Observations:
Filippinos love singing and music. Love it! Music is everywhere and karaoke bars or even restarants that turn into karaoke bars at night are everywhere. The music that is around is varied but most of it appears to be ballads from the 80s, 90s, and early 2000s. It is constant. Some of them are original. Actually, most are but there are also covers of the hits and depending on the quality, some I prefer more. Mostly because they were pretty cheesy the first time around and 10 - 20 years later, it is even harder to bear. At least as a cover, it is giving it a slight facelift.

And Filippinos sing along. It is common to hear people walking, shopping, working, etc. singing along to the music in the background. It is really refreshing compared to the British culture where I think most would rather sustain a physical injury than sing in public.