Philippines
Chapter 3: The foreign Manila
Another feature of Manila's vision through the eyes overseas Filipino.
Here there are the locals and foreigners (mainly consisting of tourists almost) these two communities are very different in the minds of people.
- The Manila Bay is a bewitching place if we forget it is a dumping ground for local-
If in France, local = security and foreign = mistrust (which is clearly true for many people) in the Philippines is quite the opposite ...
Besides the police (very present in Manila) is the best example here the cops (arming of revolvers, pistols or shotguns to certain places, or even M-16 and more rarely AK-47 in front of some buildings policies) have appropriate behavior is the ethnicity of a person, Filipinos being monitored more clearly that foreigners (a state that I have seen here that the West therefore difficult to say what would be their behavior in response to other ethnic groups ).
A small example, when I went to Robinson (a large shopping mall here) was an officer posted at every entrance, feeling the bags and even pockets of people entering (also each entry is split into a man came and took women to avoid that women face the "inspected" by men which could be kissing) to verify that he / she is not carrying a weapon.
Out about whether a room is 2-inspect (although this one seems well dressed and clean on him) for the West is different, you can spend 10 times without being searched, even if you wear a bag on your back ...
There are several possible interpretations of this behavior, the first a naive but may not necessarily 100% wrong is to get the respect and sympathy Filipino people in saying that the police are aware that Westerners are far from home and that one way or another it represents a kind of attraction to them (there still may very foreigners here) and contrary to Japanese tend this close to the outside world the Filipinos instead opens completely.
The second explanation (clearly more earthy) is that the West is political and financial stakes, the first case is also experienced facing the population, the premises are rarely solicited by the hawkers and beggars, while Westerners are clearly synonymous with money.
- The famous "Jeepney," last "vestige" of the colonial American who now serves as their bus.
Besides the selling technique is great here, people show a lot of intelligence to convince you to move a bit more money, I remember for example in a small shop (7 eleven) a saleswoman pretty as a heart that I say "you do that?" seeing me reach the 500 pesos note that this is in my hand, wearing a small passage way pout Tristounette "Puss in Boots" in Shrek ... This
pout is also also used by children when they asking you to give them a small room, which makes the desire to help even greater when it is small.
The stranger, or rather the West is very coach here, that does not mean that it is perfectly safe here.
If you come once to Phi remember you're in a country voice in development, so there are some simple and obvious precautions to be adopted, such as not leaving wads of banknotes to everyone or scream in the streets and wearing gold chains and 18 K in macif Goldies ...
continued ...
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