Quote: (11-13-2014 03:31 AM)mindanao Wrote:
I noticed lately a lot of actually attractive girls smiling and giggling walking past me. This is the stereotypical response of young girls in public in the Philippines in the presence of a Canadian/American! A group went past me and they all greeted me today. I then went on thinking "I love the Philippines!" go back to Canada and it is back to the whole boring thing with girls walking past you, ignoring you, and you thinking, ya I got no probability with these chicks. Now that I think of it, there are literally examples that fit this thread from every single day living in this country! So barely even worth sharing cuz this is just normal every day stuff in this country, yet rare once you are outside this country.
It is true that some girls will walk past in groups smiling and giggling, and even if they are by themselves they might do it as well and I'm a middle aged, bald and stocky guy.
However, in my experience, there are even more girls that don't. I think it's just that when it happens once, twice, three times, in a morning it can seem like a lot because it won't ever happen in the West. So I'm not sure I would agree it's stereotypical behavior upon seeing a westerner. Maybe in Gensan and other small towns.
This certainly won't happen nearly as much in Manila walking around Greenbelt or Glorietta as it will in Davao. And though I've never been, I'm sure in Davao it's much less than Gensan, CDO or Tagum.
I'm glad to hear you're enjoying the attention, I do miss that about the Phil.