I'm from the Philippines and the culture here is very warm/friendly. People here like to smile a lot and talk to anyone like as if they're best friends. Filipinos are becoming quite modern, gone are the days when people have to attend family reunions for Christmas and New Year- Filipinos love to have a good time and travel during holidays and even during the summer, so it's quite difficult to catch up with relatives during the holidays/summer vacation cause they're usually gone