Filipinos can be enthusiastic conversationalists, and they often ask quite personal questionsregarding your marital statud, income , religion and other sensitive subjects in order to establish a relationship, Make sure you don't express annovance with the questioner it should be possible to avoid answering the questions if you don't want to answer them. In contrast,try not to be too direct when communicating with Filiponos yourself as they are more receptive to an indirect approach.It's recommended that you break eye contact several times during a conversation, since too much eye contact may be seen as rudeness rather than a sign of attention.Subjects that are welcome are Filipino culture and customs, family and sport, especially basketball.Subject to avoid include politics and religion