Love Alike by Shanene C. De Jesus

First of all, what comes to your mind when you hear the word Filipino? Is it a positive or negative thought? Before anything else, let me ask you first, for you what is Filipino? What does it symbolize? For me, Filipino is like love because love has a lot of types such as a love for a friend, family and a special someone. If we relate it to Filipino people, it also has different types in terms of physical appearances, attitudes, traits and etc. Do you want me to elaborate it more? Here is my detailed explanation about it.

Filipinos are known for being hospitable to their visitors. They serve something to them such as refreshments, delicious food, telling them to have a seat and when eating, most of the time, they give their newest set of plates for them.  As long as they are inside their house, they must provide their needs just to make them comfortable and feel at home even though they don’t have money for themselves. They also have this kind of habit when they celebrate fiestas. They prepare lots of delicious foods to make it special. In fact as much as possible they want to serve letchon on their table even though they don’t have enough money to buy, but they still find ways just to celebrate it. Filipino is also the same as love because as much as they could, they give everything to the person that they love the most even though they are already hurting themselves just to make them happy.  Sometimes too much love for someone gives us pain.

One more thing about Filipino is that, they are also known for being one of the most respectful to the elderly. They do “mano” and say “po” and “opo” to show their respect towards other people. Most countries do not value their grandparents. They just send them to home for the aged and let other people take care of them, but here in Philippines, they keep their grandparents in their homes. They take good care of them as they grow older.  They provide their needs and make them feel loved as well. As for love, we must have respect for each other especially to our own selves in order for us to obtain the love that we wanted.  And when the time comes that we already have that kind of love, we must protect what we have to keep it last.