Becoming Singaporean: What It's Like To Grow Up In A Filipino Migrant Family 

totally off topic but SHE IS SO PRETTY WTF

The children are 99% Singaporean. The 1% difference is their good looks.

Such opened minded, kind and gracious people are an asset for Singapore!

They got the Singaporean accent and all

They are certainly a good looking family. I love their open mindedness

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.

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.

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 ☺️

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.

Same with the Koreans in the Philippines. They integrate, that's why they're trilingual, Tagalog, Korean and English.

Singaporeans accent the kids using while their parents still used Philippines English accent

I am a singaporean and i find that filipons are very friendly and inclusive people, unlike PRCs.

Amazing family. You all are for sure one of us ✌😊

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.

As a Singaporean, I'd say, please do not lose your politeness. This a GOOD QUALITY that Singaporeans need to learn.

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.

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.

Lovely family 😍

That's why can progress and majulah Singapura, foreign talents you know.

Beautiful family with well brought up children.

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.

The girl is sooo pretty and they're all quite a smart family anyways :')

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?

"We cannot eat without chilli anymore." Hahaha!

3 years on, I hope they have all became citizens already :")

im surprised the comments have not been turned off

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.

Number 1 Filipino mentality. Adjust to the people around you and not them adjusting to you. Really good trait

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.

Filipinos are very good people and I love Singapore as well. Once people get to know each other, stereotypes goes away

Don’t forget to look back once in a while:)

Good people are always welcome here !

Cabbage is so adorable 😍

The way they speak already better than a lot local.

As a Filipino Migrant that moved here in Singapore 5 years ago, I am quite accepted :3 I'm quite popular because of my accent and hair (mine is curly), have a lot of friends, and quite liked by my teachers. I hope your fate can be as good as mine. Those Singaporeans who said those horrible things to you are jealous of your Filipino Beauty :) Stay strong and united Filipinos. And, for Singaporeans, let's live up to our country's standard and be a multi racial and accepting country. Together, we can stay strong :) (Btw, the day I'm writing this is on Total Defense Day 2020-)

Good documentary. Very positive!

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 .

Very very beautiful family. All the best and may God bless u!! Thank u for coming to Sg!

Nice story you have there CNA.

they're so lucky...literally benefitting from one of the best education system in the world

You are warmly welcome. We embrace you. I have some Filipino friends who became Singaporean. Turn a deaf ear and blind eyes to nay sayers and key board warriors.

I will never chance my nationality even im migrated in other country to be part of them i will be proud of where i came from even many people look down on us filipino because all they know if they say filipino all came to there mind all filipino is made but there are wrong philippines is all ready raising someday people will realize :-(

What a sweet precious family!

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.

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!

What a sweet family!

How does the younger sister have more of a tagalog accent than the older sister?

Come on Singapore, we r a country of immigrants. Has been, is and will still be. Whoever chose to settle here became Singaporean. So whoever is choosing to settle here will be Singaporeans. We cannot stay the way our culture was in the past 50 years. Cultures that stagnate will fade out. We have seen that happen in history. Our Singaporean culture and identity shld evolve with time and inclusion of new cultures. Every era shld have its own chapter. It is time for us to open a new chapter and also to add new vocab to singlish. We don't want singlish to fade away due to irrelevance. The best way forward is to evolve and be inclusive. I would like to acknowledge that our recent immigrants are more open to be inclusive than locals. That's why they thrive even as recent immigrants. Those who stick to old ways will fade away with history. Looking forward to Singapore moving into a new era where we have more than 4 official languages to boast about.

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.

Wah the sg accent ah...really sound like singaporean

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OMG ALEX I SAW THIS IN THE GRP CHAT!! YOUR FAMOUS NOW!!!!

As a Filipino, i sensed that whatever trait they have being Filipinos, it was completely removed from their systems and plunged down the drain of oblivion. But oh well i'll just be happy of what my ex-fellow countrymen achieved.

That's it. They are already commited to Singapore. Sorry to my fellow filipino countrymen. Our country needs A big Improvement in terms of life and system. Sad but true. There are more to come Filipino will definetely leave Philippines in the future 😢😢😢😢

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.

This happened too me too when I was grade 1 from Philippines to Singapore

The parent they using American accent while their siblings Singaporean accents... Meyo lah no lah.ahayyy

Hi Tifa vicky

Love them😍😍😍

I thought Singapore only picked up mainland China as citizen

Love this family

I don't feel belittle or small. Once you are person educated and WELL MANNERED, you won't feel any single insecurities with other races. Sometimes personality matters on how you deal with other people.

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 ..

Any place on earth, you felt you are at peace - that's your home 😁

The boy is so pretty

What is wrong with the helper look?

Nice family! To have a big house like that in Singapore, the father must have earned a lot from his IT job 😲 . In Malaysia, even the citizens that are born in Malaysia, are asked to 'go back to your country' 🙄

I'm curious if the children can still speak Tagalog even tho they've been staying in SG for more than 10 years.

Well, good for them!

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Wow valerie is so pretty

They got Singaporean accent already...they speak English so bad...

They are Singaporean of Filipino descent and there is nothing wrong with that.

Being steriotyped is really annoying..telling if your a filipino you are automatically maid..if i were being confronted with random singaporeans then probably i would say " yes im a maid i clean toilets, so what about you? Why youre here? Youre from china right?!" 😆🤭

It is a joy for your family to be part of Singapore!

Roughly 50% people of Sabah Malaysia are actually immigrants from Philippines. They don't bother, they're acknowledged as Malaysian because they were there for ages before Malaysia took over the Sabah. They why sabahan almost similar with these people.

born and raised here in the philippines, lost philippines heritage..so sad.pero well.buhay nila yan.pero kalungkot..pinoy na pinoy.nung umalis ng bansa.😂tsaka di sugarcoating yung pag sabi ng please...pag galang lng yun.at hala, slack daw dito ang pag school?..woww hahaha.kaya pala nung nag aaral ako 8 subjects may project at assignment at submission bukas agad? 😂✌️

Why do you want to accept you as Singaporean because you live in there country be proud of your roots be true to your self people will accept you even you have different nationality because i know in the near future you will came back from where you came from

welcome whole family to become singaporean .

How i wish they have picked up their parents' way of talking english.. 😒

Yeah i guess they love Singapore more than Philippines now..

I do not refer to the helpers as maids. I usually call them domestic helpers. Calling someone maids is very demeaning and belittling.

Very interesting and special family God nless you

Immigrants move in and don’t even do NS how unfair to the regular Singaporeans who have to give up 2 years of their life same as 1st gen PRs

can someone explain to me how "casual racism" is something you say to "bond" Channel Newsasia what are you trying to lowkey imply?

5 siblings and I were born here too! Was born in 99' and we all have Singaporean accent with almost 0 Filipino accent HAHA

Theres no place like home. I love Philippines "simpleng buhay pero masaya".

23rd January 2020

Good from Philippines to migrate to Singapore 🇸🇬🇸🇬 🇸🇬 🥇🥇🥇🍜🍜🍜🍲🍲🍲🍚🍚🍚❤️❤️❤️☕️☕️☕️

well, it will be funny if 10 years from now, you need to go to the Philippines to work and you will call yourselves FILIPINO ( the nationality that you disregard .... )

0:25 anyone have her instagram she kinda cute

They came to singapore the month and year l was born 🙂

But singapore is very strict now regarding immigrants. My nephew was born in singapore on 2013 but his citizenship is still filipino. Singapore limits the immigrants now cause most of their people are against outsiders .

beautiful family

The language capital of Asia, Philippines hahaha

wow i wish i was carl

U are always Welcome :)

Filipinos mindset, that wherever we go (any country) we are the one who adjust..

2:00 we call it respect and for 2:10 bro almost student in philippines we didn’t even know the word sleep because of school works, 6:30 am to 11:30 pm of school i want to die.