What's the difference between sosi, pa sosi and mayabang?

[Alpha_One]

sosi - has ipod. privately listens to tunes while watching sunset atop private hillside/beachfront retreat.

pa-sosi - has ipod. goes to mall wearing the device like a dogtag.

mayabang - walang ipod. bumili ng ipod earphone look-alike. pinagmamalaki sa iba na maganda talaga ang tugtog pag ipod ang player at hindi mumurahing mp3 player lang.

Bulls-eye! Cheap iPod lookalike FTW!

OT: Pangit naman nung stock iPod earphones eh. It sounds just like any ordinary earphone set, but isn't nearly as durable as the usual generic stuff. Or maybe it's just my cousins and their... ah, shall we say... heavy use of electronic equipment. I personally prefer those insert-type phones over the normal earbuds, kahit yung mumurahing klase lang.

OnT: It's not really just the clothes, the car keys, the gadgets, and the English. It's the attitude.

Sosy: Doesn't care if they're seen with all the stuff or not. They would have them anyway. Natural na, ika nga.
Pa-sosy: Tries to be seen with the "stuff".
Mayabang: May or may not have the stuff, but they'll brag about it anyway (usually about how expensive they got it, or the fact that that they're the only one in their group who has it.).

Example, relating to cars:

Sosy: Gets driven around in a Rolls Royce - when there's no helipad where he's going.
Pa-sosy: Borrows a friend's BMW for a date - even when he's got a perfectly good Toyota to drive around.
Mayabang: Logs into an Internet forum claiming to have "three years worth of savings" to spend on a Lamborghini and asks how much it would cost to import one into the Philippines. Shortly after, however, he'd be busted by saying something weird like some moronic trying-hard wigga/"fligga" sort of "thank you".

(Obviously, if you're rich enough to buy/import a Ferrari or Lamborghini, you either know how much it would cost you or you just wouldn't care.)

[Jun aka Pekto]

OnT: It's not really just the clothes, the car keys, the gadgets, and the English. It's the attitude.

Sosy: Doesn't care if he's seen with all the stuff or not. He would have them anyway.
Pa-sosy: Tries to be seen with the "stuff".
Mayabang: May or may not have the stuff, but they'll brag about it anyway (usually about how expensive they got it).

Yup. It's mainly attitude and perception. Whether it's "sosy" or not depends with the place and standards of living. What if a new Pinoy arrives here and sees all these kids with all manner of gadgets? Or cars.... some of these kids only have a permit and they're already driving fast cars like the SRT-4. Is the newcomer Pinoy still going to have the same attitude? Probably not unless maybe it was another Pinoy..... THAT would delve into the crab mentality part.

[Alpha_One]

Yup. It's mainly attitude and perception. Whether it's "sosy" or not depends with the place and standards of living. What if a new Pinoy arrives here and sees all these kids with all manner of gadgets? Or cars.... some of these kids only have a permit and they're already driving fast cars like the SRT-4. Is the newcomer Pinoy still going to have the same attitude? Probably not unless maybe it was another Pinoy..... THAT would delve into the crab mentality part.

True, it depends where you are. If you live in a place where all the gadgets and sh** are standard issue, you're no longer as "sosy" because the gadgets are nothing special anymore. Being sosy is about being special, right?

Nice observation on Pinoy jealous with Pinoy thing. tsupermario pretty much got it right...

imho, inaatake ka lang ng inggit if you are secretly wishing you were him

My theory is that Pinoys envy Pinoys because it's much easier for someone to project himself onto someone "just like him".

[Jun aka Pekto]

It's a good thing this is coming out on the open rather than letting it simmer inside. I've always felt there are serious social issues in the Philippines, especially the disconnect between rich and poor. The first step to solving it is acknowledging the problem. Then hopefully someday, it'll be solved.

My whole attitude on the issue is there's always someone richer, more fortunate, better-looking, and more skillful than me no matter what. It's best to just do my best and not worry about how I compare to others.

Add: Looks like we lost Starbucks somewhere again.... Ooops. That was the other thread. My bad.

[Alpha_One]

My whole attitude on the issue is there's always someone richer, more fortunate, better-looking, and more skillful than me no matter what. It's best to just do my best and not worry about how I compare to others.

This is a good attitude. Admittedly, I used to be part of the "mayabang" crowd back in high school - to the point that I even borrowed a cellphone from my cousin just to make it look like I had one. You know, arrogant angsty teenager who thought he's invincible. Now I want to toss the phone into the middle of EDSA.

There's nothing worse to someone who think he's the best than meeting someone who's better - and there are load of those better people. The ego falls fifty stories and shatters on the ground, as the "mayabang" person secretly feels jealous and utterly useless.

[Jun aka Pekto]

Here, the standards of living are well enough that it's hard to be regarded as "mayabang". But sometimes, I do try to be "maporma" which is an entirely different issue. But, the wrong perception can be made if it were in the Philippines.

Sometimes on a hot day, I'd drive shirtless with shades on, rock music blaring, laid back with left hand on the steering wheel and right arm draped on the back cushion of the front passenger seat. If I smoked, I'd have a yosi to complete the image. But I don't. So skip that part. My wife would say, "Ang porma mo masyado" or something like that. I'd reply back, "Just for you, honey". She'd retort, "Heh! Hurry up, drive me to work and you better pick me up at 5 sharp!" ...even though she has her own car.

[Zeus]

Maybe some people are pa-sosi because they wanted to penetrate the social circles, they wanted to be accepted for business purposes Example is the movie Zorro... Antonio Banderas disguises as Don Alejandro, he wanted to penetrate the circle of Don Montero(his enemy) He acted as a rich Don(pa-sosi), he secretly practices and learned the styles and attitude of the rich like practicing how to dance. So dancing(social dancing) is also sosi points Tama ba?

[empy]

case in point: the Starbucks thread.

what is the problem? is it people trying to project an image and irritating everyone around them, or is it a problem of magkakape ka nga lang, pinupuna ka pa ng ibang tao who assume all kinds of things about you?

i'm sure sometimes it's the first case, and sometimes it's the second. i know that "mayabang" is a term used just as much to put down somebody you envy, as it is to refer to the truly arrogant.

[Jun aka Pekto]

This is a good attitude. Admittedly, I used to be part of the "mayabang" crowd back in high school - to the point that I even borrowed a cellphone from my cousin just to make it look like I had one. You know, arrogant angsty teenager who thought he's invincible. Now I want to toss the phone into the middle of EDSA.

I'm the opposite when I was in the Philippines. I kept relatively quiet and dressed simply, kept my circle of friends relatively small. But once other schoolmates found out more about me, many started dragging me with them to like say, Shakeys which was the "in thing" back then. I didn't really care for such crowds and would've left except they covered my meal. Plus, there always was a number of pretty mestizas they hooked up with. So, I just "went with the flow" and invited them home for lunch or dinner to even the score.

[tsupermario]

My whole attitude on the issue is there's always someone richer, more fortunate, better-looking, and more skillful than me no matter what. It's best to just do my best and not worry about how I compare to others.

reminds me of a saying: "hindi lahat binibigay ng diyos sa iyo." kaya ako cute nga pero bingi naman :bwahaha: :twak: