Expatriate Communities and Their Cultural Influences in the Philippines

[dhoyax]

agree and mostly hongkong people prefer to visit cebu than manila

[tigidig14]

yes, they even had those korean store. ichiban someting like that

[Manila-X]

Aji Ichiban is a Hong Kong based store that sells Japanese products. That have it in Manila but I don't know about Cebu.

[thomasian]

Went to Chinatown last Saturday and there were horse poo from calesas scattered all over the roads, plus, ...the smell of the poo. whew.

[bustero]

conyotic

[Manila-X]

Chinatown in Manila is very interesting but it can be a bit dangerous there at night. But the place sort of reminds me of Aberdeen in HK.

Cantonese (HK)


Fujianese (MNL)

[bagel]

Who are these people?

[sista]

Originally Posted by WANCH

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.

pssst! my relatives might own one of those nice jewelry stores lol

Anyways, I used to live in there lol. I was so used to Chinatown at that time, the smell, the life, the horse poo and the spit. But eversince I moved to QC, I forgot about that and I feel like an alien from a foreign planet everytime I go there lol.

[Sinjin P.]

Originally Posted by lotrfan55345

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

Yeah, even malls and public comfort rooms are going to be installed with Korean and Chinese signs.

[Manila-X]

Originally Posted by boybaha

Who are these people?

Just showing the difference between a Cantonese and a Fujianese. Most Cantonese are yellowish in color while Fujianese are whiter

Sista, Quezon City has a sizable Fil-Chi population. In fact, alot of reknowned Chinese schools are located there such as Grace and Xavier.

[bustero]

Ah xavier is in greenhills , san juan

hey that girl in the second picture is cute!

[thomasian]

Went to Meisic Mall and 168 Mall today. Whew, grabe, nakakapagod talaga, and I walked all the way from LRT2 Recto Station up to Lee Garden Tower Binondo (just to check it out, but I was not able to take any pic), Meisic Mall and then 168 Mall.

Meisic Mall is still partly empty. Only the ground floor and second floor are occupied. The second floor is even only half-occupied yet by the Ever Supermarket.

Almost all of the stall owners are Chinese, really, I could hear them talking in Chinese (and of course I didn't undestand a single word save for she-she which is Thank You), there was even this stall playing a Chinese version of Madonna's Material Girl song. There was this stall which had a really nice, but big, jacket. I asked the owner if she has a smaller size but she told me "500" with the Chinese accent. In short, we won't be able understand each other so I just left for 168 Mall. The Chinese stall-owners there speaks better Filipino because of the heavier crowd there, so they're more exposed to our language.

168 has a food court on the third-level. There's a soon-to-open Jollibee, a medley of affordable Chinese restos, a Thai resto, and more. The place is nice but it is really so crowded.

[Manila-X]

Originally Posted by bustero

Ah xavier is in greenhills , san juan

hey that girl in the second picture is cute!

oops my bad!

I thought Xavier was in New Manila which is in QC. Anyway, Quezon City has a sizable Fil-Chi population also San Juan. In fact, alot of wealthy Filipino-Chinese live in that area.

[marites4]

There's alot of goodlooking chinays in the Greenhills area I noticed but not too many goodlooking chinoys.

[Æsahættr]

Lol.

I am Fujianese.

[marites4]

Kamuka mo ba si DAo ming tsu

[Manila-X]

Originally Posted by marites4

There's alot of goodlooking chinays in the Greenhills area I noticed but not too many goodlooking chinoys.

There are. But prefer the modernist I prefer the intellectual and professional chinays.

[sista]

Originally Posted by WANCH

Sista, Quezon City has a sizable Fil-Chi population. In fact, alot of reknowned Chinese schools are located there such as Grace and Xavier.

Yup I know because I'm one of them hehehhe

there's really a huge difference in the way the Fil-Chi in Binondo lives and the Fil-Chi in QC live...and I'm proud to say that my brother studied in Xavier lol

I find that those Chinese who live in the QC-SJ area are more Filipinized and westernized. They/we're not the usual Chinese who does arranged marriages and that girls/boys should date only Chinese boys/girls. I remember a few years back me and my siblings were not even allowed to watch Filipino shows and telenovelas lol, but times did change and we're now allowed to do so. We're also less conservative, but darn our school is because we're not allowed to wear open toed shoes in school even if we're going to wear something causal lol

[Manila-X]

Originally Posted by sista

Yup I know because I'm one of them hehehhe

there's really a huge difference in the way the Fil-Chi in Binondo lives and the Fil-Chi in QC live...and I'm proud to say that my brother studied in Xavier lol

I find that those Chinese who live in the QC-SJ area are more Filipinized and westernized. They/we're not the usual Chinese who does arranged marriages and that girls/boys should date only Chinese boys/girls. I remember a few years back me and my siblings were not even allowed to watch Filipino shows and telenovelas lol, but times did change and we're now allowed to do so. We're also less conservative, but darn our school is because we're not allowed to wear open toed shoes in school even if we're going to wear something causal lol

A bit. But most Chinese living in Binondo are more traditional and diversed compared to those in San Juan or QC. Binondo also has a sizable popultion of Taiwanese.

It's a very different society compared to those in HK!

[ThisFire]

So where do you go for the best chinese food?