I could say that it gets slower and slower, The other day, it took me few hours to receive my payment, and it is not like that before, it's taking too long now... Today, I send at around 2:00 PM Philippines time, and until now, it is still unconfirmed in the blockchain, I pay .0005 for the transaction fee and it is almost the same as paying small amount for it... 
But it's okay, I'll just wait for it patiently, since I can't do anything to make it faster...
There does not seem to be a huge difference between the smaller fees, that is why I send a small fee instead of a bigger one, besides I don't need the confirmation to be fast, as long as I get the confirmation is fine by me. But it's okay, I'll just wait for it patiently, since I can't do anything to make it faster...