Pag may maangas or mayabang? What do you initially do?

[XTO]

People differs in personality so the old saying still floats.-We cannot please everybody.
Whenever you encounter such type of person (same gender or not) what comes to your mind?

[ogpro]

I'll try to keep the contact is brief as possible...

[Zeus]

People differs in personality so the old saying still floats.-We cannot please everybody.
Whenever you encounter such type of person (same gender or not) what comes to your mind?

Pinapabayaan ko na lang

[IIE]

d dapat sabayan, hayaan na lang.

[empy]

wala bang poll option na "make wiwi in his coffee/beer" ??

[GasJunkie]

I'll slap him with my iphone.







Edit show off my underpowered but torque filled car. :rofl01:

[NazQ]

maangas, para bang show-off? kung ganun ok lang, dun sya masaya e. basta ba walang bastusan..

[Jun aka Pekto]

This is a sensitive issue because from hard experience, I've noticed that what local Pinoys consider as pompous/showing off may not necessarily be the case here.

Here, people tend to tell things the way it is without regard to the sensitivities of the person. No beating around the bush. By the same token, people don't take offense easily unless it's directed directly at them.

If you can talk the talk and walk the walk, I guess you're fine. Of course, being aware of those sensitivities here, I try to be diplomatic although it doesn't seem to come out that way sometimes.

Now, if someone was really rubbing it in to me, I'd keep quiet. But later, I'll go out and slash his tires, let the air out, put a screw under his tire or something......

[Bogeyman]

Mga ganyang tao, they're usually after the attention.

So I give them the exact opposite.

[praktikal]

"Ride lang ng Ride"... like cars, they ran out of gas. observe...pagaaralan ko sya then find his weakness and hit it.

[Jun aka Pekto]

The passive approach sounds appealing and I was originally that way when I first got back here. But, sad experience here says I do something about a situation or else the guy with the hot air will escalate it.

That happened years ago when I was at a party and some guy was mouthing off how great his home state is. I got bored and got up to go. Then he saw me leaving and started mouthing off about me. I ignored that too, blaming it on the alcohol. But then, he really started to put me down. I ignored that too. Then, he said something like, "What's the matter? You f-ing flips......." I didn't remember the rest because all I saw was red. I took a steak knife and shoved it against his throat. I said 2 words: Shut up! He sobered up in a hurry and actually apologized. Then I felt like the bad guy......

Good thing he was drunk and sitting down. He's about a foot taller than me. I could've ended up in the hospital if he wasn't drunk. But, things have a way of escalating from mere showing off to insults pretty fast if you don't stop it at the source.

Think of it as like driving in the Philippines. Someone said that drivers there will take advantage of those who are used to driving abroad and obey the rules. The same applies here when dealing with people. If you don't stand up for yourself, some people will take advantage of you. That's why I'm used to doing something about any situation instead of merely ignoring it or dwelling on it. If a guy is showing off about himself, I'd tell him to talk about something else, pointblank. And as I've earlier, people here are different. He'd normally just say ok and then talk about something else.

[ts1n1ta]

sanayan lang yan. ako napapaligiran ng mayabang. Kapangpangan kase tatay ko. nyahehehe.

[ogpro]

sanayan lang yan. ako napapaligiran ng mayabang. Kapangpangan kase tatay ko. nyahehehe.

Tsinita...I did notice that a LOT in pampanga. They have serious ego issues there eh? We went to a club in angeles and I got stared at by guys so much I thought I was in a gay bar. My friend who was from there just told me not to stare back because it was considered rude and challenging...but they were staring at me first! Crazy people hehehe

[afrasay]

Tsinita...I did notice that a LOT in pampanga. They have serious ego issues there eh? We went to a club in angeles and I got stared at by guys so much I thought I was in a gay bar. My friend who was from there just told me not to stare back because it was considered rude and challenging...but they were staring at me first! Crazy people hehehe

if it's ok with you guys, easy lang about mentioning our other kapuso here. may mga friends and madaming forumers dito na taga pampanga. let's just stick to the topic.

[donatello]

if it's ok with you guys, easy lang about mentioning our other kapuso here. may mga friends and madaming forumers dito na taga pampanga. let's just stick to the topic.

Sir Afrasay, thanks sa comments nyo.
Gusto ko rin po sanang ipaalam sa ibang forumers na hindi lahat ng taga Pampanga ay gaya ng iniisip ni kapusong tsinita at kapatid na ogro (peace sa inyong dalawa).

Well, let's stick to the topic.

salamat po

[ogpro]

if it's ok with you guys, easy lang about mentioning our other kapuso here. may mga friends and madaming forumers dito na taga pampanga. let's just stick to the topic.

Woops...sorry about that. Didn't mean to offend anyone, was just relating an observation. My bad...

[ogpro]

The passive approach sounds appealing and I was originally that way when I first got back here. But, sad experience here says I do something about a situation or else the guy with the hot air will escalate it.

That happened years ago when I was at a party and some guy was mouthing off how great his home state is. I got bored and got up to go. Then he saw me leaving and started mouthing off about me. I ignored that too, blaming it on the alcohol. But then, he really started to put me down. I ignored that too. Then, he said something like, "What's the matter? You f-ing flips......." I didn't remember the rest because all I saw was red. I took a steak knife and shoved it against his throat. I said 2 words: Shut up! He sobered up in a hurry and actually apologized. Then I felt like the bad guy......

Good thing he was drunk and sitting down. He's about a foot taller than me. I could've ended up in the hospital if he wasn't drunk. But, things have a way of escalating from mere showing off to insults pretty fast if you don't stop it at the source.

Think of it as like driving in the Philippines. Someone said that drivers there will take advantage of those who are used to driving abroad and obey the rules. The same applies here when dealing with people. If you don't stand up for yourself, some people will take advantage of you. That's why I'm used to doing something about any situation instead of merely ignoring it or dwelling on it. If a guy is showing off about himself, I'd tell him to talk about something else, pointblank. And as I've earlier, people here are different. He'd normally just say ok and then talk about something else.

Screw the hospital, you could have been in jail. That's called aggravated assault or assault with a deadly weapon around our parts hehe. Pretty hard to defend against...and I do hope you told yourself never to do that again.

[donatello]

sa akin ay okey lang at hahayaan ko lang...
unless na hindi cya magsasalita ng nakaka-offend at ibang usapan na yon-

+marami na rin kasi akong nkasalamuha na ganyan at mostly ay mga kulang lang sa pansin (KSP).

[Jun aka Pekto]

Screw the hospital, you could have been in jail. That's called aggravated assault or assault with a deadly weapon around our parts hehe. Pretty hard to defend against...and I do hope you told yourself never to do that again.

You're in LA. Then you do know how tricky it is to deal with different races and even with fellow Pinoys. I have to mention Pinoys because there's a distinct difference on how you associate with say, one who's just visiting from the Philippines, and one who's a Fil-Am. It sucks for me to have to think that way. But, reality bites. I have to exercise tact often. With Fil-Ams, I can be in their face and they wouldn't even give it a second thought. But and I mean but....... when I'm with visiting Pinoys I'm more quiet and often let them do the talking because I'm conscious of them pre-judging me. I don't want to take the chance of being labeled "hambog" or "mayabang' when in reality, that's the way most people talk here and no offense was intended.

Here in this forum, it's different because it is a forum....anything goes. But, if I do come out as obnoxious or in your face, please someone remind me (nicely ) and I'll shut up or at least tone it down. The last thing I need is to antagonize anyone.....

Add: Ooops. No. I never lost my cool again. I've also avoided wild, drunken parties ever since I got married. Nowadays, it's mostly Pinoy family potlucks.....

[ogpro]

You're in LA. Then you do know how tricky it is to deal with different races and even with fellow Pinoys. I have to mention Pinoys because there's a distinct difference on how you associate with say, one who's just visiting from the Philippines, and one who's a Fil-Am. It sucks for me to have to think that way. But, reality bites. I have to exercise tact often. With Fil-Ams, I can be in their face and they wouldn't even give it a second thought. But and I mean but....... when I'm with visiting Pinoys I'm more quiet and often let them do the talking because I'm conscious of them pre-judging me. I don't want to take the chance of being labeled "hambog" or "mayabang' when in reality, that's the way most people talk here and no offense was intended.

Here in this forum, it's different because it is a forum....anything goes. But, if I do come out as obnoxious or in your face, please someone remind me (nicely ) and I'll shut up or at least tone it down. The last thing I need is to antagonize anyone.....

Add: Ooops. No. I never lost my cool again. I've also avoided wild, drunken parties ever since I got married. Nowadays, it's mostly Pinoy family potlucks.....

Hey Jun, I certainly meant no disrespect there. You have to deal with situations the way you see fit, and you learn from each incident. Having grown up here, I really didn't notice if it was difficult dealing with other races. We just kinda treated each other the same. Then again, Los Angeles might just be more culturally diverse than Arizona.

Actually, it was when dealing with other pinoys when I noticed that I was being judged and that they might have been feeling like I was judging them. I don't know how it is with other cultures but with pinoys, there seems to be a prevailing "flashy" attitude. I noticed that when I lived in the Philippines for 6 years and with filipino communities in the U.S. Now whether it can be called "mayabang", I wouldn't know. If that's just the way they are, then I guess there is more of an acceptance of the trait. Not only accepted, but sometimes admired. I actually dated a few girls who felt that I was more attractive because I came across as "maangas". I only heard of the term when they told me about it! I certainly wasn't meaning to seem that way, it might be just the way a confident person carries himself, I guess.

As for the topic of this thread, some of the replies were spot on for me. Was the person really mayabang or hambog or was it just how I perceived him/her to be? In either case, I think I've lived long enough in this world and have dealt with enough people to know the difference. The ONLY thing important to me is how those people can affect me. I think I am secure enough with who I am, my accomplishments, and what I have to allow them to. They can keep acting the way they do, that's their business, and the way other people will perceive them will be THEIR problem. Why make it mine?

[SIZE=2]hehe, I just thought of something funny, I bet some might find my words mayabang hehehe...[/SIZE]