- who wowould you rarather see e in a speededo? wolf b blitzer, dr. sanjayay gupta, oror anderson n cooper? - [groanans] that's a t tough one.. - no. . no, actualally, therere's an easasy answer.. - none of f them. - really?? - inin a speedo?o? you u know what t is a speed? - - it's thosese bathing s su- - - it's a bananana hammocock. . - vevery narrow w bathing sus. - - oh! - it's a f french stylyle bathining suit. so if somemeone's runnnning in s slow motionon down the e bh in a sililver lamé s speedo, of thosese three, who would d you choosese? - - [laughs] i don't t know. - - come on, it's andererson cooperer. the guy, l like, worksks out. ththat's a gooood-looking g . - - does he? hehe works out? i don't knknow. - - you disappppoint me, éric, you reallyly do. [allll] cheers.. - ganbeiei. - gaganbei.

wowow, you tooook it serio. - yoyou become me anand more chihinese. [a[all laughining] [upbeat music] - - ♪ ooh, , ooh, ooh,, ooh, o ooh, ooh ♪ [h[horns honkiking] ♪ yeah-h-eh ♪ herere we are,, arms a around eachch other♪ ♪ white scecene, prpretty lighthts all over♪ ♪ s snow is falalling and everyoyone seems i in lo♪ - [s[speaking nanative langug] ♪ - ♪ santa's s sleigh bellls riringing in t the distancn♪ ♪ i'm waiaiting for m my miste anand kisses ♪ - happppy new yearar. - ♪ i i'll remembmber this mt for the rerest of my l life ♪ ♪ - - early chriristmas, - oh, my g gosh.

this is frfrom albert.t. - ♪ it't's christmamastime - wewe have a rerequest from thehe audience.e. [drumsmsticks clicicking rhrhythmicallyly] [u[upbeat rockck music] boboth: [singiging in a foreigign languagege] ♪ - ♪ s sha la, la,a, la, la ♪ sha la,a, la, la, l la - ♪ s sha la, la,a, la - ♪ sha la,a, la, la, l la ♪ s sha la, la,a, la, la, l a [seagulllls squawkining] [instrumumental versrsion f "g"god bless y ye merry gegentl] ♪

bobourdain: 't'twas the wek bebefore chrisistmas, whwhen all thrhrough the h h, not a crcreature wasas stirr, not even a a mouse. [h[horns honkiking] actualally, that's's not true at a all. metrtro manila,, buststling, sprarawling, southeast t asian capipital of the phihilippines,, hohome to somemewhere betwtn 1212 to 20 milillion peopl, the worlrld's most d densey populated d city. - ♪ i i light a c candle, pt the e presents ' 'round the e♪ bourdainin: bubut it is chchristmas... - ♪ the soundnd of carolsls filllls the air r ♪ boururdain: a twtwinkly, festive e wonderlandnd where the e mostly catholicic populatioion take theirir holiday s season very sereriously. - hello. merry chriristmas. boururdain: because e filipinos s are, for reasonons i have y yet toto figure ouout, prprobably thehe most givig ofof all peoplple on the p p. - hellllo.

bourdadain: thinkk i'm m talking shshit? keep watatching. [engngine revvining] - ♪ this timeme of year ♪ we kissssed beneathth the mimistle... ♪ [indisistinct chatatter] - - whoo. let't's go. lelet's go. lelet's go. - good aftfternoon, eveveryon. we a are the banand called k ke. [drurumsticks clclicking rhythmicalally] [upbeat t percussiveve music] [basass guitar e enters] ♪ [airplane e engine roaoaring] - [s[speaking inindistincty over p pa] - - bye-bye. bobourdain: "o"ofw" standsdr "overseas s filipino w worke" and they a are one off the phphilippine's's larget and mostst importantnt export: peopople.

go abrbroad. make moneyey. imprprove the ququality of l e fofor the wholole family.. all overer the worldld, the philippipines sends s archit, doctctors, coconstructionon workers,, nunurses, housusekeepers, , n. the e entire phihilippine ececoy relies heaeavily on t the money s sent back by more ththan 10 millllion ofw, roughly y 30 billionon u.s.s. dollars a a year, oror about 10%0% of t the nation'n's gdp. ♪ untitil recentlyly, afafter domeststic workersr, ththe largest t category o os were m musicians..... ♪ lilike filipinino cover bab. ththey're evererywhere, on cruisise ships, in hototel lobbieses, barsrs, and, of f course, in mananila, whwhere the cocompetition n is e and d the penaltlties for nonot gettingg a bebeloved bikeker favorite, likeke--i don't t know, billy ididol--can bebe seve. ♪

[playingng billy idodol's "whihite weddingng"] ♪ - ♪ hey littltle sist, what h have you dodon♪ ♪ ♪ h hey little e sister, who's ththe only onene? ♪ ♪ ♪ h hey little e sister, who's yoyour supermaman? ♪ ♪ heyey little sisister, who's the e one you wawant? ♪ ♪ heyey little sisister, shotn alall: ♪ i it's a nicece dy to s start againin ♪ ♪ come onon, it's a n nice dy for a whwhite weddining ♪

- - ♪ it's s a nice dayay o - ♪ statart again ♪ come e on, it's a a nice dy for a a white wedddding ♪ ♪ yeaeah, it's's a nice daday to ♪ - - ♪ startrt again bobourdain: knknow this, pampereded rock-and-d-roll sta, at any g given momenent, somemewhere in t the philipppp, there isis at least t one pers, and prprobably manany more, who cacan step inn and do y your act betterer than youu and afteter only a c couple of hours p practice. ♪ - - [shouts inin native lalangu] [laughghter] all: [ [speaking i in native languagege] [horns hononking] [u[upbeat percrcussive musus] ♪ - hey,y, mon. jolly afteternoon. bourdain: : it is trueue that i i lie to mymy daughter and d tell her

ththat ronald d mcdonald has bebeen implicacated inin the disapappearance of smamall childreren, that i i sneer at t fast fo, revile i it at everyry opportun. but i amam also a hyhypocri, becacause to me,e, fililipino chainin jollibeee is the wackiest, jolllliest place on earth.. - thank k you. - hi, , sir. jolllly afternoooon. - hehello. hi. - jolly y afternoon.n. - could d i have a j jolly spagi withth the hot d dogs on it,t, ? - yes, s sir. - okokay. alalso, chickekenjoy. thank you.u. - - thank you,u, sir. jolly afafternoon. - - [laughs] w welcome to o jol. there e are over 9 900 of thehese thingss all overer the 7,00000-plus philippinene islands and a wholole lot more interernationallyly wherever t there are homesickck filipinosos. there'e's a jollibibee in n new jersey,y, by the wa. - [singingng in nativeve lang] ♪

- i hate m mascots. - hey, m m. jolllly afterno. - you knknow they fafart in thohose suits.. oh, yeahah, chicken n and spagh, anand not justst any spaghghe. i i think it's's, likeke, sweet, b banana, ketchuhup-y stuff f with hot d. ththat spaghetetti's deranan, yet t strangely y alluring.. [upbeat elelectronic m music] ohoh, it's notot a burger.. itit's rice. do i e eat it in a a piece? do i pour r sinister b brown sa? i don'n't know whahat it's fo. ♪ oh, thatat's awesomeme. that's's what you u do withth the brownwn stuff.

ugh, i i hate myseself. - hey, monon. jolllly afternoooon. bourdain: : did i mentntion it's chrisistmas? the 7,000-0-plus islanands ththat make upup the phililis ranknk number onone, accordining toto internet t scienticiaia, when i it comes toto celebrag ththe jolliestst time of y . - [s[speaking inin native lalan] bourdainin: holiday y cheer begins a a full 100 0 days bebefore the 2 25th of decec, which h means therere's a lot to d do in this s town, esespecially i if you likeke crg other r people's p parties. - all l right. let the paparty start.t. all: [spspeaking indndistinct] boururdain: welclcome to thehn continenents travel l & tou' corpororate christstmas par, held in n the fabulolous babanquet roomom of the d downtown pearl l garden hototel. ououtstandi. [upbeat t music] - - ♪ deck k the hallss with bououghs of hololly ♪

all: ♪ fa la l la la la la la lala la ♪ - ♪ 'titis the seasason all l be jolly ♪ all: ♪ fa lala la la laa la la a la la ♪ - soso cheers. - cheersrs, everybodody. - merrrry christmamas. - memerry christstmas. - vevery catholilic country? - very catatholic coununtry, ababout 80-somomething pererc. christmamas starts i in septem. - realally? septemember. - it statarts in sepeptember. you go to o the mall.. you start t hearing ththeir car, and ththen it endsds after-- - i i would losese my mind.. - yeah.. so a at 12:00 mimidnight ofof septemberer 1, everyone g greets "merry chrhristmas" onon faceb. - yeah.. - it's a a lechón on thehe menu, i b believe? [togetheher] yeyeah. - i hahave very fofond memoris ofof the last t time i had lelechón in ththe philipp. in fact, n not to kissss your , but it i is the finenest... - pig.g. - pig g i've ever r had. amazing. [l[light musicic fromom "the nutctcracker"] bobourdain: prproviding ththe babies to o holiday paparties is big b business, and ststandards hehere, where popork is kingng and te lechón thehe best in t the worl, vevery, very h high. ♪

today y our littlele friend is preparered the old-d-school : turnrned slowly,y, slowly on a spit t over coalsls for ho. oh, delicicious, delicious s lechón. ♪ [upbeat t music] - you u know, during t this time o of the , therere's a lott of chrhristmas pararties, and the lelechón is alalways ththe star of f the party.. - - they gaugege how grand the e party is by the preresence of the l lechón, so if you u have two l lechón, you must b be a big shshot. - man, t that is gooood pig. ♪ - so, lilike, my n name is jimimmy bodesa. i am t the hr direre, and i'm alalso the hapappiness u of thehe philippini! all: whohoo! - so we e have to bebe happy because itit's time toto be jo! - yay. - [speaks s in native e langua] [upbpbeat music]c] ♪ - your tasaste of chriristma. ♪ dasashing throuough the snw in a a one-horsese open sleie♪

bourdain: : as we all l know, one mustst at a holididay party,, drinink, then g get drunk and tetell off thehe boss. this i i expectedd and d was preparared to do,, but ththe games i i was a little s surprised b by. ladieses. [lauaughter] alall: ♪ j jingle belllls, jingngle bells ♪ ♪ j jingle all l the way ♪ oh, whahat fun it i is to re in a o one-horse o open sleig♪ ♪ - oh, , i don't hahate this. bourdain: : then, if i rememember correcectl, i tototally kickcked ass at te of drunknken musicalal chai. bubut i can't t be ababsolutely c certain. ♪ - ♪ j jingle belllls, jingngle bells ♪ ♪ jiningle all ththe way, oh what fufun ♪ boururdain: i totold them i i wb from accccounting. - ♪ j jingle belllls, jingngle bells ♪ - damn, , girl. bourdainin: when thehey find, ththings couldld get awkwawa. - ♪ oh, whwhat fun it t is to rided♪ ♪ in n a one-horsrse open sleh

♪ all: ♪ jingle e bells, jingle belells ♪ ♪ jinglgle all the e way ♪ o oh, what fufun it is totoe in a one-h-horse open n sleig♪ ♪ h hey, jinglele bells, jingle b bells ♪ ♪ jingle alall the wayy ♪ oh, what t fun it is s to re alall: ♪ i in a one-hohorse opopen sleigh h ♪ - - whoo! - oh, my g go. [cheerers and laugughter]

[upbpbeat rock m music] [ligight flute music] ♪ [upbpbeat guitarar music] ♪ - [chahanting in n native langn] - [chantnting in natative lalanguage] ♪ - hehello. hahalo-halo, p please. - one halolo-halo. ♪

- thanks s so much. thank yoyou, ladies.s. - thank k you, s. - - mmm, this s is wonderfrf. i dodon't even k know what h f ofof these ingngredients a a. i i mean, it's's deliciousu, but t how is it t made? whwhat's in itit? let't's find outut. [upbpbeat music]c] - - halo-halo!o! bourdainin: "halo-hahalo" means "mixix-mix." - - banana. bourdadain: and it is s delicious.s... - nata d de coco. monggo. - lookining good. bobourdain: anan icy, milk, tetechnicolor r concoction of sundrdry sweet mumung bean, candieied fruits, , and gelati. ♪ - swsweet coconunut. - ohoh, yeah. - mimilk. fifinish yoursrs. fininish yours.. ♪ - thisis is a wondnderful creae. mmm, it's got t that kind o of, li, after r you let ththe fruit loops mamarinate in n the mik fofor a while,e, the milk k d ofof tastes lilike this.

- - [whines] - yeyeah, you wawant? - thank k you! yoyou say, "ththank you!"" - - that's oka. vevery satisfyfying. yeah, i i recommend d it. [lauaughter] - [spepeaking in n native langn] [ligight percussssive musi] ♪ [u[upbeat elecectronic musus] ♪ all: [ [singing inindistinctl]

♪ we e wish you a merry y christmas s ♪ - [speakining in nativive langu] ♪ [dog b barks] - now sisisig. - all riright, the s sisig. whwhoa. all: [spspeaking natative langu] - this looooks really y good. bourdain:: nighght in metroro manila, anand i'm readady for my s se favoritete filipino o street , possibibly the besest thing you cocould ever e eat with a a cold beerer. i'm tatalking, of f course, about t sisig, hohot, sizzlining pig face with a a runny egggg on to, and,d, bitch, yoyou better ask sosomebody, because e nothing isis gettg in betetween me

anand this spipicy, chewy, fatty y goodness.. - just m mix it up a and go? - exactly.y. - yes,s, right. - yes. - there's s a lot of sisig r restaurantsts her, but here's's one is ththe bes. - thisis is reallyly, really g. mmmmm. bourdadain: this e evening's d g cocompanions: : cover bandnd re. all: ♪ jinglgle bells, jingle b bells ♪ ♪ jiningle all ththe way bourdadain: you mamay rememberem from sucuch epic offifice christmtmas partis as lasast night's.s. [upbeaeat music] ♪ - ththis is the e christmas s s. a lot of c christmas p partie? - yeah. - therere's lot. - a lot ofof work? - yeyeah. - ththis is a bibig season.. - all ovover southeaeast asi, any hohotel lobby,y, any hohotel bar, there's s a filipinono . - exactly.y. - and d that is trtrue. - anand i've satat there dk and chchallenged b band after r. shirleley bassey, , no pro. all l of "dark s side of thehe " no probleme. alall of guns s n' r, no prorobl.

- - and that i is true. boururdain: musisic anand signing g are a hugege t ofof life in t the philippppi. so m making it a as a cover r b, bebeing sent a abroad to p perf, is a a big deal.l. but one e thing remains ththe same alwlway, to sucucceed, you u better bee to pick upup new matererial f. - whitney y houston, celinene dion, toni braraxton, beatatles, and d elvis presesley. - - how many s s inin your repepert? araround how m many? - - like, thouousands alrere. - and ifif you don't't kno, you prettyty much can n fake t real quiuick. - yeah.. - yeah.. [i[instrumentatal guitar v vn of "o chchristmas trtree"] - five y years from m now, whwhere would d you like t to? where wowould you le to b be playi? - - that's a g good questition. [laughteter] like, , my biggestst dream iss to plalay in las v vegas, the . this i is my dreamam. - whenen we get to the dreream, you knknow, playaying at lasas vegas, we want toto play firsrst whenen we get ththere,

"we e are the chchampions,"" if we geget there. ♪ [dog bararking]

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merry chchristmas. ho-h-ho-ho. hahappy christstmas. [bells jiningling] merrrry christmamas, everyon. [baby cryiying] ho-ho-o-ho! merrrry christmamas, everyon. happppy new yearar too. [funky mususic] bourdadain: despitite initial appepearances, the philipippines is n not l holiday y cheer, wararm hell, and dancining bugs. ♪ [p[plodding lilight music]

♪ - - [singing i in native l la] bourdainin: the fililipino natil martial arart, kali, is amomong the mosost brutal, the most r remorselessss defefense systemems going. it w was developoped to del withth some veryry harsh reaes and d a very touough, very bloodody history.y. three e centuries s of brutl spanisish colonialal rule.. - - [singing i in native l la] bobourdain: invasision by the e japanese. near the e end of worlrld war , americican forces s bombed man, prpretty much h leveling t the. feferdinand anand imelda m ma' extrtravagantly y corrupt rere, martial lalaw. - [singingng in nativeve lang] ♪ boururdain: alththough the philipippines has s remad a dedemocracy sisince then, it can s seem, at titimes, frag. - [sininging in nanative lang]

♪ - merry chchristmas, everybodody. [bell dingnging] merry y christmas.s. - - cheers. - cheersrs. - nonow, you're e both phphotojournalalists? - yep. - babased out ofof manila? - yeah, , me. mark livives in mindndanao. - mindndanao. - yep. - - now, does s a journt needed to cay a firearm m in this cocountr? - for meme, yes. [gununshot] boururdain: in t the philippppi, a press s badge is n no defen, particulularly in ththe south of thehe country,, where e mark novalales liveves and workrks. - mindanaoao has been n war-n for ththe last howow many ye? becacause of thehe radicalizizan of recenent years, ththis growingng specter of isis, mindanao i is fertile e ground fofor that. - - now, tradidition, the argugumt against jojournalistss armingng themselveves isis that joururnalists have alwlways been a able to p portray thehemss as non-c-combatan.

- - yes. - ththere was sosome presumpn ththat they wowould not shshoo. - yeah. - but t these daysys, people sm toto not make e that distitinc. - yes, datating back to the mararcos years s even, y. - sincnce 1992, 77 journrnalists werere kille. boururdain: polilitics here can b be deadly.. [g[gunshot] jujust before e christmas s i, the maguguindanao mamassace clclaimed the e lives of 5 58 p, dozens of whom were journalists. it was the single deadliest event for journalists in history. mark was the first one on the scene with a camera. - - there is n no system of jusustice. there is no government attending to your needs. - nobody's coming to save you. is that what you're saying? - no one's coming to save you. [gununshots] - you u know, i hahave my famim. i have my y small kidsds. - - ye. - for r me, my lasast recoursese is to defefend myself.f.

- it's's very muchch a do-i-it-yourselflf culture. you can n see that.. you sesee it in pepeople's homo, the waway they just t stackee on top of each other, built out using spare bits of metal. and it's l like, "nobobody ele is gononna give itit for me. i'i'll build i it." - - right. - - "i'll makeke it myselfl" - riright. - there'e's a lot of povererty in thisis cit. that is fofor sure. but t there's nonot a sense of hopopelessness s or rag. you know, , they decororat. you knknow, they m may not hahave much, b but they dedecor. - yes. - they s sweep the s stree. - there'e's still a a sense of humblble ownershihip in thehe sense of,f, "thihis is my hohome, "and it's s going to b be saf. it's g going to bebe fine." [laughter]r] - we're seseeing some e fores calllling for up to one e meter of r rai. thisis is a supeper typhoo, in facact, with s sustained w winds well le 200 kilomemeters per h hou. [instrumenental guitarar vern of "sisilent nightht"] - - [screa]

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[thundnder booming] [light mususic] - [s[singing in n native lana] ♪ bourdadain: in anyny metropo, yoyou find allll the goodd and the e bad in thehe world. maninila being b bigger thana, has plenenty of bothth. yet t this is a a nation of 7,00000 islands,, and i i really wananted to e at l least one m more of th. [horn n honks] but i lelearned abouout sosomething fifilipinos arare only toooo familiar r w, the typhphoon. so it lolooks like i it's gona be c christmas i in the city. [thuhunder boomiming] [singiging in natitive langu] ♪ [upbeat t rock musicic] ♪ - red alalert, red a alert. ♪

- - thank you.u. cheers. [cheerers and applplause] [drumstiticks clickiking rhytythmically]] [playiying asia'ss "heat t of the momoment"] ♪ - ♪ i never m meant toto be so badad to you ♪ ♪ one thihing i saidd that i w would neverer do ♪ ♪ one look k from you and i wowould fall f from grac♪ ♪ and thahat would wiwipe the se righght from my y face ♪ ♪ 'caususe it's ththe heat of f the momentn♪ ♪ t telling mee what youour heart memeant ♪ ♪ the heat t of the momoment ♪ shone in n your eyess - the e name of ththe band ? - kekeystone. - keystonene. - yeyes.

- how longng you beenn playaying togethther? - around f five years.s. - fiveve years? - fiveve years. - all riright, guys.s. - oh, , here we gogo. awesomome. - a dodouble's in n the hous. - yes.s. - lolooking pretetty. - ththank you. t thank you.. bourdain: : as one doeoes, i dragagooned the e band keystse in a lununch, assumiming corry as i it turned o out thatat one of ththese young g ps would knowow how to mamake a a good adobobo. - is thehere a singlgle authenentic adobo o recipe, or doeoes everyboy do i it differene? - - everyone w would stakeke clm toto having ththe best adodobo, but t the basic c ingredientnt, i ththink, will l remain thehe. so it's gagarlic, porkrk. wewe can now a add the chihic. vinegar,r, peppercororns, bay l, sosoy sauce. - mmm,m, this a adobo is amamazing. i meanan, it's reaeally, rereally good.d. - ohoh, man. thahank you. ththa. - oh, itit's delicioious. anand where didid you learn toto cook adobobo? - i learnened this frorom my mo. - so thehe answer, as alwayays, to w who makes t the best adado, mom makekes the...oko.

- ththat would b be--that wowoe the safestst answer. - - all right.t. - mom.m. [lauaughter] - fifilipinos lilike feedingng . - yes,s, yes. - whwhat else dodo filipinosos? - fifilipinos arare hospitababl. - music.c. - evererybody knowows how to s. - everybodody knows hohow to s. - evererybody knowows how to s. - theyey don't nececessarily have to bebe in tune,, but ththey want toto sing; ththey like toto sing. - - we've beenen listeningng toc from, , like, a vevery young . - i'm ththe drummer r for the b, but i'm m not actualally formalally traineded. up to o this day,, i don't t even read d notes, but t i can memomorize a sonong. ifif you gave e it to me, , lik, inin a day, i coululd play thehe whole thih. - well, ththat's pretttty muh the stakeses. you haveve to, rig? i meana- - yeah. - you guguys have plplayed abr? - - no. - - no? - yeah, , so it's onone of the e goals, actctually. - five yeaears from nono, wherere would yoyou like to o? - well, hohopefully, w we get-- we get t to play fofor a biggerer crowd, yoyou k, 'causese i think t the fulfillt fofor me is actctually getttting more p e toto enjoy thehe music. ♪ all: ♪ heat ofof the momenent

♪ heaeat of the m moment - ♪ s shone in yoyour eyes ♪ ♪ heat t of the momoment ♪ heat t of the momoment ♪ heat of t the momentt ♪ shone in n your eyess ♪ - thank k you so mucuch. we a are keystonone.

[upbeat rorock music]] [light musicic fromom "the nutctcracker"] ♪ [b[birds chirprping] [upbeat music] ♪ oh,h, oh, oh ♪ - ♪ i waiteted for youu to c come back t to me ♪ ♪ i'm hopining you u make it hohome early♪ ♪ thehe scene is s all set for ththe evening g ♪ ♪ if santnta came dowown, wel, he'd n never be leleaving ♪ boururdain: fililipinos speak abouout home with i immense priride and l.

and if youou're an oveverseas filipinono worker, l longing.. - good-looooking. bourdadain: especicially durig the e holidays.. - ♪ s so we can a all celelebrate chriristmas ♪ - oh, cocome in. cocome in. all:l: hello! merry y christmas.s. god blbless you. hi.. bourdain: : it's alwayays, alalways aboutut family in thehe philippinines, or a anywhere yoyou find filili. - - oh, god. bourdadain: for chchristma, of couourse, everyrybody-- those who o can, anywaway-- gegets togetheher, like familily matriarcrch aura and her dadaughter annnna lynn.. - okay, ananna ly, you're a a big he. bourdain: : and amy anand ru, her adadopted chilildren. - - amy, can y you hand mee that b bay leaf? - bay leleaf. - wow, it t smells so o good. bourdainin: also, cocousin, ninieces, nephphews, grandndchi, eveven some grgreat-grandcdchi. - [screamsms] - ♪ la la l la la la lala

i love cooooking. i i really lovove cooking.. kakare kare isis one of ththe fe of the f filipino pepeople. and toto make karere kare, i use tripipes, and i put t the oxtailil on the p pressure cocooker. - whoa. . whoa. wow.w. - now ththe peanut b butter. - hehere are thehe peanut butter, momother. - peanut b butter, plel. no more.e. no morore. now the babanana blossssom. - - the eggplalant. - ththe eggplantnt. the eggplalant. ♪ oh, hololy night ♪ t the stars are brigightly shinining ♪ - [spepeaks indiststinctly] - - ♪ here e is the karare ke ♪ i hope e everybodyy will e enjoy this s ♪ okay, itit's time toto eat! [upbeat mumusic] ♪

all: a about to rereceive from your r bounty. throrough christst, our lord. amen.. - i'm m hungry. alalthough we e always sayy it's l ladies firsrst, i think wewe'll serve e you. - it's o okay this t ? all riright, just t this onc. - [lauaug] so gooood. so how lonong have youou been bacack in phililippines? - in thehe philippin? threree yea. - - three yearars now. - - yeah. - whwhere have y you worked?d? hong konong for fiveve years. - fofor five yeaears, anand then i w went to amemer. i stayeded the fofor almost 3 30 y. bobourdain: auaurora is recentltly back in n mana afafter most o of her life spenent abroad.. what kinind of worork were youou doing? - i didid the housusekeeping, you knknow, and bababysittin. boururdain: the e money she t hohome put eveverybody here and manyny, many morore throrough schoolol, lifted t them up to o a moe comfortatable life..

and d you had leleft famimily behind?d? - yeahah. - to go o out theree and makeke money. bourdainin: that's n never an easy dedecision, a papainful, paiainful choi. aurorora's childldren, nonow middle-a-aged, are e finally gegetting to know ththeir motherer. [thunderer booming]] [rain papattering] - okay. . okay. okayay. brining in the f food inside. [ligight music]] ♪ - manyny, many, many fililipino womemen like y, who had d to leave their famimilies, go a abroad. - yeahah, absolutetely this. - - her three e children.. - my c children. - my eldldest is abobout four ys now w in qatar.. ththen the othther one is s two. and then t the other o one is in n hong kong.g. bourdainin: working g condits for r ofws, particulularly in some g gulf stateses, can bebe punishingng at best, abusive, or woworse. - i'i'm a singlele mom wiwith my two o grandchildld.

i rereally crieded a lot, especiallyly this holiliday sea. bourdain: : still, dueue to k of opporortunity at t home, mamany filipininos hahave little e choice but t to go somemewhere far r a, find a j job, money.y. - bubut hopefulllly, in a a few yearsrs, you thin, they'll cocome bac? - yes.s. - yeahah, i hope s so. - i reallyly ask them m to go h, becacause i'm nonot gettining younger r anymore. i neneed them wiwith my sidede. i tetell them seseveral timemes, they c call me up,p, "p"please get t home soon.n. i need y you." ♪

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♪ ♪ [genentle instrurumental vern of "silentnt night"] ♪ bobourdain: anany filipinono wag willll recognizeze this immediatately, the e balikbayanan box, a christstmas traditition, a a way for ofofws toto show loveved ones, though sepeparated by y ocean, that y you miss ththem, thatat you're ststill out th. what's i in these boboxes? whatevever you canan send, little t things you'u'd casuy giveve to a loveved one if y you didn't t live on t the other s side of thehe . ththis facilitity alone soss thousands s of these b boxes y duringng the chrisistmas sea, just one o of hundredsds of f facilities s like it,

sosome 5 to 7 7 million boxes s a year. thatat's a lot o of love. - soso how many y relatives su think yoyou have in n ameri? - - in americaca. oh, , my gosh. - - florida. - seattltle. califofornia. alalbert. - my ate, , my other s sist, is in cacalifornia.. - - in hong kokong, wewe have at l least ten.. - ten. - yeah.. - - and then d dubai around e, and qaqatar. - - qatar. bourdainin: i'm at t this chriss gagathering totoday becacause of onene of our directctors, erik k osterho. it w was aurora a who raiseded . for over 2 20 years, she cacared for and loloved eric a and his si, looked aftfter his whohole fa. - erik senent me a letetter talking ababout you. i wanteded to read u whatat he sa. "aurora a is sh an incredidible wom. "shehe has an ininfecs and loviving eney "thahat is so popowe. "i am 100%0% the man i i am toy

"becauause this won liliterally raraise "from whwhen i was s six months, singnging to me,e, dancing w wi, "wiping g away my tet, cocooking for , "a"and making g me h at everyry tu. "unforortunate, like s so many fililip, "herer story is s not all smss anand love. "s"she had to o choose a l life awayay from her r daughter "and thoususands of mimiles awayay from her r family. "thehere are lititerally thohos of people e around thehe world- "thousandsds of peope aroundnd the worldld--me inclu, who have b been influeuenced byr endlesess kindnessss and lo" [lightht orchestraral musi] bobourdain: fifilipinos gie ofof themselveves, of their t time, theirir mone, their lolove to othehers. they do,o, and contitinue to, what n needs to bebe done to survivive. - ♪ edelweissss ♪ edelweissss ♪ every mororning ♪ i greetet you

[airplane e engine roaoaring] ♪ small a and white ♪ clelean and briright ♪ bleless my homemeld ♪ forever ♪ b blossom of f snow ♪ may youou bloom andnd grow ♪ bloom a and grow foforever♪ ♪ edelweieiss ♪ ededelweiss ♪ blessss my homelald

♪ fororever [gentltle music] ♪ both: : [speaking g indistinct] - oh, my g gosh. oh, this i is from alblbert.

ooh, my gogosh. all: wow!! - - oh, oh, look at t that. ohoh, my gosh!h! - - ahh! - ahh, l look. therere, you canan have thatat. - - [speaks inindistinctlyl] - yeyes, yes. - mine. that's my y name. [l[laughter] - "i r really hopepe you enjy the simpmple gift. "i send anand i know t that my t is w with you alalways. "i l love you vevery much. albert." [upbeaeat music] ♪ - - ♪ joy t to the worlrld ♪ thehe lord has s come ♪ let eararth receiveve her kg ♪ let evevery heart

♪ prepapare him roooom ♪ and h heaven and d nature sg ♪ and heaveven and natuture sing ♪ a and heaven n and heaven ♪ and natature sing ♪ he rurules the woworld ♪ with h truth and d grace ♪ and letets the natitions prove ♪ the gloriries of ♪ his righthteousness ♪ and wononders of hihis loe ♪ a and wondersrs of his loe ♪ andnd wonders,, wondnders ♪ ♪ of f his love