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Title: UNIQUELY FILIPINO Post by teagirl on Sep 15th, 2004, 3:57pm This thread is for the unique, wonderful, funny things that we Filipinos do. I hope that the careful observations made by other people or other Filipinos will be met with humor since we all know, we Filipinos love to laugh---even at ourselves. Its about time we Filipinos let our friends from other countries know who we are behind the poverty, corrupt government and nursing factories. I would like to invite your thoughts, first hand experiences or your ability to copy/paste if you see articles about the uniqueness of Filipinos or about the Philippines. Also, any misconceptions that our friends abroad have will be given a chance to be corrected here. My foreign friends, this is your chance to demystify us! Ask questions! My only request is this: If you see an article about this topic and you didnt write it, please credit the author by including his name here. Be it an ID/ a pseudonym or something that you lifted from the net, let the sources be known. Passing off others' opinions as ours is uncouth. IMHO. |
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Title: Matter of Taste Post by teagirl on Sep 15th, 2004, 4:07pm Matter of Taste by Matthew Sutherland I have now been in this country for over six years, and consider myself in most respects well assimilated. However, there is one key step on the road to full asimilation, which I have yet to take, and that's to eat BALUT. The day any of you sees me eating balut, please call immigration and ask them to issue me a Filipino passport. Because at that point there will be no turning back. BALUT, for those still blissfully ignorant non-Pinoys out there, is a fertilized duck egg. It is commonly sold with salt in a piece of newspaper, much like English fish and chips, by street vendors usually after dark, presumably so you can't see how gross it is. It's meant to be an aphrodisiac, although I can't imagine anything more likely to dispel sexual desire than crunching on a partially formed baby duck swimming in noxious fluid.The embryo in the egg comes in varying stages of development, but basically it is not considered macho to eat one without fully discernable feathers, beak, and claws. Some say these crunchy bits are the best. Others prefer just to drink the so-called 'soup', the vile, pungent liquid that surrounds the aforementioned feathery fetus...excuse me; I have to go and throw up now. I'll be back in a minute. Food dominates the life of the Filipino. People here just love to eat. They eat at least eight times a day. These eight official meals are called, in order: breakfast, snacks, lunch, merienda, pica-pica, pulutan, dinner, and no-one-saw-me-take-that-cookie-from-the-fridge-so-it-doesn't-count. The short gaps in between these mealtimes are spent eating Sky Flakes from the open packet that sits on every desktop. You're never far from food in the Philippines. If you doubt this, next time you're driving home from work, try this game. See how long you can drive without seeing food and I don't mean a distant restaurant, or a picture of food. I mean a man on the sidewalk frying fish balls, or a man walking through the traffic selling nuts or candy. I bet it's less than one minute. Here are some other things I've noticed about food in the Philippines. Firstly, a meal is not a meal without rice - even breakfast. In the UK, I could go a whole year without eating rice. Second, it's impossible to drink without eating. A bottle of San Miguel just isn't the same without gambas or beef tapa. Third, no one ventures more than two paces from their house without baon and a container of something cold to drink. You might as well ask a Filipino to leave home without his pants on. And lastly, where I come from, you eat with a knife and fork. Here, you eat with a spoon and fork. You try eating rice swimming in fish sauce with a knife. One really nice thing about Filipino food culture is that people always ask you to SHARE their food. In my office, if you catch anyone attacking their baon, they will always go, "Sir! KAIN TAYO!" ("Let's eat!"). This confused me, until I realized that they didn't actually expect me to sit down and start munching on their boneless bangus. In fact, the polite response is something like, "No thanks, I just ate." (con't) |
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Title: Matter of Taste Post by teagirl on Sep 15th, 2004, 4:19pm (con't) But the principle is sound - if you have food on your plate, you are expected to share it, however hungry you are, with those who may be even hungrier. I think that's great. In fact, this is frequently even taken one step further. Many Filipinos use "Have you eaten yet?" ("KUMAIN KA NA?") as a general greeting, irrespective of time of day or location. Some foreigners think Filipino food is fairly dull compared to other Asian cuisines. Actually lots of it is very good: Spicy dishes like Bicol Express (strange, a dish named after a train); anything cooked with coconut milk; anything KINILAW; and anything ADOBO. And it's hard to beat the sheer wanton, cholesterolic frenzy of a good old-fashioned LECHON de leche feast. Dig a pit, light a fire, add 50 pounds of animal fat on a stick, and cook until crisp. Mmm, mmm... you can actually feel your arteries constricting with each successive mouthful. I also share one key Pinoy trait ---a sweet tooth. I am thus the only foreigner I know who does not complain about sweet bread, sweet burgers, sweet spaghetti, sweet banana ketchup, and so on. I am a man who likes to put jam on his pizza. Try it! It's the weird food you want to avoid. In addition to duck fetus in the half-shell, items to avoid in the Philippines include pig's blood soup (DINUGUAN); bull's testicle soup, the strangely-named "SOUP NUMBER FIVE" (I dread to think what numbers one through four are); and the ubiquitous, stinky shrimp paste, BAGOONG, and it's equally stinky sister, PATIS. Filipinos are so addicted to these latter items that they will even risk arrest or deportation trying to smuggle them into countries like Australia and the USA, which wisely ban the importation of items you can smell from more than 100 paces. Then there's the small matter of the blue ice cream. I have never been able to get my brain around eating blue food; the ubiquitous UBE leaves me cold. And lastly on the subject of weird food, beware: that KALDERETANG KAMBING (goat) could well be KALDERETANG ASO (dog)... The Filipino, of course, has a well-developed sense of food. Here's a typical Pinoy food joke: "I'm on a seafood diet. "What's a seafood diet?" "When I see food, I eat it!" Filipinos also eat strange bits of animals --- the feet, the head, the guts, etc., usually barbecued on a stick. These have been given witty names, like "ADIDAS" (chicken's feet); "KURBATA" (either just chicken's neck, or "neck and high" as in "neck-tie"); "WALKMAN" (pigs ears); "PAL" (chicken wings); "HELMET" (chicken head); "IUD" (chicken intestines), and BETAMAX" (video-cassette-like blocks of animal blood). Yum, yum. Bon appetite. |
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Title: Filipino Names Post by teagirl on Sep 15th, 2004, 4:45pm Filipino Names by Matthew Sutherland "A good name is rather to be chosen than great riches" -- (Proverbs 22:1) WHEN I arrived in the Philippines from the UK six years ago, one of the first cultural differences to strike me was names. The subject has provided a continuing source of amazement and amusement ever since. The first unusual thing, from an English perspective, is that everyone here has a nickname. In the staid and boring United Kingdom, we have nicknames in kindergarten, but when we move into adulthood we tend, I am glad to say, to lose them. The second thing that struck me is that Philippine names for both girls and boys tend to be what we in the UK would regard as overbearingly cutesy for anyone over about five. Fifty-five-year-olds colleague put it. Where I come from, a boy with a nickname like Boy Blue or Honey Boy would be beaten to death at school by pre-adolescent bullies, and never make it to adulthood. So, probably, would girls with names like Babes, Lovely, Precious, Peachy or Apples. Yuk, ech ech. Here, however, no one bats an eyelid. Then I noticed how many people have what I have come to call "door-bell names". These are nicknames that sound like -well, doorbells. There are millions of them. Bing, Bong, Ding, and Dong are some of the more common. They can be, and frequently are, used in even more door-bell-like combinations such as Bing-Bong, Ding-Dong, Ting-Ting, and so on. Even our newly appointed chief of police has a doorbell name Ping. None of these doorbell names exist where I come from, and hence sound unusually amusing to my untutored foreign ear. Someone once told me that one of the Bings, when asked why he was called Bing, replied, "because my brother is called Bong". Faultless logic. Dong, of course, is a particularly funny one for me, as where I come from "dong" is a slang word for well; perhaps "talong" is the best Tagalog equivalent. Repeating names was another novelty to me, having never before encountered people with names like Len-Len, Let-Let, Mai-Mai, or Ning-Ning. The secretary I inherited on my arrival had an unusual one: Leck-Leck. Such names are then frequently further refined by using the "squared" symbol, as in Len2 or Mai2. This had me very confused for a while. Then there is the trend for parents to stick to a theme when naming their children. This can be as simple as making them all begin with the same letter, as in Jun, Jimmy, Janice, and Joy. More imaginative parents shoot for more sophisticated forms of assonance or rhyme, as in Biboy, Boboy, Buboy, Baboy (notice the names get worse the more kids there are-best to be born early or you could end up being a Baboy). Even better, parents can create whole families of, say, desserts (Apple Pie, Cherry Pie, Honey Pie) or flowers (Rose, Daffodil, Tulip). The main advantage of such combinations is that they look great painted across your trunk if you're a cab driver. That's another thing I'd never seen before coming to Manila -- taxis with the driver's kids' names on the trunk. (con't) |
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Title: Filipino Names Post by teagirl on Sep 15th, 2004, 4:48pm (con't) Another whole eye-opening field for the foreign visitor is the phenomenon of the "composite" name. This includes names like Jejomar (for Jesus, Joseph and Mary), and the remarkable Luzviminda (for Luzon, Visayas and Mindanao, believe it or not). That's a bit like me being called something like "Engscowani" (for England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland). Between you and me, I'm glad I'm not. And how could I forget to mention the fabulous concept of the randomly inserted letter 'h'. Quite what this device is supposed to achieve, I have not yet figured out, but I think it is designed to give a touch of class to an otherwise only averagely weird name. It results in creations like Jhun, Lhenn, Ghemma, and Jhimmy. Or how about Jhun-Jhun (Jhun2)? How boring to come from a country like the UK full of people with names like John Smith. How wonderful to come from a country where imagination and exoticism rule the world of names. Even the towns here have weird names; my favorite is the unbelievably named town of Sexmoan (ironically close to Olongapo and Angeles). Where else in the world could that really be true? Where else in the world could the head of the Church really be called Cardinal Sin? Where else but the Philippines! Note: Philippines has a senator named Joker, and it is his legal name. |
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Title: Why There Can Never Be A Fil-Am US President Post by teagirl on Sep 15th, 2004, 4:55pm 10 Reasons Why There Can Never Be A Fil-Am US President: 1. White House is not big enough for the in-laws and extended relatives. 2. Not enough parking spaces at White house for 2 Honda Civics, Toyota Celica, 1985 Mercedes Benz Diesel, BMW (Big Mean Wife), and MPV (My Pinoy Van). 3. Dignitaries are generally intimidated by eating with their fingers at State dinners. 4. Too many dining rooms in the White House - where will they put the Last Supper picture? 5. White House walls are not big enough to hold giant wooden spoon and fork. 6. Secret Service staff won't respond to "pssst, pssst". 7. Secret Service staff are uncomfortable driving the presidential car with a Rosary hanging on the rearview mirror or the statuette of Santo Niño on the dashboard. 8. No budget allocation to purchase karaoke machines in every White House room. 9. State Dinners do not allow "Take Home". 10. Air Force One does not allow overweight Balikbayan boxes. [smiley=cat39.gif] [smiley=cat39.gif] [smiley=cat39.gif] [smiley=cat39.gif] [smiley=cat39.gif] |
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Title: Re: UNIQUELY FILIPINO Post by mylane on Sep 17th, 2004, 10:26pm woo hoaaaaa, this is the first time i saw this thread. Lemme read the other article before I contribute ;D good job on this one, Doc May ;) |
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Title: Philippines' Curse Post by teagirl on Sep 20th, 2004, 1:31am Once upon a time in the kingdom of Heaven, God was missing for six days. Eventually, Michael the Archangel found him, resting on the seventh day. He inquired of God, "Where have you been?" God sighed a deep sigh of satisfaction and proudly pointed downwards through the clouds, "Look, Michael. Look what I've made." Archangel Michael looked puzzled and said, "What is it?". "It's a planet," replied God, "and I've put Life on it. I'm going to call it Earth and it's going to be a great place of balance." "Balance?" inquired Michael, still confused. God explained, pointing to different parts of earth.. "For example, northern Europe will be a place of great opportunity and wealth, but cold and harsh while southern Europe is going to be poor but sunny and pleasant." "I have made some lands abundant in water and other lands parched deserts." "This one will be extremely hot, while this one will be very cold and covered in ice." The Archangel, impressed by God's work, then pointed to a group of islands and said, "What are those?" "Ah," said God. "That's the Philippines, the most glorious place on earth. There are beautiful beaches, rivers, mountains and forests. The people from the Philippines are going to be handsome, modest, intelligent and humorous and they are going to be found traveling the world. They will be extremely sociable, hardworking and high achieving, and they will be known throughout the world as carriers of peace and love." Michael gasped in wonder and admiration but then proclaimed, "What about balance, God? You said there would be balance." God replied wisely, "Wait until you see the idiots I put in the government." |
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Title: Re: PROUD TO BE A FILIPINO Post by norkay on Dec 2nd, 2004, 8:55am I'm not sure if this is the right thread where to post this. Patricia Evangelista, a 19-year-old, Mass Communications sophomore of University of the Philippines (UP)-Diliman, did the country proud Friday night by besting 59 other student contestants from 37 countries in the 2004 International Public Speaking competition conducted by the English Speaking Union (ESU) in London. She triumphed over a field of exactly 60 speakers from all over the English-speaking world, including the United States, United Kingdom and Australia. The board of judges' decision was unanimous, according to contest chairman Brian Hanharan of the British Broadcasting Corp. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------- BLONDE AND BLUE EYES When I was little, I wanted what many Filipino children all over the country wanted. I wanted to be blond, blue-eyed, and white. I thought -- if I just wished hard enough and was good enough, I'd wake upon Christmas morning with snow outside my window and freckles across my nose! More than four centuries under western domination does that to you. I have sixteen cousins. In a couple of years, there will just be five of us left in the Philippines, the rest will have gone abroad in search of "greener pastures." It's not just an anomaly; it's a trend; the Filipino diaspora. Today, about eight million Filipinos are scattered around the world. There are those who disapprove of Filipinos who choose to leave. I used to. Maybe this is a natural reaction of someone who was left behind, smiling for family pictures that get emptier with each succeeding year. Desertion, I called it. My country is a land that has perpetually fought for the freedom to be itself. Our heroes offered their lives in the struggle against the Spanish, the Japanese, the Americans. To pack up and deny that identity is tantamount to spitting on that sacrifice. Or is it? I don't think so, not anymore. True, there is no denying this phenomenon, aided by the fact that what was once the other side of the world is now a twelve-hour plane ride away. But this is a borderless world, where no individual can claim to be purely from where he is now. My mother is of Chinese descent, my father is a quarter Spanish, and I call myself a pure Filipino-a hybrid of sorts resulting from a combination of cultures. Each square mile anywhere in the world is made up of people of differentethnicities, with national identities and individual personalities. because of this, each square mile is already a microcosm of the world. In as much as this blessed spot that is England is the world, so is my neighborhood back home. Seen thi s way, the Filipino Diaspora, or any sort of dispersal of populations, is not as ominous as so many claim. It must be understood. I come from a Third World country, one that is still trying mightily to get back on its feet after many years of dictatorship. But we shall make it, given more time. Especially now, when we have thousands of eager young minds who graduate from college every year. They have skills. They need jobs. We cannot absorb them all. A borderless world presents a bigger opportunity, yet one that is not so much abandonment but an extension of identity.Even as we take, we give back. We are the 40,000 skilled nurses who support the UK's National Health Service. We are the quarter-of-a-million seafarers manning most of the world's commercial ships. We are your software engineers in Ireland, your construction workers in the Middle East, your doctors and caregivers in North America, and, your musical artists in London's Wes t End. Nationalism isn't bound by time or place. People from other nations migrate to create new nations, yet still remain essentially who they are. British society is itself an example of a multi-cultural nation, a melting pot of races, religions, arts and cultures. We are, indeed, in a borderless world! Leaving sometimes isn't a matter of choice. It's coming back that is. The Hobbits of the shire travelled all over Middle-Earth, but they chose to come home, richer in every sense of the word. We call people like these balikbayans or the 'returnees' -- those who followed their dream, yet choose to return and share their mature talents and good fortune. In a few years, I may take advantage of whatever opportunities come my way. But I will come home. A borderless world doesn't preclude the idea of a home. I'm a Filipino, and I'll always be one. It isn't about just geography; it isn't about boundaries. It's about giving back to the country that shaped me. And that's going to be more important to me than seeing snow outside my windows on a bright Christmas morning. Mabuhay and Thank you. |
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Title: Re:INSULTS FOR FILIPINOS Post by norkay on Dec 2nd, 2004, 9:30am This is a hate letter coming from a radio talk show host Mr. Art Bell from Nevada. I don't consider myself as patriotic but PLEASE READ THE REPLY OF A FILIPINA WRITTEN IN BOLD LETTERS AFTER AFTER READING THE WHOLE LETTER. This is an open letter email by Art Bell, a radio talk show host in Nevada(more info in the email itself). Here is yet another person who has taken advantage of his power and privilege to use hateful words and racial stereotypes that breed further ignorance and intolerance in our society. Art Bell is a talk radio host who has two shows that he broadcasts from his home in Nevada, that is rebroadcast by 400 stations across the country. He's written 2 books. He lived in Okinawa, Japan for some years and had a radio program on the English station here. And, though it's hard to believe after reading the following letter from him, he actually has been to the Philippines (he's traveled fairly extensively around the world). Check out his website listed at the end to get a who's spreading this hateful ignorance. And letter is so degrading, I think it's really important that everybody read this and not attack him, but respond to him in a civilized manner because otherwise his thoughts will be reaffirmed. Understand that not everyone has a viewpoint like we do, and that this is an opinion of someone who hopefully can be changed only by civil actions. - May Munoz ............................................... Filipinos.....*make me puke* (Art Bell) As we've all come to notice, in the past few decades, Filipinos have begun to infest the United States like some sort of disease. Their extensive involvement in the U.S. Armed Forces is proof of the trashy kind of qualities all filipinos tend to exhibit on a regular basis. You can see this clearly by studying the attitudes and cultural Icons of most Filipino Americans. |
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Title: Re: INSULTS FOR FILIPINOS Post by norkay on Dec 2nd, 2004, 9:32am (cont') Origins of Pinoys/Pinays: Are they really asian? Well we've come to accept the fact the filipinos come from a part of the world known as South East Asia. But the term "Asia" is used in the wrong way. You may notice that contemporary Filipino Americans try very hard to associate themselves with groups that we know as Asian. I cannot count the number of times I have seen a 'Third World' Filipino try to connect themselves to the chinese or Japanese people. There is no connection and here's why. The Philippines is a Third World country. Nothing respectable has EVER been created by Filipino people during our entire human history. Young filipino men in America have become obsessed with "import racing". They have an enormously perverted affection for Japanese cars. It's a common phenomenon. In their minds, these filipinos somehow believe that they are asian and that it somehow connects them to Japanese people and japanese cars. They often take credit for the ingenuity of Japanese people and say how it's an "Asian thing". This term..."Asian thing" derived directly from African American slang "blackthang". "It's a black thang." "It's an asian thang." You can see the connection. It's even funnier that, in Japan, Filipinos are heavily discriminated against. The only filipinos that can live successfully in Japan are the filipino prostitutes. But that's the case for most Filipino people no matter where they live in the world. Now we've come down to this fact...and it is a fact. Nothing in Filipino Culture can be seen as Asian. They have no architectural, artistic, or cultural influence which is in ANY way, asian. Thinking of the great countries in Asia such as Japan, Korea, and China there is no way you can possibly connect the Philippine Islands. This assault by filipino americans to connect themselves with the great peoples of North East Asia is foul and disgusting. Try visiting a young filipino's web site too. You'll see something called the "Asian IRC Ring". It has to do with the chatrooms. The most horrible thing about this is that these TRASHY people are trying to associate themselves with Asia again!! People in Asia don't act like, this at all. What we are seeing here is the natural Filipino in it's element with full access to technology and this is how they act! You will consistently see this behavior over and over again. Another interesting thing is that these "thirdworld" people also frequent RC chatrooms such as #chinese #japan and #asian. They must believe that they are some how related racially or culturally to North Asians. But it's completely WRONG! There might have been some distant contact With China and even less with Japan during World War II, but these people are actually more closely related to african americans and Mexican americans. Do the parents of these young filipinos know what's going on? Would they accept this? I believe that they would and do. This is the natural "Trash" element in filipinos manifesting itself. Nothing good has ever come from Philippines and I don't believe anything good ever will. Recognizing your Roots (A Message to Filipinos) To all filipino people: Please recognize your ROOTS! You come from the Third World! You country is a disgusting and filthy place. Most people there live in poverty! Your culture has MUCH MORE SPANISH influence than chinese, and absolutely no JAPANESE influence whatsoever. People in Japan and China, do not act like you. They do not constantly talk about sex and they have a MUCH HIGHER level of RESPECT for each other. There is NO WAY that you can connect yourself to Asia other than location. Your culture and technological advancement does not even come CLOSE to What Chinese, people have done in the past and what Japanese and Korean people are doing now! Everything you do is distinctly filipino. You cannot take credit for Japanese cars, video games, or Hentai! It's not an "asian thing" it's, an "American thing". You have no concept of culture...no concept of asian ideas or asian philosophy! Can you demonstrate how you use Confucianism or Taoism in you everyday life?? You can't. And you will NEVER be able to. I understand that you are trying to create an identity for yourselves as young people... but it is NOT related to Asia. Your Identity is Filipino. That's all you are. Just Filipino. Think about what that means.... Sincerely, Art |
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Title: Re: PROUD TO BE FILIPINOS! Post by norkay on Dec 2nd, 2004, 9:35am (the reply) I find this funny, he is right in some ways where we, as Filipinos dont actually have an "Identity". I think this is due to the confusion of our mixed races from Hispanic, Chinese, American and Malay origins. I see it in malls, imagine young generations wearing ski caps and ski goggles in a tropical country, baggy low rise pants like that of African Americans living in the Bronx of New York, not to mention endless whitening products being sold at department stores and drug stores. But his ignorance also blinds him from the other truth. That while we may glorify Anime shows and Japanese Internet gaming, he is not aware that a nameless Filipino may be responsible for some technical aspects of some Japanese software. He is not aware of our contribution to the the society in general .Technological advancements that may have aided post war navigations and landing on the moon. That the antibiotic Erythromycin was discovered by Dr. Abelardo Aguilar from Iloilo creating the brand "Ilosone". Thomas Edison may have discovered the electric light bulb and the fluorescent lighting was thought up by Nikola Tesla. But the fluorescent lamp we use today was invented by Agapito Flores (a Cebuano named Benigno Flores of Bantayan Island, according to the Philippine Daily inquirer), a Filipino scientist. Americans helped then-Philippine leader Ramon Magsaysay to develop it for worldwide commerce. That the personal physician of former U.S. Pres. Bill Clinton is Eleanor "Connie" Concepcion Mariano, a Filipina doctor who was the youngest captain in the US Navy. A Filipino writer Jose Rizal could read and write at age 2, and grew up to speak more than 20 languages, including Latin, Greek, German, French and Chinese. Or that a Filipino genius was responsible for the near hiatus in the PENTAGON and White HOuse nearly infiltrating their closely guarded secrets with the "ILOVEYOU" bug. Nuisance maybe, but still one heck of a 'beautiful mind'...not to be underestimated.The list goes on and on, but who cares right? Certainly not Mr. Art Bell...Boy, I'm not surprised. Perhaps Art Bell does not know that although we consider ourselves ASIAN because we are strategically located in the Southeast asian region of which our nearest neighbors are Malays, ASIA does not mean only Chinese and Japanese race of people. Then maybe it is his connotation that "Asia" meant only our economically successful, paler brothers and he considers Malays such as Thais, Malaysians, Indonesians, and ourselves as a "Third World" race. Then it is "his" ignonimity that would make a civilized person of whatever race puke. Imagine literally connecting Chinese, Koreans and Japanese to the Philippine Islands which is archipelagos away from the countries he has mentioned. I also wonder where he got the impression that we aspire to be Japanese(???) Hispanics maybe but not the Japanese. But even Hispanics today do not mind sharing their "surnames" to their Asian brothers who they have colonized for 3 centuries. Another sad reality that although most Filipinos working overseas are domestic helpers and prostitutes, who does he think educates the toddlers of Hong Kong, Singapore, Taiwan and Tokyo? Parents of these countries rarely have time spent with their children, leaving them to their Filipino nannies. And with regards to prostitution. Filipinos are not the only ones working as one. I HARDLY SEE FILIPINOS STARRING IN PORN MOVIES. THERE MIGHT BE A FEW FILIPINOS WE HAVEN'T SEEN , BUT MOST ARE FROM MR. ART BELL'S RACE. He also mentioned that we have no concept of culture..no concept of asian ideas or asian philosophy. How can we demonstrate Confucianism or Taoism in a Christian nation? IS HE INFORMED THAT THE PHILIPPINES IS THE ONLY PREDOMINANTLY CHRISTIAN/CATHOLIC NATION IN ASIA?! YOU HAVE TO USE COMMON SENSE IN A LOT OF THINGS SOMETIMES... We do not need to create an identity for ourselves. We are who we are. Our identity stems from the anonymity we live in this world. How we contribute silently towards the progress of the world and not just one country. Although the Filipino blood may be tainted with malice, corruption, poverty and prostitution, it is not a perfect race... But so are the others. Maybe Mr. Art Bell needs to think about this. WE MAY NOT BE PERFECT MR. BELL BUT AT LEAST WE STILL HAVE VALUES. FOR ONE THING WE DONT PUT OUR AGING PARENTS IN NURSING HOMES BECAUSE "THEY'RE SIMPLY OLD AND WORTHLESS". WE DONT HAVE AS MUCH NUMBERS OF SINGLE MOTHERS WHO GET PREGNANT IN THEIR VERY EARLY TEENS AND EVENTUALLY BECOME PARASITES OF THE GOVERNMENT FOR YEARS AND YEARS. YES...WE CAME TO YOUR COUNTRY TO WORK, TO EARN DECENT MONEY (HALF OF WHICH BY THE WAY GOES TO TAXES BECAUSE THERE'S SO MANY SOCIAL PARASITES FROM YOUR RACE).AND BY THE WAY, MOST EDUCATED PEOPLE THAT I WORK WITH DONT COME FROM YOUR RACE... THEY'RE ACTUALLY IMMIGRANTS TOO. AND THOSE EDUCATED ONES DO NOT ACT LIKE YOU DO, PERHAPS BECAUSE THEY'VE REALLY BEEN WELL EDUCATED..AFTER ALL THAT'S SAID... WHO IS THE IGNORANT ONCE AGAIN?! - May Munoz |
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Title: Re:INSULTS FOR FILIPINOS Post by teagirl on Dec 2nd, 2004, 10:18am on 12/02/04 at 09:30:02, norkay wrote:
I have seen this around floating from one email box to another, instigating hate. The sad truth is---- This is a malicious hoax attempting to discredit popular paranormal radio talk show host Art Bell. Art Bell did not write this letter. Update: The Art Bell hoax recently gained additional infamy when an Inquirer Entertainment writer published the email in her column without first verifying the hoax. She has since retracted the article and apologized. Artbell.com has also put out a "rebuttal text-message" to pass around in response to the spread of the rumor. The entire article can be seen here: http://pula.ph/?article=art_bell_hates_filipinos Please let us verify everything first if its the truth to end all hatred. |
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Title: Re: UNIQUELY FILIPINO Post by norkay on Dec 2nd, 2004, 11:06am OH really May? :o,just got this information and didnt know there's even a follow up in response about this.Ahhh :-/...but thank you so much for the information. |
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Title: Re:A WONDERFUL HOLIDAY ADVENTURE Post by norkay on Dec 2nd, 2004, 11:52am With the Easter holiday approaching,it's fun to look back a happy memories of Easter holidays past.I remember one wonderful Easter spent in the Philippines with my husband.Memories of sunshine,icy cold mango drinks,delicious creamy ice creams,jeepneys and religious ceremonies.Ahh! those were the days! Our holiday adventure started in Manila where we hired a Toyota Corolla and with a map in hand began the challenge of weaving through our busy streets full of horn blowing cars,taxis and jeepneys. Our destination was Banaue to see the superb rice terraces often called "the eight wonder of the world". For us,learning to negotiate a right hand vehicle on unfamiliar roads was an amazing experience and a little scary at times,but after few hours on the road in our little car,we felt like locals! Along the way there was much to see.The desolate area affected by MT.Pinatubo with volcanic ash slides and huge areas of pumice which resulted after many eruptions,still leaves with haunting memories. The little roadside stalls were interesting too.I remember purchasing a huge woven plait of garlic which I bought back to Hong Kong and hung very proudly in my kitchen! We were pleased to reach Baguio with its high altitude and cooler temperatures offering a pleasant change from the heat lowlands. Everyone seemed very relaxed and in holiday mode,enjoying the many restaurants on Session Road,Baguio's main street.When leaving Baguio I remember we were caught up in huge traffic jam and in the midst of the chaos was the traffic enforcer frantically dancing like Michael Jackson with arms waving and whisle blowing very loudly.To this day,we still wonder how he managed to sold out that traffic jam! As we travelled further north the roads became narrow and winding but the traffic continued at a fast pace and we quickly learned to be extremely careful on the roads.Along the way,we saw evidence of a recent earthquake with large rock slides and damage to the roads which were,amazingly kept open for vehicles.The locals seemed amused that we had travelled so far in our little car which was now covered in a large amount of mud! The Rice Terraces were as espectacular as we had imagined.They run like stepping stones to the sky-up to 1,500 meters high-and the views were breath taking! As a memento of our trip,we purchased from one of the delightful handy craft stalls in the area,two wonderful woven cane back packs which we continue use today for picnics and so on. My husband and I were sad to leave the mountain province but time was running out and we had to return to Manila as soon as possible.All went well on our return journey until we reached Manila and one wrong turn found us in a food market...negotiating our way through vegetable stalls was very embarrassing and after: lots of apologies we escaped and finally found our way back to our hotel. A WONDERFUL ADVENTURE INDEED! By Mrs.Heather Preston (i wish i could post their pictures and the rice terraces included in this story) |
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Title: Re: PROUD TO BE A FILIPINO Post by mylane on Dec 3rd, 2004, 2:49pm on 12/02/04 at 08:55:57, norkay wrote:
This article made me cry. Thanks for sharing Norkay. I'm may not be so proud to be a Filipino once in awhile cause of all the shit going on in our government but I'm not ashame either. Long live. |
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Title: Re: UNIQUELY FILIPINO Post by mylane on Dec 3rd, 2004, 3:02pm I have heard about that letter anyway I also checked the site that May posted. Quote:
Anyway in addition to the reply of the Filipina: Ed San Juan Jr - a Filipino who invented the moon baggy, they used that when american landed in the moon. (though there is a controversy if they really did land) Fe Del Mundo- a Filipina who invented the incubator. |
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Title: Re: UNIQUELY FILIPINO Post by teagirl on Dec 3rd, 2004, 4:26pm on 12/03/04 at 15:02:47, mylane wrote:
I know about Ilosone and I know about fluorescent lamps...I didnt know that Dr. del Mundo invented the incubator. Her Textbook in Pediatrics is our primary reference pediatrics textbook back in med school. Wow. |
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Title: Re: PROUD TO BE A FILIPINO Post by norkay on Dec 4th, 2004, 4:51am on 12/03/04 at 14:49:17, mylane wrote:
I understand,and i felt the same when i read this.I am not that patriotic either but this really touches and encourages me. |
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Title: Re: UNIQUELY FILIPINO Post by norkay on Mar 15th, 2005, 12:24pm I saw this in Manny Paquiao own space where i am a member of his group- Filipino Connect.I thought of sharing it here. History of Filipino Americans By Ernie De Paz, Philippine History Instructor of Solano Community College 1587- First Filipinos (øuzonians? to set foot in North America arrive in Moror Bay, California on board the Manila-built galleon ship Nuestra Senora de Esperanza under the command of Spanish Captain Pedro de Unamuno. 1720- Gaspar Molina, a Filipino from Pampanga province, oversees the construction of El Triunfo dela Cruz, the first ship built in California. 1763- Filipinos in Acapulco cross the Gulf of Mexico to Barataria Bay in Louisiana to establish 7 Philippine-style fishing villages. The ø°ahogany-colored Manilamen of Louisiana?pioneer the dried shrimp industry in America (40 years [before the 1803] Louisiana Purchase). 1781- Antonio Miranda Rodriguez, also known as ø†hino,?a native of Manila, is one of 44 founders of the ø“ueblo de Nuestra Senora reina de los Angeles,?now known as the city of Los Angeles. (California became a state in 1850.) 1796- The first American trading ship to reach Manila, the Astrea, was commanded by Captain Henry Prince with Nathaniel Bowditch [on October 3rd, marking the beginning of American-Philippine trade intercourse. 1870- Filipinos studying in New Orleans form the first Filipino Association in the United States, the ø–ociedad de Beneficencia de los Hispanos Filipinos.? 1888- Dr. Jose Rizal visits the United States and predicts that the Philippines will one day be [a United States] colony. 1898- The Philippines declares its independence (June 12, Kawit, Cavite) only to be ceded to the United States by Spain for $20 million. 1899- The war between the Filipinos and the Americans breaks out ending with the surrender of Gen. Miguel Malvar on April 16, 1902. (Results of the War: America crosses 7,000 miles of ocean, using 126,468 men, of whom 4,234 died, spend[ing] $600,000,000.00 and engaging in 2, 811 recorded fights. Filipinos suffer losses: 16,000 died in action, 200,000 civilians perish owing to famine and pestilence, and untold millions of pesos worth of property destroyed.) 1902- Cooper Act passed by the U.S. Congress makes it illegal for Filipinos to own property, vote, operate a business, live in an American residential neighborhood, hold public office and become a naturalized American citizen. 1906- About 200 Filipino pensionados?are brought to the U.S. to get an American education. 1906-1935- More than 125,000 Filipino ø¶acadas?are brought to Hawaii to working the sugar cane plantations. 1924- Filipino Workers?Union (FLU) shuts down 16 of 25 sugar plantations. 1926- California Anti-Miscigenation Law is amended to include Filipinos (Members of the Malay race) as among those who cannot marry whites. 1929-Anti-Filipino riots break out in Watsonville and other California rural communities. 1932- The U.S. Congress passes the Tidings-Mcduffe Act, known as the Philippine Independence Act, [it] is also known as the Filipino Exclusion Act as it limits Filipino immigration to the U.S. to 50 persons a year. 1942-After the fall of Bataan and Coregidor to the Japanese, the US Congress passes a law which grants US citizenship to Filipinos and other aliens who served under the U.S. Armed Forces. 1943- First and Second Filipino Regiments formed in the U.S. composed of Filipino agricultural workers. 1946- U.S. [grants] Philippine Independence. U.S. Congress passes Rescission Act declaring that service in the USAFFE is not considered service in the U.S. Armed Forces for purposes of military benefits.? 1948- Celestino Alfafara wins California Supreme Court decision allowing aliens the ight to own real property; California courts finally overturn Anti-Miscegenation Laws so Filipinos and other minorities could now legally marry whites. 1965- Filipino farm workers under the leadership of Larry Itliong go on strike in Delano and win Cesar Chavez joins Itliong to from the United Farm Workers Union. Filipino American Political Association (FAPA) is formed with chapters in 30 California cities. Immigration Act of 1965 raises quota of Filipinos and other nationalities from 100 to 20,000 a year. [1967- The Philippine American Collegiate Endeavor (PACE) founded by Pilipino American students at San Francisco State College.] 1968- San Francisco State students, [Led by the Third World Liberation Front (TWLF), of which PACE is a part of) go on a five month long strike, the longest student strike in American higher education. 1969- The San Francisco State Student Strike ends resulting in the creation of the first and only Ethnic Studies [School] in the nation which includes a Filipino Studies Program and an Asian American Studies Department. 1977- Students various colleges and universities such as San Francisco State College and the University of California Berkeley, participate in all out strike against the demolition of the International Hotel, a hotel situated in a former "Manilatown" area of San Francisco, that provided low income housing for the elderly. At least, 41 Manongs (Filipino elders) were evicted from the hotel. 1990- Immigration reform Act of 1990 is passed by the U.S. Congress granting U.S. citizenship to Filipino WWII veterans resulting in 20,000 Filipino veterans take oath of citizenship. |
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Title: UNIQUELY FILIPINO Post by teagirl on Apr 15th, 2005, 11:00am (From THE FAR EASTERN ECONOMIC REVIEW) By Nury Vittachi THERE'S A SIGN ON Congressional Avenue in Manila that says: "Parking for Costumers Only." This may be a misspelling of "customer." But the Philippine capital is so full of theatrical, brightly dressed individuals that I prefer to think it may actually mean what it says. This week, we'll take a reading tour of one of the most spirited communities in Asia. The Philippines is full of wordplay. The local accent, in which F and P are fairly interchangeable, is often used very cleverly, such as at the flower shop in Diliman called Petal Attraction. Much of the wordplay in the Philippines is deliberate, with retailers favouring witty names, often based on Western celebrities and movies. Reader Elgar Esteban found a bread shop called Anita Bakery, a 24-hour restaurant called Doris Day and Night, a garment shop called Elizabeth Tailoring and a hairdresser called Felix The Cut. Smart travellers can decipher initially baffling signs by simply trying out a Taglish (Tagalog-English) accent, such as that used on a sign at a restaurant in Cebu: "We Hab Sop-Drink In Can An In Batol." A sewing accessories shop called Beads And Pieces also makes use of the local accent. Of course, there are also many signs with oddly chosen words, but they are usually so entertaining that it would be a tragedy to "correct" them. A reader named Antonio "Tonyboy" Ramon T. Ongsiako (now there's a truly Filipino name) found the following: In a restaurant in Baguio: "Wanted: Boy Waitress;" on a highway in Pampanga: "We Make Modern Antique Furniture;" on the window of a photography shop in Cabanatuan: "We Shoot You While You Wait;" on the glass wall of an eatery in Panay Avenue in Manila: "Wanted: Waiter, Cashier, Washier." Some of the notices one sees are thought-provoking. A shoe store in Pangasinan has a sign saying: "We Sell Imported Robber Shoes." Could these be the sneakiest sort of sneakers? On a house in Jaro, Iloilo, one finds a sign saying: "House For Rent, Fully Furnaced." Tonyboy commented, "Boy, it must be hot in there." Occasionally, the signs are quite poignant. Reader Gunilla Edlund saw one at a ferry pier outside Davao, southern Philippines, which said: "Adults: 1USD; Child: 50 cents; Cadavers: subject to negotiation." But most are purely witty, and display a love of Americana. Reader Robert Harland spotted a bakery named Bread Pitt, a Makati fast-food place selling maruya (banana fritters) called Maruya Carey, a water-engineering firm called Christopher Plumbing, a boutique called The Way We Wear, a video rental shop called Leon King Video Rental, a restaurant in the Cainta district of Rizal called Caintacky Fried Chicken, a local burger restaurant called Mang Donald's, a doughnut Shop called MacDonuts, a shop selling lumpia (meat parcels) in Makati Called Wrap and Roll, and two butchers called Meating Place and Meatropolis. Tourists from Europe may be intrigued to discover shops called Holland Hopia and Poland Hopia. Both sell a type of Chinese pastry called hopia. What's the story? The names are explained thus: Holland Hopia is the domain of a man named Ho and Poland Hopia is run by a man named Po. People in the Philippines also redesign English to be more efficient. "The creative confusion between language and culture leads to more than just simple unintentional errors in syntax, but in the adoption of new words," says reader Rob Goodfellow. He came across a sign that said "House Fersallarend." Why use five words (house for sale or rent) when two will do? Tonyboy Ongsiako explains why there was so much wit in the Philippines. "We come from a country where you require a sense of humour to survive," he says. "We have a 24-hour comedy show here called the government and a huge reserve of comedians made up mostly of politicians and bad actors." |
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Title: Standing For My Countrymen :) Post by Norkay on May 27th, 2005, 12:59pm I was surfing awhile ago a website in which I am also a member.I was checking my friends' pages and blog entries and I came upon this specific account. His username is LumofNY, he's an American. I read his page, specifically his blog entries and I was really bothered by this blog: Quote:
Well,maybe it really is annoying to find many unwanted messages like forwarded messages in your mailbox, but Mr Lum,those you found in your mailbox were people's requests of adding you to their friends' corner.You know what, this shows that you don't have value like we Filipinos have or you don't have at all! Isn't it a good value to ask permission FIRST from the concerned person like you BEFORE doing such a thing like adding you to their friends' corner? Yes,it's just two clicks if they want to add you,but I am sure they know that not everyone is willing to be added. Mr Lum,I think it's you who is idiot! You're not thinking.Appreciation is the correct reaction there and not those words you gave. Filipinos are just really very appreciative of beauty, and they probably found or saw something on you which somehow relates to them and they sensed some kind of connection with you.... so their impulse was to add you on their list. But me, being a Filipina cannot just shrug it off, and I have to say to you Mr. Lum that you got some issues, racism maybe, or you are just proud of nothing. And regarding the issue, we, Filipinos living in an island... well it doesn't necessarily mean that we are all out-dated and it also doesn't mean that we're STUPID.... if we, Filipinos are stupid then why do we have foreigners studying in our universities ??? University of Santo Tomas per se, known for its quality education in the field of medicine.Why are we, Filipinos, able to study in known schools in other famous countries? If you gonna tell me Mr. Lum, that we are ALL STUPID, then I have to say that you got American idiots or even assholes studying here in our country! Look before you leap, Sweet Kris (LMAO!) ( I have actually invited MR LUM to the forum to see,communicate and know more about Filipinos since most of the active members here are Filipinos,that we may help him explain or even change his bad thoughts about Filipinos.So if incase he will come and talk to somebody from here,please welcome him.I gave him the link of the forum. I am sure he will be here.) |
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Title: Re: UNIQUELY FILIPINO Post by teagirl on May 27th, 2005, 10:19pm I, too, am sensitive about criticisms/opinions from people abroad about us, Filipinos. One thing I learned though: you can never please everybody and there will always be arrogant folks who think just because they live in one of the great nations, they have every right to do or say what they want [ask any Iraqi about this...lol]. My point is, he has every right to say these things, we may not agree with his opinions, but he could be an idiot, so why bother? I know you feel the sting of criticism from Lum of NY. I do too. I have to stand up for the Filipinos as well but you have to admit that we are the same way to Indians/Pakis especially when we are in AC1. We may not be vocal about being irritated and not as nasty as Lum but the discrimination is there. We are no different from Lum at all, only that he was vocal about his irk and maybe a bit arrogant and we are nicer---we just click the iggy button right away without a word. Not as harsh, but still as discriminating. Kris, I admire your patience with this man and I admire what you did---inviting him to the forum to let him get to know what the Filipinos are all about---both good and bad [yep, bad cos there will always be bad in the presence of good.] That's a very friendly and very smart move! Sure, let's welcome him here! |
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Title: Re: UNIQUELY FILIPINO Post by Norkay on May 29th, 2005, 3:56pm Anyway,I quoted this blog entry of Mr.Lum and brought it here to be able to be responded because I couldn't give comment or reply right on his page unless I am one of his friends. Yes,it's very true that no one can deny idiots from one's own country,but my point on my reply to Mr Lum was to correct him the way he responded the messages he got from those people.Well,I didn't react this way because his words were addressed to Filipinos.I would still have the same feeling whoever he addressed it.I would fully understand if the messages were hate or rude messages or against him and I would even feel embarrased of what my fellow Filipinos did.But what happened or what Mr. Lum did was totally wrong. He visited the link I gave him and he was here probably last night since I got a message in my inbox on my page where we both are members. This was his message: Quote:
I decided to just understand something is really wrong in this person. :( |
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Title: Re: UNIQUELY FILIPINO Post by teagirl on May 30th, 2005, 4:08am Ah, Kris. Don't throw your pearls before swine. |
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Title: Re: UNIQUELY FILIPINO Post by Norkay on May 30th, 2005, 7:03am on 05/30/05 at 04:08:22, teagirl wrote:
No way May, thank you for your input about this.Anway,I only tried..... |
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Title: Re: UNIQUELY FILIPINO Post by Christian on Jun 14th, 2005, 12:07pm hiiiiiiiiiiii~~ seems this guy just isnt sensitive to other people's feelings... its quite sad~~ i feel sorry for him, because he sounds like he's full of bitter thoughts. There is still a lot of racism in this world... but i think this will change in time~~ |
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Title: Re: UNIQUELY FILIPINO Post by teagirl on Jun 17th, 2005, 11:19am Tampo If you're planning to enter into a relationship with a Filipina, it's important to gain an understanding of what "tampo" is. Let's do this in a clinical fashion... Definition:While the analogy isn't perfect, you can think of tampo as "pouting" or "sulking". Cause:Typically, a Filipina will exhibit tampo when she feels she has been neglected or ignored, but she may also invoke it when she is jealous, or basically anytime her feelings are hurt. Symptoms:The Filipina will seem withdrawn or sullen. She may be unusually silent, or she may express her dissatisfaction by "whining" in a melodramatic, almost child-like fashion. She may refuse to eat (only in the most severe cases). Duration and Severity of Condition: Tampo is a strictly short-term condition and should not be considered life threatening. Tampo is the result of mild dissatisfaction, not of actual anger. The behavior is a cultural norm in the Philippines and a westerner should not be overly concerned the first time he encounters it. Tampo is a very useful tool, because it allows a Filipina to show her displeasure about something you have done. Remember, confrontation is generally unacceptable in Filipino society, so disagreement or displeasure must be expressed indirectly. Here is an example of tampo: You're with your fiancée walking hand-in-hand down a crowded street. You notice a beautiful young woman walking toward you wearing a tank top that's cut way too low, and you can't tear your eyes away from her. Your fiancée notices this behavior. A non-Filipina might react by saying, "Put your eyes back in your head! I can't believe you were staring at that girl right in front of me! What has she got that I haven't got!?" At which point she may stalk off, cry, or punch you. A Filipina in that same situation, however, would probably squeeze your hand and say something like, "She's pretty, di ba?" Then you'd stammer something about not noticing, blah, blah, blah, and you'd think you'd gotten away with it. Yet your fiancée would seem suddenly distant. She'd not proffer her hand to you as you walked together, she'll speak only when spoken to, and she'd probably shrug indifferently when you ask her a question. You're on the receiving end of tampo. It's very important that you understand this: Tampo is merely intended to let you know that you've committed some minor offense, for which you must make amends. It is a mild behavioral reprimand that verges on role-playing. The worst thing you could do is to get stressed out over a tampo session, because an over-reaction on your part may escalate the situation to the point that your fiancée or wife becomes genuinely angry. On the other hand, don't misdiagnose genuine anger, sadness, or depression as mere tampo. If your girlfriend, fiancée or wife seems deeply depressed, that is NOT tampo. If she's crying hysterically, that is NOT tampo. If she starts hurling dishes at you, that is NOT tampo. so you not better say "baby, wag ka na magtampo" or else you prefer silverware instead of porcelain.Tampo is mild and controlled and is the direct result of some perceived offense of a minor nature. It is short in duration. If an emotional abnormality seems unusually severe or extended in duration, and you cannot identify the cause, it is not tampo, and consequently deserves serious attention. |
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Title: Re: UNIQUELY FILIPINO Post by Norkay on Jun 17th, 2005, 12:45pm Quote:
This example is very true.LOL. And if I am feeling or having TAMPO, he can tell. And it's very true for me, I refuse to eat when I TAMPO. I will never touch what he offers and ofcourseeeeeeeee NO SEX!!!!! Yahooo! ;D Mayyyyy! nakikilig ako! ;D hahahahaha! But I bet not only me, I am sure all of us [Filipina] has this attitude.....hey don't say no! *smug* hehehe. This is very very true , TAMPO - Filipina's disorder! LOL. |
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Title: Re: UNIQUELY FILIPINO Post by okasantina on Dec 28th, 2005, 7:32pm One more thing that is uniquely Filipino is when you ask a person about a place or location he is looking for...and then this Filipino will just throw his lips...pointing telling its there....do u imagine...his mouth pouching pointing and moving his head...telling its there..! lmao! this makes me laugh so much... ;D |
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Title: Re: UNIQUELY FILIPINO Post by CooCHie on Jan 1st, 2006, 10:54pm When they travel back to Philippines from the States, they have this BALIKBAYAN BOXES.!!My grandma used to do that. l ;D ;D |
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Title: Re: UNIQUELY FILIPINO Post by Justine on Jan 3rd, 2006, 11:34am on 01/01/06 at 22:54:56, CooCHie wrote:
And just one is usually not enough hehe have you ever wondered about what usual stuff are carried inside? hehe |
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Title: Re: UNIQUELY FILIPINO Post by Justine on Jan 3rd, 2006, 11:43am I read a newpaper article years ago, really funny and just so filipino. Title, if I remember it right, was something like "Only in the Philippines" featuring funny filipino ideas.......A restaurant somewhere in Pasig named "Luto ng Ina mo" and another restaurant a few meters from it named "Luto ng Ina mo rin"........a salon named "Saudia Hairlines".....A laundry shop having a slogan "Talk dirty to me".....a restaurant's menu featuring funny-named dishes such as "Hipon coming back", "Pusit to the limit" and "Isda best"....hehe I should have kept a copy of that article. |
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Title: Re: UNIQUELY FILIPINO Post by Wicked_Witch on Jan 13th, 2006, 1:55am Oh yes, sistah...you know how good we Pinoys are at adapting in our unique ways. ;D We really do have a sense of humor, eh? Menus that includes "pinaupong manok, nilasing na hipon, sinuntok na isda, binatukang baka, pinitpit na itlog!....etc..etc....! [smiley=roll.gif] [smiley=roll.gif] [smiley=roll.gif] |
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Title: Re: UNIQUELY FILIPINO Post by Justine on Jan 13th, 2006, 2:07am Yes sistah, another thing that defers aging hehe My cousin who grew up in the states wouldn't stop laughing at filipino names of our neighbors in Bataan. Boning, married to Aquiling, who lives beside the sister Felicing, married to Polding, whose best friend is Tonying, married to Rosing...and the list goes on lol |
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Title: Re: UNIQUELY FILIPINO Post by Justine on Jan 13th, 2006, 2:11am Ah sistah, I forgot to tell you pa pala, a neighbor's last name is PAROL. When their first grand kid was born, they named her....BELEN lol Don't you wanna know what the middle name is? lol |
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Title: Re: UNIQUELY FILIPINO Post by Wicked_Witch on Jan 16th, 2006, 6:22am I hope it's not SABSABAN or LAMPARA or anything like that? [smiley=roll.gif] [smiley=roll.gif] [smiley=roll.gif] |
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Title: Re: UNIQUELY FILIPINO Post by Justine on Jan 18th, 2006, 9:49am on 01/16/06 at 06:22:34, Wicked_Witch wrote:
Sounds like sistah.....it's ILAO hahahahaha! |
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Title: Re: UNIQUELY FILIPINO Post by nOrKAy on Jan 18th, 2006, 4:35pm on 01/13/06 at 02:07:09, Justine wrote:
Is this really true? [smiley=roll.gif] [smiley=roll.gif][smiley=roll.gif] |
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Title: Re: UNIQUELY FILIPINO Post by nOrKAy on Jan 18th, 2006, 4:51pm Well, in HK, only in Filipino bars that you encounter basagan ng bote or baso[fighting and breaking bottles]. LMAO. I have encountered once when a friend of mine from the US wanted to see a Filipino bar and I brought him into an Indonesian/Filipino bar and restaurant. My gosh, I was so scared and embarrassed when one table created trouble and broke bottles of beers on the floor. A Filipino said, "Hayyy, mga Pilipino nga naman, akala mo kung sino!".["Oooo, this Filipinos, as if they are somebody!"] What's more embarrassing, they were arguing about the bill, saying the one who suppose to pay lost his wallet , right there where he's sitting! LOL. :-[ :P |
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Title: Re: UNIQUELY FILIPINO Post by Justine on Jan 19th, 2006, 1:09am on 01/18/06 at 16:35:11, nOrKAy wrote:
Very much so, Krissy lol They are just so fond of "ING's" attached to their names hehe |
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Title: Re: UNIQUELY FILIPINO Post by Justine on Jan 19th, 2006, 1:16am on 01/18/06 at 16:51:16, nOrKAy wrote:
Very filipino lol A hang out place where there's too much fighting is referred to in here as "Piso Away" lol |
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Title: Re: UNIQUELY FILIPINO Post by Wicked_Witch on Jan 19th, 2006, 8:27am Oh, that's normal here in my family with my brothers and sisters about ten years ago. They will drink and when have drank too much will start arguing. And it's always about something that happened in the past ::). I'm usually asleep already everytime that happens. And then someone would wake me up saying there's a fight downstairs. Sometimes my temper gets the better of me when I can't pacify them. So I will tell them to take their fights outside and not inside. I will start pushing everyone out, including their kids. Then the next day, they will all be talking and laughing again like nothing happened. Teasing each other about the things they said or did during the fight like "ikaw kasi, tamang down memory lane ka!" ( it's your fault for always bringing the past!)Sheez...filipinos! ::) [smiley=roll.gif] [smiley=roll.gif] [smiley=roll.gif] |
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Title: Re: UNIQUELY FILIPINO Post by okasantina on Jan 19th, 2006, 5:56pm on 01/19/06 at 08:27:11, Wicked_Witch wrote:
[smiley=roll.gif]That was so funny witchy dear... same as my style too lol when im drank i used to cry and cry to my brothers shoulders...but were not fighting ..only kept on laughin and laughin about me...and when the morning comes up, i was only there in the corner as in theres nothing happened lol...as in i dont hear them laughin at me [smiley=roll.gif] [smiley=roll.gif] |
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Title: Re: UNIQUELY FILIPINO Post by Wicked_Witch on Jan 23rd, 2006, 5:46am Lol, Tinz...I can imagine you being a senti one when you're drunk. Too sensitive, eh? Hehehehe! And the funnier thing is, it's not one of my brothers who like to fight. It's two of my sisters! [smiley=roll.gif] [smiley=roll.gif] [smiley=roll.gif] I have a younger sister, 10 years younger than me. She's very pretty, so it follows that she's dumb! Hahahaha! We always call her dumby. And she never take it against us. Sometimes when she's in the mood, she defends herself, sometimes she just laugh with us when we call her that. But she's hell when she's drunk! She likes to argue....and when she really gets too drunk, it's like she's possessed or something. Sometimes she would sit beside someone and will keep on preaching about religions, about how sinful mankind are, how the person should try to get closer to God, blah..blah...blah...! So all of us...whenever she starts looking at us with glazed eyes, out of focus or something, we always say "oh-oh....time to disappear on the face of earth"! She lives just a few block away from us and she has the habit of bringing home any leftover where there's a party here. |
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Title: Re: UNIQUELY FILIPINO Post by nOrKAy on Jan 23rd, 2006, 6:10am Unique Filipino styles when drunk! OMG! [smiley=roll.gif] [smiley=roll.gif] [smiley=roll.gif] |
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Title: Re: UNIQUELY FILIPINO Post by Justine on Feb 27th, 2006, 4:54am IF YOU DON'T UNDERSTAND THESE, YOU ARE NOT A TAGALOG SPEAKING FILIPINO ;D Use DEDUCT, DEFENSE, DEFEAT, and DETAIL in a sentence. DEDUCT jumped over DEFENSE, first DEFEAT and then DETAIL. Use DEPOSIT in a sentence. I hear dripping in the sink. I think DEPOSIT is leaking. Use DEVASTATION in a sentence. Every morning I wait for the bus at DEVASTATION. Use PAUL four times in a sentence. PAUL, be carePAUL, you might PAUL in the swimming PAUL. Use CUISINE in a sentence. I hope you studied last night because our teacher might give a CUISINE math. Use PAMPERS and PAPERS in a sentence. At the gas station, some people PAMPERS and some PAPERS. Use SCHOOLING in a sentence. (phone rings).....Hello? Who SCHOOLING? Use AFFECT in a sentence. Maria is wearing AFFECT diamond ring. Use ADIEU in a sentence. If you are ADIEU, the Arabs will kill you. Use DECANTER in a sentence. You can order that medicine over DECANTER. Use DEFLATE in a sentence. Can you please wash DEFLATE for me? Use DELETION in a sentence. The balat of DELETION is crispy. Use DESPISE in a sentence. Who baked all DESPISE? Use DIFFERENT and DIFFERENTIAL in a sentence. I am looking for DIFFERENT of this boy to get DIFFERENTIAL consent so he can go to the picnic. |
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Title: Re: UNIQUELY FILIPINO Post by Wicked_Witch on Feb 28th, 2006, 2:07am DAng sistah....you are confusing my vocabulary and spelling now! Nyahahahhaha! |
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Title: Re: UNIQUELY FILIPINO Post by Justine on Feb 28th, 2006, 3:13pm on 02/28/06 at 02:07:12, Wicked_Witch wrote:
I know, sistah. Pronouncing them reminds me of my beloved yayas hahaha! |
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Title: Re: UNIQUELY FILIPINO Post by CooCHie on Mar 11th, 2006, 4:05am ;D ;Dsooo funny justine |
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Title: Re: UNIQUELY FILIPINO Post by Wicked_Witch on Mar 12th, 2006, 4:00am I still think it's a unique filipino custom to still have members of the family, married or not to still be staying with their parents after graduating from college or even if they are already working :P |
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Title: Re: UNIQUELY FILIPINO Post by okasantina on Sep 27th, 2006, 7:22pm Cannot wait for their turn to get in the train...and that sucks! |
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Title: Re: UNIQUELY FILIPINO Post by theragon on Apr 21st, 2013, 7:03am Just returned from the Philippines in March, (second trip) and had another wonderful time. Truly a (an) unique place. All the people I met were nice and polite. |
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