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= President Manuel L. Quezon's Speech Transform into Hypertext = '''As President Manuel L. Quezon Stated in His Speech about the different Traits of Filipinos we have notice that even he already know the bitter side of Filipino's He Keep on Trusting at his Countrymen So we have decided to focus on Filipino traits. As President Quezon stated Phillipines Has been colonized by different countries for almost hundreds of years but some of the native Filipino traits remains He Already know that Filipinos have that quality of being Patriotic.'''

'''Filipinos have positive and negative traits. Some of this positive traits is already known all over the world. Some of this is listed below'''

*Filipino Kind of Hospitality

*Respect
The Filipinos know what they value, what they treasure, and what they are willing to fight for. The Philippines is an island-country with a long history of colonization along with abuse and violence from its colonizers. Shaken, devastated, and tore into bits and pieces, the Filipino heart became resilient, ready to face the odds and to start all over again. After all, Filipinos know what they value, what they treasure, and what they are willing to fight for.

The Filipino values his or her race, treasures his or her loved-ones, and fights for its freedom and values embedded in every fiber of his or her being. Some of the people who studied the Filipino culture from the pre-colonial era to the 21st century Philippines say that there is a lost trait of the Filipinos: respect.

The Filipinos are known as a people of pride prior the colonization era. A lot of research has revealed the Filipino glory during these moments. However, this pride fades away in the near four hundred years of colonization under different colonizers. To some, this pride includes the Filipino culture of respect. Respect is what Filipinos offered the world especially before colonialism.

What makes a Filipino respectful? What does he or she do and show? Here are some of the factors that one can see in a Filipino culture of respect:

Kissing the hands of someone older. It is unexplained but the Filipinos call this as “Bless”. It is an act wherein the younger one would take the hand of the older one and put it on his or her forehead with the head slightly bending down. A father comes into the front door and the children automatically would get his hand and would do the “Bless”. In a bigger setting, children and even adults rush to kiss the hands of everyone relatively older than his’ or hers age or by blood relations. Someone who does not do the “bless” is considered very disrespectful to the maximum level by everyone who is older than him or her. It is an unwritten law that it is imperative for the younger individual to kiss the hand of all the other older ones. Not doing it means breaking the culture.

Using “respect” words. This factor is very distinct to the Philippines. Everyone since they started talking are taught by their parents to say the respect words when talking with someone older. “Po,” “Opo,” and “Ho” are placed in between words when speaking to someone older. As early as two years old, these words are introduced to children and made sure that is taught to avoid people telling one that his or her child is disrespectful. There is no exact translation of those words in the English language.

*Strong family ties and Religion
Filipinos value family too much even to the farthest relativity,though untraceable link of ascendants as long as they share the same family name, everyone is supportive and very accommodating to their so called relative.

The old adage "the family that prays together stays together" is now supported by science. Researchers at the University of North Carolina say teenagers in religiously involved families tend to have stronger relationships with their parents than teens from non-religious households.Filipino family celebrates together, they help each other.

Filipinos known for their Faith in god even though they have different religions in different sector of country, but what consistent is that they all have one strong form in faith. A Filipino family go to church every Sunday to celebrate mass together and they are prayerful.

Religion is a great unifying force in the Philippines.

*Generosity and Helpfulness
Filipinos show and how helpful they are to others. The Filipino culture is all about showing respect to others and being helpful to them as well. When you walk into the home of a Filipino they will show you that kindness right away by feeding you with good food, sharing interesting stories with, giving you comfort when you need it, and they might even treat you like you are a sibling to them. Filipinos are known for helping others ahead of themselves because they want to make other people happy and successful. They feel like it is better to give out to someone else than to receive especially when it comes younger kids. Most Filipino parents want to see their kids successful and to have a better life than they ever had. Even if the family is poor they will make the sacrifices for a loved one whether if its to get an education or starving for food to eat they will do their best to help out a loved no matter how tough it is for them. Filipinos will but others ahead of themselves and help out that person no matter what the obstacle is.
 * When a neighbor is in trouble, Filipinos are always ready to help them.


 * Filipinos are generous people . Even when we have very little, they always want to share with others.

Loving, Caring and forgiving People
Filipinos are the sweet and loving people.The Filipinos are known to be very loving, caring and forgiving people. Filipinos can be proud of humanity. They are a highly-relational people, proficient in emotionally and socially connecting with others. Filipino innate humanity is very much apparent in the caring ways we interact with those close to us including others outside our kin circle. In fact, this trait is one of the distinct assets of millions of Filipino doctors, nurses, care givers, and nannies who work abroad. Generally, they are known for their heartfelt concern, nurturing spirit, and caring touch, which naturally make their  workers in demand overseas"As the speech of the former President, He also noticed the bitter side of Filipino traits That is also making the Filipino a real Filipino like. Some of this listed."

*Crab mentality
Filipinos call it crab mentality. A lot of Filipino just don’t like it when someone has a better life specially if they live next to their house  that they can see them often. In my  day to day life in the Philippines I have encountered many Filipino who are like a black hole trying to pull everyone they can into a dark place that represent; sadness, depression and drama but even with that I am still not so use to it and I am not like a black hole. When someone starts talking and pulling everyone down  by making a bad picture of  anyone they hate (just because of the fact that they are so jealous of the way they live or the way they are) I talk back and my words  tell them that I am not into their game – and it is like I push them out of my life.

It some how disturb me  that  “crab mentality” has become a norm in our society  to a point that we hardly even see it as a bad thing anymore and those who are against it are considered not sociable and unfriendly. So far, I have observe that a few well educated Filipino are not into that kind of attitude, it seems that their good  education helps them become more humane. But Philippines is a 3rd world country so more than half of its population is not well educated so as expected much of its populace is not  well educated enough to live in harmony with other people in a less destructive way. As I see it –  it takes a good education and some mental level for one to know how to realistically analyze and criticize the culture and traditions one has experience and live with for the rest of his life.

*Procrastination or "Mañana Habit"
The ‘Mañana habit,’ synonymous to the Filipino expression “Mamaya na,” is just another term for procrastination. This applies to all sorts of things but it can also affect your health.People say things like “I’ll start on Monday” or “It can wait for a few more days,” and wait until the right time comes before they start to exercise and eat clean.

*Filipino time
Filipino time means being minutes to hours late compared to the standard time. It’s like having our own clock, albeit aware that the right time is the World Standard Time.

*Gossiping
Nobody likes a gossipmonger (Gossiping), especially if your business is the talk of the neighborhood. Chismis, no matter how incredulous it may sound, can do harm to the most good-natured people, and often result to broken relationships and lost trust.Even men can also be nosy on other people’s lives. Sadly, this does not bring any good to the subjects. Secrets are brought out; failures and flaws are emphasized; and relationships are destroyed. Worse, as gossips are passed around, they tend to be twisted until the final story becomes too far from the original—thus, causing more damage.