One big dfference in the family lifestyle here in America and in Philippines is in the way of bringing up the babies. There are some of the ways that the parents here in America brought up their babies in amazingly wonderful ways that it made me wish that it is like that in the Philippines, too, but not all of them. I believe that most Filipinos will agree with me; and here are my observations:
.I have seen some parents that their babies are sleeping in a separate room. I am not so fond of this because in my case, I may not heard if my baby cries or making some noise that would suppose to alert me. (It is because I have a hearing problem.) I have seen a lot of scenario that the baby is set alone at the back seat (with the seatbelt). Of course, I understand that it is the law and it is for protection. It just amazed me maybe because I have never seen anything like that in the Philippines. If I were the parent, I may not want to miss a second watching my baby beside me. I have also observed that babies here in America are less irritable and seem very content being in a basket or in a stroller than most of the babies in the Philippines. My goodness! They are very impressive. They looked so disciplined.
.Then, I realized that it is how the independence of the individual had started. That is why a lot of teen-agers want their liberty staring in a very young age, because they already have that sense of dependence since they were a baby. This is too way different compare to the lifestyle in the Philippines.
Last Autumn, we had a whole bunch of tomatoes that after we made salsa and tomato sauce and juices, my dad-in-law decided to sell some of them. We put them on the table by the road way with the signage "Tomatoes For Sale" that I made..I thought if somebody would buy, we will have to run to the table to assist the customer, but I was wrong. What happened was, customers just picked the tomatoes and put the money in the box that was provided. That's it. At the end of the day, it is amazing to know how much we sell and much more amazing that they don't took away the tomatoes without leaving a money..I am sorry to say, but this will not work in the Philippines. (I apologize for making my country sound bad.) Anyway, I believe that not everybody here in America are honest though. Sure enough, there are bad people here in USA, especially in the big city. I asked my dad-in-law, "What if they took the tomatoes and doesn't put money in the box?" He answered, "Well, if he wants the tomatoes and can't pay for it, he can have it." Well, I should say, "Amazing Dad", too.
Few months ago, my mom-in-law bought me a Hair Iron for special occasion use. One special occasion came, I was looking forward to use it because my hair is not really wonderfully straight, and that would be a good way for me to have a great hair on that special day. But unfortunately, it didn't work then. Too bad, I didn't tried it before the special day came. If I did, we would have known ahead and maybe could have it exchange.
My mom-in-law had decided to return the Hair Iron. It took her over a month before she was able to return it to Walmart, Caro, because she was very busy on many things. On our way to the store, I was thinking, "Would they still accept that for return after that long time? I doubt it so." And we can't find the receipt anymore, too. But to my surprise, they did! No sweat! Wow! I could say that if it happened to some other stores, specifically, in the Philippines, I doubt that they would accept it as a return anymore.
More power to America! More power to Walmart!
One big dfference in the family lifestyle here in America and in Philippines is in the way of bringing up the babies. There are some of the ways that the parents here in America brought up their babies in amazingly wonderful ways that it made me wish that it is like that in the Philippines, too, but not all of them. I believe that most Filipinos will agree with me; and here are my observations:
