did you know the Philippines takes respect for their elders very seriously the other day I saw a line at Burger King specifically for senior citizens at a Burger King you would never see that in America especially at a fast-food burger restaurant it struck me like a light bulb if you listen closely around the streets of Manila or the Philippines you'll hear words like Paul odd day and Kuya these words are meant for respect purposes Paul is basically mr. and mrs. Kuya is used for when you're talking to an older male and a day is used for when you're talking to an older female in English we have no words for this I don't call my sister Rachel auntie Rachel or mrs. Rachel I call her Rachel even further it's common for grandchildren to ask for the hand of their grandparents when they walk into the house for them to place that hand on their forehead as a sign of respect it's called the mantle ball and I actually made a video about this a couple months ago and it did quite well on Facebook my point is that the Philippines takes respect for their elders very seriously and I think it's a pretty cool aspect of their country but I actually wondered like why do they take this so seriously well it's culture it's deeply rooted in Filipino culture to take care of your elders to take care of your parents and I also think that it has something to do with how family oriented the Philippines is as well it's somewhat common in America to put your parents in an old-age home when they get older but here it's common for the parents to come and live with the children when they older they care more about the family they have that butanna lob which is basically translated to a debt of gratitude while in America we might forget what our parents did for us they do not forget but their parents did for them here in the Philippines and this term this Bhutan Allah open it runs deep it's not just I'm gonna pay you back later or it's not just like a debt that you have this is like a togetherness this is like you're sort of bound to someone's soul you know this isn't just like I oh I'll you know I'll get you later I'll pay you back five bucks no this is a deeper togetherness that runs as deep as anything in life caring is sort of like a huge Filipino trade if you think about it and I know Americans care too but it doesn't run that deep you know it tends to not run that deep I had someone travel for hours somebody didn't know me you travel for hours to come and see me at a meet-up the other day I've had people who just met me you know throw out the table for me and and place tons and tons of food on the table in front of me five seconds after shaking my hand this is a country that cares actually cares and that's one of the big reasons why I've continued to stay here the fact that I'm I want to stay here for longer what do you think about this do you think that's showing too much respect can go too far did you learn something new did you like it please let me know in the comments section below thank you all so much for watching Tom out [Music] you