tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6933501.post7960603798972604495..comments2024-03-20T12:50:48.895+08:00Comments on The Ignatian Perspective: What Differences Perspectives Make!Amadeohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00040096079637569742noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6933501.post-38677424520356543152007-10-12T03:00:00.000+08:002007-10-12T03:00:00.000+08:00Yes, Eric, even in the old movies about certain NY...Yes, Eric, even in the old movies about certain NY neighborhoods. Half-naked kids opening up fire hydrants and enjoying the instant showers.<BR/><BR/>So, heat whether summer or not does bring out people outdoors.Amadeohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00040096079637569742noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6933501.post-28096428389505119662007-10-11T14:45:00.000+08:002007-10-11T14:45:00.000+08:00I've seen local folks doing their cooking and bath...I've seen local folks doing their cooking and bathing out in the streets, too.<BR/><BR/>Interestingly, the scene you had described can be applied to certain New York City neighborhoods, especially during the summer weekends.SeƱor Enriquehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15110290769417627313noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6933501.post-80570393749329137882007-10-03T23:26:00.000+08:002007-10-03T23:26:00.000+08:00Siu:Thanks for visiting. I go regularly to Phil's...Siu:<BR/><BR/>Thanks for visiting. I go regularly to Phil's site because his observations are interesting and very revealing, coming as he is from a different perspective.<BR/><BR/>Going this way teaches us more about ourselves.Amadeohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00040096079637569742noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6933501.post-28096610296127884102007-10-03T23:23:00.000+08:002007-10-03T23:23:00.000+08:00Right you are, Phil. High unemployment and very r...Right you are, Phil. High unemployment and very rampant underemployment translate to a lot of idle time for the citizenry to while away.<BR/><BR/>BTW, on the other side of the coin, I notice here in the US, observed only in the places where we have lived, that the more diverse ethnically the neighborhood is the more isolated individual households become. Especially in neighborhoods where assimilation has not been aggressively pursued, where people continue to hold on to old-country ways, including speech.<BR/><BR/>But ironic to observe that when we first got here and stayed in a predominantly Hispanic area of SF, along Mission St., our first acquaintances outside of family were those families who were combinations of Irish and Italian, English and Italian, and Canadians; and got close enough to get invited to their homes and traditional holidays. But of course, they were not next-door neighbors but rather co-employees at work.Amadeohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00040096079637569742noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6933501.post-49102811035818095542007-10-03T22:09:00.000+08:002007-10-03T22:09:00.000+08:00i followed on the link, quite an interesting persp...i followed on the link, quite an interesting perspective. thanksAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6933501.post-75592620733344573722007-10-03T10:41:00.000+08:002007-10-03T10:41:00.000+08:00I've found that a lot of Filipinos miss "mixing it...I've found that a lot of Filipinos miss "mixing it up" with the neighbors once they move to the states, compared to the Phils, a much more boring place on the social scale, and also a place where no one is home in the day anyway because virtually EVERYONE is working. That's the other piece of the puzzle as to why so many people are out and about and just hanging out in the land of your birth. If one doesn't have a job, and its too hot indoors, you might as well be enjoying the company of other similarly unemployed and friendly people. Its almost like attending a party everyday. The Philippines is a fun place in that way, especially if your a social animal, which pinoys and pinays certainly are... thanks for piggybacking Amadeo...PhilippinesPhilhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15921214743105919057noreply@blogger.com