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[Felicity]

[quote name='felnfrank' date='May 31 2007, 09:44

everything is BIG!
yup, pati bibingka ng manga amerikana BIG din siguro,lol. { sorry i can't resist}

haha

I wonder if their Lechon is big too. It's $200 here, havent tried ordering yet but i asked about the price...uh-uh

[bing24]

Bing said what she first thought was how SAD america was, there were so many vacant houses and empty lots...also we were driving down the street and we passed a big pile of trash someone was throwing away after a garage sale with a "free" sign on it and she screamed "stop". I stopped, I though we had hit someone or something and she jumped out and started putting all this trash in our car...

when I got her son in the country I got him a cake with a big WELCOME on it and he took one bite and almost puked, later on I realized the icing was half lard and half sugar, no wonder it made him sick...and no wonder everyone here is so FAT....

[farla]

Good for you Ron but most American men weren't raised on fish, rice, camote, malunggay and ampalaya leaves.
If you eat ampalaya leaves and enjoy them you are my hero!
Our taste buds just weren't acclimated to some Filipino foods and Filipinos taste buds weren't acclimated to our foods also.
Lots of puti don't even like to smell garlic and vinegar cooking!
Americans like their pot roast, gravy, peas and mashed potatoes for dinner and Ham and eggs, pancakes and toast for breakfast.
Few puti unless they were raised in Hawaii even like rice or eat fish for breakfast!
Plus the vegetables in America are mostly plastic and loaded with chemicals of ALL kinds and don't taste the same as the same species in the Philippines.
They probably can make someone from the provinces sick if they were accustomed eating home grown ones all their lives and not loaded with pesticides, preservatives and coloring agents.!

just like my hubby he never eat fish and vegetables...

[sherraya]

I know this thread is quite old but here, I’ll share mine anyway. Omg, BIG burger, big drinks and big vegetables even the pizza crust. Everything is BIG here. Where are the taxis? I barely seen taxi except if I call for a service or if I’m in the airport. And I never seen at least one Jeepney around here (Lol I’m actually expecting). How about the malls? Oftentimes I’ve seen only one or two story malls here. In Philippines Ayala & SM are humongous and they are everywhere. Again, hubby interrupts me by saying "For the last time we are not in the Philippines anymore". Oh, I also forgot America likes turkey a lot specially on thanksgiving and once again it is BIG!

This post has been edited by sherraya: Sep 12 2007, 02:14 PM

[tedmerz]

HERE:

DOGS AND CATS DONT UNDERSTAND ENGLISH.

He he he he he yes, im sure of it maybe they understand french or german... just kidding!!! i even talk english to my dog here he he he he

[tedmerz]

No lots of people that will bumped you when you passed by..
I even asked my husband where are the people here ...are we alone in this city? he really laugh aloud at me, and just wait for the weekdays..but oh my even weekdays you cant see people around the downtown its really quiet.

Malls aren't big, like in the PI, buildings in the place where i am now is not that too high, but i know there are lots of big cities like chicago and new york has a lot of high rise buildings...

I copied and paste that who post this because its the same on my opinion:

No traffic,YES

Roads are wider YES
Traffic rules are strickly implemented, YES (and even yield when you see a white line)
Parking lots are bigger- YES
Lots of birds, YES at my place , i dont know in other place like new york and other big cities

Squirrels ...Oh my there are lots here... in the philippines you can see mouse, cats and dogs crossing the streets ... here is squirrels and rabbits...

Rabbits --- YES

I might also add that i can see bears and deers ( oh no dont mistakenly im in the jungle right now...he hehe im in la crosse wisconsin he he he

I see lots of big fat women, men with tattoes...

Big drinks, foods et YES

[joxlyn]

I am impressed with the diversity of the people working here. It was very new to me to see a lady mail carrier (what do you call her - a postwoman??) and a female bus driver. I also see seniors & people in wheelchairs working at the malls.

For roadkills I'm used to seeing dead cats in the Philippines. Here in Florida I see dead squirrels & armadillos!!

Snakes!!! Every now & then I see snakes outside our condo & I still get surprised. Although they are the harmless breed I'm still not used to them.