The Shocking Truth About How Foreigners See Filipinos

Added: 2026-05-31

[00:00:01][music] [music] >> Hi guys.

[00:00:10]I want to introduce you to someone that I met from Kentucky.

[00:00:15]He's out here on his own, solo traveler.

[00:00:18]And he's 70 years old, but he's still out here doing it, having fun, enjoying the lifestyle here on Boracay. And he can also tell us a little bit about how he managed to to buy a property here in the Philippines. And there's a little kid saying hello to me.

[00:00:34]>> Hi.

[00:00:35]>> Hello.

[00:00:36]Um his name is Scotty.

[00:00:39]Scotty from Kentucky.

[00:00:41]He's um he's out here exploring Boracay. He's been here before a while back.

[00:00:48]He's just loving it. He is uh he he loves it that much that he's extending his visa.

[00:00:54]>> Good morning.

[00:00:56]>> [music] >> Morning.

[00:01:00]>> [music] >> What's up, gangster?

[00:01:08]>> [music] [music] [music] [music] [music] >> Hello girls.

[00:01:50]How are you? Where are you girls from?

[00:01:52]>> We're from Germany.

[00:01:53]>> You're from Germany.

[00:01:54]>> Frankfurt, yeah.

[00:01:55]>> Frankfurt, okay. Can you tell us a little something about the Philippines?

[00:01:59]How are you experiencing Philippines [music] so far?

[00:02:03]>> So, this is our first time.

[00:02:05]Also on a Boracay in the Philippines.

[00:02:07]So, we just arrived yesterday and so far it's totally amazing. [music] >> Nice.

[00:02:13]>> Nice people, nice weather, of course, the beaches and the sea is amazing. [music] >> Excellent. Okay, the Filipino people, right? What do you think of them so [music] far?

[00:02:25]>> Uh very friendly.

[00:02:26]>> Yeah.

[00:02:27]>> And yeah, >> [music] >> nice people.

[00:02:30]>> Would you recommend Boracay?

[00:02:32]>> Yes, definitely.

[00:02:33]>> Back in Germany to visit?

[00:02:34]>> Yeah.

[00:02:35]>> Oh, excellent.

[00:02:36]All right, girls. Thank you very much.

[00:02:39]Okay, bye.

[00:02:41]That's it. Thank you.

[00:02:44]Here he is.

[00:02:46]He had a coconut.

[00:02:49]Picked the coconut from off the very top, obviously.

[00:02:53]And now he's >> [music] >> climbing down.

[00:03:01]And he's got the coconut on his shoulder or something. I don't know how he's holding it. Oh.

[00:03:09]There he is.

[00:03:10]This is how you climb down a coconut tree.

[00:03:15]>> [music] >> Wow.

[00:03:21]It's a very dangerous job, really.

[00:03:25]For 100 pesos. [music] But it's fresh.

[00:03:35]Guys, look.

[00:03:38]>> [music] >> Here he comes.

[00:03:49]Wow.

[00:03:51]There it There's your coconut.

[00:03:56]Fresh.

[00:03:57]>> Very good.

[00:03:59]>> Enjoy.

[00:04:06]>> [music] >> Nice.

[00:04:17]>> [laughter] >> Thanks, Roselle.

[00:04:30]>> Enjoy.

[00:04:31]>> We got Sizzling right here.

[00:04:34]Saba doo.

[00:04:37]See ya.

[00:04:41]What a beautiful day.

[00:04:46]Get on your Scotty.

[00:04:47]Keep going, mate.

[00:04:49]>> Hey, what are you saying, mate?

[00:04:50]What's happening, buddy?

[00:04:51]>> How much?

[00:04:52]>> Say hello to Phillip from Germany.

[00:04:54]>> Phillip. [music] How are you, buddy?

[00:04:58]>> [laughter] >> Hey, how are you doing?

[00:04:59]>> Murphy, nice to meet you.

[00:05:00]>> Nice to meet you.

[00:05:01]>> [music] >> Yeah, Phillip Phillip is from Ramstein area, right?

[00:05:05]>> Yeah, that's true.

[00:05:06]>> Hey, guy.

[00:05:07]>> Oh, really?

[00:05:08]>> She's from Mainz.

[00:05:09]>> Okay.

[00:05:09]>> But she's half she's half half.

[00:05:11]>> All right.

[00:05:12]>> Yeah.

[00:05:12]>> I used [music] to study in Mainz.

[00:05:14]>> Ah.

[00:05:14]>> Mainz is my second city.

[00:05:17]>> Yeah, beautiful place, right?

[00:05:18]>> Yeah, it is.

[00:05:19]>> I love it.

[00:05:20]Keep going, Scotty.

[00:05:23]>> [music] >> See ya.

[00:05:25]>> Oh, by the way, this is Scotty from Kentucky, USA.

[00:05:30]>> All right, tell us all about your experiences here in the Philippines, especially here on Boracay. How long have you been here?

[00:05:37]>> I've been here about 3 weeks. But the the biggest experience has been meeting Murphy.

[00:05:41]>> Oh, wow.

[00:05:41]>> and his wife, Sneaky.

[00:05:43]>> Sneaky.

[00:05:43]>> Otherwise known as Kerstin.

[00:05:45]>> [laughter] >> But we had an epiphany today that uh in German Kerstin means sneaky.

[00:05:53]>> Is that right?

[00:05:53]>> Yeah, that's what I heard. That's what I heard.

[00:05:55]>> Are you telling porky chops or what? Are you >> Uh no, no, man. No no pork chops here.

[00:06:00]>> No pork [laughter] chops.

[00:06:01]>> Maybe maybe a few lies, but not pork chops.

[00:06:06]>> All right.

[00:06:07]What can you tell us about um the Filipino people then anyway?

[00:06:10]>> Uh the Filipino people are they're they're wonderful people.

[00:06:14]Um pleasant, nice um and they're content they're they're contented kind of people. Um They may not have a lot, but they're content with what they've got.

[00:06:24]And uh they're sociable, very sociable people and spend time together.

[00:06:30]So yeah, it's it's a good place to come.

[00:06:32]>> Oh yeah, by the way, um could you tell us how you managed to buy a property here in the Philippines?

[00:06:39]Hey, that's a good one.

[00:06:40]>> Yeah, yeah, that's a pretty good one. Uh it's pretty it was uh not too difficult.

[00:06:45]Um two ways you can do it. You can lease property or you can have a Filipino corporation.

[00:06:51]And then uh that's and let the corporation buy it for you. So that's the way I did it.

[00:06:56]So that way the corporation owns the property.

[00:06:59]>> Well, there you go. He's a smart man, this fellow. He managed to get one. And all you blokes out there, you're all freaking you're all freaking I don't know trying hard to get one and you're not succeeding, but this guy, Kentucky guy, managed to get one.

[00:07:15]One question, right? How do uh Filipino people treat you?

[00:07:19]>> How do they treat me?

[00:07:20]>> Yeah.

[00:07:21]>> They watch after me.

[00:07:23]>> Yeah, I mean like you're here on your own, you're a solo traveler.

[00:07:27]>> Yeah.

[00:07:28]>> And >> Yeah.

[00:07:31]>> And here you are doing it, you know?

[00:07:34]Especially like at at your age. I mean [laughter] like >> Thanks, Murph.

[00:07:39]>> Uh no, there's there's not many people doing it at your age doing a solo trip all the way from America to the Philippines especially like >> Yeah, so I'll take my hat off to you.

[00:07:51]>> I thank you.

[00:07:52]>> Yeah, so I'm I'm inspired. I really am.

[00:07:55]>> You're inspired.

[00:07:56]>> I am.

[00:07:57]>> That's saying something.

[00:07:58]>> Yeah, I am. I'm inspired by you.

[00:08:02]>> Oh my gosh.

[00:08:02]>> you.

[00:08:03]I mean a lot of people out there wishing, "Oh, I wish I could go to Boracay or places here here there but here you are doing it." So >> Uh well, it's truthfully the uh in the Philippines they have a lot of respect for older people and they look after them really. I I >> the number of times that someone's offered me a hand can't too many too numerous to count.

[00:08:23]>> Yeah.

[00:08:24]>> Too numerous to count.

[00:08:26]>> What culture have you learned from the Philippines that you reckon you might want to adopt in America?

[00:08:33]>> What have I learned in the Philippines that I want to adopt in America?

[00:08:36]>> Yeah.

[00:08:38]>> That's a tough question, Murph.

[00:08:40]>> Yeah.

[00:08:41]It's a good one.

[00:08:42]>> Uh yeah, I would think I I I think uh not just America but a lot of places uh >> Mhm.

[00:08:48]>> to know contentment.

[00:08:50]Be content with what you've got.

[00:08:51]>> That's right.

[00:08:52]>> I think that's a big lesson you can learn from the Philippines.

[00:08:55]>> Yeah, Filipino people are just they're just too polite, aren't they?

[00:08:59]>> Yeah, they're super polite. They're super polite.

[00:09:02]>> Super polite.

[00:09:02]>> They sure are.

[00:09:03]>> You can't get them angry but then again don't cross them because they're the worst people to cross.

[00:09:08]>> No, I wouldn't want to know.

[00:09:10]>> like Manny Pacquiao you, man.

[00:09:12]>> Yeah, I wouldn't want to find out.

[00:09:14]>> [laughter] >> Yeah, so Well, Scotty.

[00:09:19]>> Yeah, Murph.

[00:09:20]>> Thanks, mate.

[00:09:21]>> Hey, you bet you, man.

[00:09:22]>> All right, take my hand. Thank you very much. Thanks for your little insight on um Philippines and the Filipino people.

[00:09:29]>> You bet you, man.

[00:09:30]>> All right.

[00:09:31]>> See you.

[00:09:33]>> [laughter] >> I can see you.

[00:09:39]There's two joints right there.

[00:09:40]>> Two joints.

[00:09:46]>> [laughter] >> What are you Oh, what are you having?

[00:09:51]>> Uh garlic mushroom.

[00:09:54]>> Nice.

[00:09:56]After you were going for uh Red Horse, eh?

[00:10:02]Hello. How are you?

[00:10:03]>> Good. How are you going?

[00:10:04]>> Where are you from?

[00:10:06]>> I am Well, I am German.

[00:10:10]Half German, half Filipino.

[00:10:12]>> Yes.

[00:10:13]>> up in Germany.

[00:10:15]And now I live in Brisbane, [music] Australia with my husband.

[00:10:21]>> Okay. So, tell us more about Boracay.

[00:10:25]You've been here a few times. So, what what what can you share with other people?

[00:10:30]>> Boracay.

[00:10:31]>> About Boracay.

[00:10:32]>> Okay. Well, first of all, Boracay is a very special place to me.

[00:10:37]Um obviously escape the beach, the water is absolutely gorgeous.

[00:10:44]Um this place is very [music] special with very with a lot of very special people.

[00:10:49]>> Wow, that's very deep.

[00:10:51]>> Oh, well.

[00:10:52]>> That's excellent.

[00:10:53]>> You asked me.

[00:10:54]>> Yeah. Fair enough.

[00:10:55]>> this is my This is my impression of Boracay. That's [music] why it's not only the place it's which is beautiful, it's the people as well >> Mhm.

[00:11:06]>> who support the beauty of this >> [music] >> amazing island.

[00:11:11]>> Okay.

[00:11:12]Cool.

[00:11:13]>> Yeah.

[00:11:13]>> The beautiful sunset of Boracay.

[00:11:18]>> Pretty, huh?

[00:11:19]>> On you, Scotty.

[00:11:21]>> Yeah, it's gorgeous. Gorgeous sunset.

[00:11:23]>> Just like you.

[00:11:24]Gorgeous.

[00:11:26]You gorgeous hunk of meat.

[00:11:29]>> [laughter] >> This is a cock-a-doodle-doo.

[00:11:39]You're going to order here.