Are you proud being a Filipino? [Part 1 of 2]

archivebot · September 4, 2005, 1:06pm

Are you proud being a Filipino? [1] [2]

honey

09-04-2005, 10:06 PM

sa nangyayaring suliranin sa bansa natin proud pa ba kayo maging filipino?

prettylily_1203

09-06-2005, 10:47 PM

oo naman. di naman dapat ikahiya ang pagiging pilipino natin kahit tambak ang problema sa Pilipinas ngayon…

honey

09-07-2005, 12:26 PM

I’m proud to be me!

Raiden

09-07-2005, 01:05 PM

When I look in the mirror, and ask myself am I proud to be a Filipino, and see myself staring back at me, then my answer is Hell Yeah!

The way I see it, malaki ang potential ng Pilipinas na maging maunlad na bansa.
Ang pinaka malaking obstacle nga lang ay yung pagiging utak talangka (crab mentality) nung mga iba nating kababayan.

One more thing, yung “Me First, To Hell With Everybody Else” attitude. Kaya ang lagay ng Pilipinas ngayon, eh went to hell nga, figuratively speaking.

The best thing for us Filipinos abroad to do is always do our best to project a positive image of Filipinos through our deeds, actions and achievements.

And get rid of all those bad traits and habits. :mad:

Stacie Fil

09-07-2005, 06:29 PM

The best thing for us Filipinos abroad to do is always do our best to project a positive image of Filipinos through our deeds, actions and achievements.

And get rid of all those bad traits and habits. :mad:

Tumpak ka diyan !!! If one Pilipino who works in a company gain the company’s respect, his effort is not only for himself. He is also giving favor,raising up the value of the rest of the Phil. people. Tama yung sinabi mo na we should destroy that talangka mentality. If we see or meet another Pinoy who is an achiever. We should not feel inggit, treatened, or mayabangan. You should not feel na naungusan ka, as other often feel, instead you should think of ways to support and protect your kabayan. Another example; If he got into business and its blooming well, kalimutan mo muna yung turo sa business to grab some part of the market. Think of ways of how to support instead and lightened the load. In that way, sabay kayong aasenso at hindi babagsak.

tower23ph

09-07-2005, 08:16 PM

Im proud to be a Pilipino! Mga kabayan, sang-ayon ako sa mga sinabi nyo. Ang pilipinas ngayun ay dumaranas ng kahirapan dahil sa problemang pulitikal at pagiging makasarili ng ilan pero hindi naman un ang batayan para talikuran ang pagiging isang pinoy. Tayong mga dayuhan dito sa ibang bansa,sikapin nating itaas ang ating pagka pilipino sa paraang malinis at karesperespeto para naman malaman ng lahat na hindi lahat ng pilipino ay iisa ang pananaw at kaisipan.
Mabuhay ang Lahing Pillipino!

joeyboy1218

09-08-2005, 09:13 AM

thats the truth im proud to be a filipino, but not all the time…

emperor

09-08-2005, 07:18 PM

Of course! I am proud to be a Filipino in looks, in words, in thoughts and in deeds.

Let’s start this movement of converting truly the filipinos in the Philippines and anywhere else in the world. Although you are here in Japan, you can still greatly help build the true Filipino image by just being you. Let’s stop finger pointing faults on others as we have done that before but rather let us start by accepting our own faults, and weakneses.

Let’s not blame others for what the current state of the Philippines and the filipinos is right now as we are a party to it. We have not done our part but merely criticizing our leaders, our brothers, and everyone except us.

May this movement progress as I hope it will.

My aspirations for the Philippines are: That most of the filipinos will have sufficient food at their table for three square meals a day. That most have jobs for the welfare of their families. That most filipino wives will not have to leave for work but instead care for the family. That families will again be united in prayer.

A Filipino is a happy person even in misery he can still laugh and joke. This makes a filipino a unique individual. Who cares to be rich if he can only enjoy the material things but not truly happy in his heart?

piNkAhOLiC

10-02-2005, 03:45 AM

with all the recent “wow! mali” in the arroyo administration, and all the other “kapalpakan” of our government, despite the fact that we are the no.1 laughing stock of the other countries, and even if we are always referred to as the banana republic, i am and will always be proud to be a filipino.

though i must admit that there came a time in my life when i hated anything and everything pinoy! it was just so disgustingly embarrasing to be in a country where all your countrymen work as entertainers and dancers, and yes, they do have families in the philippines! it was sooo disappointing and demeaning to live and study in a country where everyone belittles and even despises filipinas. and the worst, it was very frustrating to walk in a street of entertainment, where almost all shops hang philippine flags and proudly proclaims: HOT FILIPINAS INSIDE! FILIPINO ENTERTAINERS AVAILABLE! it was almost like proclaiming that filipinas are just like delicacies na pwedeng pampulutan!

yes, i studied in japan for a year and it was a torture to be a filipina. seeing all these, and hearing all the negative stories about the filipinos (coz most of the japanese thought i’m not), i vowed myself to prove them wrong, to change the image of filipinos, to let them know that there are more and far better things filipinos do other than dancing, singing and entertaining!

i know and i am well aware of all the bad things about pinoys but i am still proud to be one. call me a hypocrite, or liar, but i love being a filipino. i am proud of my nationality because i know that most of us don’t and it pains me to know that the philippines will be left alone in the ruins if we dont start loving what is ours. i am proud to be pinoy and i am actually loving it because i want to make a difference, to make a change. i am proud to be pinoy because i know that there is still hope in rebuilding the philippines.

a lot of filipinos hate the philippines. most of us are forced to take up nursing just so we could go out and seek “greener pastures” abroad. an average filipino’s greatest dream is to migrate to very rich countries. we are all escaping reality. our government officials can afford to be corrupt and inefficient because they don’t love our country, they belittle the filipinos, and in effect, they are reducing their self-worth as filipinos.

the philippines will never improve if we keep on loathing it. our government leaders will never change if we don’t let them know, if we will continue to be passive, if we continue to escape reality by going to other countries. we will never love and appreciate those thing that we never knew, the things that we don’t understand. so if we don’t even know the rich cultural heritage of our country, and our vast natural resources, and we only focus on the political scandals and whatever scandals we have, we will never learn to be proud of who we are–filipinos.

let me end by this quote by Sydney J. Harris:
Patriotism is proud of a country’s virtues and eager to correct its deficiencies; it also acknowledges the legitimate patriotism of other countries, with their own specific virtues. The pride of nationalism, however, trumpets its country’s virtues and denies its deficiencies, while it is contemptuous toward the virtues of other countries. It wants to be, and proclaims itself to be, “the greatest,” but greatness is not required of a country; only goodness is.

zpahc

10-03-2005, 07:34 AM

still proud being filipino since birth… pinoy 4 life!

pointblank

10-03-2005, 06:22 PM

Wala sigurong magsusulat dito na ikinahihiya niyang maging Pilipino, dahil siguradong uulanin ka ng attack messages.

It is so easy to claim that one is proud to be a Filipino - after all, mataas ang pride chicken ng Pinoy - so this question does not hold much meaning to me. Self-congratulatory feel-good answers lang ang makukuha mo diyan.

The more relevant and productive question would be: WHAT HAVE I DONE TO MAKE THE PHILIPPINES PROUD OF ME? Yan ang sagutin ninyo. Kung talagang proud kayo to be a Filipino and you want to make a contribution to the betterment of our country, ipakita niyo hindi lang sa salita kundi sa gawa!

honey

10-03-2005, 09:38 PM

kaya nga ang sagot ko I’m PROUD TO BE ME!

v_wrangler

10-04-2005, 10:46 AM

kaya nga ang sagot ko I’m PROUD TO BE ME!
Yan ang hinintay ko. Pinoys abroad are too conscious about nationality. And that becomes more of a liability. Misplaced nationalism alienates us from our beloved hosts. Be proud to be yourself - be proud of your contribution to the community. Be proud to be a responsible citizen of the world.

betong

10-04-2005, 12:31 PM

Wala sigurong magsusulat dito na ikinahihiya niyang maging Pilipino, dahil siguradong uulanin ka ng attack messages.

It is so easy to claim that one is proud to be a Filipino - after all, mataas ang pride chicken ng Pinoy - so this question does not hold much meaning to me. Self-congratulatory feel-good answers lang ang makukuha mo diyan.

The more relevant and productive question would be: WHAT HAVE I DONE TO MAKE THE PHILIPPINES PROUD OF ME? Yan ang sagutin ninyo. Kung talagang proud kayo to be a Filipino and you want to make a contribution to the betterment of our country, ipakita niyo hindi lang sa salita kundi sa gawa!

Okay. That is another pointblank shot into the face of a lot of us. :slam:
So, how can I make the Philippines proud of me.
By showing other people my culture and my country and the beauty of my lupang sinilangan.
By trying to be an upstanding citizen in the country that has adopted me as their own while keeping my identity as a Filipino, and here in Japan, which may never adopt me as their own kin, by being an upstanding resident.
By trying to excell in the field I am in.
By voting.
And as a Pink die-hard fan said, by knowing the ‘rich cultural heritage of our country, and our vast natural resources’ or basically, everything there is to know about the Filipino’s and the Philippines. I believe in what she said, as I emigrated and studied abroad I came to realize that I really don’t know that much about my country. So, read, read, read and learn. How can you be proud of a country that you don’t really know. I grew up digesting all that Sesame Street, Hollywood, mainstream American culture gave me (what was considered as cool at that time was anything and everything ‘stateside’ right?). But as you leave your country, that’s when you start to think about your identity as a Filipino. And as we idealize everything foreign, especially those coming from rich developed countries like Japan and the US, I guess it’s easy to turn a blind eye to everything that is substantial around us, the poverty, our past, our culture, our traditions and embrace those that we idealize and forget about our identity.
:tiphat:

Dax

10-04-2005, 01:04 PM

Tama si pointblank! So ano ang mga nagawa ninyo para sa Pinas? Ako maliliit na bagay lang naman pero siguro nakatulong naman ng konti.

Some little things that I’ve done for Pinas: (sa totoo lang po)

Like betong, I have also introduced our culture (folk dances, food, children’s games etc.) to the Japanese and other foreigners in my former schools and in visits to local kindergarten, elementary, junior and senior high schools when I was a student. Most of the time I did those with other Filipino students, but I was alone in some. Thanks to those schools who invited us/me.
I wore my barong every 12th of June. This made my classmates (both Japanese and other foreigners) and teachers back then ask what I was wearing and thereby gave me a chance to give them a little introduction. I can’t do it anymore at work though, sadly, coz I’m required to wear a suit.
I don’t litter. I put my trash inside my pocket and throw inside the next trash box that I see.
I strictly obey the laws in both Japan and the Philippines. Including (kahit na mabusisi) little things like proper garbage separation and disposal, such as removing caps and labels from PET bottles and disposing as “moyasanai”.
I don’t buy food sold outside St. Ignatius Church. Ang bawal bawal. Last sunday sinita ng police na nakasakay sa bisikleta yung mga tumitinda. Sabi ng isa aalis na daw siya. Obviously palusot. Pero pagkaalis ng police nandun pa rin.
Like most of us, I send money regularly to my family back home. Kahit wala akong naiipon, simot ang sahod. Tinitiis na lang basta lang matulungan sila. (is this bad?)
In other international forums, I try to defend Pinas every time I think she is misunderstood.
I vote and will vote again in the next elections. Kahit na alam kong matatalo siya binoto ko pa rin because I believed in him.
I pay my taxes.

Some things that I need to do:

Be more punctual. I sometime come 5 minutes late at work.
Improve my knowledge and technical expertise in my field. I need to learn a lot more so that I’d be more useful when I go back.
To know more about Pinas, I need to learn another Filipino language (Cebuano and others are languages, not dialects).
To know more about Pinas, I also need to visit more places in our country like Mindanao, and other islands in the Visayas that I haven’t been to.
Ang dami pa! Sa susunod naman.

Next?

pointblank

10-04-2005, 02:07 PM

I wore my barong every 12th of June. This made my classmates (both Japanese and other foreigners) and teachers back then ask what I was wearing and thereby gave me a chance to give them a little introduction. I can’t do it anymore at work though, sadly, coz I’m required to wear a suit.

Actually, I’ve been wearing my barongs to work this past summer - nagpadala pa nga ako ng mga bago from RP - it’s sort of become OK to do so since the Japanese government launched the “Cool Biz” movement. E kung si Koizumi, naka Okinawa shirt nga. In fact, I tell them that I am not dressing down, since unlike the no-necktie look and other casual ethnic shirts, the barong is regarded as formal business wear in the Philippines.

Yes, Dax & Betong are right - we Filipinos do need to know more about the Philippines. We need to value our culture and history more. (I am sure that there are a zillion more pet dogs in Manila named Brownie or Blackie or Spot or what-have-you than Bantay! )

Dax

10-06-2005, 11:13 AM

I’m waiting for the others to post the little or big things that they have done to make our country proud of them. Asan na kaya?

Some more things that I need to do:

Invite more Japanese (or other non-Filipinos) to visit the Philippines. I’ve only invited one, a school buddy back in 97, and it seems that he really really enjoyed his 20-day stay. Medyo napagod lang ako kaka-translate kasi kasama ko siya sa lahat ng lakad ko. But it was worth it.
Be more active in our little scholarship foundation for bright but poor Filipino students.

it’s sort of become OK to do so since the Japanese government launched the “Cool Biz” movement.
Sa company namin simula pa ng July 15 (until September 15) allowed mag-suit without a necktie. So hindi rin ako pwedeng mag-barong siguro.

honey

10-06-2005, 11:19 AM

grabe ang mga litanya nyo dito ang haba pero salamat sa lahat ng nagreply:D

stanfordmed

10-06-2005, 12:28 PM

I’m waiting for the others to post the little or big things that they have done to make our country proud of them. Asan na kaya?

I don’t think I’ve done anything directly to make the Philippines proud of me, but
I’m setting a good reputation as a Filipino by:

Being a responsible citizen/resident to my host country/countries
Educating/supporting myself so as not to be a burden to anyone or the society
Abiding laws and regulations
Respecting individuals culture
Paying my income taxes (more than 30% ang kaltas sa sweldo tapos meron pang dagdag at the end of the tax year) at marami pang ibat ibang taxes.
Attending / Contributing to charities (Phil. and U.S.)
Voting (voted against Dubya Bush http://community.the-underdogs.org/smiley/angry/grr.gif http://community.the-underdogs.org/smiley/angry/grindteeth.gif)
Helping people in my field / line of work
Encouraging and sometimes policing people I know to respect the rules and to conduct themselves accordingly, especially in public places i.e., no littering, following rules, being polite, considerate, etc.
Not eating shark fin or anything from endangered species. Personal experience ko lang ito:

Honestly, it’s a bit discouraging to visit the Philippines knowing that relatives expect pasalubong and to foot all the bills in dining, entertainment, and all outing activities, kahit na may good paying job din sila. . I’m sure they would’ve taken offense and held a grudge if I have requested them to share expenses. It’s one of those Filipino mentality (not all) – they’ll take it personally and take it the wrong way. Nakapunta ka lang sa ibang bansa eh akala na nila namimitas ka ng pera sa puno.

I didn’t have a good experience when I visited the Philippines due to high cost of expense. I was only a college student, working part time trying to put myself to school when I first visited the Philippines (1990). It was a school break and all I wanted to do was to explore and see the Philippines because I was young when I immigrated out of the country, so never had the chance to travel and see the Philippines. ‘Didn’t see much on that visit because I ended spending way too much out of my budget just being with relatives.

jas_me4u

10-08-2005, 10:20 PM

kahit na anong gawin natin hindi natin matatalikuran ang bansang pilipinas dahil sarili nating bayan i2 bagkus pa pag2lungan natin lahat kung pano natin mabibigyan ng progreso ang bansa natin kahit mabagal basta may unity ang bawat isa kapit kamay k c pinoy tayo ipakita natin sa mundo

Chibi

10-08-2005, 11:24 PM

Wala sigurong magsusulat dito na ikinahihiya niyang maging Pilipino, dahil siguradong uulanin ka ng attack messages.

It is so easy to claim that one is proud to be a Filipino - after all, mataas ang pride chicken ng Pinoy - so this question does not hold much meaning to me. Self-congratulatory feel-good answers lang ang makukuha mo diyan.

The more relevant and productive question would be: WHAT HAVE I DONE TO MAKE THE PHILIPPINES PROUD OF ME? Yan ang sagutin ninyo. Kung talagang proud kayo to be a Filipino and you want to make a contribution to the betterment of our country, ipakita niyo hindi lang sa salita kundi sa gawa!
OFW tayo… one point na yun para masabi ko na nakatulong din ako sa bansa hindi lang ako lahat ng OFW na nagdadala ng dollars sa 'Pinas.Skilled/ Unskilled workers man .

docomo

10-10-2005, 09:07 AM

OFW tayo… one point na yun para masabi ko na nakatulong din ako sa bansa hindi lang ako lahat ng OFW na nagdadala ng dollars sa 'Pinas.Skilled/ Unskilled workers man .

… hindi lang yan one point chibi …one big factor yan kaya umunlad ang pilipinas and up to now nagpapaunlad pa rin sa pilipinas at hanggang sa kahulihulihan magpapaunlad pa rin sa pilipinas:)

honey

10-10-2005, 02:25 PM

tawa na lang ako hindi ko pa nakitang umunlad e! hindi kaya binubulsa nang kung sino:eek:

Chibi

10-16-2005, 07:49 PM

tawa na lang ako hindi ko pa nakitang umunlad e! hindi kaya binubulsa nang kung sino:eek:
In my opinion masasabi ko na kahit paano umunlad kahit konti ang Pilipinas WHY???we belong to developing countries nasa middle tayo.
UNDER DEVELOPED COUNTRIES
DEVELOPING COUNTRIES
DEVELOPED COUNTRIES
napulot ko lang sa history subject.hihihihihi!

mica

10-16-2005, 09:44 PM

kahit na mahirap ang buhay natin sa pinas,pag nanonood nga ako ng tfc naiiyak ako kasi alam ko na masaya sa atin kahit maraming krisis:)

gabby

10-17-2005, 01:14 AM

sa nangyayaring suliranin sa bansa natin proud pa ba kayo maging filipino?

Of course I am proud. Why? Do we have a choice?

gabby

10-17-2005, 01:19 AM

… hindi lang yan one point chibi …one big factor yan kaya umunlad ang pilipinas and up to now nagpapaunlad pa rin sa pilipinas at hanggang sa kahulihulihan magpapaunlad pa rin sa pilipinas:)

Heh he he for those who are spouses of Japanese nationals we are not considered OFW. So we have no claim of economic heroism. So don’t be so please about ourselves. We are not heroes but simply us sorry!!! :mad: :rant: :grrr:

docomo

10-17-2005, 09:05 AM

Heh he he for those who are spouses of Japanese nationals we are not considered OFW. So we have no claim of economic heroism. So don’t be so please about ourselves. We are not heroes but simply us sorry!!! :mad: :rant: :grrr:

I don’t need to explain to anyone nor soliciting reaction to what I post. That’s my opinion.
What u read is what u read

Hungry eyes

10-17-2005, 09:17 AM

Basta ako im proud to be what iam.hindi na siguro dapat isa isahin kung ano mga nagawa para inang bansa.basta kabisado pa ang philippines antem.Bayang magiliw.at Panatang makabayan;) pwede na siguro yon…

myukasky

10-17-2005, 11:45 AM

Proud din ako sa pagiging filipino ko:D Kaya lang sa nangyayari sa ating Inang Bayan akoy nalulungkot:( Lagi ko tanong hanggang kailan kaya ang Filipinas sa ganyang kalagayan?

Teddy

10-17-2005, 11:46 AM

Ang pinaka malaking obstacle nga lang ay yung pagiging utak talangka (crab mentality) nung mga iba nating kababayan.

Malimit kong naririnig itong “crab mentality” ng Pilipino people here nad there, pero hindi ko pa alam kung anong mentality ito. Can someone explain this to me? Thanks:)

myukasky

10-17-2005, 11:48 AM

Basta ako im proud to be what iam.hindi na siguro dapat isa isahin kung ano mga nagawa para inang bansa.basta kabisado pa ang philippines antem.Bayang magiliw.at Panatang makabayan;) pwede na siguro yon…

Hungry eyes:D Philippines anthem, Bayang Magiliw or Lupang Hinirang? Ano po ba talaga diyan ate?

myukasky

10-17-2005, 11:56 AM

Malimit kong naririnig itong “crab mentality” ng Pilipino people here nad there, pero hindi ko pa alam kung anong mentality ito. Can someone explain this to me? Thanks:)

Sa aking pakakaalam lang ah, “crab mentality” ayaw mong magpapalamang or gusto mo same level lang kayo, gagawa at gagawa ka ng paraan para di umunlad ang kapwa mo. Sa abroad maraming ganyan.

Teddy

10-17-2005, 12:54 PM

Sa aking pakakaalam lang ah, “crab mentality” ayaw mong magpapalamang or gusto mo same level lang kayo, gagawa at gagawa ka ng paraan para di umunlad ang kapwa mo. Sa abroad maraming ganyan.

Hi, myukasky! Salamat sa paliwanag mo:)

Hungry eyes

10-17-2005, 02:13 PM

myukasky.napansin mo rin.pinaikot ko lang:D

Chibi

10-17-2005, 08:46 PM

Heh he he for those who are spouses of Japanese nationals we are not considered OFW. So we have no claim of economic heroism. So don’t be so please about ourselves. We are not heroes but simply us sorry!!! :mad: :rant: :grrr:
huh!!!sino ba dyan ang me asawa na!!!hehehehhehe!jow k!
i mean dati rin kase kong OFW…lulusot talaga eh!!!:grinny:

Stacie Fil

10-17-2005, 11:25 PM

Hungry eyes:D Philippines anthem, Bayang Magiliw or Lupang Hinirang? Ano po ba talaga diyan ate?

Siguro yung “pambansang awit”, ha,ha,ha, joke lang po.

Smile

ugnayan

10-18-2005, 12:56 AM

Mga kaibigan kong Hapon at Pilipino ay kasama kong nagbabasa ngayon ng aklat, Purpose-Driven Life, What on earth am I here for? Nakakatuwang isipin na may mga tao na mahirap tanggapin kung bakit Pilipino sila o ipinagkakait o ipagkakaila o ikinakahiya ang lahi nila. Parang tinanong na rin natin sa ating Manlilikha kung bakit Pilipino akong ipinanganak?

I agree with the lines in the book: God also planned where you’d be born and where you’d live for His purpose. Your race and nationality are no accident…God knew that those two individuals (parents) possessed exactly the right genetic makeup to create the custom “you” He had in mind.

Cheer up as you read my friend’s email to me just few minutes ago & like her, I’m VERY HAPPY that God created me a Filipino!

PROUD TO BE PINOY…

Alam niyo na nanalo ang Pilipinas sa Ms. International! But what touched me most was not her title but the way she answered a sarcastic and a seemingly negative question about Filipinos. Sana lahat ng mga kababayan natin ganito ang attitude.

“Mabuhay! Representing the democratic and freedom loving people of the Pearl of the Orient, I am precious LARA QUIGAMAN, from the beautiful country of THE PHILIPPINES” !

The question:

Q: “what do you say to the people of the world who have typecasted Filipinos as nannies?”

A: “I take no offense on being typecasted as a nanny. But I do take offense that the educated people of the world have somehow denigraded the true sense and meaning of what a nanny is. Let me tell you what she is. She is someone who gives more than she takes. She is someone you trust to look after the very people most precious to you - your child, the elderly, yourself. She is the one who has made a living out of caring and loving other people. So to those who have typecasted us as nannies, thank you. It is a testament to the loving and caring culture of the Filipino people; And for that, I am forever proud and grateful of my roots and culture.”

gabby

10-18-2005, 01:30 AM

Mga kaibigan kong Hapon at Pilipino ay kasama kong nagbabasa ngayon ng aklat, Purpose-Driven Life, What on earth am I here for? Nakakatuwang isipin na may mga tao na mahirap tanggapin kung bakit Pilipino sila o ipinagkakait o ipagkakaila o ikinakahiya ang lahi nila. Parang tinanong na rin natin sa ating Manlilikha kung bakit Pilipino akong ipinanganak?

I agree with the lines in the book: God also planned where you’d be born and where you’d live for His purpose. Your race and nationality are no accident…God knew that those two individuals (parents) possessed exactly the right genetic makeup to create the custom “you” He had in mind.

Cheer up as you read my friend’s email to me just few minutes ago & like her, I’m VERY HAPPY that God created me a Filipino!

PROUD TO BE PINOY…

Alam niyo na nanalo ang Pilipinas sa Ms. International! But what touched me most was not her title but the way she answered a sarcastic and a seemingly negative question about Filipinos. Sana lahat ng mga kababayan natin ganito ang attitude.

“Mabuhay! Representing the democratic and freedom loving people of the Pearl of the Orient, I am precious LARA QUIGAMAN, from the beautiful country of THE PHILIPPINES” !

The question:

Q: “what do you say to the people of the world who have typecasted Filipinos as nannies?”

A: “I take no offense on being typecasted as a nanny. But I do take offense that the educated people of the world have somehow denigraded the true sense and meaning of what a nanny is. Let me tell you what she is. She is someone who gives more than she takes. She is someone you trust to look after the very people most precious to you - your child, the elderly, yourself. She is the one who has made a living out of caring and loving other people. So to those who have typecasted us as nannies, thank you. It is a testament to the loving and caring culture of the Filipino people; And for that, I am forever proud and grateful of my roots and culture.”

Just like what I said I am proud of myself. My skin and my nationality. But I am positive I am not proud of the people in the Philippines. I love my country but I am not proud of anyone in the Philippines. I am not proud of those people who have failed to lead. I am not proud of all the senators,congressmen ,the President herself but I am supporting her against the hypocrites, the PDI, the Bishops and other christian religious leaders, I am not proud of our airport, I am not proud of PAL but very proud of Cebu Pacific, I am ashame of the Pakikisama system, I am not proud of UP,I am not proud of the PNB in Tokyo,even in the Philippines( PNB people are very lousy and heighly unprofessional) but I like and very proud of Metrobank in Suidobashi, their service is world class, I am not proud of the civil service in the Philippines, I am not proud of the Philippines embassy and lastly I am not proud of the National language which is Tagalog. I am not proud of tagalog and I am not ashame of it either. I have no issues against the nannies,DOH or even the Japayukis.

And that ladies and gentlemen are my feelings about this very boring issue of Filipino Pride. Someone here had mentioned that we should ask something else instead of pride. She or he is right. I have contributed to my country by trying to change my mind set and have made progress by showing to the Japanese and the expats in Japan that Filipinos are hard working and intelligent. That there are Filipinos who mean business.

ugnayan

10-18-2005, 02:40 AM

OK ka lang ba, Gabby? (Are you OK? I’m not sure if you can understand my Tagalog.) I hope you’re not bitter though because people in my country failed you. How can we make things better?

Since I learned about Timog Forum in the Philippine Inquirer, your response could be read by a lot of people and you can impact or influence them. I respect your feelings and experiences. But can we keep that hope Philippines and the Filipino people scattered around the world can have the chance to rise again? Our prayers and positive action can indeed make a difference–acting locally, thinking globally!

gabby

10-18-2005, 07:26 AM

OK ka lang ba, Gabby? (Are you OK? I’m not sure if you can understand my Tagalog.) I hope you’re not bitter though because people in my country failed you. How can we make things better?

Since I learned about Timog Forum in the Philippine Inquirer, your response could be read by a lot of people and you can impact or influence them. I respect your feelings and experiences. But can we keep that hope Philippines and the Filipino people scattered around the world can have the chance to rise again? Our prayers and positive action can indeed make a difference–acting locally, thinking globally!

Of course I am feeling bitter ain’t I? I thought you read my post? Do I feel glorious about the Philippines? Of course not. You are so messy there. You are not doing anything good in the Philippines but shame. I found TF through the PDI but I don’t feel I owed it to them. Internet is a public domain no one owns it. You should have appreciated my sentiment because they are the real issue.

I have hope my dear. It’s very obvious. I couldn’t fool myself by pretending that everything in the PI is okay. What I mentioned in my post are the real issues that greedy politicians including the President, Cory Aquino and church authorities have ignored. If I hadn’t had a hope I wouldn’t have bothered to post what I think is wrong about the Philippines would I?

You know what you should really grow up so you can face head on what makes the Philippines the under-achiever in Asia. Prayers and positive action HUH!. What does it mean?

tower23ph

10-20-2005, 09:02 PM

To one of our TF member,we all know that our country is expiriencing political problems as of now…thats the reality. But can I ask you something, if those politicians or those people in your mind who did nothing to my country turns back to their positions. Who do you think will be the most illegible one?

goldhorse

10-20-2005, 09:39 PM

Hi, myukasky! Salamat sa paliwanag mo:)

The reason why it’s called crab mentality is that if you put a number of crabs inside ta basket, you won’t need a cover since a crab will grab the leg of another crab which is trying to climb out of the basket, so all the crabs will end up being unable to escape.

In Japanese you have a saying, deru kugi wa utareru.

Anyway back to the regular programming. Am I proud to be a Filipino?

Let me put it this way, I have worked with Japanese, Italians, Americans, and people from other countries. When I first met any of these people they had only the impression that I come from a developing country (of as some may argue underdeveloped country). But when they hear what I have done in the past and when they see how I work, their attitude towards me change. They say, “I didn’t know Filipinos could work as well”, (In my opinion this is a half praise, half insult) “maybe we’ll hire more Filipinos”. I am still not sure if I am happy for myself, or for my country when I hear this, but what I can say is that I perform my duties instead of trying to see how the next person is doing, and if most of us will do the same, maybe someday, we will not even need to ask if we are proud to be a Filipino.

ugnayan

10-29-2005, 02:28 AM

Why is the Filipino Special?

Filipinos are Brown. Their color is in the center of human racial strains.

This point is not an attempt at racism, but just for many Filipinos to realize that our color should not be a source of or reason for inferiority complex. While we pine for a fair complexion, the white people are religiously tanning themselves, whenever they could, under the sun or some artificial light, just to approximate the Filipino complexion.

Filipinos are a touching people. We have lots of love and are not afraid to show it. We almost inevitably create human chains with our perennial akbay (putting an arm around another shoulder), hawak (hold),yakap (embrace), himas (caressing stroke), kalabit (touch with the tip of the finger), kalong (sitting on someone else’s lap), etc.

We are always reaching out, always seeking interconnection. Filipinos are linguists. Put a Filipino in any city, any town around the world. Give him a few months or even weeks and he will speak the local language there.Filipinos are adept at learning and speaking languages. In fact, it is not uncommon for Filipinos to speak at least three: his dialect, Filipino, and English. Of course, a lot speak an added language, be it Chinese, Spanish or, if he works abroad, the language of his host country.

In addition, Tagalog is not ‘sexist.’ While many “conscious” and “enlightened” people of today are just by now striving to be “politically correct” with their language and, in the process, bend to absurd depths in coining “gender sensitive” words, Tagalog has, since time immemorial, evolved gender-neutral words like asawa (husband or wife), anak (son or daughter), magulang (father or mother), kapatid (brother or sister), biyenan ( father-in-law or mother-in-law), manugang (son or daughter-in-law), bayani (hero or heroine), etc. Our languages and dialects are advanced and, indeed, sophisticated! It is no small wonder that Jose Rizal, the quintessential Filipino, spoke some twenty-two languages!

Filipinos are groupists. We love human inter-action and company. We always surround ourselves with people and we hover over them, too. According to Dr. Patricia Licuanan, a psychologist from Ateneo and Miriam College, an average Filipino would have and know at least 300 relatives.

At work, we live bayanihan (mutual help); at play, we want a kalaro (playmate) more than laruan (toy). At socials, our invitations are open and it is more common even for guests to invite and bring in other guests. In transit, we do not want to be separated from our group. So what do we do when there is no more space in a vehicle?

Kalung-kalong! (Sit on one another). No one would ever suggest splitting a group and waiting for another vehicle with more space! Filipinos are weavers. One look at our baskets, mats, clothes, and other crafts will reveal the skill of the Filipino weaver and his inclination to weaving. This art is a metaphor of the Filipino trait. We are social weavers. ! We weave theirs into ours that we all become parts of one another. We place a lot of premium on pakikisama (getting along) and pakikipagkapwa (relating). Two of the worst labels, walang pakikipagkapwa (inability to relate), will be avoided by the Filipino at almost any cost.

We love to blend and harmonize with people, we like to include them in our “tribe,” in our “family”-and we like to be included in other people’s families, too.

Therefore we call our friend’s mother nanay or mommy; we call a friend’s sister ate (eldest sister), and so on. We even call strangers tia (aunt) or tio (uncle), tatang (grandfather), etc.

So extensive is our social openness and interrelations that we have specific title for extended relations like hipag (sister-in-law’s spouse), balae (child-in-law’s parents), inaanak (godchild), ninong/ninang (godparents) kinakapatid (godparent’s child), etc.

In addition, we have the profound ‘ka’ institution, loosely translated as “equal to the same kind” as in kasama (of the same company), kaisa (of the same cause), kapanalig (of the same belief), etc. In our social fiber, we treat other people as co-equals.

Filipinos, because of their social “weaving” traditions, make for excellent team workers.

Filipinos are adventurers. We have a tradition of separation. Our myths and legends speak of heroes and heroines who almost always get separated from their families and loved ones and are taken by circumstances to far-away lands where they find wealth or power.

Our Spanish colonial history is filled with separations caused by the reduccion (hamleting), and the forced migration to build towns, churches, fortresses or galleons. American occupation enlarged the space of Filipino wandering, including America, and there are documented evidences of Filipino presence in America as far back as 1587.

Now, Filipinos compose the world’s largest population of overseas workers, populating and sometimes “threshing” major capitals, minor towns and even remote villages around the world. Filipino adventurism has made us today’s citizens of the world, bringing the bagoong (salty shrimp paste), pansit (sautéed noodles), siopao (meat-filled dough), kare-kare (peanut-flavored dish), dinuguan (innards cooked in pork blood), balut (unhatched duck egg), and adobo (meat vinaigrette), including the tabo (ladle) and tsinelas (slippers) all over the world.

Filipinos are excellent at adjustments and improvisation, managing to recreate their home, or to feel at home anywhere.

Filipinos have Pakiramdam (deep feeling/discernment) . We know how to feel what others feel, sometimes even anticipate what they will feel. Being manhid (dense) is one of the worst labels anyone could get and will therefore, avoid at all cost. We know when a guest is hungry though the insistence on being full is assured.

We can tell if people are lovers even if they are miles apart. We know if a person is offended though he may purposely smile. We know because we feel. In our pakikipagkapwa(relat ing), we get not only to wear another man’s shoe but also his heart.

We have a superbly developed and honored gift of discernment, making us excellent leaders, counselors, and go-betweens. Filipinos are very spiritual. We are transcendent. We transcend the physical world, see the unseen and hear the unheard. We have a deep sense of kaba (premonition) and kutob (hunch). A Filipino wife will instinctively feel her husband or child is going astray, whether or not telltale signs present themselves.

Filipino spirituality makes him invoke divine presence or intervention at nearly every bend of his journey. Rightly or wrongly, Filipinos are almost always acknowledging, invoking or driving away spirits into and from their lives. Seemingly trivial or even incoherent events can take on spiritual significance and will be given such space or consideration.

The Filipino has a sophisticated, developed pakiramdam. The Filipino, though becoming more and more modern (hence, materialistic) is still very spiritual in essence. This inherent and deep spirituality makes the Filipino, once correctly Christianized, a major exponent of the faith.

Filipinos are timeless. Despite the nearly half-a-millennium encroachment of the western clock into our lives, Filipinos-unless on very formal or official functions-still measure time not with hours and minutes but with feeling. This style is ingrained deep in our psyche. Our time is diffused, not framed. Our appointments are defined by umaga (morning), tanghali (noon), hapon (afternoon), or gabi (evening).

Our most exact time reference is probably katanghaliang-tapat (high noon), which still allows many minutes of leeway. That is how Filipino trysts and occasions are timed: there is really no definite time.

A Filipino event has no clear-cut beginning or ending. We have a fiesta , but there is bisperas (eve), a day after the fiesta is still considered a good time to visit. The Filipino Christmas is not confined to December 25th; it somehow begins months before December and extends up to the first days of January.

Filipinos say good-bye to guests first at the head of the stairs, then down to the descamo (landing), to the entresuelo (mezzanine), to the pintuan (doorway), to the tarangkahan (gate), and if the departing persons are to take public transportation, up to the bus stop or bus station.

In a way, other people’s tardiness and extended stays can really be annoying, but this peculiarity is the same charm of Filipinos, who being governed by timelessness, can show how to find more time to be nice, kind, and accommodating than his prompt and exact brothers elsewhere.

Filipinos are Spaceless. As in the concept of time, the Filipino concept of space is not numerical. We will not usually express expanse of space with miles or kilometers but with feelings in how we say malayo (far) or malapit (near).

Alongside with numberlessness, Filipino space is also boundless. Indigenous culture did not divide land nto private lots but kept it open for all to partake of its abundance.

The Filipino has avidly remained “spaceless” in many ways. The interior of the bahay-kubo (hut) can easily become receiving room, sleeping room, kitchen, dining room, chapel, wake parlor, etc. Depending on the time of the day or the needs of the moment. The same is true with the bahay na bato (stone house). Space just flows into the next space that the divisions between the sala, caida, comedor, or vilada may only be faintly suggested by overhead arches of filigree. In much the same way, Filipino concept of space can be so diffused that one 's party may creep into and actually expropriate the street! A family business like a sari-sari store or talyer may extend to the sidewalk and street. Provincial folks dry palayan (rice grain) on the highways! Religious groups of various persuasions habitually and matter-of-factly commandeer the streets for processions and parades.

It is not uncommon to close a street to accommodate private functions, Filipinos eat, sleep, chat, socialize, quarrel, even urinate, nearly everywhere or just anywhere!

“Spacelessness,” in the face of modern, especially urban life, can be unlawful and may really be counter-productive. On the other hand, Filipino spacelessness, when viewed from his context, is just another manifestation of his spiritually and communal values. Adapted well to today’s context, which may mean unstoppable urbanization, Filipino spacelessness may even be the answer and counter balance to humanity’s greed, selfishness and isolation.

So what makes the Filipino special? We are brown, spiritual, timeless, spaceless, linguists, groupists, weavers, adventurers. Seldom do all these profound qualities find personification in a people. Filipinos should allow - and should be allowed to contribute their special traits to the world-wide community of men - but first, we should know and like ourselves.

(Written by Ed Lapiz)

honey

10-29-2005, 01:11 PM

o!grabe debate dito a!

jramar

11-09-2005, 09:47 PM

yan ang kakantahin ko sa united nation pag bumisita kami nila pareng bush at koizumi. isasama ko si pareng bamboo para kaduet.

depp

11-10-2005, 11:29 AM

ngayon ko lang nabasa ito,grabe pala ang debate dito.basta ako,kung tatanungin,proud na proud akong maging maging pilipino.kasi pilipino ang mga magulang ko at ipinanganak ako sa pilipinas.at di ko ikinahihiya ang bansa ko.at higit sa lahat,sobrang saya ko pag nasa pilipinas ako.

myukasky

11-10-2005, 12:06 PM

yan ang kakantahin ko sa united nation pag bumisita kami nila pareng bush at koizumi. isasama ko si pareng bamboo para kaduet.

Sama ko jramar sa pagkanta, pero turuan mo muna ako di ko pa naririnig yang kantang yan eh:D

ringo

11-10-2005, 02:37 PM

I belong there! Isa ako sa nadidismaya sa mga nangyayari sa bansa natin…sabi nga, not unless dumistansya ka hindi mo makikita ang tunay na kaganapan sa kabuuan. Wala naman akong sinisisi at mahirap din ang magkumpara. Like you will just say look at Japan it is so progressive because the Japanese are like this or that…But Filipinos are good guys! marami na rin ako narinig na pumuri sa ating pagiging Filipino.

Now tayo na andito sa ibang bansa, nagtratrabaho man o nag-aaral o anuman ang ginagawa ay di dapat ikahiya ang pagiging pinoy…o kaya ay itago ito. Wala na tayo magagawa Filipino tayo e. Pero OK ako na naging Pinoy ako wala akong pinagsisihan don. Pero siyempre nakakalungkot din na ganun nga ang nagiging image natin sa kanila.

Kaya sana ang dapat nating gawin ay isipin natin ang Pilipinas sa kabuuan. Yon bang tinatawag na holistic assessment. Ano ba ang makakabuti sa bansa natin? Paano ako makatutulong at paano ko mapapabuti ang image ng Pilipinas sa mga banyaga na mga kaharap ko. Naalala ko tuloy yong sinabi sa akin don sa Japan Embassy sa Pinas during our orientation…isipi n mo na hindi ka nagpunta sa Japan as _________ bagkus andun ka as a Filipino.

Sa kaso ko everytime that I have a chance para akong tourism agent na palagi ko ibinibida ang magagandang lugar sa Pinas na puwede nilang puntahan. In that way makakatulong tayo na mag boost ang tourism industry ng bansa natin.

Sa ngayon nag-aaral ako dito at nag-iipon din and through the money I can save from my scholarship that I can send to Pinas…makkatulong din yon kahit papano.

So mga nag post dito ay lubos akong nagpapasalamat at di pa rin pala ako nag-iisa sa pagnanais ng mapabuti ang kalagayan ng bansa natin. At bakit hindi? ahh masarap pa ring ang mabuhay at manahan kapiling ang mga mahal mo sa buhay sa bansa natin.

—ringo

kisha57

11-10-2005, 03:55 PM

I must, because, I am.I was born there.I cannot deny it in anyway.For how could I?
Di nyo ba napapansin I seldom hear or see good news about us/our country exempt calamities and bad news,being aired here in Japan?Kaya It’s hard to be a Filipino here.They would like gaigin, american/ european but not being friend of Filipinos. I just wonder why,bakit baliktad yata,ang matatandang hapon pa ang galit sa mga filipinos while in fact tayo dapat ang galit sa kanila!
Kaya kong tumira dito sa japan for life.Because I dont look like Filipino.I live like them.Type ko na rito.Im proud or being me.But in the end:rolleyes: …I am a Filipino…sa puso ,sa diwa at sa gawa…

Chibi

11-10-2005, 04:00 PM

I belong there! Isa ako sa nadidismaya sa mga nangyayari sa bansa natin…sabi nga, not unless dumistansya ka hindi mo makikita ang tunay na kaganapan sa kabuuan. Wala naman akong sinisisi at mahirap din ang magkumpara. Like you will just say look at Japan it is so progressive because the Japanese are like this or that…But Filipinos are good guys! marami na rin ako narinig na pumuri sa ating pagiging Filipino.

Now tayo na andito sa ibang bansa, nagtratrabaho man o nag-aaral o anuman ang ginagawa ay di dapat ikahiya ang pagiging pinoy…o kaya ay itago ito. Wala na tayo magagawa Filipino tayo e. Pero OK ako na naging Pinoy ako wala akong pinagsisihan don. Pero siyempre nakakalungkot din na ganun nga ang nagiging image natin sa kanila.

Kaya sana ang dapat nating gawin ay isipin natin ang Pilipinas sa kabuuan. Yon bang tinatawag na holistic assessment. Ano ba ang makakabuti sa bansa natin? Paano ako makatutulong at paano ko mapapabuti ang image ng Pilipinas sa mga banyaga na mga kaharap ko. Naalala ko tuloy yong sinabi sa akin don sa Japan Embassy sa Pinas during our orientation…isipi n mo na hindi ka nagpunta sa Japan as _________ bagkus andun ka as a Filipino.

Sa kaso ko everytime that I have a chance para akong tourism agent na palagi ko ibinibida ang magagandang lugar sa Pinas na puwede nilang puntahan. In that way makakatulong tayo na mag boost ang tourism industry ng bansa natin.

Sa ngayon nag-aaral ako dito at nag-iipon din and through the money I can save from my scholarship that I can send to Pinas…makkatulong din yon kahit papano.

So mga nag post dito ay lubos akong nagpapasalamat at di pa rin pala ako nag-iisa sa pagnanais ng mapabuti ang kalagayan ng bansa natin. At bakit hindi? ahh masarap pa ring ang mabuhay at manahan kapiling ang mga mahal mo sa buhay sa bansa natin.

—ringoWow!!yan ang Pinoy!!bow ako sa iyo!!!siguro the best na gawin naten i-up na lang naten image ng’Pinoy, i mean pag nasa ibang bansa tayo just follow the rules and regulation,mag adjust tayo sa culture nila kahit ka plastikan!!hahhahaha ! jowk!

mquial

11-10-2005, 05:19 PM

Im proud to be a Filipino.

Meron lang talagang iba na kahit nakarating na sa ibang bansa ay dala dala pa rin ang mga pangit na kaugalian natin.

jramar

11-10-2005, 07:06 PM

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jramar

11-10-2005, 07:09 PM

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eto mali ung pasok kanina enjoy the music!

myukasky

11-10-2005, 08:24 PM

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eto mali ung pasok kanina enjoy the music!

Thanks jramar:D Bukas practice ko kantahin di na kasi puwede ngayon at gabi na baka magalit kapitbahay ko:rolleyes: :rolleyes: Jokes:)

myukasky

11-10-2005, 08:27 PM

yan ang kakantahin ko sa united nation pag bumisita kami nila pareng bush at koizumi. isasama ko si pareng bamboo para kaduet.

jramar sama natin si mareng gloria para may muse tayo:D

jramar

11-10-2005, 08:49 PM

OK sinabi mo eh.

tfcfan

11-10-2005, 10:32 PM

:yesyes: I’m proud to be a filipino!
kase di naman mawawala ang pagka-filipino natin kahit santambak na problema ang dinaranas natin sa ngayon.besides there’s no place like home!!!babalik ka rin!!!

gabby

11-10-2005, 11:50 PM