A Glimpse on Filipino Life & Culture Through Life in The Philippine Provinces.
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As noted by a friend’s comment in my post on tabo, the tabo’s significance in the life of the Filipinos as well as it’s parallelism with our society was noted over a century ago by no less than our national hero, Dr. Jose Rizal in his novel El Filibusterismo ( The Reign of Greed).
The El [...]
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Namets is a slang for Hiligaynon word “namit” meaning yummy so expect to salivate from all the delicious food which are featured in Namets! directed by Negrense Jay Abello and screenplay by Vicente Garcia Groyon. Namets was a finalist to the Cinemalaya 2008.
Much can be gleaned about our culture from our local cuisine – our [...]
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Last June 12 we celebrated the 110th Declaration of Philippine Independence. It was also a commemoration of the lives of the many Filipinos who have fought and died in order for this country to be free from colonialism. The Philippines has been colonized for more than three hundred years by Spain, then by the United States. These colonizers have done a great job in brainwashing us such that some FIlipinos doesn’t even want to be free from them. We even wanted to be like them yet they never really treated us as their equal. They have subjected us to be “Indios” and their “Little Brown Brother”.
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I was having breakfast with my officemate yesterday and we started to talk about past relationships. It seems she was not yet over her ex-boyfriend although she admitted that it was probably her pride who still hurts rather than her heart. Her ex has apparently “upgraded” to an Optometrist who’s also not an eyesore herself. [...]
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You know you’re a true-blue Ilonggo if …
Your one peso is pisos
You take a bath using a tabo which you call Caltex. The same Caltex is also often used as a unit of measurement (i.e. isa ka caltex nga pasayan, isa ka caltex nga hipon, isa ka caltex nga asin)
Your bathroom has at least [...]
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