Rules for HAPPINESS(Japanese

Style)

Rule #1

•Don’t step on the edges of the tatami mats.

IT IS LEASTIMPORTANT FOR THE FILIPINOS

Rule #2

•Honor your ancestorsit is

VERY IMPORTANT for Filipinos.

Rule #3

•Appreciate simple beauty.It is IMPORTANT.

Rule #4Respect sacred places.

It is VERY IMPORTANT.

Rule #5SEE HOW ART REFLECTS NATURE.

It is IMPORTANT.

Rule #6Wear shoes outside

andWear slippers inside.

It is IMPORTANT

Rule #7Enjoy the four seasons and the seasonality of

life: everywhere in everything all the

time.It isIMPORTANT.

1. How many of the rules for happiness mentioned

in the video clip have you checked as “VERY IMPORTANT”?

Why do you consider them

“VERY IMPORTANT”?

*We checked TWO“VERY IMPORTANT”

rules.*To honor our ancestors

and*To respect sacred places

It is because:

Honoring our ancestors is one of our

attitudes as Filipinos.

And for us, it is our way to show

respecteven they are not

in this world anymore.

And respecting sacred places

is also one way in showing RESPECT

to GOD. To THANK Him andwishing forgiveness for

our sins.

2. How many of the rules for happiness mentioned

in the video clip have you checked as

“LEAST IMPORTANT”?Why do you

consider them“LEAST

IMPORTANT”?

We checked ONE“LEAST IMPORTANT”

rule.*Don’t step on the edges of the tatami mats.

it is because:

Tatami mats are not on Filipinohouses except on Japanese.We doesn’t use it because

it was just a part of Japanese’s culture.

3. What have you realized about your own values as a Filipino based on your answer to the activity?

We realized that Japanese

and Filipinos have similarities in

their culture. But still, there’s also

a difference in between them.

4. As you listened to and watched the video clip,

what did you noticeabout the Japanese woman

expressed her feelings?

As we see the woman’s facial

expression as she talk, we found out

that she’s proud in telling their

different values andtraditions.

5. As non-native English speakers, how

similar to or differentare we from the Japanese in

term ofusing the English

language?

We have our own diction

and pronunciation when

we speak especially in

English. Maybe it is because

of our own languages.

6. Does this activity

help you in understandingyour identity as

an Asian?How?

Yes. Because as the woman

show and explain their tradition,

we simply understood now that

they have their own values

in connection to their things and arts.

THANK YOU!!!