Becoming Singaporean: What It's Like To Grow Up In A Filipino Migrant Family
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 13 ก.พ. 2020
- What's it like trying to integrate in a new land, when you're homesick teenagers self-conscious about fitting in? Crish and Carl Cruz arrived in Singapore with their parents and younger siblings in 2007, from their native Philippines.
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Over the years they've had to learn to grapple with (among other things): the dreaded PSLE, casual racism, learning Singlish, and making friends. Now they can't picture living anywhere else but here. This is their family's story.
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totally off topic but SHE IS SO PRETTY WTF
@@themiddlelayer all of em bruv
cute but not so pretty
the oldest girl is really pretty!!
Dalagang Filipina yeh
Susan Ananda um .... i was complimenting her HAHAHA aint no jealousy
They got the Singaporean accent and all
Yeah but there still my family
why are u so surprises cause u think highly of self in sg? LOL dumb found immigrate number increase server in Ns :)
U CANNOT DO POINY ACCENT MEH! Putang ina mo
i mean they grew up here so they'll pick it up
@@GODLOVEME-uj3vb 😂
They moved to Singapore when they were still little children. Of course, they've adopted the accent.
The children are 99% Singaporean. The 1% difference is their good looks.
nah, they look Chinese like regular Singaporeans. They don't even look Filipino
Miri M some Filipinos actually look Chinese
Gavmild b some but most dont. The kids in the video blend in more in Singapore than the Philippines. Thats why I’m confused why this guy said they are Singaporean besides their good looks. They literally look like 75% of the people in Singapore
Their accent still got pinoy
Actually there my family and there Filipino
“We’re guests here. We can’t expect them to adjust to us. We have to adjust to them.” Very well said! 👍🏻 And that applies to everywhere we go, not just Singapore. It shows the humility and magnanimity of the heart to embrace cultural differences, make changes to help oneself adjust, accept and even appreciate one another in order to live harmoniously in a foreign country. Some people whine, complain and keep making comparisons when they relocate to another country. They simply forget why they want to leave their own country in the first place only to end up grousing like a immature spoilt brat in another country. I’m so impressed by the Cruz family. They are grateful citizens and truly our own fellow Singaporeans! 😉 All foreign migrants to Singapore should emulate them.
Sadly not all immigrants have this mindset. For some its the other way around, they violently(yes violently) shove their beliefs down peoples throats and expect society to adopt to them. 😉
@Susan Ananda simply because they are unruly immigrants and doesn't adapt to the culture of SG.
Sadly most migrants are usually looked down and treated badly compared to Singaporean in SG
Lets just hope wealthy Singaporeans do the same thing when they go abroad even if they have money.
Most filipinos just want to get by, I hope Singapore treats them well.
Singapore like this type of migrants. Integrate into the society and open minded. Nice
Migrants are migrants, don't judge them into 'types'. You are a descendant of migrants. Your forefathers were all migrants. Just do your part in being civilized and inclusive. Singapore is a migrant nation, Singapore welcomes all.
I wonder if they also think like this towards people who are darker skin or black people who are also living in Singapore? what if they will be considered as a migrant or foreigner forever, so they wouldn't open up to them as easy.
Kevin A i used to live in Sydney Australia for 16 years.. and i stayed in Singapore for 12 days.. i kinda like Singapore.😂
I'm sorry but that's not really true. I've met many Singaporeans who look down on immigrant families especially if you are Filipino or South Asian. The Singaporeans that i met were rude with superiority complexes. The fact that you call them "migrants" just proves my point.
@@rumblefish9 i think is your inferiority complex made you feel that. Then why dont you blame your mother country gov thay deny you and your family a chance to progress. You blame a country that accepted you and provided livelihood for you and your familt. Thats ingrate.
Such opened minded, kind and gracious people are an asset for Singapore!
Can anyone please help come into Singapore on a permanent basis please. I am a degree holder in health care.
Saying PLEASE is not sugar coating. That is called respect. One of the Pinoy values na hindi dapat mawala.
Gosh, being a teenager in the Phil's and SG is different. If u don't follow, ur farked. U forgot aaa? U nvr been a teenager before?
@@nodr.a4583 then so be it. No wonder most of them are rude.
@@generizze6243 no no u came out to the world, from your mom's womb, a middile age person, lets just agree with that. ok?
Worked with Singaporeans for almost 6 years and never a day they made me feel good about myself. As a Filipino, they had ways of making me feel less of a person but ofc it didn't stop me from doing my job well. I just hope I get a chance to be friends with nice Singaporeans as up to this day, I don't want to generalise that all of them are ill-mannered.
Their economic success got to their heads. They even have a bad accent, so fast but not understandable.
Aww. This is sad.
I don't think it only applies for Filipinos. Other ethics from SEA are also being ill treated just because their country economy is not good and better than SG. But if u r white and from Western countries, Singaporeans will welcome u with open arms
Then migrate to USA and i believe that is your ultimate aim. Singapore is just your stepping board. I heard many Filipinos said that in Singapore and so why you care about how people look at you.But i believe Gov will tighten immigration after this crisis.
@@kevina2907 where did she mention moving to USA? There will always be racists in every country. Move somewhere else that country is very superficial
As a Filipino American who’s been educated in the West and work just as hard as every other Asian and hold the same positions in the work place, it breaks my heart to still see other Asians look down on Filipinos, specially in Asia. The country was oppressed for decades hence the poverty and most do not have education. Due to that a lot of people go abroad to take whatever job available to survive. But, it doesn’t make them any less important or valuable human beings. I am proud of those people and have such high regard for them more than myself because they have struggled so much just to survive and for their families to survive. They have the strength, the resolve, & the heart to keep on fighting for themselves and their families. Not many of us could do it, be away in a foreign land, work the lowest of jobs, and be treated so badly for it. Regardless of the persecution they face, God has promised them heaven. I hope before anyone responds to the lowly harshly, that they’d consider putting themselves on the receiving end. Maybe, only maybe, people would act more kindly. The world is full of negativity, does it really help to be a part of it? On another note, the Father had the right attitude. You assimilate to the culture and respect your host country. Not the opposite. That is how it should be.
The filipinos here all hv gd jobs.so dont worry..dts y they bringing the whole family right after
When the dad said, ‘...well we can’t expect them to adjust for us...’ I realize they really did had culture shock somehow because in the Philippines if there are foreigners we tend to adjust for them and not the other way around.
I think the Singapore Filipinos enjoy better benefit than you in America. You have to contribute more than 40% tax . Life tough though . I being to US before i know and have tob bear racism.
No one should be looking down on anyone regardless of education or type of work. Every type of work is valuable. Companies, towns, cities etc cannot run if there are no housekeepers, no cooks, no street cleaners, no bus drivers, no hair cutters, no gardeners, no baby sitter, sewer cleaner and no and on and on.
It is maybe other Asians look at us Filipinos differently. Our culture is western mostly Hispanic. We are more brothers to Latin Americans than Asians. Only we are located in Asia but the culture is Hispanic.
Filipinos, generally, are adaptive to the places they imigrated to. Unlike other immigrants, Filipinos assimilate easier and do not try to impose their culture onto the land that let them in. That's what I often hear from native Canadians when they talk about the Filipino immigrants they know.
You are right. I am Filipino Canadian, and we can assimilate in Canada easily compared to other Asians.
As a Filipino I just only hope our kababayans adapt the Singapore way of discipline in our country
It probably helps that Filipinos speak English in the case of Canada or Singapore
I mean, to be fair, our culture has never been the overly aggressive type. We're not the type that will force but the type to _share_ and _exchange_ culture. We're very good at being open to new people and their culture and absorb the parts that we like and admire. In turn, we keep the parts of our culture that we like and value and even honor, and share them with others when we can as well. We never really ask other cultures to change for us because we understand that Filipinos and other cultures, whether they're Singaporeans or Canadians, will naturally have differences from each other.
this one here is a direct descendant of the orang gutan
They are certainly a good looking family. I love their open mindedness
the family seems really Caring and open minded //carl is cute btw
Haha they are a lovely family!! As an migrant myself from Malaysia to Australia I also had many past experiences that they had too
great that they now feel at home in Singapore, but it saddens me that it seems like the kids don't appreciate Philippines anymore or not even look forward to going back.
This was a highly informative video, and allowed me to gain much needed insight into the life of homesick teenagers who are self-consious. As a teenager myself, I find myself relating to their day-to-day experiences all the time.
Love this family! Glad they settled in well and made many friends along the way:)
Singaporeans accent the kids using while their parents still used Philippines English accent
When you get used to hearing Philippine English accent the sound of their accent kind of seems odd to you
@Trumpenstein huh???? I'm not sure with "already" but the adlibs that we commonly used are "Ummm" "uhhhhh"
@Trumpenstein it's like how the Chinese add "liao" to the end of every sentence. And they are Filipinos, not "Flips" 😂
J J Who da heck use “Flips” in this earth? In the US some unmannered kid use Filo. Wth is this.
@J J Bruh we are not flip flops...
Home is where your heart is.Regardless of your skin and nationality.
Yes 👍
Being a filipino myself & having stayed in Singapore for a little over 2 decades, yes i agree with them that I regard Singapore as home truly ☺️
Same with the Koreans in the Philippines.
They integrate, that's why they're trilingual, Tagalog, Korean and English.
Lenard Regencia same thing. they are still koreans though
ahhh Jessica Lee, a korean youtuber who grew up in the Philippines is a great example.
It's really remarkable that despite losing their Filipino citizenship many years ago, they never forgot the same Filipino values they've learned before, such as close family ties, the sense of friendship and cooperation, religious and familial devotion, and best of all, reaching out to their newfound friends and churchmates especially in times of need.
I am a singaporean and i find that filipons are very friendly and inclusive people, unlike PRCs.
PRCs?
@Pastadudde ok thanks
@@tubby6007 People's Republic of China.
Well we Filipinos hate Chinese too
But ain't Singaporean Chinese Chinese too lol?
When the kids are telling that schools in the Philippines are slacking and no homework, I was shocked. I always have homework even on weekends.
I don't know which school they're referring though.
True... Hehhehe
They've been brainwashed...
These kids wont survive in the phil tho. Hahaha
Uhmm. I used to study in the Philippines and we do homework here. Lmao.
omg the son is so handsomeeeee
Ikr?????
omg so easily wetttttttttttttttt
i may or may not have found his ig
@@nurdhaniya3599 link pls! Do you have Valerie's @?
@@Malcolm96FTW @carrlcruz
I work with many Philipine immigrants here in Eastern Canada within our healthcare system, and I have to say they are the most dedicated, selfless, and kind hearted people I've had the pleasure to work beside. Some of their degrees earned in their home country aren't recognized here until a lot of testing is done so quite often they are having to work in a position 2 levels below what they were there. Can you imagine being an R.N. in your country, and then have to work as an attendant here? They can't even work as an L.P.N. ........
That' sad to hear. Overqualified for a job that pays less when they can do more.
Amazing family. You all are for sure one of us ✌😊
Jackie Toong nope.they are still filipinos.
@@lifeisgood2542 Don't be jackass bruh. Be thankful they're welcoming them instead of the opposite.
Good documentary. Very positive!
ALEXXX YAY YOURE ON TH-cam I STAN YOU IMMA GO SHARE EVERYWHERE
Saying PLEASE is not sugarcoating your words. It's called manners.
in the place i from no please and no thank you..
I agree on this one. When I first arrived Singapore, that is the first thing I realized. Especially when you buy food in the hawker centre. So you see, some have manners and some don't have. After the years of living, working and playing here, I learned to just go with the flow. And whenever I am in the hawker centre buying food, that is all where it starts to get fun for me! Yay!
Welcome to the family “Mabuhay!”
Baby
Mabuhay! Take good care of them
Very very beautiful family. All the best and may God bless u!! Thank u for coming to Sg!
Welcome and am happy for the family to have adapted to living with us as part of us.. btw.. i love your customs and cuisines!
Im from malaysia . Im working at singapore . My supervisor singaporen pr from piliphine . She very nice person
As a Singaporean, I'd say, please do not lose your politeness. This a GOOD QUALITY that Singaporeans need to learn.
yep true
Nice story you have there CNA.
The Singaporean accent is kinda hard to understand. I hope these kids retain their good manners. Filipinos are a lot more amiable, and are far more polite. I hope they'll be able to keep all the good qualities, and adapt to their new environment.
They're not that polite on social media and any online games
@@stephenlee3911 Oh God, not *video games!* Honestly, I think that doesn't only apply to Southeast Asians because of the more prevalent online gamers in East Asia. Yes, I am looking at you, _Random Chinese._
@@eatingbatsoupforaliving7872 calm down why bring the race haha , what im try to say is . there's polite and unpolite people in any country around the world
@@stephenlee3911 LMAO
Far from polite? Woah careful there bud it only depends on what environment youve grown-up, or how educated and disciplined you are, even i would consider myself polite as a filipino.
Been to Singapore on a business trip and I have been treated well by the immigration officers, I appreciate it. However, one of the taxi drivers asked me where I am from and I simply answered, from The Philippines, and didn't say anything else and he responded by saying "there is no more land here to live" and I get his message. Can't forget that moment. I responded that I am excited to go back to my country where we enjoy life. Good thing I was there for a week only. SG has clean surroundings, great infrastractures but the peoples' vibe are bad and they are like burned out of life all the time. Pretty boring too. However, the Malay Singaporeans are mostly friendly and some Indians too. They are nowhere near the good vibes of Taiwan, Hong Kong and Japan.
Lovely family 😍
they're so lucky...literally benefitting from one of the best education system in the world
Such a lovely family!
Beautiful family with well brought up children.
I am Korean living in Singapore and became Singaporean. No regrets! :)
Shin Byeong Gyu hot and humid
Glad to see some Filipino families in Singapore had happy endings. For my family who migrated to SG more than 20 years ago, we’ve never really felt accepted, even though we did have friends and my sister and I are what Singaporeans would consider “successful” (went to elite schools and NUS). I really hope the current migrant families in SG are doing much better especially since there is a sizeable Filipino community in SG now.
Good people are always welcome here !
im surprised the comments have not been turned off
There is a lot of generalized comments here about each country. Not all Filipinos are the same and not all Singaporeans are the same either.
Lovely family. Singapore is blessed.
What a sweet precious family!
the slate clap at the end xD it is in their blood.. so cute
If the progress of the Philippines went in a good stand until now, there’s no struggle on how to make like “this nationality”. Instead, I’m proud to be a Filipino.
Filipinos are very good people and I love Singapore as well. Once people get to know each other, stereotypes goes away
Such a nice and warm family. Singapore welcomes you !.:)
Originaly Spore w as a Malay country. British brought so many Chinese from china
Cabbage is so adorable 😍
Wow the son is so handsome he made my heart stop 😍😍
i agree wholeheartedly
Cedrickie Otaku IG please
bruh...
Y r u geh?
The son is handsome than the daughters. He resembling his dad
Bookmarking this. Really interested in living there one day. :)
Lovely family. Im happy for them.😍
I've met many Singaporeans and the sad thing is many look down on immigrant families especially if you are Filipino or South Asian. The Singaporeans that i met were rude with superiority complexes. The fact that there are many Singaporeans in the comments commenting for them to go back to the PH proves my point.
I could only see one person commenting them to go back and that person commented more than once. The rest are welcoming.
I bet if many foreigners stay and take up jobs in your homeland until the locals are out of jobs, maybe you would say the same. Cheers and have a nice day.
Lovly Lov who wants to live in the philippines? ph has enough people already. as in more than enough.
@@lifeisgood2542 who wants to live in the ph? Tell that to the foreigners or even singaporeans who lives there. Do you know why they love in the ph. Because they can live to fullest and be happy. They even said they could build bigger house in the ph than in singapore who are mostly living in a condo unit and can have many cars as they want. They even said that singapore is a deppressing country. No enjoyment in life. They say they live to work in sg not work to live. People who migrated here. Loves the freedom they get living here. .Many good sceneries and friendly people. Lets be real here. Singapore is a depressing place to live in.
@@genrrizeecuvsfatti4747 I agree it is kind of similar as Japan. Which they say depressing
@@genrrizeecuvsfatti4747 yeah you are right
OMG ALEX I SAW THIS IN THE GRP CHAT!! YOUR FAMOUS NOW!!!!
Lived in SG because of work for 6 years. Not everyone was welcoming of migrants and I understood the girl’s statement about trying too hard to prove yourself all the time. If you’re a foreigner in another country (specially if you’re brown-skinned), you’re expected to work harder aside from adjusting to cultural differences you may encounter. Stakes are way way higher and you’re always considered a second class citizen. So to all those who are thinking that going overseas is a better option than staying home, think twice and unless you’re willing to swallow your pride, miss important family events at home and work harder than you’re used to, then going abroad isn’t for you.
when older sister said "here", i knew she is Singaporean....nice
Hopefully a lot educated Philippines can do something for their homeland like corruption and poverty. They're scattered all over the place and have good careers and experiences.
It feels happy and sad to these stories. Sad, because I know they left the Philippines because of lack of opportunities but happy because they found a better home in Singapore. To our fellow Filipinos around the world, stay strong and we hope to see you visit your home country again.
Their English is like a chinise or ofcourse Singapore too,, they really adopted it already anyway good that they are doing great there 🙏
I got shocked when the girl said that saying please is sugarcoating. Her parents are Filipino but they didn't tell her it's just being respectful 😔
"We cannot eat without chilli anymore." Hahaha!
Probably right regarding straight to point. I’m an IT person so I often go there. Filipino way is more polite than Singaporean. Furthermore, in SG they are more like in a hurry. I’m not yet done with my food and they will get the plate already. 😀
YATOGAMI welcome to sg.
@@lifeisgood2542 😂yed
Number 1 Filipino mentality.
Adjust to the people around you and not them adjusting to you.
Really good trait
All the best to the Cruz family.
That's why can progress and majulah Singapura, foreign talents you know.
Fake sporean
@Jacky Phantom So as long as they're from India, China and Malaysia , it's okey?
@Jacky Phantom you said Chinese, Indians and Malays and eventually after a generation you wouldn't be able to tell a Singapore Indian from an Indian somewhere else same with Chinese. Malays have always been there.
@Jacky Phantom Because you don't know how to clarify yourself. And it's an ignorant fool, not a ignorant fool , looks life your finger is pointing right back at you. lol
@Jacky Phantom you go away you know less than nothing.
Any place on earth, you felt you are at peace - that's your home 😁
What a sweet family!
This is awesome🇵🇭.
I live in the Philippines for 12 years and live in Singapore for 13 years. I go to primary school, secondary school, poly and NS and I still have filipino accent hahaha. I look more Indian than Filipino so its a little weird for other people hahaha.
This happened too me too when I was grade 1 from Philippines to Singapore
I'm Filipino and I live in Singapore but I'm not citizen yet. I've stayed in sg for 10 years and now, the school fees are getting higher.
Love them😍😍😍
The girl is sooo pretty and they're all quite a smart family anyways :')
Good for you. You escaped the impending crisis coming to Philippines. I wish Philippines also has one leader like Lee Kuan Yew who made SG a rich, disciplined and progressive country without corruption and abuses.
Hi. Its the same goes to migrant to every different country . Same experience of adaptation....
Long ago , foreign ppl living in suburb area thought Singapore was a fishing village ..
3 years on, I hope they have all became citizens already :")
Don’t forget to look back once in a while:)
Pinoys have a fascinatingly unique habit. They like to call each other mam, miss, sir all the time. They never call people by first names only or the usual titles followed by surname. William Tan becomes Sir William instead of William or Mr Tan. Lily Wong becomes Mam Lily or Miss Lily instead of just Lily or Miss Wong. "Ladies and Gentlemen" becomes Mams and Sirs or mamsir. Really cute, don't you think?
mamsir makes sense too because in most ph languages we only have like one pronoun for he/she/it
Filipino culture is very polite. Maamsir is for transexual.
My Chinese boss told me not to call him sir haha. But I really find it disrespectful if I call him only by first name 😅
Singaporean people are so difficult to date coming from a Filipino family, i still can’t get used to the brash manner of speaking and complete lack of verbal manners at times from my boyfriend. It’s a literal blow to my face lol. Sometimes i can’t tell the difference between outright rudeness or just a cultural thing. Ah well
@Daniel Lim haha that’s cool, I’m from HK as well and yeh that def sounds familiar 🤣
Just don't feel disappointed in your adopted country by those locally breed irrational racism , prejudiced, bigotry and narrow mindedness, believe in yourself and continue your selfless contribution to Singapore. BTW, adding 'please', 'excuse me' or' thank you' is not 'sugarcoating' your sentence, it is called " manner" in civilized world.
All the people in Singapore (include permanent residents and foreigners) all have three K :
Kia Su, Kia Si,
K Zheng Hu (KKKK Zheng Hu)
Stop saying malays are not the native to singapore. How yall know his family bloodline. Maybe his grandfather is an orang asli but his grandmother is from indonesia. Still, in indonesia and malaysia, anyone who is from the nusantara are called pribumi or bumiputera. It means we are the people of these land, just separated by culture, politics and languages. Its like comparing taiwanese, hongkong and china. Its pretty dumb i would say. I myself can say that my malay side i can find an orang asli origin as far back as the 4th generations.
Those people are racists and can't accept Malays are native, if you study history modern Malays ancestors are Orang Asli(proto-Malays), this makes the current modern Malays also natives coz their ancestors are native, those people just dumb and hateful just ignore them, they got zero facts to claim Malays are not native because they don't like Malays.
@@TeleeFONE i think the recent prc Singaporean can't understand this... shuddered the thought ,one day the mainland China would want to claim singapore as their island..
The way they speak already better than a lot local.
Very interesting and special family God nless you
Filipinos make Singapore just a little bit more sexy and a little less uptight.
so many racist in the comment section, as long as you give back to the community and be grateful for the good life, whatever country you choose to live in its okay! life is short people! choice wherever you wanna live and be happy!
Some years ago many Singaporeans do not like people from the Philippines and that needs to be accepted. There was a lot of stereotyping and racism. But things have changed. Singapore was built with the help of migrant workers from all over including the Philippines
As a Filipino living here in the Philippines, I would consider Singapore as home for good if I got financially stable. My dream of mine is to live abroad.
Wah the sg accent ah...really sound like singaporean
RANDOM STUFZZ just sound.but not really singaporean
We should be welcoming them with open hands & arm's as we're all human being's as well . But at the same time we singaporean ain't wrong cause some of the Foreigner's are very proud and their heads are very high they also look down on us Singaporean's lol lmfao lmao yolo .
AdamAldo Smith Mitch tell that to xenohobes
2:22 I'm sorry but in the Ph, we have a ton of homework to do as well.
I mean, how does he know anything when he left Ph at 6?
The girl who was her brother legit could be an actress weh... So pretty
Wow hi alexxx secretly famous never tell us sia
Their accent is apparently Chinese Singaporean probably because they want to fit in real bad. I just hope they will realized they sound funny when they are outside Singapore.
All Singaporean kids know how to code switch..
Before 1950, many older generation were 'British Subjects', After 1950, 'Merdeka' generation
of Singaporeans plus other 'local citizenships'. Singapore used English/Malay currencies namely Dollar/Ringgit at par value. This currency is 'separated' when 'one dollar equals two ringgit'. Irrespective of 'what and where' you are borned, you hold an English/Malay passport of Singapore/Singapura. MAJULAH SINGAPURA!
It is so nice they adapted well . Just like our fore fathers chinese, indians, malay, pakistanis, yemenis, israelis, europeans who migrated here 200 hundred years ago and made it home.