Note: The author identity and  analyse the landscape of Filipino habits. Some of them are still  practised to where they migrated.  Some habits die hard. In the eyes of the foreigners, Filos are the best people in the world ... easy to get along with: kind, generous and hospitable, etc. That's only part of their humanitarian social traits seen on the outer skin. But not so with their fellowmen especially their own kins.  Read on... #TheFILOsopher Special Series  By Rado Gatchalian  (FREE TO SHARE) The word mentality derives from the root word mental, from Latin ‘mens’ which means ‘mind’. The mind is a process in our brain such as thinking, remembering, reasoning, reflecting, and all other cognitive activities.  Culturally and sociologically, certain groups of people or race have specific “collective thinking” or “social consciousness”. Through this dynamic and complex social evolution – the people have developed a mental habit in their subconsciousnes...