Becoming Singaporean: What It's Like To Grow Up In A Filipino Migrant Family

What's it like trying to integrate in a new land, when you're homesick teenagers self-conscious about fitting in? Crish and Carl Cruz arrived in Singapore with their parents and younger siblings in 2007, from their native Philippines.
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Over the years they've had to learn to grapple with (among other things): the dreaded PSLE, casual racism, learning Singlish, and making friends. Now they can't picture living anywhere else but here. This is their family's story.
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[@worship999]

The children are 99% Singaporean. The 1% difference is their good looks.

[@minim6981]

nah, they look Chinese like regular Singaporeans. They don't even look Filipino

[@gavy4306]

Miri M some Filipinos actually look Chinese

[@minim6981]

Gavmild b some but most dont. The kids in the video blend in more in Singapore than the Philippines. Thats why I’m confused why this guy said they are Singaporean besides their good looks. They literally look like 75% of the people in Singapore

[@RonLarhz]

Their accent still got pinoy

[@khendzyamat1374]

Actually there my family and there Filipino

[@hurbrowns5397]

They got the Singaporean accent and all

[@khendzyamat1374]

Yeah but there still my family

[@GODLOVEME-uj3vb]

why are u so surprises cause u think highly of self in sg? LOL dumb found immigrate number increase server in Ns :) U CANNOT DO POINY ACCENT MEH! Putang ina mo

[@marymelonD7]

i mean they grew up here so they'll pick it up

[@mpokanniesvlog320]

@@GODLOVEME-uj3vb 😂

[@elainelat8067]

They moved to Singapore when they were still little children. Of course, they've adopted the accent.

[@user-wi2fw1jk9l]

They are certainly a good looking family. I love their open mindedness

[@cindymananzalamartinez6679]

Filipinos, generally, are adaptive to the places they imigrated to. Unlike other immigrants, Filipinos assimilate easier and do not try to impose their culture onto the land that let them in. That's what I often hear from native Canadians when they talk about the Filipino immigrants they know.

[@ninow5]

You are right. I am Filipino Canadian, and we can assimilate in Canada easily compared to other Asians.

[@zzzpmi]

As a Filipino I just only hope our kababayans adapt the Singapore way of discipline in our country

[@歐巴-r5n]

It probably helps that Filipinos speak English in the case of Canada or Singapore

[@dcardigan13]

I mean, to be fair, our culture has never been the overly aggressive type. We're not the type that will force but the type to _share_ and _exchange_ culture. We're very good at being open to new people and their culture and absorb the parts that we like and admire. In turn, we keep the parts of our culture that we like and value and even honor, and share them with others when we can as well. We never really ask other cultures to change for us because we understand that Filipinos and other cultures, whether they're Singaporeans or Canadians, will naturally have differences from each other.

[@mmagazineofficialmagazine1758]

this one here is a direct descendant of the orang gutan

[@nightsky5023]

As a Filipino American who’s been educated in the West and work just as hard as every other Asian and hold the same positions in the work place, it breaks my heart to still see other Asians look down on Filipinos, specially in Asia. The country was oppressed for decades hence the poverty and most do not have education. Due to that a lot of people go abroad to take whatever job available to survive. But, it doesn’t make them any less important or valuable human beings. I am proud of those people and have such high regard for them more than myself because they have struggled so much just to survive and for their families to survive. They have the strength, the resolve, & the heart to keep on fighting for themselves and their families. Not many of us could do it, be away in a foreign land, work the lowest of jobs, and be treated so badly for it. Regardless of the persecution they face, God has promised them heaven. I hope before anyone responds to the lowly harshly, that they’d consider putting themselves on the receiving end. Maybe, only maybe, people would act more kindly. The world is full of negativity, does it really help to be a part of it? On another note, the Father had the right attitude. You assimilate to the culture and respect your host country. Not the opposite. That is how it should be.

[@hanam3362]

The filipinos here all hv gd jobs.so dont worry..dts y they bringing the whole family right after

[@greenscreen3416]

When the dad said, ‘...well we can’t expect them to adjust for us...’ I realize they really did had culture shock somehow because in the Philippines if there are foreigners we tend to adjust for them and not the other way around.

[@kevina2907]

I think the Singapore Filipinos enjoy better benefit than you in America. You have to contribute more than 40% tax . Life tough though . I being to US before i know and have tob bear racism.

[@petitwhite6366]

No one should be looking down on anyone regardless of education or type of work. Every type of work is valuable. Companies, towns, cities etc cannot run if there are no housekeepers, no cooks, no street cleaners, no bus drivers, no hair cutters, no gardeners, no baby sitter, sewer cleaner and no and on and on.

[@ramelandalecio1630]

It is maybe other Asians look at us Filipinos differently. Our culture is western mostly Hispanic. We are more brothers to Latin Americans than Asians. Only we are located in Asia but the culture is Hispanic.

[@graceanne7899]

Being a filipino myself & having stayed in Singapore for a little over 2 decades, yes i agree with them that I regard Singapore as home truly ☺️

[@jericojopio8363]

It's really remarkable that despite losing their Filipino citizenship many years ago, they never forgot the same Filipino values they've learned before, such as close family ties, the sense of friendship and cooperation, religious and familial devotion, and best of all, reaching out to their newfound friends and churchmates especially in times of need.

[@JackieToong]

Amazing family. You all are for sure one of us ✌😊

[@lifeisgood2542]

Jackie Toong nope.they are still filipinos.

[@Code-pd5hy]

@@lifeisgood2542 Don't be jackass bruh. Be thankful they're welcoming them instead of the opposite.

[@ashmarsim]

As a Singaporean, I'd say, please do not lose your politeness. This a GOOD QUALITY that Singaporeans need to learn.

[@daxtv6168]

yep true

[@mmrgratitudes]

The Singaporean accent is kinda hard to understand. I hope these kids retain their good manners. Filipinos are a lot more amiable, and are far more polite. I hope they'll be able to keep all the good qualities, and adapt to their new environment.

[@stephenlee3911]

They're not that polite on social media and any online games

[@eatingbatsoupforaliving7872]

@@stephenlee3911 Oh God, not *video games!* Honestly, I think that doesn't only apply to Southeast Asians because of the more prevalent online gamers in East Asia. Yes, I am looking at you, _Random Chinese._

[@stephenlee3911]

@@eatingbatsoupforaliving7872 calm down why bring the race haha , what im try to say is . there's polite and unpolite people in any country around the world

[@ninow5]

@@stephenlee3911 LMAO

[@kantokuu]

Far from polite? Woah careful there bud it only depends on what environment youve grown-up, or how educated and disciplined you are, even i would consider myself polite as a filipino.

[@daynasiat5747]

Lovely family 😍

[@mokchuanwei1]

That's why can progress and majulah Singapura, foreign talents you know.

[@Andy-eb1hq]

Fake sporean

[@noeminoemi1350]

@Jacky Phantom So as long as they're from India, China and Malaysia , it's okey?

[@noeminoemi1350]

@Jacky Phantom you said Chinese, Indians and Malays and eventually after a generation you wouldn't be able to tell a Singapore Indian from an Indian somewhere else same with Chinese. Malays have always been there.

[@noeminoemi1350]

@Jacky Phantom Because you don't know how to clarify yourself. And it's an ignorant fool, not a ignorant fool , looks life your finger is pointing right back at you. lol

[@noeminoemi1350]

@Jacky Phantom you go away you know less than nothing.

[@mitchaga7010]

If the progress of the Philippines went in a good stand until now, there’s no struggle on how to make like “this nationality”. Instead, I’m proud to be a Filipino.

[@Methwound]

im surprised the comments have not been turned off

[@jmin4951]

3 years on, I hope they have all became citizens already :")

[@phillychannel394]

Good for you. You escaped the impending crisis coming to Philippines. I wish Philippines also has one leader like Lee Kuan Yew who made SG a rich, disciplined and progressive country without corruption and abuses.

[@adrian123781]

I live in the Philippines for 12 years and live in Singapore for 13 years. I go to primary school, secondary school, poly and NS and I still have filipino accent hahaha. I look more Indian than Filipino so its a little weird for other people hahaha.

[@perfectlyimperfect7660]

Don’t forget to look back once in a while:)

[@scl75hunter]

The way they speak already better than a lot local.

[@becomingjapanese]

Good documentary. Very positive!

[@btsmochimi7924]

they're so lucky...literally benefitting from one of the best education system in the world

[@perkangt464]

I'm Filipino and I live in Singapore but I'm not citizen yet. I've stayed in sg for 10 years and now, the school fees are getting higher.

[@sofa.4942]

Stop saying malays are not the native to singapore. How yall know his family bloodline. Maybe his grandfather is an orang asli but his grandmother is from indonesia. Still, in indonesia and malaysia, anyone who is from the nusantara are called pribumi or bumiputera. It means we are the people of these land, just separated by culture, politics and languages. Its like comparing taiwanese, hongkong and china. Its pretty dumb i would say. I myself can say that my malay side i can find an orang asli origin as far back as the 4th generations.

[@TeleeFONE]

Those people are racists and can't accept Malays are native, if you study history modern Malays ancestors are Orang Asli(proto-Malays), this makes the current modern Malays also natives coz their ancestors are native, those people just dumb and hateful just ignore them, they got zero facts to claim Malays are not native because they don't like Malays.

[@sofiaruss8958]

@@TeleeFONE i think the recent prc Singaporean can't understand this... shuddered the thought ,one day the mainland China would want to claim singapore as their island..

[@pengseahang946]

❤❤❤❤❤❤

[@senseipanda2307]

Wah the sg accent ah...really sound like singaporean

[@lifeisgood2542]

RANDOM STUFZZ just sound.but not really singaporean

[@caireelsthetic2788]

As a Filipino, i sensed that whatever trait they have being Filipinos, it was completely removed from their systems and plunged down the drain of oblivion. But oh well i'll just be happy of what my ex-fellow countrymen achieved.

[@yes6399]

This happened too me too when I was grade 1 from Philippines to Singapore

[@lynsky8697]

The parent they using American accent while their siblings Singaporean accents... Meyo lah no lah.ahayyy

[@sonyaama6782]

Hi Tifa vicky

[@krisyu6259]

Love them😍😍😍

[@deerdiary3537]

I don't feel belittle or small. Once you are person educated and WELL MANNERED, you won't feel any single insecurities with other races. Sometimes personality matters on how you deal with other people.

[@audreyang902]

Hi. Its the same goes to migrant to every different country . Same experience of adaptation.... Long ago , foreign ppl living in suburb area thought Singapore was a fishing village ..

[@dickydoggy9026]

Any place on earth, you felt you are at peace - that's your home 😁

[@janciebadiday]

What is wrong with the helper look?

[@WaddupGuyz]

Well, good for them!

[@myeongwol]

Nice family! To have a big house like that in Singapore, the father must have earned a lot from his IT job 😲 . In Malaysia, even the citizens that are born in Malaysia, are asked to 'go back to your country' 🙄

[@CNAInsider]

Cp MooN, they live in a public housing flat.

[@myeongwol]

@@CNAInsider ar i see.... But the renovation and deco is nice!

[@limchyehock6722]

@@CNAInsider But they still have much better lives than most average local born Singaporeans.

[@chappali38]

@@CNAInsider hi where is the full video on mewatch

[@CNAInsider]

@@chappali38 Hi, this is the full video.

[@ghostflamez4254]

Wow valerie is so pretty

[@clownery4445]

Being steriotyped is really annoying..telling if your a filipino you are automatically maid..if i were being confronted with random singaporeans then probably i would say " yes im a maid i clean toilets, so what about you? Why youre here? Youre from china right?!" 😆🤭

[@rafflesstamford6118]

It is a joy for your family to be part of Singapore!

[@lifeisgood2542]

Raffles Stamford no. with the xenophobes? nope. not at all

[@mamxie.gaming9495]

How i wish they have picked up their parents' way of talking english.. 😒

[@lkkoh777]

I do not refer to the helpers as maids. I usually call them domestic helpers. Calling someone maids is very demeaning and belittling.

[@avivahbenjamin1103]

Very interesting and special family God nless you

[@duhasian101]

5 siblings and I were born here too! Was born in 99' and we all have Singaporean accent with almost 0 Filipino accent HAHA

[@lifeisgood2542]

that sucks.

[@csy897]

Fatima Clasirenas depending on what type of singaporean accent I guess. Like the one in the vid quite proper, their English

[@lifeisgood2542]

chae parents are filipino. generally, filipinos make fun of you if you got funny accent and pronunciation

[@sofiaruss8958]

@@lifeisgood2542 how ironic cos some ppl in sg make fun of Filipino english accent..

[@genrrizeecuvsfatti4747]

@@sofiaruss8958 but still sg accent is the worst.

[@tommyliangwei3724]

23rd January 2020

[@karenmcnugget4551]

Immigrants move in and don’t even do NS how unfair to the regular Singaporeans who have to give up 2 years of their life same as 1st gen PRs

[@lifeisgood2542]

Jake Jenkins then you probably want to move out of sg and change citizenship and never step foot in sg again for the rest of your life.

[@edits_yikes7225]

They came to singapore the month and year l was born 🙂

[@scottleaves]

beautiful family

[@ammardaniel2818]

wow i wish i was carl

[@goalerfc8100]

U are always Welcome :)

[@MrDraculadave]

Filipinos mindset, that wherever we go (any country) we are the one who adjust..

[@gitadas9983]

Still having lots of children?

[@marktan8074]

Luv their accent. Dun lose it👍

[@sydneygirl1664]

I feel them

[@gongaara4584]

*_Why they don't have the "lah" in every sentence?_*

[@gmr2gnr]

How many tanks...

[@AHHUAT2]

when the family join a church, then there's where all the new friends come from. it's the same for immigrants anywhere.

[@miguelitopalacios1092]

I think the best contribution they will someday have for Singapore is giving them better looking people, Filipino looks hahahhaha. Looking forward not just to see all brown and white here. Sorry do I sound racist? My bad hahaha

[@zainiabdullah621]

Its just convenient and good to be a Singaporean when times are good and the nation is prosperous. We need a forth National Language soon.

[@Freeyoutubevids]

Lol.they got that funny singaporean accent, just give it to them hahahaha. If being a filipino is such a shame. Hahaha

[@harbatpakusimungpapa4835]

Yeah boy I got you

[@becaaligma5738]

totally off topic but SHE IS SO PRETTY WTF

[@becaaligma5738]

@@themiddlelayer all of em bruv

[@noeminoemi1350]

cute but not so pretty

[@Naomi-jm3rr]

the oldest girl is really pretty!!

[@jaysan9309]

Dalagang Filipina yeh

[@becaaligma5738]

Susan Ananda um .... i was complimenting her HAHAHA aint no jealousy

[@kevina2907]

Singapore like this type of migrants. Integrate into the society and open minded. Nice

[@wayfaringstranger5808]

Migrants are migrants, don't judge them into 'types'. You are a descendant of migrants. Your forefathers were all migrants. Just do your part in being civilized and inclusive. Singapore is a migrant nation, Singapore welcomes all.

[@monsterrr1999]

I wonder if they also think like this towards people who are darker skin or black people who are also living in Singapore? what if they will be considered as a migrant or foreigner forever, so they wouldn't open up to them as easy.

[@bobbysierraVlogs]

Kevin A i used to live in Sydney Australia for 16 years.. and i stayed in Singapore for 12 days.. i kinda like Singapore.😂

[@rumblefish9]

I'm sorry but that's not really true. I've met many Singaporeans who look down on immigrant families especially if you are Filipino or South Asian. The Singaporeans that i met were rude with superiority complexes. The fact that you call them "migrants" just proves my point.

[@kevina2907]

@@rumblefish9 i think is your inferiority complex made you feel that. Then why dont you blame your mother country gov thay deny you and your family a chance to progress. You blame a country that accepted you and provided livelihood for you and your familt. Thats ingrate.

[@tonymoly8739]

“We’re guests here. We can’t expect them to adjust to us. We have to adjust to them.” Very well said! 👍🏻 And that applies to everywhere we go, not just Singapore. It shows the humility and magnanimity of the heart to embrace cultural differences, make changes to help oneself adjust, accept and even appreciate one another in order to live harmoniously in a foreign country. Some people whine, complain and keep making comparisons when they relocate to another country. They simply forget why they want to leave their own country in the first place only to end up grousing like a immature spoilt brat in another country. I’m so impressed by the Cruz family. They are grateful citizens and truly our own fellow Singaporeans! 😉 All foreign migrants to Singapore should emulate them.

[@buggyman286]

Sadly not all immigrants have this mindset. For some its the other way around, they violently(yes violently) shove their beliefs down peoples throats and expect society to adopt to them. 😉

[@estepen4181]

@Susan Ananda simply because they are unruly immigrants and doesn't adapt to the culture of SG.

[@kevinwin11]

Sadly most migrants are usually looked down and treated badly compared to Singaporean in SG

[@broadcastmadnesss]

Lets just hope wealthy Singaporeans do the same thing when they go abroad even if they have money.

[@johnisaacfelipe6357]

Most filipinos just want to get by, I hope Singapore treats them well.

[@leacabugos6261]

Worked with Singaporeans for almost 6 years and never a day they made me feel good about myself. As a Filipino, they had ways of making me feel less of a person but ofc it didn't stop me from doing my job well. I just hope I get a chance to be friends with nice Singaporeans as up to this day, I don't want to generalise that all of them are ill-mannered.

[@madnozz]

Their economic success got to their heads. They even have a bad accent, so fast but not understandable.

[@redsays5767]

Aww. This is sad.

[@kevinwin11]

I don't think it only applies for Filipinos. Other ethics from SEA are also being ill treated just because their country economy is not good and better than SG. But if u r white and from Western countries, Singaporeans will welcome u with open arms

[@kevina2907]

Then migrate to USA and i believe that is your ultimate aim. Singapore is just your stepping board. I heard many Filipinos said that in Singapore and so why you care about how people look at you.But i believe Gov will tighten immigration after this crisis.

[@coraandhernicebangs7703]

@@kevina2907 where did she mention moving to USA? There will always be racists in every country. Move somewhere else that country is very superficial

[@Driving_Somewhere]

Such opened minded, kind and gracious people are an asset for Singapore!

[@KironManuelCards]

Can anyone please help come into Singapore on a permanent basis please. I am a degree holder in health care.

[@hazelchubbypanaguiton1911]

Singaporeans accent the kids using while their parents still used Philippines English accent

[@akia7612]

When you get used to hearing Philippine English accent the sound of their accent kind of seems odd to you

[@k-studio8112]

@Trumpenstein huh???? I'm not sure with "already" but the adlibs that we commonly used are "Ummm" "uhhhhh"

[@basilm5708]

@Trumpenstein it's like how the Chinese add "liao" to the end of every sentence. And they are Filipinos, not "Flips" 😂

[@healtheworldforabetterplac7574]

J J Who da heck use “Flips” in this earth? In the US some unmannered kid use Filo. Wth is this.

[@tiff-anypaper3375]

@J J Bruh we are not flip flops...

[@hs.cortex]

the family seems really Caring and open minded //carl is cute btw

[@bbelluv]

Haha they are a lovely family!! As an migrant myself from Malaysia to Australia I also had many past experiences that they had too

[@meganmusic]

omg the son is so handsomeeeee

[@thecrippledances]

Ikr?????

[@ronsu2677]

omg so easily wetttttttttttttttt

[@nurdhaniya3599]

i may or may not have found his ig

[@Malcolm96FTW]

@@nurdhaniya3599 link pls! Do you have Valerie's @?

[@nurdhaniya3599]

@@Malcolm96FTW @carrlcruz

[@edchristian1215]

great that they now feel at home in Singapore, but it saddens me that it seems like the kids don't appreciate Philippines anymore or not even look forward to going back.

[@fil_britbunnyboi872]

They managed to get out of the Philippines, why would they want to go back??

[@GDMod23]

​@@fil_britbunnyboi872Yeah, the Philippines is a Third world country with a corrupt government

[@steveawesome9404]

Home is where your heart is.Regardless of your skin and nationality.

[@beverlykorte8581]

Yes 👍

[@lenardregencia]

Same with the Koreans in the Philippines. They integrate, that's why they're trilingual, Tagalog, Korean and English.

[@lifeisgood2542]

Lenard Regencia same thing. they are still koreans though

[@arkonarcaxe1808]

ahhh Jessica Lee, a korean youtuber who grew up in the Philippines is a great example.

[@charmedonepiper9150]

Saying PLEASE is not sugar coating. That is called respect. One of the Pinoy values na hindi dapat mawala.

[@nodr.a4583]

Gosh, being a teenager in the Phil's and SG is different. If u don't follow, ur farked. U forgot aaa? U nvr been a teenager before?

[@generizze6243]

@@nodr.a4583 then so be it. No wonder most of them are rude.

[@nodr.a4583]

@@generizze6243 no no u came out to the world, from your mom's womb, a middile age person, lets just agree with that. ok?

[@victorlim1561]

"We cannot eat without chilli anymore." Hahaha!

[@iwanmuzaki8049]

I am a singaporean and i find that filipons are very friendly and inclusive people, unlike PRCs.

[@tubby6007]

PRCs?

[@tubby6007]

@Pastadudde ok thanks

[@k-studio8112]

@@tubby6007 People's Republic of China.

[@k-studio8112]

Well we Filipinos hate Chinese too

[@kevinwin11]

But ain't Singaporean Chinese Chinese too lol?

[@dansky03]

Probably right regarding straight to point. I’m an IT person so I often go there. Filipino way is more polite than Singaporean. Furthermore, in SG they are more like in a hurry. I’m not yet done with my food and they will get the plate already. 😀

[@lifeisgood2542]

YATOGAMI welcome to sg.

[@mariloubendiola9184]

@@lifeisgood2542 😂yed

[@bowlampar]

Just don't feel disappointed in your adopted country by those locally breed irrational racism , prejudiced, bigotry and narrow mindedness, believe in yourself and continue your selfless contribution to Singapore. BTW, adding 'please', 'excuse me' or' thank you' is not 'sugarcoating' your sentence, it is called " manner" in civilized world.

[@AbdElHmyd]

Hopefully a lot educated Philippines can do something for their homeland like corruption and poverty. They're scattered all over the place and have good careers and experiences.

[@singlah]

Filipinos make Singapore just a little bit more sexy and a little less uptight.

[@RobertBrianGabriel]

When the kids are telling that schools in the Philippines are slacking and no homework, I was shocked. I always have homework even on weekends.

[@huizzme]

I don't know which school they're referring though.

[@MinimelistTV]

True... Hehhehe

[@KevinTroy777]

They've been brainwashed...

[@genrrizeecuvsfatti4747]

These kids wont survive in the phil tho. Hahaha

[@sashimicroissant5139]

Uhmm. I used to study in the Philippines and we do homework here. Lmao.

[@revelbangtanexo2642]

The girl is sooo pretty and they're all quite a smart family anyways :')

[@budenskarinderia]

Been to Singapore on a business trip and I have been treated well by the immigration officers, I appreciate it. However, one of the taxi drivers asked me where I am from and I simply answered, from The Philippines, and didn't say anything else and he responded by saying "there is no more land here to live" and I get his message. Can't forget that moment. I responded that I am excited to go back to my country where we enjoy life. Good thing I was there for a week only. SG has clean surroundings, great infrastractures but the peoples' vibe are bad and they are like burned out of life all the time. Pretty boring too. However, the Malay Singaporeans are mostly friendly and some Indians too. They are nowhere near the good vibes of Taiwan, Hong Kong and Japan.

[@TattoosLovers]

We should be welcoming them with open hands & arm's as we're all human being's as well . But at the same time we singaporean ain't wrong cause some of the Foreigner's are very proud and their heads are very high they also look down on us Singaporean's lol lmfao lmao yolo .

[@lifeisgood2542]

AdamAldo Smith Mitch tell that to xenohobes

[@mohamadazri517]

Im from malaysia . Im working at singapore . My supervisor singaporen pr from piliphine . She very nice person

[@ofwretirementjourney]

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[@MICA_YT]

so many racist in the comment section, as long as you give back to the community and be grateful for the good life, whatever country you choose to live in its okay! life is short people! choice wherever you wanna live and be happy!

[@emalejack]

Welcome to the family “Mabuhay!”

[@putradukungajang993]

Baby

[@johnisaacfelipe6357]

Mabuhay! Take good care of them

[@shinbyeonggyu8242]

I am Korean living in Singapore and became Singaporean. No regrets! :)

[@lifeisgood2542]

Shin Byeong Gyu hot and humid

[@Laura-kn2dv]

There is a lot of generalized comments here about each country. Not all Filipinos are the same and not all Singaporeans are the same either.

[@markgd2]

Wow the son is so handsome he made my heart stop 😍😍

[@Gerafe1596]

i agree wholeheartedly

[@jesdecruz8383]

Cedrickie Otaku IG please

[@ronb7062]

bruh...

[@zk8562]

Y r u geh?

[@natasyajames6928]

The son is handsome than the daughters. He resembling his dad

[@Sean-if1or]

Saying PLEASE is not sugarcoating your words. It's called manners.

[@raycdo2012]

in the place i from no please and no thank you..

[@fernandodiaz744]

I agree on this one. When I first arrived Singapore, that is the first thing I realized. Especially when you buy food in the hawker centre. So you see, some have manners and some don't have. After the years of living, working and playing here, I learned to just go with the flow. And whenever I am in the hawker centre buying food, that is all where it starts to get fun for me! Yay!

[@yellowcarnivore]

Love this family! Glad they settled in well and made many friends along the way:)

[@sherribrawn3757]

I work with many Philipine immigrants here in Eastern Canada within our healthcare system, and I have to say they are the most dedicated, selfless, and kind hearted people I've had the pleasure to work beside. Some of their degrees earned in their home country aren't recognized here until a lot of testing is done so quite often they are having to work in a position 2 levels below what they were there. Can you imagine being an R.N. in your country, and then have to work as an attendant here? They can't even work as an L.P.N. ........

[@royalgem6379]

That' sad to hear. Overqualified for a job that pays less when they can do more.

[@listermasamong7015]

I will never chance my nationality even im migrated in other country to be part of them i will be proud of where i came from even many people look down on us filipino because all they know if they say filipino all came to there mind all filipino is made but there are wrong philippines is all ready raising someday people will realize :-(

[@lancefortaleza3665]

Mabuhay kabayan.

[@ninow5]

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[@jannahali28]

Do you even understand what you’re saying? Its their prerogative if they want to change to any other nationality. With your current president duterte who recently said “Shoot them dead” to violators during this pandemic outbreak is really a far cry from becoming a developing country. Its the right move this family has surrendered their filipino citizenship

[@listermasamong7015]

@@jannahali28 because your always reporting the bad side of the philippines where all country have i dont know why but all filipino know that CNA have a bias report when it comes from philippines and president dont say shot the people you dont know the real situation of the country so you better *** your mouth all i say is i will never change my nationality even if I'm living in other country to be part of them because if there proud of there roots they will never do that and u know even they will like it or not they will be back where they come from

[@lifeisgood2542]

Lister Masamong dont mind him. he has not lived in ph does not have any RIGHT to meddle the country.

[@kristinedelosreyes4070]

Glad to see some Filipino families in Singapore had happy endings. For my family who migrated to SG more than 20 years ago, we’ve never really felt accepted, even though we did have friends and my sister and I are what Singaporeans would consider “successful” (went to elite schools and NUS). I really hope the current migrant families in SG are doing much better especially since there is a sizeable Filipino community in SG now.

[@biggreenbananas8929]

Pinoys have a fascinatingly unique habit. They like to call each other mam, miss, sir all the time. They never call people by first names only or the usual titles followed by surname. William Tan becomes Sir William instead of William or Mr Tan. Lily Wong becomes Mam Lily or Miss Lily instead of just Lily or Miss Wong. "Ladies and Gentlemen" becomes Mams and Sirs or mamsir. Really cute, don't you think?

[@zaqareemalcolm]

mamsir makes sense too because in most ph languages we only have like one pronoun for he/she/it

[@noeminoemi1350]

Filipino culture is very polite. Maamsir is for transexual.

[@zaldylilang]

Their accent is apparently Chinese Singaporean probably because they want to fit in real bad. I just hope they will realized they sound funny when they are outside Singapore.

[@sofiaruss8958]

All Singaporean kids know how to code switch..

[@giannamaejavier8164]

Wow hi alexxx secretly famous never tell us sia

[@blueicebeat]

Singaporean people are so difficult to date coming from a Filipino family, i still can’t get used to the brash manner of speaking and complete lack of verbal manners at times from my boyfriend. It’s a literal blow to my face lol. Sometimes i can’t tell the difference between outright rudeness or just a cultural thing. Ah well

[@blueicebeat]

@Daniel Lim haha that’s cool, I’m from HK as well and yeh that def sounds familiar 🤣

[@MrJeszam]

How sad.. Filipinos trying to fit in Singapore.

[@lifeisgood2542]

Jesrel Rusiana yes. they should just go back to ph.

[@rudnamm]

it looked like the parents want to go back to the homeland someday but the children want to stay in sg. pretty common situation for most ofw families

[@jaydeeresflo1772]

Tama. Ako pag punta ko sa US Alat mag work ako as a nurse. Bata plang mga anakkk tuturuan ko na sila na hopefully sa pinas pa din sila mag stay omag work pag dating ng arW. Naniniwla ako sa future mgnda na ang pinaz

[@unicoi]

Beautiful family with well brought up children.