FOREIGNERS emotional reaction to FILIPINO KINDNESS

this just made me a little bit teary-eyed i need a heart oh actually it has happened to us more than once we just met him you know we're not sure welcome to mike's mustache what's up guys i'm mike and i'm nelly and we love to react to video videos here of the philippines because we are two travel vloggers that live in this amazing country we've been traveling through it for three years and a year ago i decided to make this our home base so welcome to our channel if you want to see some travel uh food and lifestyle videos from the philippines check out our main channel making it happen vlog which will pop up here right here nelly what are we reacting to today okay so today we are reacting to a video of somebody we have already seen on this channel oh but it's not the couple's channel i think it's his own channel okay do you reckon i remember him it was like what is it like having a filipina girlfriend yes okay yes um we really enjoyed these videos and today we are reacting to his video about how generous are filipinos and it is a social experiment interesting so i'm very curious to see uh how it turns out just a second [Music] spoiler alert we know the result is gonna be as i said we live in this country we know that filipinos are extremely generous and wherever you travel in this country and somebody's eating there's a group of people it's always like kangtai yes come join us eat with us let's eat and uh we had a lot of amazing experiences as well oh yeah uh should we shall we yeah we shall okay and let's go i'm still so shocked no don't really this is amazing my name is marcian and today we're traveling through filipino culture to see how we can rely on the kindness and generosity of strangers let's go do it i've known a lot of filipino people in my life and i was always surprised by how kind and generous they were and seeing that don't you miss hugging people yes i always wanted to say uh due to pandemic i really miss hugging other people even though with our friends when we meet them it's so so awkward for us we are huggers so it's super super awkward for us to see other people and not hug i feel so yeah i don't know awkward now that i'm in their country i want to show you how generosity is a big part of filipino culture okay so today to prove how amazing filipino are we're gonna go on a challenge i'm gonna try and get things for free without asking for it let's see how people will respond the first challenge is food okay so we're gonna go to that food truck and pretend like i've lost my wallet let's see if we can get some food okay i know filipinos love to share food let's see if they will do that with me for free so i'm wondering if you would be willing to share some food ah here we go [Music] you guys are so nice i gotta move to the philippines yes you should oh shoot i'm so sorry this may this just made me a little bit teary-eyed yeah it's just so nice seeing people giving without anything without expecting anything yeah without expecting anything in return and just you know seeing that a stranger smile is enough for so many people here and it's very touching yeah it's amazing i never expected this stuff to happen in other countries except in the philippines why are filipinos so nice good answer before we try to do the next bigger challenge i need to make sure to pay the guy this is just a small gift for you for being so nice oh thank you no problem i hope you like it the second challenge is getting a ride the next challenge is a little bit harder if i walk up to a random car and ask for a ride what do you think they will do oh there's one over there let's go ask so you want to go to the island triangle but we don't have any money so we can't call a taxi really yeah i'm so surprised right now that was so incredible they said yes we were able to make a new friend and see manila by car relying only on the generosity of the filipino people you always do kind stuff like this to people yeah why not if you can give it to them why not that's amazing right i'm still so shocked what it just happened are you serious is that just really did that really just happen the third and final job uh we were in the vow and no the last last time was in cebu the same thing happened to us in cebu we went to this temple had to do a little bit sightseeing and we we took a taxi up the mountain but there were no taxis going down so um we were like looking around looking for taxis and there were people in a pickup saying where are you going and we said we are going into the city center and they're like come hop on yeah and let's let's go like we're going into town as well and we just hopped onto the the truck in the back and uh we're basically hitchhiking yeah such awesome people actually you should check out that video it's really really cool it'll pop up right here yeah uh it was shortly before synalogue yes that was shortly before synagogue and another time uh that the same thing happened was in the bar with um jesse jesse jesse who is our friend from davao or back then he was a stranger uh offered us to give us a ride home after a market visit he saw us he said hey i watch your videos uh can i give you a ride home we're like you know we as foreigners were like oh we just met him you know we're not sure but he seemed like a nice guy so we uh you know living in this country we kind of know that it's trustworthy um and then the next day he picked us up to show us the mountainous area north of sauna and even even at that uh in in that um time where we went back from that mountain trip he took some teachers with him in the back yeah they were like uh going to school or going back from school and he just said oh okay hop on in the back and they were sitting in the back laughing and we were like we were having a good time so that is i can confirm that yeah yeah 100 is to find a home to sleep this one is going to be a bit tough dude how are we supposed to find shelter we will go to random homes in manila and what we will do is we will knock on their doors and we will politely ask if they could host us for the night we will pretend we have nowhere to stay this is the ultimate test to show you the essence of filipino culture sorry i was just checking in with filming no problem thank you it's funny because they reject us so respectfully and politely they're like i'm so sorry like we don't have a place we need a place to stay so sorry i hope you can accept my 500 pesos who's going [Music] [Music] thank you guys thank you oh my god we found a place this is amazing these people are so nice filipinos are just exceptional exceptionally nice i'm still in shock why why were you so open and kind to letting us like complete strangers stay in your home being nice being kind to people goes along yeah very much you know we want to spread that energy right if i can be nice to someone help them and that touches them inspires them to be nice too yeah the world would be a better place right because you could all use social kindness and compassion like helen said be kind to one another oh my god it is currently 1 40 in the morning we just had the craziest bonding experience with this family eating balloon singing karaoke trying filipino drinks they are such a nice open-minded open arms family and it's inspiring to see how much this culture gives especially when it's a culture that doesn't have the most and it inspires me to want to give more and just have that instant connection with strangers and just invite them with hope and arms so we're going to go to bed now because i'm exhausted okay um we haven't tried that yet but our friend jen from chagawa told us a story where they went on a road trip and i can't remember where they went exactly but she said they were at a restaurant and they didn't book any accommodations that was the first time that they didn't really book in advance and then it turned out that everything was fully booked so during dinner they were talking about where to sleep that night and then they just kind of said oh yeah yeah let's just sleep in the car and the waitress was overhearing the conversation and said you can sleep at my place so this is definitely a thing here in the philippines so actually it has happened to us more than once it happened to us when we were on a road trip and uh abby said john has a place with them and they became our filipino family um jen offered us a place to stay at her sisters in yeah it's happened many times yeah i just remember oh my god how could i forget okay so crazy story with that with uh the family in diet was we had no idea who these people were we never met them we never never even spoke on the phone or anything and we just relied on an email from a viewer saying hey you can stay at my friend's place and we're like okay we have not met you and we have not met your friend we don't know what we're doing but we're going and we went there and it was the best experience ever we had a very similar experience we were drinking uh sun mig and we became really really close friends and we consider them as our family our filipino family now that's also when i fell in love with sinigang yes true wow we had filipinos offer us a ride for free a meal for free and even a home for free this is seriously amazing if you've never been to the philippines you definitely should the country is beautiful but the people from the inside are even more beautiful my name is marcian keep smiling and i'll see you in my next video [Applause] ah this is the best advertising for the philippines in my opinion um that's an awesome video yeah i'm just sometimes i'm really shocked that foreigners don't really know how amazing the people here are and i'm not just saying this because this channel is called what's up philippines or just i just genuinely love living here um and it touches me every single day how people treat each other how they respect each other how they help each other out and it's just very heartwarming to be here i feel like the number one mistake that tourists make when they come to the philippines is they miss the opportunity of making a connection to the locals because it's so unique but filipinos are in general are always very open-minded and they always start the conversation so we've seen a few instances where people had a really really good time okay that was it for today yeah hope you guys enjoyed the video yeah i will link i forgot to mention that but all the original videos of our reaction videos are always linked in the description box down below so if you want to see more content of this guy please check it out uh watch this video leave him a comment i truly believe he did put a lot of effort into showing the philippines in the best way possible and also if you enjoy our videos go and show the original creators of the content some love because a lot of work and effort goes into those videos okay all right i'll see you next time on what's up philippines 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Channel: What's up Philippines

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Length: 13min 24sec (804 seconds)

Published: Thu Jul 23 2020