filiipino traits

• Smooth Interpersonal Relations or SIR


  -          the facility of getting along well with others without any conflict
• Smooth Interpersonal Relations or SIR

  -    pakikisama or concession, derived from the word sama which literally means to go along

  ›           it is a trait of an individual to yield the decision to someone in authority or through the majority

  ›           it also encourages people to practice altruism
• Smooth Interpersonal Relations or SIR


  -    use of euphemistic language, stating an unpleasant truth in a pleasant way

  ›           using of language that is polite and nice

  ›           sandwich method is usually used wherein you get the bun (good things to be said) and in between is the filling (the bad things)
• Smooth Interpersonal Relations or SIR


  -    use of go between, the need to have another person as a mediator or a middle man to avoid the feeling of inferiority in face to face experiences when asking favors
• Hiya


  -          Fr Jaime Bulatao defined hiya as the painful emotion arising from a relationship with an authority figure or a society that inhibits self assertion

  -          this tends to the uncomfortable feeling that one is in a socially unacceptable position
• Ningas Kugon


  -          this refers to the personality of Filipinos of starting something but eventually would quit in the middle of things

  -          this is evident to people who always have their new year’s resolution

  -          they are only enthusiastic at the start but later on, it gradually tones down
• Utang na Loob


  -          debt of gratitude, reciprocity

  -          this is one of the important values in the filipino system

  -          such context explicated mainly that the value takes shape in a reactionary process

  -          this construal of the value presupposes that reciprocity is the core and basis of ‘utang na loob’
• Bahala na


  -          an expression that comes from the filipino word bathala which means god

  -          it may be considered as ‘come what may’ attitude wherein filipinos would put the burden to god to take care of what they have initially started
• Hospitality


  -          this trait made every filipino popular among people in the society

  -          it is the filipino’s unique ways of welcoming visitors to their homes and offering them the best while at the same time, denying the same to the members of the family
• Amoral Familism


  -          this is when filipinos tend to not see beyond the family circle

  -          only those who are considered to be part of the family would get the benefit from the same family circle member

  -          this trait is always considered to focus on the group centeredness of filipinos