If you're living in an area where having a fridge and TV is rare or unusual, if I understand you correctly, then I'd say you're living in a very poor area, not a 'typical' or even average place.
I'm not saying it's rare or unusual. Just that it's on the short list of what people own. People here aren't big consumers. Not the typical household like in the US where people have houses overflowing with crap (and much of that crap being things you can't even get in the Philippines.)
