Crucifixions during Holy Week
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My experience is that filipinos treat Holy Week (as it is called here) with far more religious seriousness than Christmas. Anyone planning a vacation in Philippines at that time should be warned, and reconsider.[/QUOTE]Many times during Holy Week have I witnessed a young Filipino carrying a heavy cross emulating Jesus, mile after mile flagellating himself with a metal chain such that his back was raw and bloody. When he reached his destination he would be nailed to the cross and crucified though this I have never seen; only heard about.
Allowance for trike patrol.
[QUOTE=Sid70;2146285]Hi there,
I'm wondering and would like to ask you guys. I support several girls a bit. Small money make them already happy. Have a student now (20 yo) who I also support a bit. Met her already and know her for some months now. She isn't fake but she is of course happy to get a bit support from me.
My question now. How much do such a student need or have normally from her parents? She lives in a dead-end City (Bislig City which is 5th income class). She not really ask for big money but I'm just wondering what you guys are thinking about it or what experiences you got already?
Thanks for any reply.[/QUOTE]Normally, such a student gets no allowance from her parents. Any amount of money you give her will not be enough, and it will increase weekly, fortnightly, monthly or however often. Why? Once her friends and family discover that she has a foreign cash cow with free "unlimited" money, they will advise her to grow her income with requests for a bit more each time. Not long after, she will need additional cash injections from your accounts for this and that emergency. You will be amazed at how accident prone and unhealthy she and her family will become once you open the free cash pipeline.
The best policy is to give her nothing when you are not physically spending time with her. Almost everyone in this country is a foreign cash remittance addict. This addiction is worse than the methamphetamine addiction epidemic that death squads are working feverishly every night to snuff out. The girl is not asking for big money, so do not give it to her.
Spare her the unhealthy addiction to free money from abroad, as she is likely to drop out of school once she decides that an education is not necessary for a well-paid career as an internet girlfriend to several charitable old foreigners. In the end, your money will ruin her by setting her on a path to dependence on charitable mongers.
If you really want to help her, pay the tuition directly to the school. That will more likely to create an incentive for her to continue her studies. Any money you send directly to her will likely end up paying for a room in a short-time hotel and a couple of liters of Red Horse for the trike driver boyfriend who can finally impregnate her thanks to your generous financial support.