Filipinos get a kick out of Tagalog 'please keep quiet' sign posted inside bus in Taoyuan, Taiwan
Taiwan News
Date: 2019/10/17
By: Keoni Everington, Taiwan News, Staff Writer
TAIPEI (Taiwan News) — Filipinos are getting a big chuckle out of a sign spotted inside a bus in
“Please: Don’t make noise!” (Photo by Ariel Abalos)
A photo of the sign inside a bus first appeared on the Filipino migrant worker Facebook page Mga Pasyalan Sa Taiwan on Monday (Oct. 14) and was quickly shared that same day on website OFW Buddy and Facebook page Siklab PINOY SA Taiwan before being shared the next day PINOY Refresher. The posts drew many comments from Filipino migrant workers, who were amused at the sign's contents and the fact that only Tagalog was present, as opposed to Mandarin and the languages of other major migrant worker nationalities, such as Indonesian and Vietnamese.
The full text of the sign reads "Pakisuyo: Huwag Maingay!" which in Tagalog means "Please: don't be noisy!" Another photo on the page showed a Chinese version below the Tagalog sign, which read "Please keep quiet when inside the bus" (車內請保持安靜).
The photos were taken by Ariel Abalos, who lamented on Mga Pasyalan Sa Taiwan: "Reminder to all Filipinos here in Taiwan. Sadly, there are Filipino words and a Chinese translation written inside the bus." Abalos told Taiwan News that the photos were taken on Sunday evening (Oct. 13) at 7 p.m. as he rode the bus from the Taoyuan High Speed Rail Station to Taoyuan's Zhongli District.
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