Weaknesses Of Filipinos

Yes, I still agree with most of the strengths and weaknesses listed in the study. First, is the trait of faith and religiosity. Filipinos believe in one God; the Creator of all and everything around us. We manifest this faith through the practice of our religious belief, whether as Christians or as Muslims. This was handed down to us by our forebears. Early in our childhood, our parents inculcated in us this belief and this is something that we carry until our death; this is something that nobody can take away from us.
Secondly, our family orientation. Filipinos value family more than anything in this world. We worked hard for our family. We are willing to make big sacrifices just to make sure that our loved ones have a good life. In my personal

These are the traits that we are known for in other parts of the world; something we must all be proud of. Personally, I have been a witness to the display of these traits by our fellow Filipinos who are working abroad. I worked for a year as a UN military observer in India-Pakistan (in the disputed Kasmir region). There, I worked and literally lived side by side with other nationalities (fellow UN military observers and civilians working for UN). They say we Filipinos are very adaptable because we can easily mingle with different nationalities and adapt to their cultures (especially with fellow Asians, Europeans, and Americans), and sometimes by being “jack-of-all trades” (they don’t realize we can do almost everything usually by sheer observation alone). We observe first, then easily assimilate. We are also very flexible with regard to our job (willingness to work extra time, and for extended period if necessary) and our ability to apply right decisions on different situations. In addition, I have seen our OFWs in my other travels abroad, how hardworking we are (doing multiple jobs) and we value our work so much that’s is why a lot of foreign companies/managers prefer to hire Filipinos. Lastly, creativity is one trait that we are known for abroad especially in the areas of music. In New Delhi for example, I haven’t seen or known any other band group there performing live music for local and foreign tourists

To do that, I believe we need to re-define or re-visit the definition of a “hero” as we have earlier known. What really is a real hero? We used to call our fathers and those others who fought (living and dead) for the freedom of our country against the foreign invaders and tyrants “heroes”. They are called such because they risked their lives; they fought and offered their lives to the cause of our motherland. However, as time pass by and after many generations, “heroes” were transformed and the term was also labeled to many other segments of Filipinos (teachers, doctors in the barrio, even OFWs, as modern-day heroes). The “hero” that we used to know was associated with what we believed to have fueled our sense of nationalism and national pride. It is my opinion that the term was somehow ‘abused” such that it slowly lost it real meaning because now it becomes ordinary as it is already associated more with Filipino struggles. Hence, most of us could no longer isolate who are the real heroes that would define the Filipinos’ self-identity fuel our sense of nationalism and national