Noon Ngayon
Beauty -beauty is what’s inside -beauty is society based
-voluptuous women
Courtship/Dating -traditional serenading
-exemplary, unique and symbolic
-riddles are delivered to express
someone’s love and to assess
the sentiments of the parents
-receiving and offering of dowry
-paninilbihan or act of servitude
was executed by gentleman
-spoken poetry was the most
popular courtship mode
-sending love letters
Lifestyle -people were not able to travel
such long distances
-people don’t have tools that
could make work easier
-no running water nor
bathrooms
-fewer schools are available
-life is hard but has a better
quality
-
Love -Relationships lasted
-fulfilling
-they compromised
-turn a house into a home
-Close your eyes
And I’ll kiss you
Remember I’ll always be true
And then while I’m away
I’ll write home everyday
And I’ll send my loving to you
Sex -a sacred thing between married
couple
-to praise sexual freedom is
outrageous
-“You’re filthy!”
Other Ideas(may come from the
class)
-skinny stick figure are beautiful
-online dating
-typical, nothing extraordinary
-typical halfhearted pickup lines
are delivered
-no longer mainstream in the
country
-acts of servitude are no longer
required
-spoken poetry became a merely
expression of emotion
-text messages are most
preferred/callmates
-different mode of
transportation are available
-work is done by computers and
machines
-potable water is available
- access to education is much
easier
-life becamedangerous
-relationships are for
convenience
-dating someone comes with
whirlwind of questions,
confusion, doubt and mixed
signals
-exhausting
-use social media to
communicate innermost feelings
-What do you mean?
When you nod your head yes but
you wanna say no
What do you mean?
-dating
-sex is simply no longer shocking
-“You’re still a virgin?”