Wow, the Philippines!

[Tahoma 2,291]

I've got to ask, because some one has to do it, why are the Philippines so apparently overrepresented on VJ in terms of K-1 beneficiaries? I understand that the country makes up somewhere around 1.37% of the world population, but my sense is that somewhere around 75% of the k-1 beneficiaries on this site are from the Philippines. What gives?

awright can i add something more plzzzzzzzzz?i worked in israel for 7 years...and most of the time i get inside a taxi.the taxi driver driver always as in always say filinit?(filipina) and i always say yes (duh) wait let me give u a background..in israel its almost all races are there asians,europian etc...ok so i asked the driver too.."how do u know im a filipina?( it's not a stupid question bec cambodians,malaysians,indonesians are there too.we look similar to them right?) anyhow i asked "how do u know im a filipina?" and drivers alawys always always say "because filipinas smell good when they get inside the taxi not like other women from etc etc etc blah blah..."heyyyyyyyy dont take it againts me..im just relaying wot i heard from taxi drivers in israel...and as we know..taxi drivers are te best knowledgable hehheheheh...

Wow, ain't he a lucky cabbie to be engulfed by the fragrance of a sweet-smelling Filipina!

Edited June 21, 2009 by Tahoma

[booger 0]

I too am late to this party...lol but here is my 2 cents worth... i have read lots of posts but, when it comes to bashing other countries , well ,that's just wrong... We are intitled to our own opinion but, when it comes to "putting another country down" that kind of thoughts should be kept quiet or not posted.. Because NO country is BETTER than another one.......... here's my outtake on life... first of all we all are childern of God... I don't think it was God's plan for someone to say " hey my country is better than yours for this reason.............. no matter where you go you will find good people and bad. .... so it doesn't matter where you find your true love ,as long as he or she IS your true love... isn't that all that matters ????? doesn't matter to me if she is black or white, red,yellow...etc ...as long as that person holds the key to my heart , that's fine for me ..i have been in love with the "asian eye look" all my life , now i have a beautiful filipina of 2 years already and i am the happiest person in the world... so to make a long story short ... love can come from anywhere . even in my case 10,000 miles away...lol...

so ,,,can't we all just get along??? wer're not here to fight .... we're here trying to get our loved ones home ... Wayne(booger)

Edited June 21, 2009 by booger

[sunandmoon 450]

I too am late to this party...lol but here is my 2 cents worth... i have read lots of posts but, when it comes to bashing other countries , well ,that's just wrong... We are intitled to our own opinion but, when it comes to "putting another country down" that kind of thoughts should be kept quiet or not posted.. Because NO country is BETTER than another one.......... here's my outtake on life... first of all we all are childern of God... I don't think it was God's plan for someone to say " hey my country is better than yours for this reason.............. no matter where you go you will find good people and bad. .... so it doesn't matter where you find your true love ,as long as he or she IS your true love... isn't that all that matters ????? doesn't matter to me if she is black or white, red,yellow...etc ...as long as that person holds the key to my heart , that's fine for me ..i have been in love with the "asian eye look" all my life , now i have a beautiful filipina of 2 years already and i am the happiest person in the world... so to make a long story short ... love can come from anywhere . even in my case 10,000 miles away...lol...

so ,,,can't we all just get along??? we're not here to fight .... we're here trying to get our loved ones home ... Wayne(booger)

[scandal 951]

I've got to ask, because some one has to do it, why are the Philippines so apparently overrepresented on VJ in terms of K-1 beneficiaries? I understand that the country makes up somewhere around 1.37% of the world population, but my sense is that somewhere around 75% of the k-1 beneficiaries on this site are from the Philippines. What gives?

awright can i add something more plzzzzzzzzz?i worked in israel for 7 years...and most of the time i get inside a taxi.the taxi driver driver always as in always say filinit?(filipina) and i always say yes (duh) wait let me give u a background..in israel its almost all races are there asians,europian etc...ok so i asked the driver too.."how do u know im a filipina?( it's not a stupid question bec cambodians,malaysians,indonesians are there too.we look similar to them right?) anyhow i asked "how do u know im a filipina?" and drivers alawys always always say "because filipinas smell good when they get inside the taxi not like other women from etc etc etc blah blah..."heyyyyyyyy dont take it againts me..im just relaying wot i heard from taxi drivers in israel...and as we know..taxi drivers are te best knowledgable hehheheheh...

I also worked in Israel for 2 years. A lot of Israelis even think that we're from Thailand or China because they would greet us either by Thai or Chinese language.

Come on ladies, you just know this is not true.

Israel has a very large population of Filipina caregivers who look after elderly people in their homes. No doubt that is what both Norie and Scotty's Girl were doing in Israel.

If you go to the center of any town in Israel (and I can speak from personal experience about Haifa, Netanya, Rehovot, Ra'anana...) you will find shops and signs catering to Russians. And shops and signs catering in Tagalog to the Philippine community. Offering foodstuffs, phone cards to call home, etc. There is no comparable Thai or Chinese community of domestic workers in Israel. There are Thai workers employed in agriculture and construction. However no one would possibly confuse the Thai and Filipina workers in Israel. Why? Because of gender! Virtually all Thai and Chinese workers were brought in over the last 5-10 years to do "hard labor" that was once done by Palestinians, but since the Intifada has been outsourced to these countries. There are virtually no women being brought in from these countries.

Meanwhile Filipinas have been coming to Israel for decades to work as elderly caregivers - virtually all female as you very well know, having lived there.

Data from Israeli Bureau of statistics

http://www1.cbs.gov.il/reader/shnaton/temp...&CYear=2008

ENTRANTS WITH WORK PERMITS(1),

BY COUNTRY OF CITIZENSHIP, AGE, SEX AND YEAR OF ENTRY

Country גברים % Age ארץ סך הכל( 2) גיל

of citizenship 55+ 50-54 45-49 40-44 35-39 30-34 25-29 15-24 סך הכל Total(2) אזרחות

% Men Total

PERCENTAGES אלפים אחוזים THOUSANDS

2006

China 99 0.1 0.5 4.9 27.1 37.1 17.5 8.1 4.8 100.0 3.3 סין

Philippines 14 0.5 2.5 7.8 16.1 22.0 23.5 21.9 5.9 100.0 6.4 פיליפינים

Thailand 93 0.0 0.1 1.0 6.9 22.2 28.4 25.7 15.7 100.0 9.0 תאיילנד

The table came out badly formatted when I cut/pasted. But here are the relevant bits.

In 2006, there were 3.3 X 1000 (3,300) foreign workers who entered Israel from China.

There were 6,400 from Philippines.

And 9,000 from Thailand.

But look at the genders: 99% of the Chinese workers were male, 14% of Philippines workers were male, and 93% of Thai workers were male.

Meaning, 1% X 3300 = 33 Chinese women entered as workers in 2006.

7% X 9,000 = 630 Thai women.

86% X 6,400 = 5,504 Filipinas.

Filipinas in Israel outnumber their Thai and Chinese sisters by over 8:1. Keep in mind that this data is only a snapshot of new arrivals in 2006. If you add in the existing population of Filipinas who have been there many years, before Thai and Chinese started to arrive, the data would be even more overwhelming. There are far, far more Filipinas than other Asian nationalities working and living in Israel.

I can assure you that when an Asian woman enters a taxi or a shop in Israel, she's assumed immediately to be a Filipina caregiver. And you know that's true.

[natty bumppo 289]

I was suppose to reply to a comment that has been removed.

Anyways, I just wanted to say that I really didn't appreciate the foreigners attacking/insulting us filipinas. The thing is that we can't change the way they see us. I think the only thing we can do is to prove to them that they are NOT any better than us. I don't believe that keeping quiet and avoiding arguments is the way to do it, especially if they are insulting our race. While I believe that we have to choose our own battles, I also believe that if someone pick a fight, we have the right to defend ourselves but of course, we should make sure that we're fighting in the best way we can and not dragging ourselves into the mud. Let's not reply to them them the way they are responding to us here. We can do so much better than that.

And yes, Filipinas make the best wives!!! Why? Because I and the filipinas and their spouses said so and even if others strongly disagree, I don't care! We're entitled to our own opinions and that is something they should learn to respect and get over with. Let us also respect their right to claim that their nationalities are the best. Let us not attack/insult people who don't agree with us and who are attacking/insulting us. Otherwise, we won't be any different from them at all.

filipinas is a race? really? a culture yes ... an nationality yes ..

Here we go again with the filipinas make the best wives. wow ... just wow ...

You are begging the question then, of WHO qualifies as a race. Please enlighten us, professor?

try google and search for yourself ...

http://www.google.com/

Sorry, I never heard of that one...I only use this one. But please try thinking for yourself. Anyone who says that they know that something is true because they saw it on the internet is pulling a SimpleJack.

http://www.giggle.com/

another ... good answer

interesting concept in your earlier post ^ ... an individual can be their own race ...

[eros_EX_Plumber 0]

Interesting..."all the OFF-TOPIC bunch" are now hanging around this thread....

What happen, nothing interesting in the OFF-Topic section ?

LOL....

[natty bumppo 289]

Interesting..."all the OFF-TOPIC bunch" are now hanging around this thread....

What happen, nothing interesting in the OFF-Topic section ?

LOL....

just sharing the love ...

Edited June 21, 2009 by Natty Bumppo

[eros_EX_Plumber 0]

Interesting..."all the OFF-TOPIC bunch" are now hanging around this thread....

What happen, nothing interesting in the OFF-Topic section ?

LOL....

just sharing the love ...

Especially the EDITED part...hahahahah

[Tahoma 2,291]

I've got to ask, because some one has to do it, why are the Philippines so apparently overrepresented on VJ in terms of K-1 beneficiaries? I understand that the country makes up somewhere around 1.37% of the world population, but my sense is that somewhere around 75% of the k-1 beneficiaries on this site are from the Philippines. What gives?

awright can i add something more plzzzzzzzzz?i worked in israel for 7 years...and most of the time i get inside a taxi.the taxi driver driver always as in always say filinit?(filipina) and i always say yes (duh) wait let me give u a background..in israel its almost all races are there asians,europian etc...ok so i asked the driver too.."how do u know im a filipina?( it's not a stupid question bec cambodians,malaysians,indonesians are there too.we look similar to them right?) anyhow i asked "how do u know im a filipina?" and drivers alawys always always say "because filipinas smell good when they get inside the taxi not like other women from etc etc etc blah blah..."heyyyyyyyy dont take it againts me..im just relaying wot i heard from taxi drivers in israel...and as we know..taxi drivers are te best knowledgable hehheheheh...

I also worked in Israel for 2 years. A lot of Israelis even think that we're from Thailand or China because they would greet us either by Thai or Chinese language.

Come on ladies, you just know this is not true.

Israel has a very large population of Filipina caregivers who look after elderly people in their homes. No doubt that is what both Norie and Scotty's Girl were doing in Israel.

If you go to the center of any town in Israel (and I can speak from personal experience about Haifa, Netanya, Rehovot, Ra'anana...) you will find shops and signs catering to Russians. And shops and signs catering in Tagalog to the Philippine community. Offering foodstuffs, phone cards to call home, etc. There is no comparable Thai or Chinese community of domestic workers in Israel. There are Thai workers employed in agriculture and construction. However no one would possibly confuse the Thai and Filipina workers in Israel. Why? Because of gender! Virtually all Thai and Chinese workers were brought in over the last 5-10 years to do "hard labor" that was once done by Palestinians, but since the Intifada has been outsourced to these countries. There are virtually no women being brought in from these countries.

Meanwhile Filipinas have been coming to Israel for decades to work as elderly caregivers - virtually all female as you very well know, having lived there.

Data from Israeli Bureau of statistics

http://www1.cbs.gov.il/reader/shnaton/temp...&CYear=2008

ENTRANTS WITH WORK PERMITS(1),

BY COUNTRY OF CITIZENSHIP, AGE, SEX AND YEAR OF ENTRY

Country גברים % Age ארץ סך הכל( 2) גיל

of citizenship 55+ 50-54 45-49 40-44 35-39 30-34 25-29 15-24 סך הכל Total(2) אזרחות

% Men Total

PERCENTAGES אלפים אחוזים THOUSANDS

2006

China 99 0.1 0.5 4.9 27.1 37.1 17.5 8.1 4.8 100.0 3.3 סין

Philippines 14 0.5 2.5 7.8 16.1 22.0 23.5 21.9 5.9 100.0 6.4 פיליפינים

Thailand 93 0.0 0.1 1.0 6.9 22.2 28.4 25.7 15.7 100.0 9.0 תאיילנד

The table came out badly formatted when I cut/pasted. But here are the relevant bits.

In 2006, there were 3.3 X 1000 (3,300) foreign workers who entered Israel from China.

There were 6,400 from Philippines.

And 9,000 from Thailand.

But look at the genders: 99% of the Chinese workers were male, 14% of Philippines workers were male, and 93% of Thai workers were male.

Meaning, 1% X 3300 = 33 Chinese women entered as workers in 2006.

7% X 9,000 = 630 Thai women.

86% X 6,400 = 5,504 Filipinas.

Filipinas in Israel outnumber their Thai and Chinese sisters by over 8:1. Keep in mind that this data is only a snapshot of new arrivals in 2006. If you add in the existing population of Filipinas who have been there many years, before Thai and Chinese started to arrive, the data would be even more overwhelming. There are far, far more Filipinas than other Asian nationalities working and living in Israel.

I can assure you that when an Asian woman enters a taxi or a shop in Israel, she's assumed immediately to be a Filipina caregiver. And you know that's true.

Hey scandal...I agree with you...Filipinas are the sweetest-smelling women anywhere..even in Israel!!!

[sunandmoon 450]

Love knows no Boundaries...

[Tahoma 2,291]

It probably never will. Alberta will join with the US before Quebec separates more than likely. Then Newfoundland will go back to being it's own country like back in the 50's.

How about a trade? We will take Alberta and Saskatchewan so that the Russian Germans can join their families in North Dakota, South Dakota, Nebraska, and other midwest states. We'll give you Texas (and Ma-cool-it ).

~ Tahoma

[bislig2alabama 1]

I prayed to God for the perfect wife.

God answered.

[I AM NOT THAT GUY 5,715]

I prayed to God for the perfect wife.

[size="4"]I prayed to God for the perfect wife.[/size]

God answered.

[Tahoma 2,291]

The Embassy in the Philipines (USEM) does more K1 visas than any other US Embassy. The reasons are varied and different for each couple.

Exactly, doesn't that seem shady to anyone else? Kind of seems like a good reason to implement a quota system.

A quota system would be OK with me, as long as we allow two million visas per year for Filipinas.

~ Tahoma

[Mike's Lucy 14]

I agree. I just wish, i will be the last person to reply on this topic. Visajourney was created to help people, so we can help others with their journey and not to put down other countries or trying to prove who's better than the other. Peace everyone.

I too am late to this party...lol but here is my 2 cents worth... i have read lots of posts but, when it comes to bashing other countries , well ,that's just wrong... We are intitled to our own opinion but, when it comes to "putting another country down" that kind of thoughts should be kept quiet or not posted.. Because NO country is BETTER than another one.......... here's my outtake on life... first of all we all are childern of God... I don't think it was God's plan for someone to say " hey my country is better than yours for this reason.............. no matter where you go you will find good people and bad. .... so it doesn't matter where you find your true love ,as long as he or she IS your true love... isn't that all that matters ????? doesn't matter to me if she is black or white, red,yellow...etc ...as long as that person holds the key to my heart , that's fine for me ..i have been in love with the "asian eye look" all my life , now i have a beautiful filipina of 2 years already and i am the happiest person in the world... so to make a long story short ... love can come from anywhere . even in my case 10,000 miles away...lol...

so ,,,can't we all just get along??? wer're not here to fight .... we're here trying to get our loved ones home ... Wayne(booger)