Living in Cebu

In early 2006 I will be moving to Cebu, Philippines with the entire family.

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Anti-Foreigner attitudes of many Filipinos - National Holiday for Ramadan

My two oldest boys went to Vudu which is a music venue here in Cebu. They were minding their own business and only smiled as advised when a group of Filipino youth started to laugh at them and make fun of them. These Filipino guys were drinking spirits as is common with Filipinos.

My boys had one drink only. One of the Filipino guys comes over and start pushing and grabbing my oldest by his collar. My oldest respond by immediately putting the idiot of the floor. Security responds by putting my boys and the other youths outside where the group can then attack my boys. Luckily my boys were able to jump into a taxi and leave but not before one of the group attacked my younger son.

It would seem that there really is no safe venue for my boys to go to without some sort of security guard. The Vudu venue is meant to be one of the better such venues in Cebu.

Filipinos drinking in gropus can be very dangerous. They are extremely jealous of what they perceive to be foreigners. In fact my boys are Filipino citizens and the oldest was actually born in the Philippines.

My boys know that fighting with Filipinos is a big NO NO. They never fight fair. They fight in gangs with weapons. The will usually try to jump you from behind if the opportunity presents itself. My boys know to walk away and never respond to verbal insults. My oldest simply forcibly detached the idiot from his person.

The longer I stay here the more aware I am of a deep jealously driven hatred many Filipinos have for foreigners.

I am advised by someone that spoke to the American Council today that almost every week an American citizens dies in Cebu. Many of these are murdered.

Cebu is not really the safe place the authorities would like to portray. Security is not a real priority for authorities but their international image is. Thus they will appear to respond and pay lip service to such security concerns.

Tomorrow the children have no school. Why? To celebrate the Muslim holiday of Ramadan. Why declare a national holiday to mark the end of Ramadan in a predominantly Christian country. Could be some form of appeasement to the Muslim minority or perhaps it’s a matter of any excuse to have another day off. I have noticed that the Filipinos will jump at almost any excuse to have a day off.

Posted: Monday 23rd October 2006, 6:43 AM

Learn To Speck Cebuano

If you are planning no living in Cebu then its a good idea to learn the language and I have found a great teacher here in Cebu. He can also assist you online and is available to translate any documents.

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