Courting a woman takes
many forms in the Philippines: a man can serenade a woman, can formally visit her house to
show his interest or he can write a letter. Since writing a letter is as important as serenading or paying
a visit to the love’s home, a man must show his best. This includes writing legibly which is
a big deal among the Filipino women of the 1950s and 1960s. As in formal courtship where a man should
dress up, handwriting should
be clear and legible to show sincerity of intentions.
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Bago makinig/magbasa
"Peks Man" is a song popularized by Sylvia La Torre in the late
1950s to the early 1960s. It is a slang phrase which is equivalent
to "I promise" or "I swear". This phrase is uttered after one promised
to dutifully do something. It can also be uttered to say that one
is telling the truth. "Peks man" can therefore be synonymous to "mamatay
man" in Filipino.
