Let me start off by saying I am a fiercely proud mixed-race, Filipino-American woman. Growing up, I had the wonderful and rare opportunity to live in the Philippines. I try and visit as much as I can — because as any true Filipino, family-time is important to me. Every trip starts off the same way: After a 14+ hour flight, I am greeted by my cousins, aunts and uncles. Their first words to me are tumaba ka ‘you got fat’ as they simultaneously squeeze my “arm fat”. My excitement for coming home instantly fades, and I immediately want to hop on the next America-bound flight — I know that this is just the beginning of a summer filled with unsolicited commentary pertaining to my body. via Erica DawnActually this is what we call "lambing lang" when we greet a family or a close friend. We (Filipino) are naturally shy and we (most of us Filipinos) don't use this kind of greetings if you're not a family member or close friends (barkada).
Our kababayan in the Philippines will be able to relate to your story. Sometimes we laugh by saying "Ang Ganda mo naman" (or Pangit) even it's not really true but because we're close we can play the word shaming between us.
In the US, the word "racist" will be part of it even not intentional. Again, it's lambing lang to our family members or close friends.
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im filipino too! #filipinosteemians
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Nice to know @kava, same here.
I'm inviting my friends to join me here from FB and other social network. Right now, they are not convince. I will revisit them next month to show my wallet as proof.
I even advertise using http://www.CASH.PH to encourage them to create their own account.
Cheers my friend.
@Yehey
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That's correct, cited with Author's permission.
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Depende sa bati, may iba kasi nang-iinsulto talaga.. lalo na yung mga frenemies natin na kunyari friends pero lakas mamuna. Pag wala kasi ibang makita negative sa pagkatao natin. Itsura talaga yang laging nauuna nilang mapansin kasi alam dun nila masasaktan tayo o maooffend. Sa ibang bansa naman kahit may body shaming, dumadami na din yung mga body positive people. Wish ko ganun dito sa pinas, check my instagram account nagpopost ako ng tungkol sa body positivity. Tonight I will try my best na magpost ng related topic sa body positivity. Thanks for reminding... 😉
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Salamat sa reply mo kabayan @monkeypattycake.
Tumigil na ako mag post sa ibang social media, ekseption ang website ko https://yehey.com kasi dito galing ang mga post ko at share ko naman dito sa steemit para kumita.
Time is money, when you spend your time in Steemit you earn something. When you spend your time in other social media, you earn nothing.
Syanga pala mag oorganisa ako ng Team Philippines for SteemIt kung gusto mong maging miyembre punta ka sa https://yehey.com/team-philippines/ at magpakilala.
Salamat.
Follow me @yehey and keep in touch.
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Sure magjoin ako. Madami naba ayo jan sa community?
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Mag uumpisa pa lang. Hindi ko pa ina-announce prepare ko pa ang mga kailangan materials. For update, check it here https://yehey.com/team-yehey/
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