WHATTHEHELL?
I retweeted a tweet tweeted by a friend of mine. Apparently, Mister Donut PH read it, too!
This is a Facebook event invite for a most intriguing documentary that GMA will be showing this coming Sunday, the 150th birthday of our national hero, Dr. Jose Rizal.
PIGING (A Food Documentary on Dr. Jose Rizal) Sunday, June 19 at 10:30pm - June 20 at 1:30am
Kilala ng bawat Filipino si Jose Rizal. ‘Yun ang akala natin.
Ang pinakamabuting paraan para tuklasin ang nilalaman ng puso ng isang tao ay alamin ang nilalaman ng kanyang plato. Ang plato ng ating pambansang bayani ay puno ng mga lasa, kulay at linamnam na nagpapakita ng mayamang kultura at kalinangang Filipino. Naiiba ba ang panlasa ng di-pangkaraniwang bayani mula sa panlasa ng karaniwang Filipino?
Malugod kayong inaanyayahan ng GMA Sunday Night Box Office (SNBO) sa isang piging sa pagdiriwang ng ika-150 kaarawan ng pinakadakilang Filipino, Dr. Jose Rizal. Samahan si Cesar Montano sa kauna-unahang food documentary tungkol sa pinakamamahal nating pambansang bayani ngayong Linggo, June 19 sa GMA-7 sa direksyon ni Rico Gutierrez. Prinodyus ng GMA News and Public Affairs.
Lasapin ang kasaysayan at kilalanin si Jose Rizal sa isang natatanging paraan.
(In English)
Every Filipino knows Jose Rizal. Or so we think.
The best way to know what’s in a man’s heart is by finding out what’s in his dinner plate. Our hero’s plate was always filled with the flavors, colors, and textures that reflect the rich Filipino culture and heritage. Was the palate of this extraordinary man any different from the ordinary Filipino?
GMA Sunday Night Box Office (SNBO) cordially invites you to a feast in celebration of the birth of the greatest Filipino, Dr. Jose Rizal. Hosted by Cesar Montano, watch this first-ever food documentary about our beloved national hero this Sunday, June 19 on GMA-7. Directed by Rico Gutierrez. Produced by GMA News and Public Affairs.
Take a bite of history and get to know Jose Rizal in a different light.
In our SS016 class (Social Sciences course), or our Philippine History class, today,
we were given this assignment.
We were to submit an article for each: Pro-Filipino and Anti-Filipino; whose authors were of another nationality and country.
I will post both articles here and let you people read them.
Please give out your comments and sentiments about this “issue” for I have been encountering many Filipinos themselves degrading and making a mock of their own country and heritage.
It is such a pity and just reading all of this almost made me sober up and burst in tears. I love my country. I love the Philippines and its people. But I can’t help but to be enraged and be saddened at the appalling truths that I have come across as I continued reading and searching for more websites and articles that discusses this matter.
I will only be posting excerpts from the two articles and give you the link at the end of each.
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Anti-Filipino:
“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”
Click the link to read it in full..
http://www.pinoyexchange.com/forums/showthread.php?t=349866
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Pro-Filipino:
“Filipinos always complain about the corruption in the
Philippines. Do you really think the corruption is the
problem of the Philippines ? I do not think so. I
strongly believe that the problem is the lack of love
for the Philippines .
Let me first talk about my country, Korea . It might
help you understand my point. After the Korean War,
South Korea was one of the poorest countries in the
world. Koreans had to start from scratch because
entire country was destroyed after the Korean War, and
we had no natural resources.
Koreans used to talk about the Philippines , for
Filipinos were very rich in Asia . We envy Filipinos.
Koreans really wanted to be well off like Filipinos.
Many Koreans died of famine. My father & brother also
died because of famine. Korean government was very corrupt
and is ! still very corrupt beyond your imagination,
but Korea was able to develop dramatically because Koreans
really did their best for the common good
with their heart burning with patriotism.
Koreans did not workjust for themselves but also for
their neighborhood and country. Education inspired
young men with the spirit of patriotism.”
“I am sure that love is the keyword, which Filipinos
should remember. We cannot change the sinful structure
at once. It should start from person. Love must start
in everybody, in a small scale and have to grow. A lot
of things happen if we open up to love. Let’s put away
our prejudices and look at our worries with our new
eyes.
I discover that every person is worthy to be loved.
Trust in love, because it makes changes possible. Love
changes you and me. It changes people,contexts and
relationships. It changes the world. Please love your
neighborhood and country.
Jesus Christ said that whatever we do to others we do
to Him. In the Philippines , there is God for people
who are abused and abandoned. There is God who is
crying for love. If you have a child, teach them how
to love the Philippines . Teach them why they have to love
their neighborhood and country. You already know that
God also will be very happy if you love others.
That’s all I really want to ask you Filipinos.”
Click the link to read in full..
http://www.filipinosworld.net/2009/07/our-country-philippines.html
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Now, I know the Pro-Filipino article described so much negative in our country, even comparing it to South Korea, however, it is Pro-Filipino for it speaks to the people of this country to be strong and to learn the meaning of love and real patriotism.
He even shared the struggles and the overcoming of it in their country to us.
For us to, perhaps, learn something from it.
Although there is too much religious and irrational reasoning in his argument, he may have a point. A very strong point that we, Filipinos, should understand.
To become united and help ourselves as one country instead of our selfish individual selves.
Racism, discrimination, self loathing, pride that is not in place, selfishness, crab mentality, ignorance, and too much lack of action.
Those are some of the negative traits that I find in many of us Filipinos in my observation. There are laws. There are law breakers. The authorities don’t give a damn. So now, the masses I find in Metro Manila hardly follow those “laws” as a result. That thinking of “everybody’s doing it and getting away with it so I guess it’s okay”. But it’s NOT okay.
Where is the change going to start?
Like what this Korean author of the Pro-Filipino article said, change must start with us; from each person who has love for his country and for his neighbors.
- Chi-28
nawala ang kasabawan ng utak ko nung nabasa ko ang post ni Kuya Karlo. tungkol yun sa overpopulation. isusulat ko ang opinyon ko tungkol dito. uulitin ko, opinyon to. pwede kayong hindi sumang-ayon, pero hindi ako tumatanggap ng haters :)
tama si Kuya Karlo, na overpopulation ang ginagawang dahilan ng gobyerno upang maipatupad ang sari-saring bills katulad ng RH Bill. ganyan nalang palagi ang isyu eh, kasi overpopulated na daw ang Pilipinas.
may tanong ako. overpopulated ba talaga ang Pilipinas?
bago kayo sumagot, tingnan natin ang kahulugan ng salitang “overpopulation.” ayon sa Wikipedia (alam kong hindi ganun ka reliable ang Wiki pero dito nalang), ang ibig sabihin ng overpopulation ay:
Overpopulation is a condition where an organism’s numbers exceed the carrying capacity of its habitat.
ang tanong: overpopulated ba talaga ang Pilipinas? masyado na bang marami ang tao sa Pilipinas sa puntong hindi na tayo pasok sa capacity ng buong bansang ito?
sa aking opinyon, hindi overpopulated ang Pilipinas. tingnan nyo, marami pang lugar sa Pilipinas na walang nakatirang tao. nakakagalaw pa rin naman tayo nang malaya sa bansang ito at hindi naman tayo nagsisiksikan. oo, alam kong sasabihin nyo na overpopulated ang mga nasa squatters. para sa akin, kaya lang sila nagkakaganyan kasi mas pinipili nilang manirahan sa iisang lugar kesa sa manirahan sa kabukiran kung saan maliit lang ang populasyon.
kaya hindi ako naniniwala sa mga sinasabi ng mga pro-RH. masyadong malawak pa ang Pilipinas, at kaya pa nitong tustusan ang mas malaking populasyon. may ibang bansa nga katulad ng China kung saan may mas malaking populasyon kesa sa Pilipinas.
wag na wag nyong sabihin na overpopulation ang dahilan kung bakit naghihirap ang isang bansa, kasi wala yang tamang basehan. napatunayan din ng isang Nobel Prize winner na hindi overpopulation ang dahilan ng kahirapan. paki-search nalang sa Google ang kanyang pangalan. may mga bansang hindi mahirap kahit na malaki ang populasyon.
KORUPSYON ang dahilan kung bakit mahirap ang bansa natin, at hindi overpopulation. kung hindi lang corrupt ang ilan sa gobyernong ito, malamang natustusan ang mga mahihirap at ang mga nakatira sa squatter areas.
MANILA, Philippines - Vice President Jejomar Binay has been chosen by the University of the Philippines Alumni Association (UPAA) as its most distinguished alumnus for the year.
Binay graduated in UP Diliman with a degree in Political Science in 1962, and pursued Law in the same university in 1963. He graduated from law school in 1967.
He received a Diploma in Land Use Program from UP’s School of Urban Regional Planning in 1993, and a Diploma in Environmental and Natural Resources Management from the UP Open University in 2004.
UPAA will give an award to Binay and to other selected UP alumni on June 25, the group’s homecoming and reunion.
“Special awards will also be given to individuals who have rendered excellent service in the pursuit of the goals of the university and the association,” UPAA President Gladys Tiongco said in a statement.
Awardees for Lifetime Achievement include painter Araceli Limcaco-Dans, fashion designer Jose “Pitoy” Moreno, dancer and teacher Corazon Generoso-Iñigo, and scientist Baldomero Olivera.
UPAA’s Distinguished Service awardees are Dr. Raymond Liongson and musician-singer Conrado Ong III.
Special Recognition awards, meanwhile, go to Binibining Pilipinas-Universe 2011 Shamcey Supsup and John Gabriel Pelias, who garnered the highest general weighted average in UP since World War II.
Below are the other UP alumni who are recognized for their outstanding achievements in various fields:
- Dr. Danielito Franco (Agricultural Engineering)
- Luisita “Luchi” Cruz-Valdez (Broadcast Journalism)
- Dr. Rex Demafelis (Chemical Engineering)
- Teresita Ang-See (Community Empowerment and Responsibility)
- Robert Lo (Community Service)
- Ricardo Zamora (Culture and the Arts: Music)
- Dr. Jimmuel Naval (Culture and the Arts)
- Grace Nono (Culture and the Arts: Contemporary Ethnic Music)
- Dr. Raul Navarro (Culture and the Arts)
- Jerrold Tarog (Culture and the Arts: Film)
- Alleli Ester Domingo (Education Innovation)
- Dr. Lino Dizon (Education Innovation: History and Culture)
- Dr. Daniel Bolong (Entrepreneurship and Employment Creation)
- Roberto Alingog (Entrepreneurship and Employment Creation)
- Dr. Marita Tolentino-Reyes (Good Governance)
- Ilocos Sur Governor Deogracias Victor Savellano (Good Governance)
- Dr. Francisca Tolete-Velcek (Global Health and Medical Education)
- Dr. Eliseo Prisno III (Maritime Health / Global Health)
- Dr. Jose Gatchalian (Labor Management Cooperation for Industrial Peace and Harmony)
- Lourdes Santos-Rivera (Poverty Alleviation and Human Development)
- Ma. Isabel Echanis-Melgar (Public Health Promotion)
- Fortunato dela Peña (Public Service)
- Department of Health Undersecretary Teodoro Herbosa (Public Service)
- Dr. Cristina Parel (Science and Technology)
- Dr. Arcelia Alejar (Science and Technology)
- Department of Science and Technology Secretary Mario Montejo (Science and Technology)
- Dr. Danilo Cardenas (Science and Technology)
- Dr. Bonifacio Comandante Jr. (Science and Technology)
- Engr. Ramon Ramirez (Social Cohesion)
- Dr. June Caridad Pagaduan-Lopez (Social Cohesion)
- Dr. Josefina Almonte (Women Empowerment)
“Similar to what we did last year, the UPAA made a special effort to identify unsung alumni achievers — those whose accomplishments in little-known corners of the country are remarkable but have remained unheralded and unrecognized,” Tiongco said.
For more information about the UP Grand Faculty and Alumni Homecoming and Reunion, contact UPAA at (632) 920-6871, 920-6868 or 920-6875, or send an e-mail to upalum@yahoo.com.ph.
Source: abs-cbnnews.com
Sabi ni JR:“UTAK!!!”
UTAK NAMAN DAW GAMITIN NATIN, wika ng ating pambansang bayani.
kung babangon sya sa nilibingan nya, malamang unang kakainin nya yung mga WALANG UTAK na nagpapatakbo ng gobyerno natin.
AY! Magugutom pala sya, kasi wala nga palang utak. ang gulo, puta.
oo nga pala, Maligayang Araw ng Kalayaan!
Sorry, I couldn’t see you. I need to go to sleep as early as I can be.
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This is a Jeepney. Its also another type of transportation in the Philippines. The Jeepney is a very popular choice of transportation for most Filipinos. Not one jeepney looks like another. They are art pieces on wheels.
Let’s all run away from the craziness of this life :D #running #igersmanila #Philippines #eunheegalaxy :) (Taken with instagram)
