I answer income related questions in very vague terms and quickly
start complaining how expensive everything is in Europe (US).
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<ron@...> wrote:
>
> Veltisezar,
>
> Surely nearly every foreigner has been asked questions like these.
It
> doesn't mean that you have to answer them if you don't want to.
Filipinos
> are merely curious. They are just as interested in the size of
your income
> as they are in how many hourrs it took you to fly to the
Philippines. In
> other words, these questions aren't thought be personal. You may
in turn
> ask about their income too, without offending anyone.
>
> Ron
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Veltisezar Bautista" <bookhaus06@
> To: <LivingInThePhilippi
> Sent: Sunday, December 30, 2007 3:44 PM
> Subject: [LinP3] Questions frequenly asked by Filipinos
>
>
> > As a Filipino American retiree, I have been amazed by what my
fellow
> > Filipinos requently ask me. They usually ask me questions such
as: How
> > much is your pension? How much salary did you receive while
living in
> > the United States? How much is your wife's disability payments. In
> > other words, I have been asked personal questions that I think I
am
> > not supposed to answer. And some of them, including some of my in-
laws
> > have been intervening in my household affairs. You should do
this, you
> > should do that, they say.
> >
> > I'm just curious. In your mingling with Filipinos, have many of
you
> > been questioned about your personal affairs or whatever? What are
the
> > questions you have been asked that you hated most?
> >
> > Thanks.
> >
> > Veltisezar "Velty" B. Bautista
> >
> >
> >
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