Ola! i'm new here! (o^__^o) i just wanna know the sentiments of the filipinos here! mabuhay po tau!

It means someone who is born or has roots in the Philippines.

this is so jacked up... 2

how many f'n "what does it mean to be filipino" or "are filipinos asians" threads have been made already?

to be filipino you have to well.......you see....to be filipino you have to.......

**long pause**.....**confusion**

Being Filipino means that i'm half Hispanic and half Pacific Islander

Being Filipino means a lot to me. It's part of who I am. God made me a Filipino and I would so jump his a$$ if he didn't make me one j/k Anyway, there's no other ethnicity I would rather be but Filipino.

I'm just a half Filipina (other half german) but I do feel like a Filipina and I'm very proud of it. It's a very importend part in my life.

speaking tagalog

SOme people think to be filipino you have to sell out your own culture. Oh wait that only applies to fil-ams.

^ LOL. Damn, how can anyone sell out their culture?

$hit you should see this one girl on Asianavenue. She said that she called herself Hawiian, and she basically said that she was ashamed to be called a filipino.

^ That's fu-ked up! Damn, I might puke with disgust just by looking at so many of these types of people. Hawaii sounds like heaven for Filipinos with identity crisises.

"I'm Hawaiian. Nice to meet you!"

"No, you're fu-king not. You're a Hawaiian wannabe Filipino "

seriously I remember reading her page. She said Im filipina, but Im not proud of it. Then she talked about how better hawiians are and that filipinos were fake and $hit, and she said that she would usually join other hawiians in making fun of filipino FOBs.

If I could only find her web page again, grr.

I also heard that a lot of half german/half filipina badly want to be european....(most of the girls/boys who say this are the ugly ones)...but I really do feel sorry for them.

Is it because they relate more to their european side?

This is all making me sad. Not a single one of these people are proud of being Filipino Mostly those who are clueless of Filipino history. Even some of the Filipino/Spanish mestizos/mestizas i've encountered in the Philippines were more proud of being Filipino. They beated the non-mixed race-traitor Filipinos themselves

The funny thing was that the girl looked mestiza.

I think it's because they feel kind of "ashame" ... they're much more smaller and do have bigger noses...and so on. They try to hide their ethnic background, dy their hair blond, wear blue contact lenses and do not talk about their roots. Especially girls do this. Besides...there're not so many filipinos in Germany compare to the US, that's why we don't have kind of filipino community. All of my friend are germans (or other europeans), this makes me even more proud to have filipino roots.

So you consider yourself different from the half filipino/ half germans who are ashamed?

Seriously I think that the bangsamoro people have a better grasp of what it means to be a true native. They actually fight for their culture and heritage.

Yupp....I hope so.
I'm so unhappy that my Mom didn't told me Tagalog, but now I do learn it by my own, beside Bisaya (because my family comes from Davao)
But don't understand me wrong: Eventough I'm very proud to be half filipina, I do have a totally german attitude, because all my life I lived in germany. I grew up here, I go to university here....It's also kind of hard to combine two cultures...but I don't stop trying

Bisaya??? Davao is is Mindanao, maybe you are Maranao?

Bisaya??? Davao is is Mindanao, maybe you are Maranao?

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Cebuano....
What is a Marano?

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Bisaya??? Davao is is Mindanao, maybe you are Maranao?

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Cebuano....
What is a Marano?

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A Bangsamoro

The filipinos who are Muslim, they fought against the Spanish for 300 years.

Or maybe you are T'boli or one of the other tribal people.




You don't even know about the people in Mindanao??

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[quote=Anqi,Aug 9 2005, 04:31 PM]
Bisaya??? Davao is is Mindanao, maybe you are Maranao?

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Cebuano....
What is a Marano?

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A Bangsamoro

The filipinos who are Muslim, they fought against the Spanish for 300 years.

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My Mom would kill you If you call her and me a Muslim...
Nope....we are totally Catholic...(or I should be).
By the way, have to go to bed, already sooooo late, have to study tomorrow. See ya, bye bye

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[quote=PepsiCola,Aug 9 2005, 10:32 PM]
[quote=Anqi,Aug 9 2005, 04:31 PM]
Bisaya??? Davao is is Mindanao, maybe you are Maranao?

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Cebuano....
What is a Marano?

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A Bangsamoro

The filipinos who are Muslim, they fought against the Spanish for 300 years.

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My Mom would kill you If you call her and me a Muslim...
Nope....we are totally Catholic...(or I should be).
By the way, have to go to bed, already sooooo late, have to study tomorrow. See ya, bye bye

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What kind of Catholic would kill people, hmmm. LOL
Im just kidding, Im catholic too. I just admire how they hold on to their culture and don't have identity issues.

^ The man on the right is caucasian? At least we still have people like that who are proud of their identities unlike some people. Oh man, I just know that the Boracay tribal-looking artists are hella cool.

No he is not tribal people and bangsamoro don't marry out of their groups.

Davao are made up of Bisayas and they speak bisaya...the maranao live in the south western part of the island and only very few actually leave there to live in "christian" cities.

Being able to get it back up after 2 mins!! Iba talaga pag laki sa Balut na Pinoy!

mwahahaha!

Hell yeahz......is it a filipino thing to be so damn horny all the time?..or just a guy thing?

^Its kinda both....

i have read an article in a newspaper with a title "who wants to be a filipino" the writer surprisinlgy wanted to be a european with all the richness of its culture and so and so forth. if he was to be given another second life, he prefer to live in another country rather than face the everyday problems here in the philippines. it was kind of sad reading that there are actually people, already living the life of being a filipino, despise it and loathe the idea of being one. we were even described in the dictionary as maids! grr

wtf?, which dictionary is that? they'd better not be meriam-webster

i think it was webster's...but i might guess wrong. i haven't seen it myself but my professor cite that situation for us in a topic similar to this

http://www.m-w.com/cgi-bin/dictionary?book...ary&va=filipino

http://www.m-w.com/cgi-bin/dictionary?book...ary&va=filipina

iono, they didnt mention it here (maybe they took it off already)

yey! they should, of course. that could actually degrade Filipinos worldwide.

Those people grow out of that, it's normal for someone, no matter where they are or what they are, to want to feel accepted and part of their community.

i've always considered myself to be a Filipino but what does being a Filipino feel like? I woulnd't know since I dont really have any Filipino friends to compare it to...


i seriously doubt it

I feel very Pilipino. in a sense that my parents are from the P.I. and that here in the states i am categorized as a Pilipino. From the culture, to the sub fil-am culture. I do have many many Pilipino friends as well as my girlfriend being of Pilipino descent from Guam. I live in San Francisco so there are many Pilipinos here. Although i do have many Pinoy/Pinay friends i do have non-Pilipino friends, i don't segregate myself into one culture. i try to absorb many others and become aware of other life in different sectors of personalities and character traits.

When asked if i am Pilipino i state it proudly, even though i don't speak tagalog or visaya which my parents speak. But when it comes down to it i feel very Pilipino, and it feels f-cking good!

i'm feeling kinda gassy. is that how being filipino feels like?
but really i'm proud to be filipino...its great being filipino in the east coast.

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[quote=tarantina,Sep 10 2005, 03:03 AM]we were even described in the dictionary as maids! grr

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wtf?, which dictionary is that? they'd better not be meriam-webster

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Years ago, perhaps during the dictatorship of one sick fu-k named Ferdinand Marcos, Filipino women started to travel to other countries and work as domestic helpers (a.k.a. maids). Not soon afterwards, there was an entry in the Webster's Dictionary (at least the one from our school, not online) that says: Filipina. 1.) A female person from the Philippines; 2.) A maid.

There were protests that sprung after that... and eventually the publishers of the Webster's Dictionary apologized and took out the entry.

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quote=filipinoy,Sep 10 2005, 02:13 AM]
[quote=tarantina,Sep 10 2005, 03:03 AM]we were even described in the dictionary as maids! grr

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wtf?, which dictionary is that? they'd better not be meriam-webster

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Years ago, perhaps during the dictatorship of one sick fu-k named Ferdinand Marcos, Filipino women started to travel to other countries and work as domestic helpers (a.k.a. maids). Not soon afterwards, there was an entry in the Webster's Dictionary (at least the one from our school, not online) that says: Filipina. 1.) A female person from the Philippines; 2.) A maid.

There were protests that sprung after that... and eventually the publishers of the Webster's Dictionary apologized and took out the entry.

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so totoo pala un.
ive been searching for that dictionary since my high school teacher mentiond that....

well....
basahin nio mga libro ni bob ong.

Ang Paboritong Libro Ni Hudas, by: Bob Ong

i heard they'll change the "maid" to "nurse"......lol

being filipino is a quick ticket to getting laid-ville.

I know that article.. weord nga eh.. If he wanted to be Euro.. well, he can be! Change his citizenship, dye his hair, learn French, bleach his skin, take some pills to make him taller and bulkier... Ano pa kaya hinihintay niya? Hehe

what do you think is the reason why we are described in the dictionary as maids?