Forum	Title	Content	Member	Sex	Country	Date/Time
Philippines	Why do Filipinos don't greet each other?	I consider myself not the friendliest when I was still in PI but would gladly respond if I'm greeted sincerely. When I got here, I notice people love to greet each other, I always get hi and how are yous that I smile, respond and do the same to others. I also love how people hold the door for me which I also do. Add the many times I hear "thank you", especially riding a bus or wherever and random "you're pretty/beautiful(from female/male strangers)" even if I didn't have anything on my face and wearing kids size shirt. I consider Americans one of the nicest and friendliest, I maybe lucky though most are nice to me or I'm too much of a happy person now that I don't know when someone is rude . I also believe we live in a very friendly city, so yeah(won't be leaving this city ever ). What I usually do back in PI or when I get a feeling some is a Filipino here is to smile if they smile at me or nod which is my equivalent to saying hi.	honey_me	Female	Philippines	2011-06-02 20:49:00
Philippines	Where's your hometown?	QUOTE (bmtrrbt @ Feb 26 2009, 12:10 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> ah..sa drahs ko nag grad og highschool...ay wala diay ka kaila sa iya...sa um matina ko nag college...ikaw? Drahs(Y2k). UM('04) Edited by honey_me, 25 February 2009 - 11:14 PM.	honey_me	Female	Philippines	2009-02-25 23:13:00
Philippines	Where's your hometown?	Lau jud. Wla bya. Taga Michigan akong bana. Ai, sa A. Mabini Elementary ko grad, batch '96.	honey_me	Female	Philippines	2009-02-25 23:06:00
Philippines	Where's your hometown?	Matina (atbang sa SM for 20 yrs.).....sa Tibungco, Davao City nami Hubby is from MI. Edited by honey_me, 25 February 2009 - 10:59 PM.	honey_me	Female	Philippines	2009-02-25 22:58:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress Reports	September Filers!	Hi guys...we got our approval yesterday too!!!!!huh! It has been 5 months since NOA1. God Bless to us all and to those who are still waiting!!!!!	honey_me	Female	Philippines	2008-02-14 07:30:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress Reports	September Filers!	Thanks, moxcamel! We lost a month of waiting already . It took a month for us to know we have to pay $455 and not $170. Good Luck to us all!	honey_me	Female	Philippines	2007-10-18 00:53:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress Reports	September Filers!	Hi..i'm new here, though it has been months that i've been reading your posts. Fiance sent I-129f package to NSC-July 30 Returned asking the exact fee- Sept. 4 Sent Again now to CSC- Sept. 5 Received- Sept. 10 NOA1- Sept. 10 NOA1 hardcopy- Sept. 18 Now waiting...	honey_me	Female	Philippines	2007-10-17 07:39:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Process & Procedures	September filers	Oh. i meant 129F..	honey_me	Female	Philippines	2007-10-17 07:23:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Process & Procedures	September filers	Hi..i'm new here too, though it has been months that i've been reading your posts. Fiance sent package to NSC-July 30 Returned asking the exact fee- Sept. 4 Sent Again now to CSC- Sept. 5 Received- Sept. 10 NOA1- Sept. 10 NOA1 hardcopy - Sept. 18 Guess, we're September filer now. God bless to us all!	honey_me	Female	Philippines	2007-10-17 07:18:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Procedures	Yeah! K-1 Approved, with child. Now I'm not so sure.	QUOTE (mich08 @ Nov 12 2008, 09:39 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Real love is unconditional. Sounds like you think she OWES you something. Nice love. Sounds more like a business negotiation in which case, you definitely should come out on top - but love isn't business, man. Asking a Philipina to be away from her family, let alone move to another country, is big business (I have filipino friends...) - I'm surprised you haven't realized that yet after all your visits. And all you HAVE realized is that YOU feel excluded. Not nice, but if you love the girl #######-for-tat is not the way to approach these problems - she will never be able to repay you for all you've done for her family and if you keep a tally she's gonna lose every argument in the future (if you decide to have a future-right now you're winning so I'd say it's safest for HER if you quit while you're ahead) - your response is probably that you will be happy if she'll just come for Christmas and all will be fine - but your attitude and speech has already betrayed you - if she comes and you marry her, you two will have future arguments - and I feel sorry for her because if she caves to your selfishness now, she'll indeed have to cave in every other argument when out from your argumentary arsenal comes the "$100K/nice house in Arizona/financially supporting half of the Phillipines"...how can she fight that? It's nice that you help/ed her family, but no one forced you to do that, and if you did it for love you WON'T use it as ammunition!!! You've proven to be a man-sized child pouting because he can't see his child (who won't know the difference between Dec 25 and Jan 25) on one day of the year! Come on! This woman doesn't know when she'll see her family again! (oh, I'm sure you can afford to fly her home once a year, but if YOU won't go there for Christmas I guess you probably won't let her go either...gotta conserve that college fund...) And seriously, what's so bad about celebrating later? The day isn't what matters, it's being together...and one more thing. You seem to think that your money, house, country and stubborn/arrogant/yet-oh-so-generous love is somehow equal to the value of her family and that the two are interchangeable! Ditch the materialistic attitude and stop your double-standard jibberish! (your "#######!" response to "She wants to be with her family for Christmas" is a disgusting hypocritical reaction to you not getting what you want - you feel that YOU being with YOUR child, who doesn't know the difference, is justified, but HER being with HER entire family is worthy of "#######!") If she needs one more Christmas with her fam, give it to her...and use that $100K to have a fine New Year's celebration with her and the baby - and think about how you'd feel if your child grows up, falls in love with a foreigner, decides to move away to another country. Wouldn't you like to have one more Christmas with YOUR child? (when the child is actually old enough to appreciate it) If you really love someone, you'll keep giving....Thank you for suggesting we not bash your fiance but it was completely unnecessary as you've set yourself up as a big enough target. Tip: Don't flaunt your wealth as reason for your fiance to want to live here or love you. Many people have happy lives without any of that and and your STUFF won't guarantee her any happiness if she leaves her home and family with regrets. This is primarily about you and her, but my mom had guilt about leaving her own family, and it has the potential to destroy a home. Don't let your selfishness do that to your future. p.s. of course, if she keeps insisting on having the next few holidays with her family, I might assume she's stalling, but at this point her staying for Christmas is completely valid and you just need to suck it up, walk around your big house, browse through your last few paychecks, check out those sunny skies of Arizona and be thankful you aren't the one who has to leave what's most important to them. Seconded	honey_me	Female	Philippines	2008-11-12 20:49:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Procedures	New 2009 guidlines !!!!!!	QUOTE (Elghazi2008 @ Feb 15 2009, 04:17 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> QUOTE (Corinthians @ Feb 15 2009, 11:30 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> I always wonder about people who can't meet the minimum... There are two sorts of people that I always wonder about...people who make many many times the minimum...and people who can't seem to figure out that there is such a thing as living happily without all those extra niceties.	honey_me	Female	Philippines	2009-02-15 16:25:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Procedures	Time Spent Together Before Deciding to Get Married?	Hubby stayed seven months in PI. Five and half of that was the time he met me and spent with each other.	honey_me	Female	Philippines	2009-03-28 21:40:00