PRIOR to this piece, we discussed how we might popularize the concept of culture since Asean 2015 is meant to bond us ten member countries together. This means, we expect to have increasing social dynamics with the rest of Asean nationalities along of course with their respective cultures. Not only do we have to be aware and know that we have differing lifestyles, but to understand much better why we differ and be sensitive to what may be acceptable or not acceptable, norm-wise, to our Asean neighbors. This business of knowing other cultures could better begin with us by investing enough time and effort to better know ourselves as Filipinos.

Who are we? Such a question can be answered from different lenses. Let’s confine our conversation to the Filipino values system. What is our values system and how does it work? This may not sound new because we are characteristically known as hospitable, loyal, patient, resilient (so said also some foreign observers after Hainan in Tacloban). We rely on the goodness of God, we say bahala na. Wrongly or right, we believe in fate, in luck or suwerte at diyos na ang maglalaan etc,

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