tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-287045793519553179.post4364026559641496418..comments2024-03-16T10:32:19.782-07:00Comments on The Filipino American: Living Abroad & Family at Home:One Way Street?thefilamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03851011078189129870noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-287045793519553179.post-68565700228319109842013-07-24T07:35:19.935-07:002013-07-24T07:35:19.935-07:00Hi Filam, you are very right about your observatio...Hi Filam, you are very right about your observation! It really seems a one-way street (we are Dutch male and Cebu-Carcarian spouse living in Netherlands). It seems even too much hazzle for homefront to just send a simple text message... <br />Did you confront your homefront with these thoughts (one-way affair) and if so, how did they react? And if so, did it change for the better? Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-287045793519553179.post-21827926622610602412012-06-28T17:23:52.815-07:002012-06-28T17:23:52.815-07:00My philosophy is different, I am planning to help ...My philosophy is different, I am planning to help provided they will assist me in selling my products. I will pay them commission and give them bonuses every year and help them open their store in the near future with a 50% downpayment as a franchise owner. This way, you have control and at the same time help them to have a better life.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-287045793519553179.post-35565963979250511992011-08-31T21:57:26.035-07:002011-08-31T21:57:26.035-07:00That is indeed food for thought. I myself help a l...That is indeed food for thought. I myself help a lot of relatives here in the Philippines, and I feel bad whenever Christmas comes around and I'm expected to give everyone a gift. After I give each one his or her gift, I leave the place with nothing but empty pockets and empty bags where I carried the gifts in. No one bothers to hand me a handmade Christmas card or a simple gift that would simply mean I was thought of (even for a few minutes)! People think that just because you're better off, you won't appreciate a simple gift anymore. Maybe that's how they their mind works...because if you give them a shirt, for instance, that doesn't have a designer label on it, they feel bad. <br /><br />Perhaps next Christmas I'll decide to forego gift-giving and instead treat orphans and the needy. I wonder how they would feel.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com