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Video: Interview with a Japanese Male GRO
Jake Clennell casts an avidly curious but scrupulously nonjudgmental eye
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Is the Filipino [still] worth dying for?
At a tender age of 15, while other teen-agers were worrying about Bagets fashion that time, I was slowly immersing myself to fully understand social, political, and economic issues. Being involved in these causes was not an easy thing to do. Being born and raised in a clan of Marcos fanatics was doubly hard.
For many parents and elders, seeing their children joining the ranks of student activists was definitely despicable and intolerable behavior. Maybe it was just a parental or elderly brother/sister concern. We are not rich to afford losing our education in exchange of what they call a useless endeavor—because according to them, “we are just destroying the future that is in store for us.” Of course, we wanted to argue, but any intellectual argument would only prove futile. First, we were not fully understood. Second, if given the chance to speak our minds, they would refuse to understand, and third, which is a prerequisite to the second reason–they already have an unperturbed and deeply-rooted mindset.
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Our future lies on a President who will lead us towards a better and prosperous nation as what we were before. We believe that Senator Mar Roxas will be the right man for that job by 2010. He has the ability to move this country forward towards prosperity. If you support Senator Mar Roxas as our next President in 2010, make your video of support through Youtube! I will also post your videos here in the blog and let your fellow compatriots out there know that your for Mar Roxas!Maruja Sunday Specials #8
Wala Akong Maisip?
Sa unang pagkakataon, wa ko knows kung paano ko uumpisahan ang Maruja Sunday Specials ni watashi. Wiz ko namang seylalu na waing maisip ang lola niyo. Siguro masyado iniisip kets ang mga ganap kets noong last week. Siguro kinakabahan din kets dahil sumali na naman kets sa isang writing contest.
Eh ang lola niyo pa naman, kapag may writer’s block naghahanap ng pampalipas-aliw. Pampagana kumbaga. After 48 years, balik-sulat at balik-blogging ang ganap.
O siya, kanta muna tayo…
2007.08.19 Wika2007 Update
SUBMISSION OF ENTRIES IS NOW CLOSED.
Thanks and Good Luck to everyone!
- Wika 2007 Organizers
Gratuity and the concept of tipping
Gratuity is defined as a favor or gift, usually in the form of money, given in return for service. It is often a percent of the total cost of the service say like 15 or 20 percent which is a standard in the US. In the Philippines, it has not been a common practice to leave tips when dining in restaurants or getting serviced at a salon.
Things have changed these days that more Filipinos are found leaving tips a lot of times, however there is still the general belief that tipping is not required. This can be witnessed when you see people looking over their receipts and getting a look in their eyes when they find the line “service charge”. This phrase gives them relief that they no longer have to leave a certain amount for tips.
Are tips a right of the people that provide service that we should be obligated to give it? On the other hand, does the service charge really go to the waiters, servers in restaurants? If some people feel that a tip is not required then why is service charge included in one’s bill? Should people complain?
Isang Wika, Matatag na Bansa. Hindi nga?
Paano mo maituturing na isang bentahe ang pagkakaroon ng maraming dialekto ng Pilipinas? Marahil hindi. Si
mulat-sapul, ang pagkakaroon ng ating bansa ng kung ilang dialekto ay nagdulot na ng hindi mabilang na hidwaan dala ng hindi pagkakaunawaan.
Napakalaki ng ating bansa, napakarami nating mga Filipino. Higit na mas malaki ang bansang Tsina, at hindi hamak na mas malaki ang populasyon kumpara sa Pilipinas. Ngunit tulad natin, marami ring dialekto and kanilang ginagamit. Tulad din natin, mayroon silang ginagamit na pangkalahatang wika, and Mandarin. Sa Estados Unidos, malaking bentahe ang pagkakadala ng mga Europeo ng wikang Ingles. Dito sa Singapore, bagaman nahahati sa tatlong lahi Instik, Malay at Indian, na may kanya-kanyang wika, Ingles ang pangunahing ginagamit.
Paano mo masasabing matatag and isang bansa? Maganda ang ekonomiya, iginagalang and mga namumuno, walang nag-aaklas at nagproprotesta sa lansangan, walang nangangamba kung ano ang mangyayari kinabukasan, masayang namumuhay ang mga mamamayan. Isang pagmumuni-muni po lamang, kung hindi man, isang napakalaking kalokohan. Alam naman nating lahat na ito’y malayo pa sa katuparan, mana pa, sa katotohanan.
Kahit papaano pagbali-baligtarin ang mundo, matatagalan bago tuluyang matanggap lahat ng Filipino na isa lang ang wika ng Pilipinas. Tao, hind lang wika, ang magpapatatag ng bansa. Kung hindi mo kayang unawain ang kapwa mo Filipino, kahit na nag-iisa lang ang wika natin, walang mananalo, lahat tayo, Filipino, talo.
