tomtaylor Posted December 8, 2011 Posted December 8, 2011 Or are they the same? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bruce Posted December 8, 2011 Posted December 8, 2011 The first is a Pinoy / Pinay with a job in another country. The 2nd, will be explained by Art2ro...... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Forum Support Old55 Posted December 8, 2011 Forum Support Posted December 8, 2011 An OFW is a Filipino who works outside of Philippines. Not sure what Bruce is trying to say to do with Art, Art is or was not an OFW, Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bruce Posted December 8, 2011 Posted December 8, 2011 Art is a proud FilAm! Which is (sorry Art) a person of Pinoy decent or citizenship who then becomes an American Citizen. There is a bit of difference with the generations. As a FilAm will produce baby Americans who, when grown up, deny ever eating balut! Hehehehe It is an aquired taste, you know...... 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr Lee Posted December 8, 2011 Posted December 8, 2011 Or are they the same? A Fil/Am is exactly that, a Filipino who either grew up in the US or relocated and lived there for an extended amount of time. An OFW is a person who leaves the Philippines on contract work to another country, any country other than the Philippines, so not necessarily the US. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Art2ro Posted December 8, 2011 Posted December 8, 2011 Yup, I concur with what everyone says above, but I'm also a "Balikbayan" (a U.S. citizen, Filipino tourist) on a 6 month visa extension, because I'm not yet a Dual Citizen and my one year BB stamp has expired! Haven't ate balut lately, but my wife loves the stuff! :lol: 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Forum Support Old55 Posted December 8, 2011 Forum Support Posted December 8, 2011 Hey Art, that stuff gives you "strong knees" so they say. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jollygoodfellow Posted December 8, 2011 Posted December 8, 2011 All this time I thought :89:OFW = Old Fat WomanFilam = Insert in to your Kodak Camera 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Hounddriver Posted December 8, 2011 Posted December 8, 2011 I don't know if she is correct, (Art help me out here), but my wife calls any girl who was born and raised in the Philippines but is the product of an American father and a filipina mother a: filam Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ekimswish Posted December 8, 2011 Posted December 8, 2011 (edited) Someone called my kids "Filams" on my last trip back, even though they've lived their whole lives in Asia, and only the older one's been back to Canada for a week and a half, and I'M NOT AMERICAN, but he knows all of that already. Edited December 8, 2011 by ekimswish Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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