This is the kind of architecture that we should build and popularize throughout the Philippine Islands. It's something we can call our own. Something native and local. None of those American Neoclassical and Spanish Colonial copycat.

Malaysia

Malaysia

Indonesia

Brunei

How come we're not proud of our Malay roots? Do you see the pictures above. They are very beautiful. You see, we're not all that bad. There is actually something good about our native heritage.

Malay this, Malay that. Such insecurities.

Why can't you just be Filipino? LMAO

what is filipino then??? is it the culture that Spain gave to us???

Si, Don Salamat







Claro M. Recto

Don sounds too european...call me Rajah, Datu, or Sultan instead

yeah, but the Malayan Nobles also collect titles..so you can be the Hon. Datu Raja Don etc etc.

I'm glad some Pinoys have discovered themselves. There was a thread here about a Government office in Rizal Province which was to be built. I think it was a Provincial Building (not sure). The design was very European. I criticized it since it does not represent our people. But some Pinoy posters here praised it.

While others have awaken, millions are still into embracing the culture of our colonizers.

So sad.

Still a long way until other nationalities will identify us as a distinct people.....Separate and Distinct.

Today usually out of respect seniors are called " "Don" or "Doña". But I think it is being used less in some places.

Photos showed many nice buildings and homes.

But some of those homes had too much glass. They were talking about that here on a tv program. It seems many new homes here are sort of copying US style of housing. Homes which have many large glass windows and doors. It might look nice but in the tropics it really is not advisable because of the heat it lets in. You would then probably need central air to cool the house down but that uses energy which is getting expensive. Seems the old way of building homes in the tropics before air conditioner or electric fans was the correct way to build homes. This included a high ceiling. And if made of wood a four sided roof. Many new homes here are US standard 8 feet which is ok for temperate climate but not really recommended for Tropical climate. Home developers could care less about all that. They just like using glass and low ceilings since they save on building cost.
And remember in earthquake or Hurricane/Typhoon prone areas its is better to have the less glass possible. In the photos the buildings with the four sided roofs is a good design against Hurricanes/Typhoons winds, that is if the buildings or roofs are made of wood.

i found this lol for the pagcor tower

Filipino is Filipino. Malay is Malay. Spanish is Spanish. *sigh

I think hes talking about malay as a whole not the nationality, Malay Archipelago & other areas

I don't know why people find it laughable for Filipinos calling themselves part of the Malay race or Malayo-Polynesian. Must be the Bumiputra attitude of the Malaysians getting the ire of the Chinese wannabees. Not that I condone that attitude, in the contrary, I am against any bias and discrimination due to color, creed, race or ethnic affiliations and sex.

Before the western colonizers came the distinction culturally and racially between Indonesians, Malaysians and Filipinos was non existent.

Lindsay and those linguist ethnologue freaks are inventing races as there are many languages and dialects. Lindsay true color is pro Aryan, btw. Find it absurd the so called Indian nationalism and the refuting of many Indian scholars of the Aryan Invasion theory.

The first Filipino by the name of Jose Rizal, who was 1/4 Chinese accdg to the Fil-Chinese had no qualms calling himself and the Indios Bravos, MALAYAN Filipinos.
http://joserizal.info/Writings/Other/centuryhence.htm
http://www.fullbooks.com/The-Indolence-of-the-Filipino.html

Spanish this, Spanish that. American this, American that. Chinese this, Chinese that. Such insecurities.
Why can't you be more Malay? LMAO

tarantado. talagang nawalaan ka na ng malay. ULOL.

bwisit ka. bumalik ka nga sa impyernong pinagalingan mo. wala kaming pakialam sayo!

kami ay mga pilipino. gets mo ba?

Ikaw ang gunggong. Taga amerika ka ba? o Amerikan citizen ka ba? Manatili ka na lang diyan sa lungga mo. Wala ka nang pakialam sa Pilipinas. Wala ka nang karapatan sa mga isyu ng bansang ito.

Itim ba ang asawa mo?

Marami ang naniniwala sa mga sinasabi ko. Mahilig kang magbulag bulagan.

Real Philippine Architecture

Philippine Architecture in Mexico and Carribean

walang naniniwala sayo palibhasa illusyonado ka. at hoy, para mong malaman... chekwa ang asawa ko. di tulad mong isang tambay na lasinggero.

wala kang karapatan magbigay advice sa akin pagkat isa kang terrorista. bumalik ka na sa sulu at magkidnap ka ng mga foreigners, walanghiya ka. ang baho at ang dumi mo. hanggang dito sa amerika naamoy ko ang baho mo.

You see Filipino culture isn't JUST Malay. It's a mixture of everything. Culture is the expression of a people's general experience throughout history. That's why fiestas, jeepneys and bahay kubos are still considered part of the Filipino culture because they tell the story of how the Filipino is today.

We then come to the point of CONTRACTING COLONIALISM. It's an unconscious attempt to manipulate foreign elements into the Filipino liking. That's why the Christianity we have, a basic European concept, is not really pure Christianity but rather a religion with many animistic elements native to pre-Hispanic Philippines.

Another point is that why do we have to be compared to the Malaysians or the Indonesians to see what being a "PURE" Filipino is all about? Weren't they influenced by the Indians, the Spanish, the British and the Dutch?

You see, that's where purists fail. They fail to see that no culture is distinctly their own and that, with the growing rise of globalism, ever since man started invading their neighbors, there is no such thing as a pure race, a pure country and most importantly, a pure culture. Culture is culture, there is no varying degree in a culture as it is a way of expression.

So STOP TRYING TO MAKE THE PHILIPPINES APPEAR TOO MALAY. WE'RE NOT JUST MALAYS. OUR CULTURE IS UNIQUE, A MIXTURE OF MALAY, INDIAN, CHINESE, JAPANESE, SPANISH, AMERICAN AND SO MUCH MORE. LET'S BE OPEN MINDED HERE. STOP BEING A PURIST.

Ang mga taong kauri mo ang sumisira sa bansang ito, samantalang ang mga katulad ko ang patuloy na nagtataguyod at tumatayo para bansang ito. Kaya huwag mong kalimutan, wala ka nang karapatan dito.

Ikinakatakot kong maisip na balang araw ay wala nang matirang tunay na Pilipino sa puso at isip sa dahilang karamihan sa inyo ay patuloy at masipag na nagpapakaalipin sa mga dayuhan.

Hindi naman kasi tayo nabubuhay sa isang vacuum e, katulad nito, nasa Asiafinest tayo, sinong mga kasama natin dito, mga Asyano.

Hindi rin naman sinabi ng original poster na lets promote Malaysia. Sabi niya, Malay. Ke tawagin niyo Austronesian o Malay yan, siya rin yan sa context dito. Puwede ka naman maging tapat na Pinoy kahit na malalim ang kaugnayan mo sa mga Malay o Austronesian a. Sabi niyo nga walang purong kultura, pero meron tayong di hamak na malalim na kaugnayan sa mga Malay (ulit, hindi Malaysia) kesa sa Kastila.

Ngayon, ano ba kinagagalit niyo kung malapit tayo sa mga Malaysian at Indonesian, masama ba yon? Aarangkada kaagad e kanya kanya lang namang tripping yan, me trip e Kastila sila, meron Bumbay daw o intsik o itim. E di pabayaan ang hilig, ang hindi maganda e me murahan na ng tarantado at gago. Bakit hindi ba tayo natataranta lahat at nanggagago. Hindi ba tayo bumabaho at nalalasing?

Ke ayaw niyo o gusto yung trip ng tao, wala kayong karapatang mambastos. Kasi, siguradong babastusin din kayo.