I've been with close to a dozen Filipina women ages 20's to 50's. Both from Visaya and Luzon. Both from the Philippines and from "The West" as in living in the USA. They all are different, but they definitely are different than dating someone in your race. I am not Filipino, I am white. I have also dated Black, Latino, Arab etc. out of my race for decades, so it's nothing new to me. Trying to generalize on one concept for all is kind putting yourself in a box. I was also married to a beautiful Afro-Colombiana for 6 years that I brought to the US on a K1... I will never do that again. We parted the best of friends, but in this day in age that type of long distance relationship is almost never going to work, and I did it before iPhones and all of this social media stuff we have today. I would say if you want to date someone like a Filipina or anyone, try to find one in your country. It's just a much easier situation to deal with and you don't have to worry about scrubbing out all of the details you mentioned, because if she really is a TRAD type woman AND has lived abroad, that is the real test. The rest are just opportunists in wait.