I couldn't wait to go home or be somewhere else less crowded.

Originally Posted by sista

Chinatown, just went there yesterday at grabe super traffic dahil sa 168 mall lol. One thing that I hate about it is horse poo everywhere. Then, the mainland Chinese (and some tsinoys native to Binondo) people don't know a thing about Hygene.

I remember we had this familiy association gathering thingy a few years back in some dirty Chinese restaurant. This old guy went to walk next to me to smoke and spit on the floor. At that time, I felt like I want to vomit because I was eating. Even in malls, I see people do that. Another thing, they do smell, especially their breath and their teeth are rotting away lol....yeah the downsides of being tsinoy....

The two of you modern-day Fil-Chis are similar to modern Chinese Americans here in the US. There is this chasm between the uppity Chinese and those mostly based in Chinatown. A Chinese American friend of mine said that there are certain Chinese languages (mostly spoken as if the speaker is angry or shouting) that indicate that the people speaking those come from the "hinterlands" of mainland China as opposed to the more sophisticated areas or even HongKong or Macau. A lot of FilAm-Chinese here stress that they are Chinoys with pride because they are regarded as classier.

[Lili]

Originally Posted by marites4

my cousin went to mainland China and he said the some vendors there sell meat on the concrete on the sidestreet, nothing underneath . Next to like an open drain.

My sister, when she went to mainland China when it just opened itself for tourism (I think in the province of Guangzhou) said that she was appalled that a lady just squatted on the street and urinated there. That was in early 1990s.

[sista]

Originally Posted by Lili

The two of you modern-day Fil-Chis are similar to modern Chinese Americans here in the US. There is this chasm between the uppity Chinese and those mostly based in Chinatown. A Chinese American friend of mine said that there are certain Chinese languages (mostly spoken as if the speaker is angry or shouting) that indicate that the people speaking those come from the "hinterlands" of mainland China as opposed to the more sophisticated areas or even HongKong or Macau. A lot of FilAm-Chinese here stress that they are Chinoys with pride because they are regarded as classier.

I agree wholeheartedly with that observation

I was infact cultureshocked when I went to China last year because I was so used to the Filipino culture. I can't seem to understand their ways even though we are somewhat similiar, in fact I felt more at home when I went to Malaysia lol

[Manila-X]

I've visited Manila's Chinatown and it's pretty interesting especially the culture. In fact the area was used as a location for filming movies that are suppose to be set in Hong Kong. Films like Hong Kong '97 which starred by Robert Patrick (T-1000, Terminator 2). Anyway, the place has some nice jewellry stores.

The only difference is, most Filipino-Chinese are of Fujian origin or came from the Fujian province. Hardly any Cantonese in The Philippines well except for Cebu.

[Lili]

Oh, that's interesting information. I thought that there were a lot of Cantonese in the Philippines.

[driftwood]

I think Wanch is right. Most of the Filipino-Chinese in Manila are of Fujian origin, although I did meet a few cantonese-speaking chinoys when I was in school.

[TJ]

Originally Posted by marites4

my cousin went to mainland China and he said the some vendors there sell meat on the concrete on the sidestreet, nothing underneath . Next to like an open drain.

It is true all chinatown or chinese cities have these strange funky smell of decaying organic matter in them... i don't know where it comes from, maybe it is because of tea or food they dump in the sewers?? i don't know really... Even when i went to Hong Kong this funky chinatown smell similar to binondo is present...

[rdm]

i wouldn't limit that comment to only chinese cities. actually, every time i walk to the chinatown here in philadelphia, i always get taken back to the pag-asa market in olongapo city because of the smell...

[TJ]

Yeah i said chinatowns... i bet every big city has chinatowns in them and they all have the same funky smell...

[Manila-X]

Most Cantonese speaking chinese in the Philippines reside in Cebu. In fact some of my friends in HK settled there and had businesses.