Comments on: Filipinos are Emotional?

By: KK aka Tina

KK aka Tina — Sat, 10 Nov 2007 14:37:58 +0000

I remembered reading something about guide to conducting business in the Philippines. It’s about Filipinos being too sensitive. Alot of people I know take criticisms at work too personally. So dealing with a non-Filipino and Filipino is not the same when it comes to personnel management. I have observed this my self.

Filipinos tend to have that thing on “tampo.”

I find it refreshing here in the US that you can be frank with each other and not have to course your message via somebody else. I have been exposed to non-Filipinos when I was growing up and I appreciate the fact that if they have a problem with me, they will tell it to me and not to my neighbor so that I can correct the problem.

By: Jay (DatCurious.com)

Jay (DatCurious.com) — Sat, 10 Nov 2007 05:42:10 +0000

it’s hard to say, because all the filipinos i know aren’t that emotional… it also has to do where you grew up and your surroundings…

Jay
DatCurious.com

By: Noemi

Noemi — Wed, 07 Nov 2007 22:33:45 +0000

@ladycess- I need to focus really well to pronounce tongue twisting repetitive syllabic tagalog words.

@Betty- l am like you hehe. Butch is kind of emotional. See you in Singapore too.

@Rowena- hehe funny. Actually there was a time I stopped in my tracks to tell my husband, “Oh my god, you got that line from that movie”

@Kongkong- In the end, it’s always good to release emotions. It’s a like a pressure valve that needs release. IS it any wonder that the Compassionate Friends has so many chapters in the Western world? In the philippines, there is only one chapter which I started. We’re the only ones in Southeast asia.

By: Kongkong622

Kongkong622 — Wed, 07 Nov 2007 11:12:44 +0000

I agree that Filipinos are truly an emotional race. We can feel the whole gamut of emotions when needed or even when not needed. Case in point : when my father died my Polish brother-in-law noticed how heavily we were crying. More like wailing. In then after an hour we were guffawing like we weren’t in grief. And then in the next hour we were wailing again like crazy. He said that in Poland they tended to grieve in private and silently. Not like us.

By: Rowena

Rowena — Wed, 07 Nov 2007 10:02:26 +0000

Noemi, I also believe Pinoys are emotional. Sometimes, when I nag/fight with my hubby, he would comment nakuha mo na naman yan sa tele-novela…Btw, when I was so bored in my recent Cagayan trip, I saw your tv guesting with one show together with the nun, I excitedly tell my friends, I know her….(parang feeling fan ako), he he.

By: betty lopez

betty lopez — Wed, 07 Nov 2007 04:33:49 +0000

I am not emotional. WHen hubby and I fight we dont speak to each other(cold treatment) .The first one who speaks surrenders to the fight.

Its funny but when my mother died(because we were at peace with her death since she was bedridden for 5 yrs), at the interment nobody was crying so my father suddenly burst out in a loud cry and wailing. After the funeral we asked him why he was over acting and suddenly cried loudly. He told us ” kasi walang umiiyak sa inyo” Then we all laughed.

See u in SIngapore ha!

By: ladycess

ladycess — Wed, 07 Nov 2007 01:42:38 +0000

cheers! a pat on your back for not being held back by your limitations for the things that matter the most. kahanga-hanga (can you say kahanga-hanga without getting your tongue all twisted? that’s easier than dalamhati hehehe!)

By: Noemi

Noemi — Tue, 06 Nov 2007 22:52:09 +0000

@Benj- I’ve had 5 deaths in my family but not one of them turend hysterical or noisy. We just teared or sobbed. However, a few relatives would wail and faint right in front of the coffin. I sometimes wonder if social pressures made them do so. Think “Crying Lady” movie.

@xixi- we are passionate people and are honest with our feelings though sometimes it isn’t verbalized openly.

By: Xixi

Xixi — Tue, 06 Nov 2007 22:15:57 +0000

Yes, for me, Filipinos are emotional people. We are more open about our feelings more than any other race. And I would like to think that this ‘quality’ helps most Filipinos face a lot of obstacles in life.

By: benj

benj — Tue, 06 Nov 2007 16:02:16 +0000

For some reason, Asians really are more emotional in terms of the outward expression of grief. The West seem to be keen on keeping a dignified front when in public and despite a few tears here and there, what they do will be nothing next to what ever Asians do.

We wail like crazy during funerals and burials. It’s an all out noise fest that sets off a gloomy mood that engulfs everyone in attendance. I don’t know if there are social pressures that somehow “encourages” this type of behavior.