compiled by Monalisa Chuang
WHY IN THE PHILIPPINES?
Foreign students from u-belt interviewed.
Why the Philippines? Why your college? Foreign students gets asked why they chose the Philippines over any other country to go to for their college education, find out what they thought then and how they think now.
Is the Philippines still attractive?
Meisam Ahmadi, 21, Dentistry, 1st Yr, UE, Iranian
Chose the Philippines because of its proficiency in Dentistry, and the English in the country is good, which makes things much easier for foreign students, “almost everybody knows english”.
Quality of education, English proficiency, even in media.
Doesn’t have Filipino friends yet, still new in the country (just about four months), usually sticks with fellow Iranians.
“I went here to study and finish dentistry, I’ll think about other stuff when I have time on my hands, all I need to do now is to survive and study. Then I can go back home to Iran or work in another country,”
“you don’t get rich working here, which is one reason good workers and graduates from your country usually fly off, right?” he speaks about the OFWs and says he once read a business article talking about such.
“I found out about this country from my uncle, he studied here. And then became a good dentist.”
Izadikhah Amin, 19, Dentistry, 1st Yr, UE, Iranian
Also choosing the country for Dentistry and lower rates, he says that the country seems to have a lot of nice people and some not so nice ones.
“I mostly get informed using the internet and rarely a newspaper”, he also adds conversations and short chats with friends.
He shares that he likes to announce (on facebook and on actual conversations), what he hears and sees, also at times what he thinks about a certain thing, topic, or event.
There is a link in his page were the Rolando Mendoza hostage taking was being discussed about by himself and other Iranian friends, “it was very atrocious and horrible to be, I just can feel sorry for them”, he says,
“Things that happen here affect me now, so I think news here is somehow relevant.”
Akalugwa Richmond, 25, AB Economics,2nd Yr, UST, Nigerian
Having stayed in the country for more than two years, he has learned some Filipino words already, though he still isn’t accustomed to Philippine TV and local news.
He usually spend most of his time with his Nigerian friends, playing in the field, going to the mall, but he also likes it when Filipino students from his school become his friends, “there are a lot of nice Filipinos and Filipinas, they’re all very friendly, and I like them very much.” he says sincerely.
When asked on the Mendoza hostage taking, he says “the media were manipulated by the police and vice versa, it contributed to aggravating the officer Rolando Mendoza, leading to more casualties that could’ve been avoided,” he says.
Cho Dae Yeon, 22, BSBA Economics, 3rd Yr, UST, Korean
“At first it was my dad that was here in the country, not too long ago. And then my grandparents sent me here to study. They said I should learn English,” the country is known to be widely speaking in English and acclaimed for its ability to teach English well and quick.
“I often visited the Philippines even before, I went to other colleges and universities, but I liked UST the most. It’s like I wanted to study, the students inspired me to be one of them, it was like, only UST in my head. I didn't even try and take exams from other schools, I applied only to UST,” Daniel shows his appreciation of his present school and all the help it has given him, he now can not only understand Filipino but he can use it in his everyday speech, and he likes speaking in Filipino, surprising an unsuspicious local student with tagalog phrases and tagalish sentences .
“Good kids? Like you? I don’t know why, it is most attractive. It seemed very active that time, harmonized environment, buildings, students, it also seemed like students were active, looks energetic. Maybe just the view from a tourist’s perspective.”
He said he wanted to study in the country because at that time universities were most lively and attractive, especially the university that caught his attention, “ it also seemed like students were active, looks energetic.”
“Maybe it’s just the view from a tourist’s perspective,” he adds.
“The others were just okay, but I think UST is student friendly,” he says, as most Thomasians would also like to put it.
Living in the country for more than three years, he says that the only things he would complain about are traffic and pollution, “as you get to know it deeper, you see the negative side,” he says as he pertains to the content of news lately.
Meisam Ahmadi, 21, Dentistry, 1st Yr, UE, Iranian
Chose the Philippines because of its proficiency in Dentistry, and the English in the country is good, which makes things much easier for foreign students, “almost everybody knows english”.
Quality of education, English proficiency, even in media.
Doesn’t have Filipino friends yet, still new in the country (just about four months), usually sticks with fellow Iranians.
“I went here to study and finish dentistry, I’ll think about other stuff when I have time on my hands, all I need to do now is to survive and study. Then I can go back home to Iran or work in another country,”
“you don’t get rich working here, which is one reason good workers and graduates from your country usually fly off, right?” he speaks about the OFWs and says he once read a business article talking about such.
“I found out about this country from my uncle, he studied here. And then became a good dentist.”
Izadikhah Amin, 19, Dentistry, 1st Yr, UE, Iranian
Also choosing the country for Dentistry and lower rates, he says that the country seems to have a lot of nice people and some not so nice ones.
“I mostly get informed using the internet and rarely a newspaper”, he also adds conversations and short chats with friends.
He shares that he likes to announce (on facebook and on actual conversations), what he hears and sees, also at times what he thinks about a certain thing, topic, or event.
There is a link in his page were the Rolando Mendoza hostage taking was being discussed about by himself and other Iranian friends, “it was very atrocious and horrible to be, I just can feel sorry for them”, he says,
“Things that happen here affect me now, so I think news here is somehow relevant.”
Akalugwa Richmond, 25, AB Economics,2nd Yr, UST, Nigerian
Having stayed in the country for more than two years, he has learned some Filipino words already, though he still isn’t accustomed to Philippine TV and local news.
He usually spend most of his time with his Nigerian friends, playing in the field, going to the mall, but he also likes it when Filipino students from his school become his friends, “there are a lot of nice Filipinos and Filipinas, they’re all very friendly, and I like them very much.” he says sincerely.
When asked on the Mendoza hostage taking, he says “the media were manipulated by the police and vice versa, it contributed to aggravating the officer Rolando Mendoza, leading to more casualties that could’ve been avoided,” he says.
Cho Dae Yeon, 22, BSBA Economics, 3rd Yr, UST, Korean
“At first it was my dad that was here in the country, not too long ago. And then my grandparents sent me here to study. They said I should learn English,” the country is known to be widely speaking in English and acclaimed for its ability to teach English well and quick.
“I often visited the Philippines even before, I went to other colleges and universities, but I liked UST the most. It’s like I wanted to study, the students inspired me to be one of them, it was like, only UST in my head. I didn't even try and take exams from other schools, I applied only to UST,” Daniel shows his appreciation of his present school and all the help it has given him, he now can not only understand Filipino but he can use it in his everyday speech, and he likes speaking in Filipino, surprising an unsuspicious local student with tagalog phrases and tagalish sentences .
“Good kids? Like you? I don’t know why, it is most attractive. It seemed very active that time, harmonized environment, buildings, students, it also seemed like students were active, looks energetic. Maybe just the view from a tourist’s perspective.”
He said he wanted to study in the country because at that time universities were most lively and attractive, especially the university that caught his attention, “ it also seemed like students were active, looks energetic.”
“Maybe it’s just the view from a tourist’s perspective,” he adds.
“The others were just okay, but I think UST is student friendly,” he says, as most Thomasians would also like to put it.
Living in the country for more than three years, he says that the only things he would complain about are traffic and pollution, “as you get to know it deeper, you see the negative side,” he says as he pertains to the content of news lately.
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