My wife doesn't easily fit any of the generalities mentioned in the previous posts, so I doubt I can contribute many ideas here. I can cite all the things I love about her but they all seem to pertain to her as an individual, not to a Filipina per se. In fact she has a decidedly negative opinion of many of the commonly praised Philippine characteristics. This is reinforced by her low degree of interaction with other Filipinas here, most of whom she doesn't get on with.

Come to think of it why did I post this at all; it'll only confuse people ! It's true all the same.

Hang on, there is one thing - generally (yes, I know there are exceptions) Filipinas are much kinder to old people than we are in our societies. This is why they make such excellent nurses; they tend to see an old person as a human being and not as a problem.