Do the Filipinos walk slow or is it that the rest of the world just walks pretty fast?! I guess I am talking nonsense. But yes, the Filipinos walk slowly. Weather it’s on the business streets of Makati or weather it’s the malls, the slow Filipino pace can be easily observed. It is another of those so stereotypical observations of Filipinos that one day I saw a girl in an office attire walking briskly on a street of Makati. Her back was towards me and she was fast enough to make me curious. I decided to play a little game with me and had a bet with myself that she cannot be a Filipino and I was damn right. When I overtook her, she indeed was a white girl. It is so very stereotypically. Who says you can’t stereotype any country or culture. Some traits I guess can be.
Note – I am not criticizing the slow walk! It also speaks of the easy going and relaxed nature of the Filipinos in an otherwise stressed out world.
Tuesday, April 29, 2008
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filipino here, and i completely agree.
i noticed i walk slower compared to the japanese when i just started working here in tokyo. i was able to adjust after a few months though, and got used to walking at the faster pace.
now, every time i'm with my fellow filipino co-workers, it seems like forever before we get to our destination, that i sometimes walk ahead and just wait for them after.
even escalators are slow :)
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