GREETINGS FROM MINDANAO

Federico · 11th May 2005, 05:06 PM

Good to hear that you are doing well Zel. Catch anyone who has been oh I have no idea what these are, and then after a few minutes are like oh no this is 100% this, and then after a few more minutes are back to the whole I have no idea. That has always been frustrating to me when trying to talk to people about weapons. Then Ive gotten a few, oh youre not really Filipino because you were born in the States, you wont understand, so I wont explain. Then after a while the explanation comes, and it makes you wonder why they didnt explain in the first place. Then there is the whole oh we are all Filipino, you should already know. I remember talking about this phenomena with an author, and he was like he could never be certain who was telling the truth, who was making up stuff that they thought he wanted to hear, and who just really didnt know. I know in Universities, that is why they want multiple informants, for verification purposes (I got in trouble in one project for only using 12 informants), but what can you do when you can only find people here and there who are even willing to talk about the subject. Oh well, safe trip hope you are taking lots of pictures.

11th May 2005, 05:06 PM	#5
Federico Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Minneapolis, MN, USA Posts: 312	Good to hear that you are doing well Zel. Catch anyone who has been oh I have no idea what these are, and then after a few minutes are like oh no this is 100% this, and then after a few more minutes are back to the whole I have no idea. That has always been frustrating to me when trying to talk to people about weapons. Then Ive gotten a few, oh youre not really Filipino because you were born in the States, you wont understand, so I wont explain. Then after a while the explanation comes, and it makes you wonder why they didnt explain in the first place. Then there is the whole oh we are all Filipino, you should already know. I remember talking about this phenomena with an author, and he was like he could never be certain who was telling the truth, who was making up stuff that they thought he wanted to hear, and who just really didnt know. I know in Universities, that is why they want multiple informants, for verification purposes (I got in trouble in one project for only using 12 informants), but what can you do when you can only find people here and there who are even willing to talk about the subject. Oh well, safe trip hope you are taking lots of pictures.