#9 Pictures

Image linked from Flickr user [Terence]

Image linked from Flickr user junsjazz

Arguably more prolific in the area of taking and posing for pictures than other snap-happy Asians, Filipinos are innately attuned to react to or effect the click of a camera shutter. From merry family gatherings, rambunctious nights with barkada (“close circle of friends”), benign stand-in-front-of-tourist-landmark opportunities presented by leisure travel, to horrendous privacy-invading moments at places of work that involve the usually unsuspecting but increasingly informed general public, Filipinos are Scout-ready with their cameras to memorialize good times and bad.