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♪ >> two is a week before christmas when all through the house, not a creature was stirring not even a mouse. actually that's not true at all. metro manila backswing sprawling

southeast asian capital of the philippines. home to somewhere between 12 - 20000000 people. the world's most densely populated city. ♪ i light a candle ♪ ♪ but the presence around the tree ♪ >> but it is christmas. the twinkly festive wonderland with a mostly catholic population take their holiday season very seriously. because filipinos are for reasons i have yet to figure out, probably the most giving of all people on the planet. think i'm talking [bleep], keep watching .

>> afternoon everyone we are the band called keystone ♪ ♪ ofw stands for overseas filipino worker. there one of the largest and experts people. go abroad, make money, improve the quality of life for the whole family. all over the world the philippines sends architects, doctors, construction workers, nurses, housekeepers, nannies the entire filipino economy relies heavily on the money sent back by more than 10 million os

w's. roughly 30 billion u.s. dollars a year or about 10% of the nation's gdp. until recently after domestic workers the largest category of the west w's were musicians. like a filipino cover bands. >> they are everywhere on cruise ships, hotel lobbies, bars and of course in manila. where the competition is fierce and the penalties for not getting a beloved biker favorite like billy idol can be severe.

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>> no this rock 'n' roll stars at a given moment somewhere in the philippines there is one person and probably many more who can step in and do your act better than you. after only a couple of hours practice . >> it is true that i liked my daughter and told her that ronald mcdonald has been implicated in the disappearance of small children that i sneer at fast-food, at every opportunity. but i'm also a hypocrite. to me filipino jolly be is the wackiest jolly is place on earth. >> hello. >> hello.

>> can i have the qualities but dig into spaghetti with a hotdogs on a. >> yes, sir. >> also chicken joy. >> welcome to jolly be. >> is over 900 of the 7000 plus philippine islands. and a whole lot more internationally wherever they are home filipinos. this is jolly being in new jersey by the wa y ♪ ♪ >> i hate mascots, you know they

far in the suits. chicken and spaghetti not just any spaghetti i think it's a sweet, banana touchup with hotdogs. >> strangely alluring. >> is not a burger it's rice. i eat it and at peace, joy poor sinister brown sauce, i don't know what is for. >> hi mom jolly upper annoy. >> did i mention it is christmas and make the philippines number one according to internet scientist and when it comes to celebrating the jolly is time of

year holiday cheer begins a full hundred days before the 25th of december which means there is a lot to do in this town especially if you like crashing other people's parties. welcome to the seven continents travel and tours corporate christmas party held in the fabulous banquet room of the downtown pearl garden hotel. ♪ >> choose. >> merry christmas. >> merry christmas. >> very catholic country. 80 something percent. >> christmas starts in september, you go to the mall

and you start to hear carol's. >> i would lose my mind. >> 12 midnight as september 1 everyone greets merry christmas on facebook. >> i have very fond memories of the last time i had in the philippines. in fact not to kiss your [bleep] but it's the finest pig i've ever had, amazing. >> providing these babies to holiday parties is big business. standards where pork is king and the best in the world very, very high. today our little friend has prepared the old school way, turn slowly, slowly on a spin over coals four hours. delicious, delicious lot . >> during this time of the year lose a lot of christmas parties.

it's always the star of the party. >> you can gauge it by the presence. if you have to you must be a big shot. >> that is good pig. >> my name is jimmy and the hr director. ♪ dashing through the snow ♪ ♪ in a one horse open site. >> as we all know one must at a holiday party drink, then get drunk until all the boss. this i expected and was prepared to do but the games i was a little surprised by.

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committee hotel lobby, any hotel bar, there's a filipino band and i sat there drunk and challenged band after band. all of the dark side of the moon, no problem, all of guns and roses, no problem. >> music and singing are a huge part of life in the philippines so making a cover band, being sent abroad to perform is a big deal. one thing remains the same always to succeed you better be able to pick up material past. >> how many songs in your repertoire, around how many? >> a thousand. >> if you don't know it you can pretty much take it real quick. >> yeah. >> five years from now where would you like to be playing? >> that's a good question.

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happy new year to. >> despite initial appearances, the philippines is not all holiday cheer, warm hellos and dancing bugs . >> the filipino national art colleague is among the most brutal defense systems going. it was developed to deal with some very harsh realities in the very tough, very bloodied

history. three centuries of brutal spanish colonial rule. invasion by the japanese, near the end of world war ii american forces bombed manila pretty much leveling the city. ferdinand and marcus corrupt regime. martial law. although the philippines is remade to democracy since then it can seem at times fragile . [cheering] >> you both are photojournalists? >> yep. >> based out of minnelli? >> me.

>> does a journalist need to carry a firearm in this country? >> for me yes. >> in the philippines a press badge is no defense per particular lien the south of the country where marco wallace lives and works. >> for the last comedy years of radicalization of recent years this growing specter of isis, it is fertile ground for that. >> traditionally you argue against journalist arming themselves, have journalist always been able to portray themselves as non- combatives? >> yes. >> there were some presumption that they would not shoot you. >> yeah. >> these days people seem to not make that distinction. >> dating back to the markers here's even. >> since 199277 journalists were killed. >> politics here can be deadly. just before christmas in 2009

the mandate and treatment did the gal massacre claimed the lives of 59 people dozens of humor journalist. the single deadliest event for journalist in history. mark was the first one on the scene with the camera. >> there is no system of justice, there is no government attending to your needs. >> nobody's coming to save you is that what you're saying? >> nobody's coming to save you. >> i have my family and small kids. for me to defend myself. >> is a very much do-it-yourself culture, you can see that and you can see in the way they stacked one on top of each other, built out a metal. nobody else is going to get it for me, i'll build it. i'll make it myself. there is a lot of poverty in the city, that is for sure but there's not a sense of hopelessness or rage.

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♪ ♪ ♪ >> the name of the band is? >> keystone. >> how long have you been playing together. >> around five years. >> five years? >> alright, a double in the house. >> looking pretty. >> thank you, thank you. >> as one does i drink you the keystone and it turned out that one of these young punks would know how to make a good adobo.

>> is there a single authentic adobo recipe or does everybody do differently? >> everybody would claim to have the best adobo but the best ingredients would remain the same. so it's garlic, pork, we can now add the chicken, vinegar, peppercorns, bay leaf, soy sa sauce. >> this adobo is amazing is really, really good. >> thank you. >> where did you learn to cook this? >> i learned from my mom. >> the answer as always who makes the best adobo? mom makes the best. >> that would be the safest answer. >> alright mom. >> adobo feeds people. >> what else do a filipinos like? >> they are hospitable, everybody does the same, they don't have to be in tune but they like to sing and want to sing. >> would been listening to music

at a very young age. >> i'm the drummer for the band but i'm not actually formally trained. up to this day i don't even read notes. but i memorize a song if you gave it to me like it a day. >> you have to. you guys a plate abroad? >> no. >> it's one of the goals actually. >> five years from now where would you like to be? >> coakley will get to play for a bigger crowd. i think the fulfillment for me is actually getting more people to enjoy the music. ♪ ♪ ♪

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anywhere where you find filipinos. for christmas of course, everybody, those who can get together the matriarch aurora and her daughter annalynne. >> annalynne you're a big girl and avian ruben her adopted children. >> smelled so good. >> cousins, nieces, nephews, grandchildren, even great-grandchildren. >> i love cooking. >> is one of the favor of the philippine people. to make it i use and i put the oxtail on the pressure cooker. >> while. >> now the peanut butter. >> here's the peanut butter.

>> no more, no more. now the banana blossom, the eggplant. >> holy night. the stars are brightly shining. here it is. i hope everybody will enjoy. k, it's time to eat. crymac [inaudible] >> amen. >> we always say ladies first. i think we will serve you. >> it's okay this time? just this once.

so good. >> how long have you been back? in the philippines. >> in the philippines three years. >> three years, where have you worked hong kong for five years. >> for five years and then i went to america. i stayed there for almost 30 years. >> aurora is recently back after most of her life spent abroad. >> what kind of work were you doing. >> i did housekeeping and babysitting. >> the money she sent home put everybody here and many, many more through school, lifted them up to a more comfortable life. >> you knew the family behind? >> to go out there make money. >> that's never an easy dec decision, painful, painful choice. aurora's children now middle-aged are finally getting to know their mother. bring the food inside.

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any filipino watching will recognize this immediately. the balikbayan box. a christmas tradition. a way for ofws to show loved ones, though separated by oceans, that you miss them, that you're still out there. what's in these boxes? whatever you can send. little things you'd casually give to a loved one, if you didn't live on the other side of the world. this facility alone sorts thousands of these boxes a day during the christmas season, just one of hundreds of facilities like it. some 5 to 7 million boxes a year. that's a lot of love. so, how many relatives do you think you have in america? >> in america, oh, my gosh. >> florida. >> california -- albert. >> my ate, my other sister, is in california. >> in hong kong, we have at least ten. >> ten.

>> and then dubai, around eight, and qatar. >> qatar. >> i'm at this christmas gathering today because of one of our directors, erik osterholm. it was aurora who raised him. for over 20 years, she cared for and loved erik and his sister, looked after his whole family. erik sent me a letter talking about you. i wanted to read you what he said. "aurora is such an incredible women. she has an infectious and loving energy that is so powerful. i am 100% the man i am today because this woman literally raised me from when i was 6 months old, singing to me, dancing with me, wiping away my tears, cooking for me and making me laugh at every turn. unfortunately like so many filipinos, her story is not all smiles and love. she had to choose a life away from her daughter and thousands of miles from her family. there are literally thousands of people around the world -- thousands of people around the world, me included, who have

been influenced by her endless kindness and love." filipinos give of themselves, of their time, their money, their love to others. they do and continue to do what needs to be done to survive. ♪ edelweiss edelweiss ♪ ♪ every morning i greet you ♪ ♪ small and white ♪ ♪ clean and bright ♪

♪ bless my homeland forever ♪ ♪ blossom of snow may you bloom and grow ♪ ♪ broom and grow forever ♪ ♪ edelweiss edelweiss ♪ ♪ bless my homeland forever ♪

>> oh my gosh. oh, this is from albert. oh, my gosh. oh, my gosh!

>> that's my name. >> i really hope you enjoy the simple gift i sent, and i know that my heart is with you always. i love you very much, albert. ♪ joy to the world ♪ the lord has come ♪ ♪ let earth receive her king ♪ ♪ let every heart prepare him room ♪ ♪ and heaven and nature sing ♪ ♪ and heaven and nature sing ♪ ♪ and heaven and heaven and nature sing ♪

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