I have been for quite a while in the Philippines, you know. In fact I am still here. Some people say I hate Filipinos (which is false, I don’t hate them at all) because I am always criticizing what I consider is wrong with them; simply because I am affected, but I really have nothing against them. I wanted to settled there but I don’t think that will really happen since I am extremely disappointed. There are a few exceptional Filipinos that I really appreciate and those have made the difference from the rest. However I am extremely unhappy here and YES I will quit the Philippines as soon as I finish what I came to do here, but it is so difficult to be patient. Getting assimilated into the society, no matter what you do (I have tried everything already) is totally impossible. I look myself everyday at the mirror and I see a very young and hansom boy, I often chat (mostly via web cam) with many girls and other people from around the world and everyone agrees on that. I am white, sexy, young (just 22 but I look even younger) – however sometimes it seems that’s already too old for some of them – I am considered very attractive by most people in all parts of the world. I have traveled a lot in spite of my short age. However most of the time I feel like I am wasting my youth in this place (I mean: in the Philippines).

For a foreigner (except Americans, those seem not to realize what I am talking about) it is impossible to be totally assimilated into the society, no matter how many years you spend there and no matter how hard you try. It seems that your only choice is to accept your role as a rarity that they apparently admire and discriminate at the same time, a provider for Filipinos an their families no matter if you are old or young, you are either seen as an American dollar or an investment for their future (for me as a young, vibrant, dreaming person it is totally unacceptable). Filipinos are capable of things that are inconceivable for us just for the dollar.

Some of their beliefs about foreigners are these: 1. White people have bad smell, including bad breath; which is a highly offensive statement. 2. Uncircumcised penis is dirty and smell horrendous (totally false). 3. All white foreigners are Americans. 4. All foreigners are rich. 5. If you have even some facial hair, or if you are the type of person that shaves every two days or such, they will assume you are not a clean person. 6. If you repeat the same clothes twice they will think you didn’t take a bath. The list is infinite… and if some of these things are sometimes part of your nature something that you can’t setup or adjust (like facial hair for instance, unless you undergo a laser depilatory procedure or something). Imagine how frustrating it is!

What I think about Filipinas is that they must be let to themselves. Why to travel there just to find a wife or sex when you can have it in your own country or somewhere else where they DO like you? There’s no need to get into a such an unpleasant role when you can live a normal life in your own country or elsewhere in the planet. I think this is true for most Asian countries. If you are white, Latino or else, just go to the US, Canada, Latin America or Europe. You simply don’t fit in the Asian cultural setting. This mostly happens in countries where everyone belong to a certain race, if you are different, people will react like that. Personally, I have given up; I have come to the conclusion that I didn’t come to the Philippines to find love, or a wife etc; I came to do business and that’s what I have to do. I think I can think of living and enjoying my personal life and keeping a healthy self esteem once I am back home. Hope it’ll happen the soonest.

KOMETA: I just want to live a normal life, be treated as a normal person. Why you don’t read the entire answer. I know it’s rather long but if you read it all, you will understand that I am not interested in being popular. I just want to be treated as a normal person. I am not much different form the average local Filipino guy, we are all human beings, same species; the only difference is skin color. I adjusted all I could but Filipinos do not perceive these things they are biased and will always make you fit in their AMERICANO STEREOTYPE which I refuse to accept, in the first place, because I am neither a tourist nor an American.