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Anywhere you go In the Philippines, well more specifically Manila you can see a lot of Asians, mostly Chinese and Koreans. Well there are a lot more but majority are these. In a way these people influenced the Filipinos in a good way and of course some in a negative way, but still it helped, right? Actually, its like the Philippines was invaded or colonized by these cultures because you see them everywhere! The only thing that separates us Filipinos is the physical appearance but besides that we are already alike since Filipinos love adopting other cultures.

Coming from an international school, I must say my school was majority Korean instead of other nationalities. As I observed not only we Filipinos adopt from them but also vice versa. Here are some advantages as to what Koreans and Chinese people have brought to us. The Koreans have brought and inspired Filipinos to listen to there kind of music even if we don’t understand anything. Another thing would be the fashion, cosmetic products, Korean food, and advancement in technology and tele novellas, which was translated in Tagalog language. For the Chinese people they influenced almost the same thing though they had a bigger impact since in the olden days they colonized us. So some rituals and other cultural facts weren’t new to us except for the modern routine now days. As for the disadvantages, here are a few. To start, the mannerisms. Like for the Koreans, it is usual for them to get into fights and they are hot tempered, but us Filipinos as much as possible we try to settle things in a way that we only talk. Another thing would be the way they are family oriented. I have noticed that it isn’t much of a big deal for them whether they are away from their family during the holidays, not like Filipinos. With the Chinese, we think it would be the way we handle students in school. I'am Chinese schools here in the Philippines they are allowed to hit the child if they commit an error, for us Filipinos we are not allowed to do that. Another thing would be the fake items of china that they sell here, in the divisorya malls which is illegal. With koreans and Chinese people, an advantage would be they helped us in businesses and export, import trade. Well there are a lot more things but these are just few common ones.