Watch this video from the Philippines. I (Thomas) can understand that guy. Some food in other countries is not always our favorite. But I feel also so sorry, for that man. And mostly I can imagine the feelings of this girl. She did not expect the reaction of her boyfriend and she was even more pressured by the expectations and reaction of her family. What do you think?
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25 years ago – exactly on January 21st 1993 at 7 am – we celebrated the start of our union with a garden wedding. Yes it was 7 am and not pm: we choose a nice location facing the beach at Insular Hotel Davao City. During the day it gets so hot and we had the choice of either morning or late afternoon. Since it was often raining at night during the rainy season we choose to have the ceremony in the morning. We started 7 am Filipino time (meaning to say it was around 8 am …) We were very thankful for around 200 friends and relatives to be there. But the very highlight was that the family of Thomas came from Germany to attend the wedding. Our pastor Ernie Abella really gave good insights on marriage. He knew both of us as we were attending his church – “The Jesus Fellowship” in Davao City. We were so blessed to have him at our wedding. But there was a number of
We are so excited – in five days we will fly to the Philippines. Today is our day of packing our things. Actually packing only our clothes would be easy – it is warm in the Philippines. But there is much more to bring. Everybody in our family and all our friends are waiting for a Pasalubong. You do not know that Pasalubong is? Here is what Wikipedia says: Pasalubong (Tagalog, “[something] for when you welcome me”) is the Filipino tradition of travellers bringing gifts from their destination to people back home. Pasalubong can be any gift or souvenir brought for family or friends after being away for a period of time. It can also be any gift given by someone arriving from a distant place. Pasalubong, in general, is a “gift for a relation or friend brought by a traveler returning from a trip,” and could also refer to “anything given as a gift to someone on the way home to a certain place. It could also mean “homecoming gift” or any present which signifies appreciation to the
Family and in-laws are often a reason for conflict in marriages – much more for intercultural couples. Every family is different and we are so thankful, that we got two wonderful families. In Germany the extend families (the parents, uncles, aunties and other relatives of the couple) are for many couples not so important. There are many families who have little contact to the rest of the family. It is also sad to see that there are more and more families where the relationship between grown-up children and parents are destroyed. In Germany normally a young family tries to be independent from their parents or the rest of the family. On the other side family in the Philippines (at least in most cases and in the family of Rose) is considered very important. Often after marriage the young couple stays with one of the parents in the same house. Finances are shared and everybody is involved in taking care of the children. How do you experience family? How is