Any Filipinos on the forum?

[m4a1mustang]

Originally Posted by Cmike2780

Don't sweat it too much. A lot of people there also speak english. Heck, the place where I was born doesn't even show up on Google Earth and I spoke English before we moved here.

I think the hardest part for me is not being able to use Bisaya or Tagalog on a daily basis. I can understand what others are saying, but it feels like I'm always translating things into english instead of just thinking and speaking in bisay/tagalog.

You're gonna have a lot of fun there. Just gotta be careful, my cousin said apparently there were a lot of "baklà's" hitting on him when they found out he was American, ha!

Yeah most of my cousins speak great English and most everyone else I know from Cebu know enough to have small conversations in English. But a big part of it for me is just a personal quest to embrace my Filipino heritage. I would love to be able to understand the language and hold meaningful conversation in it. I can't wait to get to Manila and Cebu next year.

Not looking forward to the bugs in Cebu, though.