Extra Credit: My other half

I am half Filipino and half white. I have been born and raised in America my entire life. I am probably what people would call, "white washed." I love anything that is American - the food, clothes, social life, technology, etc. I bring this up because I don't really know much about my other half and have not lived a life as a filipino really. My mother is the one who is from the Philippines. Growing up she never taught my sibilings and I how to speak Tagalog, and she never made Filipino food. I don't like fish and I'm not a big person on foreign foods because I think they taste weird. So I think it would be awesome for me to take a trip to the Philippines to really know what that side of my ethnicity is about and just learn about how the society is for them. I know that there are many Catholics there and my mom was actually from the poor part of the Philippines. I would like to visit there one day to officially meet some of my Filipino family and just understand how they live. I think it would be a reality shock for me and will make me appreciate what I have more. I just would love to learn more about my Filipino side because I obviously look more like I'm from there and would like to be able to say that I know more about it. I just want to learn more about the culture and what it is all about. I like to learn about these things and would just love to get out of the country and experience something new.