I was one of the performers in red and the umbrella all of my classmates were so excited to see a vlogger filming us 😂

@ThatPhilippinesLife

5 ай бұрын

Absolutely love those outfits! You did great on stage too

Wow, you're in with the council, the mayor and the governor! You're so well connected in Roxas City, they have really rolled out the red carpet for you. Maybe they are trying to attract more foreigners to the city and Capiz? Thanks for sharing; you have to be one of the hardest working vloggers I've seen.

@tryscience

5 ай бұрын

I totally agree, I think Mike is one of the best of the best vloggers, works long hours, generously gave his hugely successful channel to his ex, really an old school gentleman. 😎🤙

@Scamander1417

5 ай бұрын

Yeah. That's a good thing. We need more exposure and Mike is doing a great job. He's been to places in Capiz I haven't even been to yet!

@ThatPhilippinesLife

5 ай бұрын

It's good for tourism, great to see them embrace visitors to the area

Travelling to Philippines in March. You have made the choice a lot easier for me. Roxas city it is. Thank Mike great content!!!❤

@ThatPhilippinesLife

5 ай бұрын

Great to hear! Maybe I'll be joining you not sure just yet

@mohamedalkaboom

5 ай бұрын

Great video

OMG I SAW MYSELF ON THE FLOAT I SAID HAPPY NEW YEAR

@ThatPhilippinesLife

5 ай бұрын

Happy new year! Good job on the float

@Yourstrawberrypie

5 ай бұрын

@@ThatPhilippinesLife thx!

Thank you for promoting Capiz Mike. Am glad that are enjoying our hospitality here.

@ThatPhilippinesLife

5 ай бұрын

It's such a pleasure, wonderful place and people

Just saw this video coz my daughter sent me the link..She just wanted me to see their performance..Awesome video. Btw two of the performer are my kids.

@ThatPhilippinesLife

5 ай бұрын

Fantastic

Hi I am one of the performers too I hope u you enjoy your stay in Roxas City, Capiz(The costume with purple top and blue bottom)

@ThatPhilippinesLife

5 ай бұрын

Awesome costumes, so much great energy

AHH OMG ITS MEE! I WAS ONE OF THE 6TH GRADERS

@joemvelez6222

5 ай бұрын

Halaa sino ka

@ThatPhilippinesLife

5 ай бұрын

So talented and you all looked amazing

@aucxii

5 ай бұрын

​@@joemvelez6222hala sino ka din

Nice video Mike, really enjoyed the Chinese dresses being used by the ladies, they are so pretty. Glad no one is screaming "cultural appropriation". Have always liked the Chinese dresses and was glad to see so many in this video. Thanks Mike....Jim

@ThatPhilippinesLife

5 ай бұрын

Yes that is luckily not a thing here, you are allowed to appreciate cultures here, also can more ladies wear these more often..these outfits are so classy!!

im so happy to meet you in real life!! I'm with the group of the jasmine flowers :) (the ones with green and yellow costumes with pink fans.)

@ThatPhilippinesLife

5 ай бұрын

Pleasure is all mine, love the outfits hope you got to keep the fans too

@vex9061

5 ай бұрын

@@ThatPhilippinesLife thanks! We do keep it for us to remember our dance :)

Love your videos. Your a great person. Keep up the good work.may God bless you.

@ThatPhilippinesLife

5 ай бұрын

Thank you so much

Salamat po! That's thank you in Tagalog hi my name's Freyel(my rel name)and I am part of the CCS school witch performed in the grade 5 Poseidon and Athena section and I hope you liked our performances especially our new lion and dragon dance😊😊😊

@ThatPhilippinesLife

5 ай бұрын

I sure did! I was so impressed everyone looked like the practiced for a year!

What a great celebration. You have the gift of friendly relations with most anybody you meet. I think Roxas City would be an excellent place to live and base your adventures from. You are really becoming a valuable asset to the Philippines as a promoter of these cities. All the costumes and women looked stunning. Your camera work is excellent. One of your best vids yet.

@ThatPhilippinesLife

4 ай бұрын

Thanks so much

Its plain to see why your first youtube channel was such a great success and now your second channel is on pace to surpassing the first channel your a great ambassador for all canadians while making connections with Governors, mayors of the Philippines in such a short ...continued success

Ayy! I was in there! During the parade and performance, my class found you because they remembered you :))

@ThatPhilippinesLife

5 ай бұрын

Awesome, you all were amazing. So talented

@mynjs

5 ай бұрын

@@ThatPhilippinesLife thank youuu!! My whole class found your KZread channel now they're coming to see this video

Thats nice Capiz will be the next distination

@ThatPhilippinesLife

5 ай бұрын

That's great make sure you check out the beach too

Keep the good vibes Mike🎉

First time they have done that??? Incredible. The kids are having a blast 👍👍👍

@BloxGamingYT17

5 ай бұрын

Absolutely greqt we like started at 4 pm and ended at 11pm at night

@davidscott820

5 ай бұрын

@@BloxGamingYT17 amazing night mate 👍

Great video, thanks for sharing

@ThatPhilippinesLife

5 ай бұрын

Thanks for watching!

Wow what a great video of Roxas City. I have come to love this place. Tuesday I do a tour of the city with circulo Travel. Also we are going to look at Apartments. Thank you for showing Roxas City.

@ThatPhilippinesLife

5 ай бұрын

Fantastic to hear if you run into any troubles or can't find what you need drop me a line I have met so many people there who were very helpful

Btw i hope you loved our dance we worked hard on it for you guys:>

Wow that was truly amazing. I felt like i was literally there. Thanks for all you do.

Just found your channel after searching for some videos on Iloilo, my future home!!. I enjoy your interactions with the great friendly people of the Philippines. My wife is from Iloilo and we are moving from Pittsburgh Pa area with our kids in a few years , I like to see how much the city and province areas are growing. Thank you! And safe travels brother.

@ThatPhilippinesLife

5 ай бұрын

You will love living in Iloilo!

HII I WAS ONE OF THE PERFORMERS WITH THE UMBRELLA!!

@ThatPhilippinesLife

5 ай бұрын

Love the costume and the dancing!

Thank soo much!🎊 🎉. Enjoyed your video so much 😊

i always whatch your videos good job

What an exuberant celebration !! 🎉🎉🎉 I'm surprised you still have your voice after talking with so many wonderful people! Fantastic video, highly recommend it! 😎👍👍💯

@ThatPhilippinesLife

5 ай бұрын

Thank you!

Hello Micheal We support You and Bianca, even though your Channel are seperated .Life and Vlog must go on.

@ThatPhilippinesLife

5 ай бұрын

Thank you

Wow, that was a great video. I was surprised to see that Philippines celebrating Chinese New!! Thank you for sharing!

@ThatPhilippinesLife

5 ай бұрын

Looks like it started back in 2011 and officially in 2014

THIS WAS AN AWESOME VIDEO. HAPPY CHINESE NEW YEAR FROM PENNSYLVANIA USA

@ThatPhilippinesLife

5 ай бұрын

Thank you

@ThatPhilippinesLife

5 ай бұрын

@@tryscience I'm confused you can't see my thank you comment?

@tryscience

5 ай бұрын

@@ThatPhilippinesLife now I can. Maybe it's some issue on this end. Sorry about that

"we made the mistake of being on time" 😂😂 Only in the Philippines can you show up late and still be early. That's so awesome that you got to meet the governor. Life is good. 🙏 Shout out to the lady from El Cortez. You use to be able to get a 40 oz beer there for $2. Sweet memories. 😂

@ThatPhilippinesLife

5 ай бұрын

Fantastic great to hear from you Lady from El Cortez

Wow powerful friends you got there mike.

Nice

Rojas city it is lol great job stay blessed

And we still came in with our umbrellas walking

wow thank you I want to live in Roxas now.

Welcome to Roxas City!!

YOOO GUYS IM THERE!!!! GUYS IM IN A DRAGON FLOAT TOO YAS!

@ThatPhilippinesLife

5 ай бұрын

Nice!! 🙂

@dont._.dox_hazard

5 ай бұрын

@@ThatPhilippinesLife i was the girl you told “was disappearing in her shell again” hahahahaha it was so fun! Thankyou for filming Us!

@ThatPhilippinesLife

5 ай бұрын

@@dont._.dox_hazard yay! Hello glad you hatched

@dont._.dox_hazard

5 ай бұрын

​@@ThatPhilippinesLifei didint know you were a famous youtuber imma tell my classmates❤❤❤

@dont._.dox_hazard

4 ай бұрын

​@@ThatPhilippinesLifeBtw im not an egg🥲

You’re vlog is shining bright in the Philippines. It’s all good and no dramaguete. lol !

@ThatPhilippinesLife

5 ай бұрын

😁

out of all the chinese new year performances we had this was the best one so far

O my God I was in the video the first one find me I am hiing

@ThatPhilippinesLife

4 ай бұрын

Hello!

I like the vibes there than in manila. It's more organized there while manila is typically chaotic. Glad to see there's no crazy trend there like in manila like having chicks duck on the head.

@ThatPhilippinesLife

5 ай бұрын

I heard there was a massive dragon made of drones in the sky, I agree on chaotic though Manila has a lot of people!

Happy year of the dragon brah......looks like fun. Im familiar with Chinese new year from my work at UPS in downtown Houston, delivering Chinatown area near Minutemaid park.

@ThatPhilippinesLife

5 ай бұрын

It's great to experience different cultures, clearly for me since I moved to the Philippines 😂

👍👍👍

Gov Castro has been a former Congressman also

Wow Roxas City really went all out to celebrate Chinese New Year. Wondering if there’s a big Chinese community there?

@ThatPhilippinesLife

5 ай бұрын

As you can see in the video there sure is

@jsully4064

5 ай бұрын

@MrDac0964 My filipina wifes grandfather was Chinese and believe the Chinese have had a lot of influence in the Philippines, so it is cool to see this video. My wife is from Cebu and says yes, the Chinese New Year is celebrated in the Philippines.

⛩️🧧🧨🎊❤️‍🔥 Gung Hay Fat Choy, Michael!

@That Philippines Life. Michael me and my girlfriend celebrated Chinese New year last January in Makati before i went back home and it was really colourful and cool.❤

@ThatPhilippinesLife

5 ай бұрын

I saw online the amazing celebrations there as well as Eastwood township. Incredible

Congrats on 20k. 30 next

@ThatPhilippinesLife

5 ай бұрын

Thank you!!

Those umbrellas are called PARASOLS.

w vid

Gung Hay Fat Chow !!! 😊

I just asked my asawa why does the Philippines celebrate Chinese New Year and she said she didn't know. They didn't celebrate it when she was going to school there. Anyone know why?

@ThatPhilippinesLife

5 ай бұрын

I was surprised that was they're very first one considering how many people have roots in China in other big cities in the philippines they have been celebrating it for a very long time

@rosemendez931

5 ай бұрын

In Iloilo they celebrate Chinese New Year coz there are many Chinese schools in the city plus they’re part of the progress of the Iloilo. The Filipino Chinese community are bit rampant in the whole of Panay as well.

@Scamander1417

5 ай бұрын

I think the Chinese people came here to have a successful and prosperous life. I think they came here to escape the increased penetration of the private sector by the Chinese Communist Party. And I think they hate the CCP too, as much as I do.

@JerryBellasFinalChapter-py2pu

5 ай бұрын

@@ThatPhilippinesLife I ended up googling it. It became a national holiday in 2011, that's why the wife didn't know. She's been here in the states since the late 80s. It gave several reasons, such as cleaning to keep evil spirits out, Also relationship healing among other reasons. Very interesting.

Can you tell us what you think is better in Roxas and better in Dumaguete? Are there as many western expats there?

@ThatPhilippinesLife

5 ай бұрын

Very few western expats in Roxas city. It's a small provincial city that I can see that I'll be the next Iloilo. In 3 to 5 years, Iloilo doesn't have many expats too though. Dumaguete will likely keep its same size and feel for years to come. I get it's appeal for retirement

Which city has a greater potential for becoming a significant city in the Philippines? Roxas City, the capital seafood in the country, or Dumaguete City, the city of gentle people.

@ThatPhilippinesLife

5 ай бұрын

It's what I have been saying lately so I agree

The teleprompter or whatever you call it you use is terrible. Good thing you do such a great job! Lol 😂 keep it up mister!

@ThatPhilippinesLife

5 ай бұрын

Hmm the go pro? It's not great at night hope to replace with the newest DJI that looks like go pro but better at night soon

Roxas capiz province of China

@ThatPhilippinesLife

5 ай бұрын

New York and San Francisco have been celebrating since 1954... It's celebrated around the world. I can't imagine you have something against an entire race of people?

@rollydiaresco3682

4 ай бұрын

Because China bullied Filipino fishermen in west Philippines sea and I don’t like that

Meeting all the dignitaries, and real people too! Don't get a swelled head! That was fun!

@ThatPhilippinesLife

5 ай бұрын

Never I just be me, I love everyone

@wintersojourn9356

5 ай бұрын

Truly, you (Michael) “never met a stranger”. So many corrections always on pronunciations, production choices, etc., so I am a bit reluctant to add another. No critical tone accompanies it, though. An FYI. You were probably using the term generally for “shirt”, but that wasn’t a barong or barong Tagalog. It was a changshan. (Late comment, no reply requested if you even read this)

Kung Hei Fat Choi

Michael, why would Filipinos celebrate Chinese New Year ?. P S, I saw a sign as you were walking at the gas station. 62.05 Peso's correct for gas ?. That equals' $1.11 cents correct ?.

@ThatPhilippinesLife

5 ай бұрын

There are a great deal of chinese filipino people here. When i put the video up of the american thanksgiving being celebrated here i didn't get a single comment like this

@ThatPhilippinesLife

5 ай бұрын

That sounds about right for the gas prices per litre

@don19655

5 ай бұрын

Super, now i know why everybody over there can ride a Motorcycle.

@edj3873

5 ай бұрын

Lots of Filipinos with Chinese ancestry in Cebu too

Why would the Philippines celebrate Chinese new year ?

Out of respect to Chinese community that's why there is Chinese New Year here in the Philippines, there are so many Chinese Nationals here and big companies owned by pilipino Chinese

@ThatPhilippinesLife

5 ай бұрын

Very true and it's also celebrated in major cities like toronto new york city for example

Why does the Philippines celebrate "Chinese" new year? It's not Chinese per se, but the Lunar New Year. It just happens that there are a lot of Filipinos who have Chinese heritage, and they're the ones who spearhead this celebration. The Philippines is still Asia, after all.

@ThatPhilippinesLife

5 ай бұрын

It's celebrated in every major city all over the world.

@eagleeyes9112

5 ай бұрын

@@ThatPhilippinesLife primarily to cater to their East Asian population's culture.

Please dont call it Chinese Year. It is Lunar New Year. I'm sure many of our friends in Vietnam, Thailand, Cambodia, Korea, Singapore, Indonesia, Laos, Myanmar, Malaysia even Taiwan dont want to hear it called Chinese New Year.

@ThatPhilippinesLife

5 ай бұрын

It's what the province called it...please contact them..also Iloilo called it that...manila...you'll be busy lol

@ronaldtaylor4530

5 ай бұрын

Filos are lazy and follow the bullsh... . You should know that. You answer is also lazy @@ThatPhilippinesLife

Why are the Pilipinos going to extremes celebrating Chinese new year when they’re not Chinese? Seems strange. I can see this happening in China town, sure. Also why celebrate the Chinese when the Philippines are always getting big time harassed by them in the South China Sea? The Chinese are not big friends to the Pilipinos, so why this fuss for a foreign celebration

@ThatPhilippinesLife

5 ай бұрын

Been going on since 2011 the president at the time made it national in 3014 it's not new just typically of larger cities, as cities grow so do the festivals

@ThatPhilippinesLife

5 ай бұрын

Please don't make everything political and hating on an entire race is never cool

@nanrauntown1396

5 ай бұрын

Philippine late National hero Dr Jose Rizal had Hokkien Chinese ancestors who migrated to Phillipines in late 17th century. His mother's lineage can be traced to the affluent Florentina family of Chinese mestizo families originating in Baliuag, Bulacan. Most Pinoys are mixed with Spanish, Chinese and native Filipino people. In Thailand Most Thais are mixed with Teochew and Thai native people. There are wide spread big celebration in East Asia and South East Asia. Even Japan before Meiji restoration celebrated lunar new year. After Meiji restoration they adapted western calendar. Manila Chinatown is the oldest one in this world.

you can tell it's home made and not some MSG filled food? You know that's racist, right? and just when you're attending a Chinese festival? i hope you be careful with what you say. it's offensive tbh (im sure you or some people would say I am over reacting or too sensitive).

@ThatPhilippinesLife

5 ай бұрын

Umm...msg is used in most fast food and processed food..and it wasn't invented in China..what the heck are you talking about? "Monosodium glutamate (MSG) is a flavor enhancer often added to restaurant foods, canned vegetables, soups, deli meats and other foods."

@wintersojourn9356

5 ай бұрын

Glad you responded & very precisely, Michael. You can’t reply to every criticism, but this was definitely a “huh?” moment. I get that we can all have a bad day, even vlog viewers. But definitely overreacting & oversensitive, & imo misplaced criticism, esp use of word “racist”…& this is coming from a sensitive person. I’m Princess & the Pea sensitive! 😊😏🤷🏽‍♀️

@wintersojourn9356

5 ай бұрын

P.s. there’s a lot of MSG in many processed foods too, in Western nations’ groceries. Not at all limited to Chinese or Asian processed foods….soups, sauces, ready made sandwiches, chips, etc….Doritos Ranch style, i believe! Ok I’ll stop. I like the OG poster’s probable intention to defend Chinese restaurateurs, but gotta consider the speaker’s intention, also. He meant it tasted fresh & homemade & tasty.

@TheWickedWizard09

5 ай бұрын

@ThatPhilippinesLife exactly why i said it is racist. why bring up MSG in a chinese fest when in fact it was a Japanese who invented that?! you know that for sure but i doubt that you understood the context of my comment... and i agree, MSG is used in a lot of food but I KNOW THAT YOU KNOW that chinese food is usually the center topic when it comes to MSG. YOU KNOW THAT it is the stereotype. right???

@TheWickedWizard09

5 ай бұрын

@wintersojourn9356 really, a huh moment? why even bring it up to begin with? YOU KNOW FOR A FACT that the reason why you brought it up was because, even if you dont admit it, there is unconscious bias towards chinese food containing MSG, now tell me if you didnt regard it as that 😀

This video is an absolute treasure trove of wisdom and inspiration! I'm blown away by the way you articulate complex ideas with such ease and clarity. Your passion for the subject matter is contagious, and it kept me engaged from start to finish. I've taken copious notes and plan to implement your advice into my daily life. Thank you for sharing your expertise and for being an incredible source of motivation. You've earned yourself a dedicated fan, and I can't wait to explore more of your content! ��

Thank soo much!🎊 🎉. Enjoyed your video so much 😊

@ThatPhilippinesLife

5 ай бұрын

Thank you 🙏