Filipinos are widely known as happy, friendly, and hospitable people.

They take pride for their rich

customs and colorful traditions which can be traced from the influenced of their colonizers. These
traditions and customs have made their cultures unique from other countries. Aside from being happy,
friendly and hospitable, they are also known as warm, strong and brave people who would stood their
ground in any circumstances.

As Filipinos have unique culture, personal and family honor is usually stressed, as well as dignity and
pride. During this time, Filipinos now highly value education and families make high sacrifices to educate
their children. They now appreciate the love of learning and they now realize that education is one way
of lifting them from poverty.

As being stated above, Philippines is one of the richest countries in terms of likas na yaman at kultura.
But over the years, it seems that Filipinos have changed very quickly. This may be due to modern
technology and or from modern thinking gained from the influenced of foreign countries.

At early age, young Filipinos are taught of pagmamano. When arriving home, Filipino children take the
hand of their grandparents and places the back of it at their forehead. Instead of hugging and kissing
them, they make this gesture in respect when seeing their elders. When a child forgets to make this
gesture or magkano, he/she is viewed as walang respecto or walang hiya. In English, he/she is shameless
and was not being taught properly by his/her parents. This is one of the quirks of pagmamano, because
they often say that when you do "Mano po" to the elders, you will receive a blessing from them because
they would normally reply "God bless you".

Respect is essential in Filipino culture. ‘Po’ and ‘op’, that are used to express politeness when speaking
to elders. In fact, these two words and their usage are taught to children from a very young age so that
they may get used to it and grow up knowing how to speak with respect. This high regard for honour is
also the reason that there are titles used to politely address other people. First names are almost
exclusively used for your peers of around the same age. For older people, there are titles such as ate
(older sister), kuya (older brother), tito (uncle), tita (aunt), lolo (grandfather), and lola (grandmother), all
of which are used depending on the age of the person you’re addressing, regardless of whether or not
they are actually related to you. When children do not say ate or Kuya or have any paggalang to their
elders, they are consider as disrespectful.

While many Filipinos have recognized several unfavorable stereotypes, and they are making a way to
change it, they are also often recognized on what is known as "Filipino time" . It is a euphemism of
always being late. Filipinos often agree on a specific time, say for a meeting, party, or event, it is often
understood as 15 minutes to 30 minutes after the agreed time.

Filipinos also have the inability to say no. Filipinos, in general, don’t like confrontations, and many avoid
saying ‘no’ at all costs. Instead, they will say ‘maybe’, an ‘alright, we’ll see’, or an ‘I’ll try.’ So should a
Filipino be invited to a gathering, and he/ she says ‘I’ll try,’ there’s a 50/50 chance he/she won’t make an
appearance. Pay attention to the words they use and their tone of delivery – you’ll recognise what a
Filipino ‘no’ sounds like.
Filipinos highly value their reputation that's why they are often compromised. When they do something
which do match the standard of the Filipino culture and values, it is like they committed a grave sin.
These are few only on the not-so pleasant side of the Filipino culture.

However, generations today still encompass the values and cultures of Filipinos. Despite the big changes
due to the adaptation of other countries' practices, these values and cultures are still taught inside their
homes and especially in school. Hence, the traditional good Filipino cultures and values are still
practiced until now.