Filipino loves freebies, everything free they will take them all. They're no arrogant and pompous people, actually my Fb account has more Filipino friends than my fellow kins Indonesian. I have this friend of mine, ex servicemen of Philippines Navy who has physician daughter. He said he was once served on this
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BRP Sierra Madre LST kept on service and stranded in disputed zone. He said he willing to serve his country and stayed in the rotting rusty boat. Kind of sad thinking how unfortunate they're now in this South China Sea dispute, cheated, fooled by various nations including their neighbour. The more i interact with them and reading the news; it's only them who accepts the way we uphold our law regarding illegal fishing and frank is Indonesia probably has been few nations honest enough to them. Their situation is made even worse by poor Rodrigo Duterte leadership on handling this