Most people in the Philippines save the few Chinese that remains with their ancestral Chinese surname or a few indigenous that keeps their own too, have Spanish surnames. A close local friend told me it is because at some point in history, a law was passed during the Spanish occupation that everyone should adopt a […]
Category: Phillipines
“Add 30 peso, heavy traffic!” said the taxi man. “What?!?” I feign incredulity, this is not the first time I was asked of this. “Yes ma’am, heavy traffic, taxi cannot make money” he continued. Somehow this line make me relent, at times some taxi man are rude in asking for more money on top of […]