As I have said, values are the winning traits of a person and as a Filipino I believe that my race have very distinct values that you cannot find anywhere in the world. I have here the values that existed in us Filipinos since the era of our ancestors. These are the traits that lasted until our generation.

• First in line was hospitality because you cannot find anywhere in the world the kind of hospitality we Filipinos possess. We always put the necessity of other people especially our visitors in the highest priority which people from other country does not usually do. We treat our visitors as if they were VIPs even if they are not superstars.

• The second one will be close family ties. Us Filipinos are very devoted to our family. It's always family first for us. Whatever we do we do it for our family. We go to school because we want to help our family someday with financial matters. We work for our family. You always hear those phrases all over the Philippines. It is because we develop close family ties. Like for example, an 18 year old teenager in the US has to leave the nest and become independent. Here in the Philippines, even if you're 18 you still have to stay with your parents until the time you finally have your own little family. That is how attached a typical Filipino is to their family.