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| Sunday, June 25, 2006 |
| Filipino Time |
The concept of time in my country varies...
In my island Cebu for example, when I make an appointment with my friend at 4:30pm, my friend starts to get ready at 4:30. So that means she can meet me at 5:00pm or even an hour later. If I am lucky, she will show up at all. Can I get mad at this? No, I can only shrug it off because it's "Filipino time".
If my friend did not show at all, than we call it "Indian Time". It's a no-show. So you confront your friend, "Why did you indian me?"
One time, we had a family meeting and my sister and I decided to boycott the meeting because we wanted to avoid some family issues. We decided to go shopping and turn up 1.5 hours late hoping the meeting would be over when we returned. Of course, we forgot to calculate the "Filipino time". We turned up just to be in time for the meeting because the rest of the family just showed up. Bummer!
My husband jokingly remarked, "Well if you want to be on time, just try being late than you'll still end up being on time."
Sometimes the Filipinos joke about Philippine Airlines. "Why is it called PAL?..because PAL always late."
In Camotes island, I feel that time stands still. The minutes/hour/day is so long when nothing is going on. That's how it feels like when I am there.
However, I cannot generalize Filipino Time. I used to work for the tourist industry as a tour guide, and I was surprised that the people in the industry was very punctual. Sometimes, they were way too early. I was actually very impressed. |
posted by mingsworld.com @ 2:00 AM   |
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It's good that you did not generalize Filipino time. Filipino time doesn't always mean being late. it is just that Filipinos use their "pakiramdam" or feelings as their clock...
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It's good that you did not generalize Filipino time. Filipino time doesn't always mean being late. it is just that Filipinos use their "pakiramdam" or feelings as their clock...