My Top 5 SURPRISING DIFFERENCES Germany vs Philippines
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- Cultural differences and differences in handling things are fascinating. There are certainly many differences between Germany and the Philippines, and some of them are quite obvious: the weather, the landscape etc.
Others are less obvious and less known. As a German who lives in the Philippines, I experience such differences every day, and I invite you to join me by watching this video!
And meanwhile I made a sequel: Five more stunning differences between Germany and the Philippines you can watch here: • More SURPRISING German...
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Time stamps:
0:00 Intro
1:19 (5) The wires
2:31 (4) The foreigners
3:52 (3) Facebook
6:11 (2) Young people and children
7:19 (1) Dogs
10:18 Closing remarks
Hello everybody, thanks for watching my video. Please, before making a comment, make sure you have really watched the video and listened to what I'm saying. This video is not about complaining, and I am not annoyed by the things I mention. Some people from the Philippines seem to misunderstand this. It's just a comparison, not a judgment. If I had to judge by only these 5 topics, the Philippines would win. When I bring in more topics in future videos, the Philippines will probably win big time. Check out my reactions on your comments, and especially part 3: th-cam.com/video/7a_jy41zjRE/w-d-xo.html
I am a big fan of free speech, so I will usually not delete comments, even such that insult me. I will only delete what's illegal, racist etc., or what insults others.
Very enjoyable video, you have selected 5 important but not obvious differences. About the dogs, one of my theories is that the strays have never been trained not to bark, whereas in Germany where most are pets, owners will train their dogs when it is appropriate to bark and when not. I live 6 months a year in the Philippines, enjoy it very much and while I am Canadian, my roots are German. There are many things I like about Germany, but I appreciate your comments that perhaps Germany is changing and not always in a positive way.
Foreigners in the Philippines are usually in the provinces - especially on the beaches
Interesting and keen observation...love to hear ideas from your perspective,thanks for sharing....
Dogs, Cats, Roosters, Karaoke is a part of Philippine Culture, stop complaining, they're here to stay whether you like it or not. You cannot change The Philippines, Love it or leave it
Am I complaining? Does anyone else think so? I would try to change Germany a hundred times before I would try to change the Philippines!
He's not complaining, it's more on culture shock he experienced. Get your brain be fixed so you can comprehend!
Oh 👍 yeah
Dat s layf Dito sa pinas. . .
Philippines not rich enough to have many Refugess, and keep them, make more trouble the Country most young Männer, and different Religion.
For what i heard, what's a big trouble for them.
Sie aufpassen da in auf den philippinen, suchen Duetsche Leute. Damit Sie nichts allein da.
Lg von Schleswig Holstein ❤
Sehr interessante Beobachtungen. Mir tut auch die Hunde Leid, wenn ich auf den Philippinen bin - und ich bin dort aufgewachsen. In Bezug auf die elektrische Leitung, ich war neulich in Japan und wenn man nicht in der Großstadt ist, sieht man auch diese elektrische Leitungen. Ich war sehr überrascht, diese zu sehen. (Mir ist bewusst, dass Ihre Video nur die Unterschiede zwischen Deutschland und den Philippinen…) Gerne mehr Unterschiede zeigen.
Mehr bald!
Hello Doc, I do appreciate your keen observation regarding those things you mentioned and admired you too for being so nice and being able to accept those annoying things here. Thank you.
Thank you, but actually I didn't mention anything about being annoyed. I don't know why I get comments repeatedly that suggest I'm annoyed or complaining or not accepting. I mentioned 5 interesting differences between two countries, of which at least 2 I like a lot better here in the Philippines and 2 others are absolutely neutral. I learned that some Filipinos are quite sensitive and take such a comparison as criticism. Nobody proved me wrong, though. I wish I could help Germans and Filipinos to learn from each other, so I'll keep making more of this in the future. One thing that can be learned from Germans is, that we never accept standstill. "It has always been like that"? "It must be accepted"? "It can't be changed"? That's not our attitude! We have a drive for perfection, which is our biggest strength and biggest weakness at the same time. It made us great and it put us to the ground. Maybe some Filipino attitude should be mixed with ours - and vice versa!
@@docinthephilippines. I stand corrected on that doc. Thank you
Comparing PH and Germany is like comparing night and day.
True. But I will show in the future that the one isn't always night and the other isn't always day. And why I prefer PH. Against the advice of many Filipinos.
You know that Filipinos people are everywhere in the world, can watching you, what you saying about Philippines. Etc
@@dulseporree8280 And?...
@@dulseporree8280 Isn't that just wonderful? Welcome to all of them! I'm sure they appreciate how much I love the Philippines!
Hello 👋...watching here in Germany 😊.Yeah ignore and just live with it and in no time you will slowly adopt the Filipino way of life.
There's many things I like about the Filipino way, so I'll be fine 😊
Tama ka doc, watching from Cal. It should be corrected.Hopefully soon.
Just liked & subscribed your channel.👍🇵🇭🍿🍿🙄
For safety reason..Pinas is prone to Floodings...you ll never know what would happen,if Electric Lines were put underground!
Oh OK - interesting! Thank you!
There are some cities in Metro Manila thinking about wires underground to get rid of the spaghetti. But I don't see it happen any time soon.
If you have traveled in Mindanao especially in Davao City, you can experience their wire now is underground.
Because I'm from Alaminos Pangasinan, you're among the Pangasinense so here new subs! Hope to see more interesting videos you make.
Edit: the real issue about the dogs is that many are just let go around and who knows how often they cause accidents but then the bigger issue are the impounds. They take dogs or cats but the way they collect them are in one places that they literally bleed inside since they're killing each other and when they reach the offices, they're not treated and fed properly like it's much better for them staying in the streets than get caught. In Pangasinan, this is a very big issue people aren't talking about since we're just busy to make ends meet.
And the barking, true I agree with you, that's actually a big issue reflecting the owner's irresponsibility--but hey, most dogs weren't really bought because they really like dogs, they just bought or got them because their friends asked them. This too I hope someday will get tackled
Interesting infos, thank you!
ur right doc
You Forgot the korokokok of the Roster of your neighbour that serves as your alarm clock from 03:00 onwards isn’t it.
Which one do you mean? The neighbor to the right or left or.... And it's rather from 2am onward 😉 Didn't make it in the top 5 this time, but there will be an episode 2. Fun fact: My wife's family had a bunch of chicken and at times 2 roosters. When we ate eggs, I said "nice to have eggs from our own chicken". They replied: "No, the eggs are from the market, it's always too late when we find the ones from our chicken". I asked: "Why do you have the chicken then?" I'm still waiting for an answer....
Rooster
Most foreigners whose living in the Philippines, prefer to live in Siargao, cebu, leyte, Samar or in The visayas region.
There are seldom "foreigners" living in the Northern province.
The question would be why that is so. Probably the main reason is that Americans go where there already are Americans. Same with people from Australia or Britain or Germany. They want to leave their country, but they still want something familiar around. Filipinos do the same, by the way, when they are abroad, even in a more extreme way. I have meanwhile heard of a few Germans near our place, but in 6 months I still haven't met one, and that's fine with me. I'm not avoiding them, but I'm not looking for them either.
Many Europeans too settled here in Mindanao. There are Russians residing in Davao especially in samal island in Davao Del Norte.
@@alejandropana1750 What is "many"? Is that really visible in the streets? I don't know when I'll have a chance to go to Mindanao - when I do, I will keep my eyes open. I guess Davao is somewhat special in many ways...
@@docinthephilippines i seldom see Americans and Geman/European tourist and Resident walking in the philippines. They have changed their habits and accustomed to the way of living here. They still miss their country somewhat. But all that i have talked too said;They love it here life is simple and cheap. It's Not that they married a filipina wife, they just want change..
@@tanggololongproductions Of course, those who have stayed for a long time must like it. I don't doubt many life e simple life, but some probably have a lot of money and can afford anything. Without much money, life isn't cheap here, though.... I made e new video with my personal reasons to move to the Philippines - besides weather etc. I bet that many Americans and Europeans are sharing those. Check it out if you like: th-cam.com/video/NnCDVK_wfww/w-d-xo.html
I subscribe 👍👍 you're a senior and I senior too thanks
Thank you so much!
Ich bin auch eine Filipina Seniorin lebt in Deutschland. Villeicht eines Tages möchte auch gerne auf dem Phil.zurück ??
Very loud music from the nearby BeerHaus beyond midnight is intolerable. Philippine government can pass a law that loud music beyond 10:00pm be banned.
Loud music here in the street comes from privat parties and official fiestas/festivals (yesterday there was a big rock/pop concert, I will make a short video, the very loud music went on until midnight, and after midnight even louder fireworks). To tell you the truth: one the one hand it can be annoying, but on the other hand it's nice to see the town is alive. I don't see any complaints from other people in the neighborhood, but I'm not sure about that. In Germany the police would be on constant duty, but that's one reason why in Germany at night most cities are more or less dead. Partying take place inside, only rarely outside, which is of course also due to the weather. So this is a double-edged sword.
Many municipalities have nowadays a rule that prohibits karaoke after 10/11 PM. But only those living here know what I talk about ( 😮 ).
I love Roosters Cock-a-doodling!!
They are the True Nature Sounds compared to the Honks and Loud Noises made by CityCars!!
@@marjunmarcelocristobal2678 Practically every Pinoy loves crowing of the rooster. Every expat should get "immunized" this sound. Only in certain places are these roosters allowed, cockfighting is illegal.
@@marjunmarcelocristobal2678 Actually we have both in our street. Honking and roosters, and barking and fireworks and more. If the wind comes from the gulf, we also hear Karaoke music from the beach bars. And there's always a party somewhere. I'm not complaining, though - it is as it is. I endure it with humility.
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Foreigners are either in boracay, palawan, bgc, pampanga, cebu , in touristed areas,
I know. The point is that in Germany foreigners are everywhere. The difference is what I try to show.
No 5, in the big cities like BGC and Ayala Makati, the wire are underground your right it easier to fix wire in poles than underground
4. The foreigner in the Philippines. Most foreigner libe in the south area of the Philippines and island like samal island where most number of Russian live.
Number 3 is Facebook, most pilipino like to interact on social media.mostly website user is for researcher and student
2, young people, there are 150million.pilipino i believe if im still update on the statistics, and every pilipino family have a minimum of 2 siblings.
Number one. Depend on where you live in rural or urban area. Don't worry they wont bite as long as you don't run😂
Come to Davao, there are lots of foreigners here.
Of course if the Filipinos don't complained and live with it that way then why a foreigners complain. Meaning just go with the flow of the water, so to speak 🗣️🥰
Exactly. That's why I'm only showing - things that are maybe not very great here, and things that are really bad in Germany (check out my new video, if you like: th-cam.com/video/NnCDVK_wfww/w-d-xo.html). The question is always whether we really want to close our eyes and live with what's not great, or try to improve it. Not by complaining, but by doing something. Some things could be improved easily, but it's up to the people of the Philippines to improve theirs, and Germans have to improve their own. I have kinda given up on Germany, though. Let's see if the young generation will be able to fix things. I'm only observing anymore.
@@docinthephilippinesWell I'm still hoping for the best in our country Philippines. The TRUTH was Philippines is not actually a POOR country like what the whole world defines as it is.The MONEY was there. The BIG PROBLEM was the CORRUPTION of POLITICIANS sitting/ ruling in our country But I'm still HOPING again that in the COMING FUTURE ELECTION there will be LIKE President DUTERTE to be ELECTED. Because DURING his TERM ONLY WHEN WE SAW and EXPERIENCED those GRAND INFRUSTACTURE DEVELOPMENT almost DONE ALL OVER the PHILIPPINES. In GOD'S GRACE 🙏.❤
@@rosanalifejourney7048 You almost sound like my wife 🙂 I guess she'll agree.
Come to Itbayat, Batanes the northernmost part of the Philippines and you'll find out that wires here underground.
Is that an invitation? ☺️ Seriously: I'd love to. Batanes looks very interesting. Must be very good for birdwatching. I hope I'll get a chance some day.
The roosters, cats , and dogs 😁
Farm life even in the middle of the city 😊
Nur 5 😂 ich glaube wir können hier im Land ein Buch darüber schreiben.... Grüße von Cecil & Rene aus Manaoag/Bisal
5 weitere kommen bald, kleine und größere 😃
The government officials stole the money for the wires to be placed underground project. Not only that other projects also. 😊
Dog barking, sound of rooster early morning and a lot more...you have to learn to tolerate these things if you wanna live happy here 😆 specially the rooster crowing, we filipinoes doesnt mind and we can sleep through that..foreigners need to learn to tolerate those or living in phil will be hell for you😆
I'm aware of that 😅 But I'm already used to a lot, even the loudest motorcycles. The only thing that's killing my sleep right now is the heat...
Better try to lived in other Asia countries nearby, if you have a peaceof mind, there ,no trouble with, dogs,Hähnchen,.😂
@@dulseporree8280 ❓
Germans is the first teacher of people of the cordilleras here in Baguio Benguet
That sounds very interesting. We want to visit Baguio some time!
Do not forget the roosters.😂
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Germany had big trouble early morning had many birds are noisy outside.
Make a video about it! The birds in Germany are only singing in spring and summer, though, and most people like it. But we are all different, right?
The good things i like here in Germany is the health insurance its all free ..its so bored here and i had alergy every spring skin alergy..and its really hard to learn the language i am five years here married to a German till now not residence yet..need to learn and pass the exam..unlike the other country easy to be a resident if married...my no.1 hate here is the language..you must speak german..about working here i can say its good salary...for me 4reners pensioner is a good choice to live is Philippines.
Very good summary of pros and cons, very realistic indeed! I will show more details here in videos to come.
Facebook is more engaging to your customers than a boring email or newsletter.
@elyusmechanicalengineering8898 Well, I don't really agree, but it may be a matter of taste. My point though is the difference to Germany. You can test it yourself: go to Google maps, Berlin for example, and klick on any company, let's say a store, a gym, a hotel, but also a ministry or embassy, whatsoever, and you'll not see much of Facebook there, but plenty of websites. In the Philippines usually only big or international companies like fast food chains or banks have websites, but not the local ones. That's the difference I wanted to point out. Now you gave me an idea of how I could do it better, so maybe I'll make a short video some time to clarify what I actually tried to say 😊
@@docinthephilippines maybe it's the difference of the culture. In Europe, they take business more professionally while in the Philippines, they take business as more homely or have a family-touch.
@@elyusmechanicalengineering8898 Possible. It gives me lots of differences to discover every day 🙂
Hi Doc, you hit the nails in the Filipinos head. hehehehe
But I love it here 😊
@@docinthephilippines Thank you, Doc, for loving the country and the Filipino people. For all I know Filipinos loves Germany too, so that is a vice versa. God bless.
You forget to mention the roosters. c",
😅,
Das stimmt soviel Menschen hier hat alerggy, katastrophal
Germany is developed country unlike phils and the place that you go is not a tourist spot so if you will come to our country you must accept all the circumtances that you will encounter dont compare and we are proud to be a pilipinno cox we are very hospitable unlike germans
Please watch and listen carefully! And watch this: th-cam.com/video/7a_jy41zjRE/w-d-xo.html
Salamat!
ha, sie müssen nicht conpare Deutschland, or Alimania to Philippines. You may conpare some countries in Europe. But not Philippines.
I am not comparing. I'm showing differences. But even comparing would be OK, why not. Both countries have good and bad sides. Comparing similar countries is boring.
Pangasinan is not an area of foriegners. You can see them in mindanao. Expats loves mindanao like davao dumaguete palawan ect
Maybe I can convince them that Pangasinan should be given a try.... It has beaches, it's on Luzon (which has some logistic advantages), it's pretty close to Baguio.... but it's widely unknown.
You go to Dumaguete you see a lots of foreigner.
I heard that. No idea why they all tend to go to the same places and be amongst themselves again... I guess I'm fine with only few foreigners here in Pangasinan 🙂
Stay ur country
And why exactly?
Triggered? cause he's talking issues that supposed to be tackle by the government and none of this has been put to action. Grow up!
Bakit niya hahanapin ang Germany dito s pilipinas.. Iba sakanila iba dito..
@@lancepanot-np3bw That's why "COMPARISON" exist! He's just comparing things that's unusual to him living here. Why it's hard for you to understand his content? Kawawa mga pinoy and baba ng comprehension😭 ang hirap nyong makaintindi!
Your comparing germany to the philippines with 7000thousands islands while germany is only one borderline land ,you sound crazy, its more fun in the phillipines
Thanks for the friendly reminder! I probably made the right decision then to come here 😀 Actually many Filipinos, especially OFW, think it's crazy to move here and better stay in Germany.... I guess I'm just a crazy guy - the adventure continues 😎
PH is not the ideal country for foreigners to settle foreigners in PH have very restricted rights can't own properties & can only own 40% of any PH business foreigners obtain PH citizenship if born & raised in PH which is not the case of expat newcomers PH is heaven on earth for rich Filipinos only
I'm married to a Filipina, I don't need to own property. But what you write is probably true for many expats, and the Philippines are not top of the list. I will make a video some time soon (within the next one or two months probably) in which I will explain why I decided to come and settle here with my wife by leaving my home country Germany. Even if the Philippines may not be ideal (but what country is?), there are some very good reasons to prefer it to Germany. At least on my opinion, and I know I'm not the only one.
@@docinthephilippines South American countries don't have such restriction & are also cheap Italian immigrants in Brazil got rich & were poor farmers & laborers in Italy Bolsonaro Brazil's past pres. is of Italian origin
@@josepanicucci8591 For me the Philippines just make more sense, for obvious reasons. My wife is from here, we are connected, I get along with English and there's no rush to learn another language. But that's different for everyone. That's why I only describe what I observe. I make no recommendations to expats.
Thanks for sharing your thoughts to our beautiful country Philippines 😍💯🙏
"They come here to Germany to get a better life" I hate to hear this from you Germans. In other country there is also a better better life like in the Philippines. Why are you there in the Philippines if in Germany you will have a better life.Nicht nur in Deutschland gibt's ein besseres Leben.
Huag kayong manood sa Vlog nitong German na ito.
Who said "only in Germany"? Not me. And where exactly am I wrong? They are not coming to have a better life? I went to the Philippines to have a better life. But guess what, there's other countries I could have gone to. So what is your point?