tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-51811090558320108932024-02-19T17:18:32.650-08:00Notable FilipinosFilipinos are all over the planet, get to know a few of themUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger20125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5181109055832010893.post-73325030267501135422022-08-06T11:30:00.036-07:002022-08-07T14:04:11.616-07:00Half Filipinos<p><b><span style="font-size: 24px;">Jo Koy, </span><span style="font-size: 24px;">Tia Carrere, </span><span style="font-size: 24px;">Lou Diamond Phillips</span></b></p><br /><span style="font-size: 24px;">After all these years, Filipino Americans can now be Filipino Americans.</span>
<br /><br /><span style="font-size: 24px;">And it took Steven Spielberg and a few Half Filipinos to give us that chance. Filipinos in America aren't just one of the lesser known Asians anymore. For the first time a major Hollywood Studio has produced an American movie about Filipinos by Filipinos for Filipinos and the world.</span>
<br /><br /><b><span style="font-size: 24px;">Easter Sunday, the Movie</span>
<br /></b><br /><span style="font-size: 24px;">Yet, Filipino Americans even with all the struggles they went through and still going through in America are typically where all the hate for this movie will come from. Typical. </span><br /><br /><!--/data/user/0/com.samsung.android.app.notes/files/clipdata/clipdata_bodytext_220806_124210_416.sdocx--><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><a href="https://fb.watch/eKuobYP_yW/" target="_blank"><img border="0" data-original-height="554" data-original-width="1064" height="167" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg81QRRe-_8TUs3id6Jhk5lQ5f4x1xjD9CDFuIPzf1Lf3ChStOW2aIZ8z9PEXFzbXw2kkJCWy0KemUuZVr5ikAZookglg-fGtwAlPsTKunoN_trYsPSoMmdCw46qjh83tr4j3Nbf98PEm13hOMwEHjdSMFle29aaeoQRkQal9Zx8ae07CKdHiI-wJ6pDQ/s320/20220806_124721.jpg" width="320" /></a></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span><b>Click to watch the</b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span><b><a href="https://fb.watch/eKuobYP_yW/" target="_blank">Exclusive conversation with the stars of Easter Sunday, </a></b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span><b><a href="https://fb.watch/eKuobYP_yW/" target="_blank">Jo Koy, Jimmy O Yang, Tia Carrere, Lou Diamond Phillips, and director Jay Chandrasekhar</a></b></span><!--/data/user/0/com.samsung.android.app.notes/files/clipdata/clipdata_bodytext_220806_125150_808.sdocx--></div><br /><div><span style="font-size: 24px;">The typical Filipino crab mentality is a big part of the reason why other Asian groups have a lot more success and representation in America than Filipinos who despite their numbers and contributions are still largely under represented and unappreciated.</span></div><div><span style="font-size: 24px;"><br /></span></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/YIixb42aJPg" width="320" youtube-src-id="YIixb42aJPg"></iframe></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Easter Sunday Trailer</div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5181109055832010893.post-30272957724975566672022-07-22T07:00:00.041-07:002022-07-23T19:26:35.447-07:00Alen Stajcic<p><span style="font-size: 24px;"><b>Alen Stajcic & The Incredible Filipinas</b></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 24px;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 24px;">Following the footsteps of and in the same mold as </span><span style="font-size: 24px;"><a href="https://notablefilipinos.blogspot.com/2020/06/tab-baldwin.html" target="_blank">Coach Tab Baldwin of Gilas Pilipinas</a>, is another Coach, this time, the coach of Malditas, now renamed to Filipinas (wonder when we will change the name of Gilas).</span></p><br /><span style="font-size: 24px;">Ok, so obviously, like Coach Tab, Coach Alen is also not Filipino, we know that.</span><div><span style="font-size: 24px;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: 24px;"></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwWqxb6IXEkzlweBM_FpFBo6LfshH_j_UXBaI0rw7vhD2kaEil86F_U3dmSunY4Md5HmJWOz9DU02n1K9ceEY85L5jRpIV2puflbtSWULdbOmEfbSy-RFs7UuePqx0O_qDInSgpIZvwf_8WwtZL9JK011Jj3Y85mMkFiOiU35hU6L-ywtf5E3p2t4zPA/s514/20220722_110013.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="472" data-original-width="514" height="294" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwWqxb6IXEkzlweBM_FpFBo6LfshH_j_UXBaI0rw7vhD2kaEil86F_U3dmSunY4Md5HmJWOz9DU02n1K9ceEY85L5jRpIV2puflbtSWULdbOmEfbSy-RFs7UuePqx0O_qDInSgpIZvwf_8WwtZL9JK011Jj3Y85mMkFiOiU35hU6L-ywtf5E3p2t4zPA/s320/20220722_110013.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-size: 24px;">But for someone not having Filipino blood, he sure has the heart and soul of one. He has the right attitude, never say die and the vision to turn the Philippines into a football nation. And believing that Filipinos can be Goliath beating Davids in the world of sports.</span></div><div><span style="font-size: 24px;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: 24px;"><b>Late To The Party</b><br /></span><br /><span style="font-size: 24px;">The country is probably one of the last remaining nations on earth who haven't fully embraced the sport that the whole world loves to play. Don't get me wrong, of course Filipinos have long played football, millions of Filipinos love the sport, they have produced world class footballers. But we all know majority of the Filipinos are head over heels in love with basketball.</span><div><span style="font-size: 24px;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: 24px;"></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/jGpX3cL3c84" width="320" youtube-src-id="jGpX3cL3c84"></iframe></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Interview with Coach Alen</div><br /><span style="font-size: 24px;"><b>Adopted</b></span>
<br /><br /><span style="font-size: 24px;">Since taking over the head coaching job for the Malditas in the middle of this pandemic, the turn around has been ridiculous. </span>
<br /><br /><span style="font-size: 24px;">From nowhere to barging into the semi finals of the AFC Womens Asian Cup, to winning a game in European soil (yes against a European team), to defeating Vietnam and Thailand convincingly and win the AFF Womens Championship, to bringing the Filipinas to the World Cup in 2023 and packing over 8,000 fans at the AFF Women's Championship Game at the Rizal Memorial Coliseum.</span></div><div><span style="font-size: 24px;"><br /></span></div><div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhICqNqpqCZWVjbE8_nSB7MtB3lHsVTawjdYzJydwywE58tsbxSIckCPFwDRsVByAobkGlfzjVokOdrLS_2oGpqg2sUwtqZBO0Zu9KIGPM7osXt9gkg1516fGPHMiNiw9uWqwgQHupA51gTVo7dtTFfE1JwmavFejoVNIzuGj-zr5zxvvKQLZOVDnEEEQ/s1078/20220722_103511.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="892" data-original-width="1078" height="265" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhICqNqpqCZWVjbE8_nSB7MtB3lHsVTawjdYzJydwywE58tsbxSIckCPFwDRsVByAobkGlfzjVokOdrLS_2oGpqg2sUwtqZBO0Zu9KIGPM7osXt9gkg1516fGPHMiNiw9uWqwgQHupA51gTVo7dtTFfE1JwmavFejoVNIzuGj-zr5zxvvKQLZOVDnEEEQ/s320/20220722_103511.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Photo from news.abs-cbn.com</span></span></div><br /><span style="font-size: 24px;">There is only one way for football in the Philippines now -- up. Football is alive and well in the country and that's all that matters. Millions of young Filipinos and Filipinas will be inspired to be part of this shift. </span>
<br /><br /><span style="font-size: 24px;">Laban Filipinas!</span></div><div><span style="font-size: 24px;"><br /></span></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/c3dQ6iZd8yY" width="320" youtube-src-id="c3dQ6iZd8yY"></iframe></div><br /><br /><!--/data/user/0/com.samsung.android.app.notes/files/clipdata/clipdata_bodytext_220722_104859_172.sdocx--></div></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5181109055832010893.post-42384805232452196762022-04-24T17:00:00.037-07:002022-04-28T12:00:54.574-07:00Fil Ams Representing<p><span style="font-size: 22px;">Filipino Bamboo Dance</span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgoKuQAg6S5O4tMJNo0wuMpMBmXF_uAq5QrOBcgVdyXzud47f4BS8GOGGhdd3DtoKAI4t9utFs7ZCAjRufkAYVxfLgbc8Wrr85Zze7O7lE9eU9vtvAZO4kpfADiG3wwLQ7zHgv1Vw6Crnc_QRqRAAH6w1aonP26taiPaJFhLtdpCK1HhbVDsEmPV8TPpA/s1028/20220424_171755.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="535" data-original-width="1028" height="167" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgoKuQAg6S5O4tMJNo0wuMpMBmXF_uAq5QrOBcgVdyXzud47f4BS8GOGGhdd3DtoKAI4t9utFs7ZCAjRufkAYVxfLgbc8Wrr85Zze7O7lE9eU9vtvAZO4kpfADiG3wwLQ7zHgv1Vw6Crnc_QRqRAAH6w1aonP26taiPaJFhLtdpCK1HhbVDsEmPV8TPpA/s320/20220424_171755.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><span style="font-size: 22px;"><p>While many Filipinos in the Philippines continue to bash the Philippines and their fellow Filipinos, more and more Filipino Americans continue to identify with their Filipino heritage and represent being Filipino.</p></span><p></p><div><div><span style="font-size: 22px;"><br /></span></div><div>
<span style="font-size: 22px;">It's not always easy being a Filipino in a foreign country. There is constant pressure to fit in and be like everyone else.</span></div><div><span style="font-size: 22px;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: 22px;">And even though Filipinos are among the largest Asian groups in the United States, they always seem to be the least represented, always the invisible minority even when they are all over the place.</span></div><div><span style="font-size: 22px;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: 22px;"><b>Tinikling Dance</b></span></div><div><span style="font-size: 22px;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: 22px;">Anyway, these students belonging to the Georgia Tech Filipino Students Association recently posted a video online where they not only manage to be a young adult and be a normal American college student but also found a way to highlight their culture.</span><br /><br /><!--/data/user/0/com.samsung.android.app.notes/files/clipdata/clipdata_bodytext_220424_170642_000.sdocx--></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/OlWW5apAnHU" width="320" youtube-src-id="OlWW5apAnHU"></iframe></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: left;">Filipino Bamboo Dance with a twist</span></div></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5181109055832010893.post-56377254428275844962021-10-16T08:00:00.069-07:002021-10-16T12:06:55.174-07:00Filipino American History Month<p><span style="font-size: 22px;"><b>October</b></span></p><br /><span style="font-size: 22px;">In 2009, the U.S. Congress passed a resolution to commemorate Filipino History Month on October.</span>
<br /><br /><span style="font-size: 22px;">In so doing, this measure states that it: </span>
<br /><br /><span style="font-size: 22px;"><i>Recognizes the celebration of Filipino American History Month as a study of the advancement of Filipino Americans and as a time to renew efforts toward the examination of history and culture in order to provide an opportunity for all people in the United States to learn more about Filipino Americans and their historic contributions to the Nation.</i></span>
<br /><br /><span style="font-size: 22px;">It is unfortunate that a decade after, there has been no buzz about Filipino American Month and so most people are still saying <i>"that's the first time I've hear about this"</i>.</span>
<br /><br /><span style="font-size: 22px;">And this is precisely why this house resolution was passed so that Americans can be taught their history as a nation and to find out how we all got to where we are right now.</span>
<br /><br /><span style="font-size: 22px;"><b>Asian Hispanics</b></span>
<br /><br /><span style="font-size: 22px;">National Hispanic (Latinx) Heritage Month is celebrated September 15th to October 15th and it is widely advertised and celebrated. </span>
<br /><br /><span style="font-size: 22px;">It is unfortunate that it coincides with the Filipino American History Month and overshadows it. </span>
<br /><br /><span style="font-size: 22px;">Hispanics and Filipinos have much in common, so it is fitting that both share half of the month to celebrate these similarities.</span>
<br /><br /><span style="font-size: 22px;">But it is also just fitting that starting October 16th to October 31st, the buzz needs to simmer down for Latinx and shift to Filipinx, for while there are similarities between the two cultures, there are also a lot of differences (let's do lumpia after a burrito). </span><br /><br /><span style="font-size: 22px;"><b>Why October</b></span>
<br /><br /><span style="font-size: 22px;">In 1991, October was chosen by the </span><span style="font-size: 22px;"><i><a href="http://fanhs-national.org/filam/resolution/" target="_blank"><span style="color: #01ffff;">Filipino American National Historical Society (FANHS)</span></a><span style="color: white;"> </span></i></span><span style="font-size: 22px;">as the month to </span><span style="font-size: 22px;">celebrate <b>Filipino American History Month</b>.</span>
<br /><br /><span style="font-size: 22px;">This is to commemorate the arrival in the United States of the first Filipinos, who landed in Morro Bay, California on October 18, 1587. For over two hundred years Filipinos have routinely arrived in the U.S. mainland through the Manila Acapulco Galleon Trade (1565 - 1815).</span>
<br /><br /><span style="font-size: 22px;">This year, it will be 434 years since the first Filipinos arrived in North America. In contrast, Jamestown was established in 1607 (414 years ago) and the Mayflower arrived in 1620 (401 years ago).</span>
<br /><br /><span style="font-size: 22px;"><b>Workers Rights</b></span>
<br /><br /><span style="font-size: 22px;">Incidentally, October is the birth month of Filipino American labor leader <i>Larry Itliong</i> (born October 25th, 1913). He is one of the founders and first leaders of the United Farm Workers Union (a fact that has been largely lost through the passage of time).</span><div><span style="font-size: 22px;"><br /></span></div><div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="YOUTUBE-iframe-ivideo" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/NVrFA24bc0c" width="320" youtube-src-id="NVrFA24bc0c"></iframe></div><br /><b><span style="font-size: 22px;">First Filipino Settlement</span>
<br /></b><br /><span style="font-size: 22px;">A casual google search should tell us that </span><span style="font-size: 22px;">as early as 1763, Filipinos established their first (recorded) North American settlement in St. Malo, Louisiana.</span>
<br /><br /><span style="font-size: 22px;">There were other Filipino settlements throughout the Louisiana bayous, with the largest being the <i>Manila Village </i>in Barataria Bay. </span></div><div><span style="font-size: 22px;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: 22px;"><b>Waves of Immigrants</b><br /></span><br /><span style="font-size: 22px;">From 1763 to 1906 other Filipino groups arrived in the U.S., settled in, started families and started businesses. Millions of Americans may be surprised when they check their DNA and notice they have Filipino blood. This is why. </span><br /><br /><span style="font-size: 22px;">In 1906, after the Philippine Islands was bought by the U.S. from Spain, Filipinos became U.S. Nationals and more Filipinos were able to travel, study, work and migrate to the U.S., for 40 years up until the Philippines declared independence in 1946.</span>
<br /><br /><span style="font-size: 22px;">Today Filipino Americans can be found in all industries across the United States and is one of the largest Asian groups in America along with the Chinese and Asian Indians.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-size: 22px;"> </span><!--/data/user/0/com.samsung.android.app.notes/files/clipdata/clipdata_bodytext_211016_102541_843.sdocx--></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5181109055832010893.post-73107029678979238562021-08-07T02:00:00.072-07:002021-08-07T12:41:47.041-07:00Whang-Od<p><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="YOUTUBE-iframe-ivideo" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/0JcOncWUUvM" width="320" youtube-src-id="0JcOncWUUvM"></iframe></div><div><br /></div><div><span style="font-size: 24px;">Whang-Od is the last practitioner of the head hunting Kalinga tribe of the Philippines' art of tattooing. </span></div><div><span style="font-size: 24px;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: 24px;">She was presumably born in 1917 but because there weren't birth certificates issued in that place and time, no one really has an actual official record of her real age.</span><div><span style="font-size: 24px;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: 24px;"></span><span style="font-size: 24px;"><b>1904 World's Fair</b><br /></span><br /><span style="font-size: 24px;">To put her in perspective, the Kalinga head hunting tribe was part of several Filipino tribes featured in the Philippine Exhibit in the 1904 World's Fair in St. Louis, Missouri. </span><br /><br /><span style="font-size: 24px;">The tattooed head-hunting, dog-eating tribes of the Philippine Exhibit was by far the biggest attraction of the 1904 fair.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-size: 24px;">Whang-Od was still a teenager when she started tattooing the</span><span style="font-size: 24px;"> headhunters and other women of their tribe. She learned this art from her father. </span><span style="font-size: 24px;">This was well before the second world war.</span></div><div><br /><span style="font-size: 24px;">Their tribal traditional tattooing art was mainly used to adorn the bodies of their tribe's warriors, to celebrate their kills and the heads of their enemies which they bring back home from their battles (this is why they were labeled as head hunters).</span><br /><br /><span style="font-size: 24px;">The women they tattoo for embellishment, to make them attractive and in preparation for marriage.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-size: 24px;"><b>Documentaries</b></span><br /><br /><span style="font-size: 24px;">Numerous reporters and visitors to their tribe have covered Whang-Od through the years after the world first got to know about her when she was in her late 80s and early 90s. She probably first became widely known outside her tribe through a documentary aired by the Discovery Channel. </span></div><div><span style="font-size: 24px;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: 24px;"><b>Oldest</b><br /></span><br /><span style="font-size: 24px;">Today, Whang-Od is over a hundred years old. Their tribe's art and tradition will live on after she has passed on through two grand nieces who have been her apprentices.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-size: 24px;">We can watch a documentary about her below. </span><span style="font-size: 24px;">This is about two individuals who went to the Philippines to visit the mountain top where Whang-Od's tribe lives in the hope of getting inked by the legendary Philippine national artist.</span><br /><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="YOUTUBE-iframe-ivideo" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/HPJjQJ1UWn4" width="320" youtube-src-id="HPJjQJ1UWn4"></iframe></div><br /><div><br /></div><div><div><span style="font-size: 24px;">Recommended Reading: </span></div><div><span style="font-size: 24px;"><b><span><a href="https://www.larskrutak.com/the-last-kalinga-tattoo-artist-of-the-philippines/" target="_blank">THE LAST KALINGA TATTOO ARTIST OF THE PHILIPPINES </a></span></b><br /><span>LARS KRUTAK, Tattoo Anthropologist</span></span></div></div></div></div><div><span style="font-size: 24px;"><span><br /></span></span></div><div><span style="font-size: 24px;"><span><br /></span></span></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5181109055832010893.post-28625924912345456242021-07-26T08:00:00.060-07:002021-08-07T12:31:16.954-07:00Hidilyn Diaz - Olympic Gold<p> </p><span style="font-size: 24px;">The Philippines used to have the uneviable reputation as the country having the most Olympic medals won without ever winning a gold.</span>
<br /><br /><span style="font-size: 24px;">Hidilyn Diaz herself has a silver medal from 2016 in Rio, as do two Philippine boxers who settled for second place. </span>
<br /><br /><span style="font-size: 24px;"><b>Points Scoring System</b></span>
<br /><br /><span style="font-size: 24px;">Most observers believe that the Filipino boxers have traditionally not been given a fair enough treatment in terms of point scoring and presumably have been "robbed" a few times of the chance to win Olympic gold. But this is the risk of any sport using a judges based scoring system. It will always be inherently subjective and prone to human error. </span>
<br /><br /><span style="font-size: 24px;"><b>Weightlifting</b></span>
<br /><br /><span style="font-size: 24px;">In other sports, like weightlifting, one do not have to score against an opponent. One just needs to be faster, higher, stronger than everyone else and do so within the rules of the game.</span>
<br /><br /><span style="font-size: 24px;">Hidilyn Diaz did this in a dramatic way, outlifting her closest opponent on the last lift and by one kilogram, establishing an Olympic record in the process.</span>
<br /><br /><span style="font-size: 24px;"><b>Inadequate Funding</b></span>
<br /><br /><span style="font-size: 24px;">The Philippines is one of those less fortunate countries where individual athletes basically need to train and fend for themselves, especially in a pandemic.</span>
<br /><br /><span style="font-size: 24px;">Beating all the odds and the lack of comparable support and training which other countries enjoy, Hidilyn on her winning lift just lifted on her back and carried on her arms and shoulders the dreams of the entire Philippine nation, through her grit, passion and sheer determination -- truely a notable Filipina.</span>
<br /><br /><span style="font-size: 24px;">Another Filipina athlete, Arianne Cerdena technically won the Philippines' first Olympic gold medal, in the 1988 Seoul Olympic games. Bowling was a demonstration sport at that edition of the games and all the medals won in that sport at that time were not counted in the official medal tally.</span><div><span style="font-size: 24px;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: 24px;"><b>Multiple Medals</b></span></div><div><span style="font-size: 24px;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: 24px;">Hidilyn joins fellow Filipino athlete, swimmer </span><span style="font-size: 24px;">Teofilo Yldefonso as being the only Filipinos to win a medal in two Olympic games. Yldefonso won the bronze medal in the 1928 games in Amsterdam and repeated his podium finish in 1932 in Los Angeles.</span><div><br /></div><div><span style="font-size: 24px;"><b>Tokyo 2020 (2021)</b><br /></span><br /><span style="font-size: 24px;">Japan made it possible for dreamers like Hidilyn and other athletes from countries who have yet to win medals in the Olympics to achieve their dreams. They could have easily cancelled these games but they didn't. </span><div><span style="font-size: 24px;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: 24px;">In doing so, the glass ceiling has been broken for Philippine sports. Push onwards athletes, the best is still to come.</span>
<br /><br /><span style="font-size: 24px;">If one</span><span style="font-size: 24px;"> athlete can do this, imagine what the Philippines can achieve when they all support one another and support their country.</span></div><div><span style="font-size: 24px;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="YOUTUBE-iframe-ivideo" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/256iYxViqW8" width="320" youtube-src-id="256iYxViqW8"></iframe></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Flag and anthem. Salute and tears. (Hidilyn is a sergeant in the Philippine Air Force)</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNe9txHO_TNBPhfOUr58RYgYHlw76t3Ps_qPdGL-L0oBgBd7xWr6mhYbRV3CTXK7hXKNw-bnu39fR7asijqBfQDlrmi2_TzJdtIdzdqjz9okvfxHACJl5DRMnLH5bJN7IvQGe_UE5fXazq/s954/20210726_084312.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="574" data-original-width="954" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNe9txHO_TNBPhfOUr58RYgYHlw76t3Ps_qPdGL-L0oBgBd7xWr6mhYbRV3CTXK7hXKNw-bnu39fR7asijqBfQDlrmi2_TzJdtIdzdqjz9okvfxHACJl5DRMnLH5bJN7IvQGe_UE5fXazq/s320/20210726_084312.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">96 years in the making</div><div><br /></div></div><div><span style="font-size: 24px;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: 24px;">Let's watch how Hidilyn lifted her nation on her back and shoulders.</span></div><div><span style="font-size: 24px;"><br /></span></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="YOUTUBE-iframe-ivideo" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/wDAFZFL1fGg" width="320" youtube-src-id="wDAFZFL1fGg"></iframe></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Drama all the way</div><div><span style="font-size: 24px;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: 24px;"><b>Bowling</b></span></div><div><span style="font-size: 24px;"><br /></span></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4iYDjD26sIhKKNMcv65hbIXftcjIzvsPtU0qxJwj23RhfbwKp-56uExhboN6BG0mots0BJXzJpoq0Tk3kmSNq_KK6I8w_U5UgzyoSSx40_EmcOckKpMlT9Bicogl0UJBxNxFnWC6celK0/s778/20210726_093320.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="577" data-original-width="778" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4iYDjD26sIhKKNMcv65hbIXftcjIzvsPtU0qxJwj23RhfbwKp-56uExhboN6BG0mots0BJXzJpoq0Tk3kmSNq_KK6I8w_U5UgzyoSSx40_EmcOckKpMlT9Bicogl0UJBxNxFnWC6celK0/s320/20210726_093320.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 24px; text-align: left;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 24px; text-align: left;">Arianne Cerdena winning the Olympic gold medal in Seoul 1988</span></div><div><br /></div></div></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5181109055832010893.post-76813114048304843782020-06-14T14:00:00.008-07:002022-08-14T05:31:45.452-07:00Tab Baldwin<div><b>Tab Baldwin & Gilas Pilipinas</b></div><div><br /></div>Okay, Coach Tab Baldwin is not Filipino, we know that. But for someone not having Filipino blood, he sure has the Filipino Puso (heart) and the Filipino balls, that of a David going after the Goliath.<br />
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<b>Adopted</b><br />
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Also being the head of the Gilas Pilipinas Youth National Basketball Program, the (unofficial) national team sport of the Philippines, then he has become an adopted Filipino.<br />
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He has the uneviable task and Herculian burden of carrying Gilas on his shoulders through the next World Mens Basketball Games and who knows, even bringing back Philippine Basketball on the Olympic stage.<br />
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<b>Balls of Steel</b><br />
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After publicly saying in a recent podcast what his personal opinions are of what is wrong with Phillipine basketball worrying not about angering FIBA, local Filipino coaches and the mighty SBP and the PBA, then he really could be considered as a certified adopted Pinoy -- <b>fighting for the cause of Philippine basketball more than any other previous Filipino head coach</b>, even though he knows that he will be in the receiving end of criticism from his peers within the local Filipino coaching circle.<br />
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Now after being sanctioned and fined and castigated by local coaches and the PBA, for speaking his mind, I just hope something positive will come out of his revelations, particularly because what he said is true.<br />
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Without changing any of the outmoded style of recruiting, training, selecting, coaching and everything else, then there is no way for Philippine basketball to move up internationally, especially now that all other national basketball programs are doing everything to better themselves, including recruiting foreign coaches and players.<br />
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Let's watch what he said here.<br />
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Time will tell and will come when his words will be proven true.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5181109055832010893.post-37380466330435368982019-09-30T21:00:00.001-07:002021-08-07T12:32:02.192-07:00Jose Nepomuceno - Father of Philippine Movies<b>Celebrating 100 Years of Philippine Movies</b><br />
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Over a century ago, Filipino Silver Screen pioneers started producing the nation's first Filipino made movies. But although they were 'silent' movies, they weren't totally silent because the "singing" parts were performed live during the theater screenings.<br />
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This was probably because for decades, Filipinos were used to watching stage plays (locally known as zarzuelas and moro-moros) which were much like the stage plays of today which showcase live performances.<br />
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Father of Philippine Movies</b><br />
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José Zialcita Nepomuceno was born in 1893 and he started his productions company in 1917. In 1919 he premiered the first Filipino made film -- Dalagang Bukid.<br />
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Although it was not the first film produced in the Philippines, it was the first by a Filipino. <br />
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The first film made in the Philippines was La Vida de Jose Rizal (The Life of Jose Rizal) produced five years prior by American Edward Meyer Gross. At this time, the Philippine Islands was still a U.S. Territory.<br />
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Incidentally, Nepomuceno bought his first film equipment from Gross on his birthday in 1917 and practiced his movie making skills for two years, until in September 25th 1919, the first Filipino made film was shown in Empire Theater in Manila.<br />
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Dalagang Bukid (Country Maiden) was shown on screen with English, Spanish, and Tagalog subtitles. And as earlier mentioned, a song in the film had to be sang live, for each and every screening of the film, along with musicians who have to accompany the singer and play the musical instruments live.<br />
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Pioneers in Asia</b><br />
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It is noteworthy to mention that during this time, India, Japan and the Philippines were the only people in Asia who were making films in their part of the world.<br />
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Jose Nepomuceno (1893 - 1959)</b><br />
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Jose Nepomuceno went on to produce and direct numerous other full length films and documentaries. He was a photographer, journalist and a foreign news correspondent. Although his pioneering work with cinema was singularly his most important contribution to Philippine history, culture and arts, much more their people's way of life.<br />
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It is just unfortunate that all of his pioneering work has been deemed lost. <br />
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Dalagang Bukid was a huge box office hit. Nepomuceno produced a sequel in 1920 -- La venganza de Don Silvestre, to continue the story of the country maiden.<br />
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These initial successes paved the way for Nepomuceno and other local contemporaries to continue the business of producing films which eventually ushered in the Philippine Movie Industry.<br />
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Recommended Reading: </b><br />
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<a href="https://www.esquiremag.ph/culture/movies-and-tv/first-filipino-movie-history-a1729-20190816-lfrm3" target="_blank">The Story Behind the First Filipino Movie (Esquire Mag)</a><br />
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Photo Credit: Wikimedia Commons (fair use), Nepomoceno Productions (facebook account)Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5181109055832010893.post-52335461401994983822019-05-04T19:00:00.001-07:002021-08-07T12:32:36.330-07:00Quezon's Game<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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An audio recording of President Quezon was preserved and one can listen to it <b><a href="http://www.quezon.ph/wp-content/uploads/2006/08/mlq-1.mp3" target="_blank">here</a></b>.<br />
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This was a speech he made for his people and is in English and then in Spanish.<br />
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<b>Quezon's List</b><br />
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About four years have passed since we featured <a href="https://notablefilipinos.blogspot.com/2015/08/manuel-luis-molina-quezon.html?m=1" target="_blank">former Philippine President Manuel L. Quezon</a> and talked about how he was part of a "game" of life or death, which he being the head of state of an island nation along with others playing the game were able to allow the safe passage of about 1,300 Jews out of Europe and into the Philippine Islands during the Holocaust.<br />
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At that time, we kind of joked that a script entitled "Quezon's List' should be made into a movie based from this little known historical event, just like 'Schindler's List'.<br />
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<b>Big Plans to Save Jews</b><br />
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President Quezon really wanted to save as much as he can and already planned to give safe refuge to as much as 10,000 European Jews, who were facing untold atrocities and imminent death.<br />
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What was tricky was that the Philippines was also caught up with the War in the Pacific as they got over ran and went under the control of Imperial Japanese forces. So Quezon and his group of friends should be able to outwit not only the Nazis in Europe but also the Japanese in Manila.<br />
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Now four years later, a movie about this was finally made and will start to be shown. It already made the rounds of international film festivals.<br />
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Official Trailer, Quezon's Game</div>
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Whenever halloween comes along, there is no other Filipino (being) that is more popular than the "<b>Aswang</b>".<br />
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Every Filipino gathering wouldn't be complete without the mention of one.<br />
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<b>"Tik Tik"</b><br />
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For the most part, these beings are mythical creatures but millions of Filipinos throughout recorded history have sworn to them being real, yes even up to this age of the internet and social media, which the Filipinos are king.<br />
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Books, movies and tv shows have been made about these fantastic creatures which sometimes goes by the name of "tik tik or "wak wak"". According to stories, these beings are indigenous to the islands of the middle part of the Philippines but there would be tales where they were seen in the southern parts and the lower upper parts of the country. Of course according to some tales (movies and tv shows included) they have also infiltrated many parts of the world.<br />
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<b>Shape Shifters</b><br />
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They are for the most part, shape-shifters as they seem to be quite normal and unassuming people in the day time but change into creatures straight out of your wildest dreams or even into wild animals at night.<br />
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They are also often depicted as grave robbers or fresh flesh eaters or even ghouls who feast on unborn fetuses -- sucking them from the bellies of unsuspecting sleeping pregnant women.<br />
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"Aswangs" are also said to be like witches or other ghouls of Philippine mythology and are often likened to vampires and werewolves rolled into one.<br />
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History tells us that even during the Spanish times (1500s to 1800s), stories of the "aswang" have already been widespread. It is also noteworthy to add that we shouldn't get it past those Spanish friars of old to make up these spooky stories to scare the natives, so they would be easier to subjugate or to stop them from having secret meetings or incursions at night.<br />
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Anyway, true or not, if you are interested in finding out more about this interesting and uniquely Filipino beings, here is the "aswangs" as depicted by the creators of <a href="http://www.nbc.com/grimm/video/an-aswang-ate-my-baby/2755021?onid=146231#vc146231=11" target="_blank"><b><span style="color: lime;">Grimm the TV Series</span></b></a>.<br />
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Grimm "The Aswang" -- Mommy Dearest</div>
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<span style="text-align: left;">If those short clips, left you craving for more, then here is a full length documentary made by the "Aswang Project".</span></div>
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"The Aswang Phenomenon" A Documentary</div>
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And if you are really into this kind of genre, then here is the accompanying movie that they have made:<br />
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"Aswang" Movie (2008)</div>
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Those who speak Tagalog would have no problem finding several "aswang" movies. Many will remember that since the 1980s, there have been a lot of Filipino movies made which tackle the "aswang" phenomenon, including the ever popular <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shake,_Rattle_%26_Roll_(film_series)" target="_blank"><span style="color: lime;"><b>Shake, Rattle and Roll serie</b>s</span></a>.<br />
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Here is one of the more recent films about these creatures.<br />
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"Tiktik: The Aswang Chronicles" Tagalog Movie (2012)</div>
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<br />Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5181109055832010893.post-88139562268253095502015-10-23T09:30:00.001-07:002021-08-07T12:34:54.595-07:00Filipino Teachers<b>American Public School System in the Philippines</b><br />
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In 1901, the United States of America established a public school system to be implemented throughout the entire Philippine archipelago.<br />
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They shipped in American teachers and dispersed them to the different provinces that make up the Philippine Islands. These teachers taught Filipino students the same curriculum as in the U.S., in the English language. The teachers came by way of a US Army Transport boat called "Thomas", the first batch came August 1901. Hence, these teachers got the nickname "Thomasites".<br />
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By 1903, Americans started sending selected Filipino students to the United States to actually study in U.S. high schools, colleges and universities. This practice lasted until the start of World War 2.<br />
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All if not most of these students came back to the Philippines with their diplomas and all the learning and the experience they received in the U.S. mainland. And some of them became the country's next teachers and educators themselves.<br />
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<b>100 Years Later</b><br />
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Fast forward to 1999, numerous U.S. school districts in major cities in many states are having problems with the hiring of qualified teachers, some with having no applicants at all.<br />
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It got from bad to worse and school districts had to "import" teachers from a handful of countries. And you guessed it, many came from the Philippines -- talk about coming full circle.<br />
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<b>Export: Teachers</b><br />
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The teaching profession have always flourished in the Philippines since the post war era. We can say the same thing about professions involving accounting and its allied courses, nursing and other health careers, care giving, domestic work and related fields, sea faring, blue collar,skilled and entertainment jobs as well as call center, business processing and IT consulting -- which basically make up the bulk of Filipino workers who are being contracted to work overseas.<br />
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<b>The Learning</b><br />
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In 2011 PBS aired a documentary titled "The Learning". This was about the face of this imported teachers phenomenon and it followed the story of four Filipino teachers who left their careers and their families to teach in Baltimore, Maryland.<br />
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What the casual reader might be missing here is that even though these teachers might be receiving salaries which are 10 times more than what they would receive in the Philippines (which is probably the only reason why they would be doing this in the first place), is that they were sacrificing a lot by leaving their careers, their pensions, their homes and their families to travel and live half-way around the world. And to come teach children in a country where they couldn't find anybody local to do it themselves.<br />
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<b>Sacrifices</b><br />
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This is very similar to the sacrifices the "Thomasites" had to go through when they sailed from the United States in the early 1900's, leaving their American lives, their comfortable homes and their friends and families to teach people in another country where everything is very much different from what they were used to.<br />
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This old saying is is true, you reap what you sow.<br />
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Today Filipino teachers are repaying those brave, naive and idealistic American teachers who taught their grandparents by going to the U.S. and teaching their grand children.<br />
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And they themselves are enduring sacrifices which those American teachers had to go through.<br />
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<b>Respect</b><br />
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To these pioneering teachers, we salute you for your service and for helping educate the next generation of people who will come after us.<br />
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Many Filipino teachers across the U.S. right now have been receiving awards and recognition and they are proving that they deserve to be teaching American school children today and for years to come.<br />
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<b>Award Winning Filipino Teacher in New York</b></div>
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<b>A Filipina Teacher is the Top Teacher in California</b></div>
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<b>News Links:</b><br />
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<a href="http://www.azcentral.com/story/news/local/arizona/2%20%20014/10/01/arizona-teacher-shortage-international-%20%20candidates/16519807/" target="_blank"><b><span style="color: blue;">Arizona Teacher Shortage Forces Schools to Go International</span></b></a><br />
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<a href="http://articles.chicagotribune.com/1999-04-18/news/9904180442_1_new-teachers-david-haselkorn-public-school-teachers" target="_blank"><b><span style="color: blue;">In Attempt To Lure New Teachers California Pulls Out All The Stops</span></b></a><br />
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<a href="http://www.takepart.com/article/2014/10/09/unexpected-teacher-shortage-solution" target="_blank"><b><span style="color: blue;">Bringing in Educators from the Philippines is Helping Some Cities Solve their Hiring Problems</span></b></a><br />
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<a href="http://articles.latimes.com/2002/aug/10/local/me-filipino10" target="_blank"><span style="color: blue;"><b>Recruiters are Tapping the Philippines to Help Fill a Void in American Classrooms</b></span></a><br />
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<a href="http://tuoitrenews.vn/education/8624/vietnam-%20%20hires-filipino-teachers-despite-concerns" target="_blank"><span style="color: blue;"><b>Vietnam Hires Filipino Teachers Despite Concerns</b></span></a><br />
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<b>The World's "Budget English Teacher" found in the Philippines, BBC News</b></div>
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<b>Poem written by E. Schneider (an American teacher) while he was on the first boat to the Philippine Islands in 1901</b><br />
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<i>TO THE PHILIPPINE TEACHERS</i><br />
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<i>O'er boundless seas and to a foreign land </i><br />
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<i>A chosen and devoted band you go; </i><br />
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<i>And those of you upon whose heads the snow </i><br />
<i>Of age has fallen labor hand in hand </i><br />
<i>With those who still in youth's prime vigor stand </i><br />
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<i>The selfsame task to carry out, to sow </i><br />
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<i>The seeds of truth and culture; and you know </i><br />
<i>This is a noble duty, wisely planned. </i><br />
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<i>So let no fear of failure fill your hearts, </i><br />
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<i>Or dash your courage, or your spirits grieve; </i><br />
<i>And let no petty doubts becloud your brain, </i><br />
<i>Remember, while you try to do your parts, </i><br />
<i>That, if one single spark of light you leave </i><br />
<i>Behind, your work will not have been in vain. </i><br />
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<i>E. E. Schneider. </i><br />
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May our Filipino teachers abroad be guided with the same sentiments.<br />
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<b>Philippine Trivia</b><br />
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<a href="https://jcc34.wordpress.com/2012/06/13/the-first-english-public-shool-teacher-was-a-filipina-not-a-thomasite/" target="_blank"><b><span style="color: blue;">The First English Public School Teacher Was A Filipina, Not A Thomasite</span></b></a><br />
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Photo Credits:<br />
George Percival Scriven, library.duke.edu<br />
JHU, gmanetwork.com/news</div>
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<b>Manuel L. Quezon y Molina</b> was born 1878 in Baler, Tayabas (now Quezon Province) to Lucio Quezon and Maria Molina, both school teachers, in the island of Luzon, the Philippines, which at that time was under Spanish rule for over 300 years.<br />
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Quezon went to college in Manila and went on to study law at the University of Santo Tomas. His studies were cut short because he dropped out to join the struggle for his country's independence which by then was under the control of the United States.<br />
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He stopped to join the revolutionary forces led by Gen. Emilio Aguinaldo during the height of the Spanish-American War.<br />
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After General Aguinaldo surrendered to the Americans at the end of the war in 1901, Manuel went back to law school to finish his degree at UST.<br />
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In 1903, Quezon passed the bar and set up a law practice in his hometown. He later gave up his private practice and joined politics.<br />
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He was elected provincial governor and served two terms. In 1907 he was elected as a representative to the newly established Philippine Assembly.<br />
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<b>Philippine Independence</b><br />
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Quezon went on to serve as Resident Commissioner to the U.S. in Washington, D.C. (1909-1916). In 1916 he co-sponsored and played a major role in obtaining the passage of the Jones Act, which gave the Filipinos the power to legislate for themselves (subject to veto by the American Governor-General).<br />
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He then resigned his position and returned to the Philippines, a hero.<br />
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In 1916 Quezon was elected to the newly formed Philippine Senate.<br />
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Quezon fought for the Tydings-McDuffie Law in 1934, otherwise known as the Philippine Independence Act. This law provided for Philippine independence in 1946.<br />
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<b>President of the Philippines</b><br />
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In 1935, Quezon was elected as the first president of the Philippine Commonwealth government. (General Aguinaldo is generally acknowledged as the first president of the Philippine Republic in 1899).Quezon was reelected president in 1941 until the Japanese forces bombed Pearl Harbor and occupied Manila at the other side of the Pacific on the same day.<br />
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President Quezon and his cabinet fled the country and set up a government in exile at Washington in May 1942.<br />
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Quezon was most famous (or infamous) for his attack on the racist policies of Governor Leonard Wood and his declaration that he preferred <b style="font-style: italic;">"a government run like hell by Filipinos to one run like heaven by Americans."</b> (be careful what you wish for, you just might get it)<br />
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<b>Little Known Fact</b><br />
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Quezon, of course is no saint, like everyone else he has his faults but he did a few great things.<br />
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But what he was nonetheless less famous for and one which <b>Steven Spielberg </b>should really be seriously considering making a movie out of is on how he was instrumental in giving safe passages to over 1,300 Jews who were desperately trying to escape the holocaust from the late 1930s to 1941 when no other nation on earth was willing to take them in.<br />
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<b>Quezon's List</b><br />
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His is a story much like how <b>Oskar Schindler</b> did it (ala Schindler's List) only there is so much more drama, action and suspense as the Jews they saved didn't only have to escape the Nazis in Europe but also the Japanese forces while in the Far East.<br />
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And it was very interesting how they managed to do it. Read the story on how they did it <a href="http://www.cnn.com/2015/02/02/world/asia/philippines-jews-wwii/" target="_blank"><b><span style="color: cyan;">here</span></b></a>: CNN: How the Philippines saved 1,200+ Jews during the Holocaust.<br />
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This untold story was first recounted by Frank Ephraim in his book, <b>Escape to Manila: From Nazi Tyranny to Japanese Terror</b> (University of Illinois Press, 2003), based mostly on his own eyewitness account as a child who was one of 1,300 Jewish refugees who arrived in Manila in 1939. Source: <a href="http://www.asianweek.com/2013/05/02/telltale-signs-philippines-a-jewish-refuge-from-the-holocaust/" target="_blank"><span style="color: cyan;"><b>AsianWeek</b></span></a><br />
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Manuel Quezon donated his own land in Marikina (now a part of Quezon City) to give to these Jewish migrants to build a group home to call their own.<br />
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In 2012, there was a documentary made about the story of these holocaust survivors.<br />
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Jewish Rescue in the Philippines</div>
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Hard not get teary eyed watching that excerpt but still a Hollywood movie would give their story the global <span style="text-align: center;">impact it so much deserves. There are only a few of these survivors who are still alive today and we need to hear their story before they pass on from this earth.</span></div>
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The marker honors the Philippines' humanitarian act of saving the Jews fleeing the Holocaust in Europe through President Manuel L. Quezon’s “open doors” policy in 1939. At a time when Jews were refused admission by most countries, the Philippines opened its doors to them, allowing the issuance of 10,000 visas of which 1,300 Jewish refugees reached the Philippines. The Open Doors Monument also symbolizes the strong and enduring friendship between the Philippines and Israel, the Philippines being the only Asian country who voted in favor of UN Resolution 181 concerning the creation of the State of Israel in 1947. Source: http://www.tel-avivpe.dfa.gov.ph/</div>
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<b>Video: 1935, Inauguration of Manuel L. Quezon, President of the Philippine Commonwealth</b></div>
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Manuel Quezon died August 1st 1944, a year before the liberation of the Philippines from the Japanese and two years from Philippine independence in 1946. In fact the Philippines is the largest and most important U.S. colony (commonwealth, territory, property) to break away from the U.S.A., declare independence and become a sovereign nation. Five U.S. territories still remain today: Puerto Rico, American Samoa, Guam, Northern Marianas, and the U.S. Virgin Islands (plus a few small islands, atolls, reefs, banks).Two non-stateside territories have since became U.S. states, Alaska and Hawaii.<br />
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<b>Quezon's </b><b>Accomplishments</b><br />
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1. Establishment of minimum wage, 1936<br />
2. Gave an order to establish a national language, 1937<br />
3. Pushed for the establishment of a city to become the future capital of the country, replacing Manila, 1938<br />
4. Liberation of the Philippines, 1946<br />
5. A systematized form of government, 1946<br />
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And many more, but what every Filipino should be made aware of is that President Quezon (like Jose Rizal) believed in the Filipino. Quezon, like all other Filipino nationalists before him fought hard for Philippine independence. He envisioned a strong Filipino nation governed by Filipinos. Quezon had a list of civic and ethical duties that he prescribed to be taught in Philippine schools to develop moral character, personal discipline, civic conscience and to teach the duties of citizenship.<br />
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<b>Quezon's Dream</b><br />
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80 years later, his country should have been a much stronger and united nation. Today, although the Philippines have a national language unlike most former Spanish colonies, 100 million Filipinos speak 13 major languages and over 100 regional languages. And although majority of Filipinos are Roman Catholic, the Philippines is home to dozens of other religions which help to segregate the population.<br />
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But it's never too late. The U.S.A. took about a hundred years to become a strong nation, the Philippines still have time to do the same.<br />
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<b>Quezon's Code of Citizenship and Ethics (1939)</b><br />
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1. Have faith in Divine Providence that guides the destinies of men and nations.<br />
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2. Love your country for it is the home of your people, the seat of your affections, and the source of your happiness and well-being. Its defense is your primary duty. Be ready at all times to sacrifice and die for it if necessary.<br />
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3. Respect the Constitution which is the expression of your sovereign will. The government is your government. It has been established for your safety and welfare. Obey the laws and see that they are observed by all and that public officials comply with their duties.<br />
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4. Pay your taxes willingly and promptly. Citizenship implies not only rights but also obligations.<br />
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5. Safeguard the purity of suffrage and abide by the decisions of the majority.<br />
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6. Love and respect your parents. It is your duty to serve them gratefully and well.<br />
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7. Value your honor as you value your life. Poverty with honor is preferable to wealth with dishonor.<br />
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8. Be truthful and be honest in thought and in action. Be just and charitable, courteous but dignified in your dealings with your fellow men.<br />
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9. Lead a clean and frugal life. Do not indulge in frivolity or pretense. Be simple in your dress and modest in your behavior.<br />
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10. Live up to the noble traditions of our people. Venerate the memory of our heroes. Their lives point the way to duty and honor.<br />
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11. Be industrious. Be not afraid or ashamed to do manual labor. Productive toil is conducive to economic security and adds to the wealth of the nation.<br />
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12. Rely on your own efforts for your progress and happiness. Be not easily discouraged. Persevere in the pursuit of your legitimate ambitions.<br />
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13. Do your work cheerfully, thoroughly, and well. Work badly done is worse than work undone. Do not leave for tomorrow what you can do today.<br />
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14. Contribute to the welfare of your community and promote social justice. You do not live for yourselves and your families alone. You are a part of society to which you owe definite responsibilities.<br />
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15. Cultivate the habit of using goods made in the Philippines. Patronize the products and trades of your countrymen.<br />
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16. Use and develop our natural resources and conserve them for posterity. They are the inalienable heritage of our people. Do not traffic with your citizenship.<br />
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Follow these and it's hard to go wrong.<br />
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<b>Further Reading: </b><br />
<b><a href="http://www.philstar.com/modern-living/718183/1946-quezon-city-worlds-fair" target="_blank"><span style="color: cyan;">1946 World's Fair Plan At Quezon City</span></a></b><br />
<b><a href="http://www.rappler.com/newsbreak/iq/71703-revisiting-quezon-city-master-plans" target="_blank"><span style="color: cyan;">1941/1949 Master Plan For Quezon City</span></a></b><br />
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5181109055832010893.post-3982458506982441102015-08-07T14:30:00.002-07:002021-08-07T12:37:14.263-07:00Filipinos -- World's Craziest Basketball Fans <table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right; text-align: right;"><tbody>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">7'6" Yao Ming knocks out 5"6' Pacquiao #FIBAWC</span></td></tr>
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<b>The Philippines Loses Bid to Host FIBA </b><b>World Cup of Basketball 2019</b><br />
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Even though the Philippines boasts as being home to the <b>craziest basketballs fans in the planet</b>, they still lost in their bid to host the next World Cup of Basketball to <a href="http://www.fiba.com/pr-n30-peoples-republic-of-china-to-host-2019-fiba-basketball-world-cup" target="_blank"><b><span style="color: cyan;">China</span></b></a>.<br />
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This will be China's first time to host the FIBA WC, the Philippines hosted one back in 1978 when they then had the largest coliseum in the world.<br />
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Today, the Philippines has since built many other venues and again is home to the biggest indoor basketball arena in the world, one that could sit 55,000. They also boast of a few other other world class indoor arenas and they were so ready for this world cup.<br />
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Watch their final petition here:<br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Lou Diamond Phillips, Manny Paquiao, Jimmy Alapag, Chot Reyes</span></div>
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Yes, as in who could have turned that down?<br />
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But no, it wasn't meant to be and people all over the world could only speculate as to what could have been.<br />
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<b>Authentic Love for the Sport</b><br />
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Because these crazy Filipinos do not need to "manufacture"anything, their hearts beat basketball, it was their time, like no other time. The Philippines didn't need much of anything else, when they have the greatest and most die-hard fans in the planet.<br />
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To give you an idea of how basketball crazy Filipinos are, like in the USA, they also have three professional sports seasons in one year -- but unlike in the US, they are all played in the basketball court (no pro soccer, no pro baseball, no pro American football, volleyball, cricket or anything else) -- just <b><a href="http://pba.inquirer.net/" target="_blank"><span style="color: cyan;">basketball</span></a></b>, all year round.<br />
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<b>Worldwide Online and Out</b><br />
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100 million plus basketball crazy fans within their 7,100 islands. Tens of millions of other "kababayans" all over the world at any given time, people who would most likely buy FIBA merchandise, welcome the players like no other would, and virtually heat up social media and boost the sport like no other nation can -- they are among the top (if not the top) social media users in the world.<br />
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And who could forget this <b><a href="https://www.facebook.com/foxsports/videos/10153243109469552/" target="_blank"><span style="color: cyan;">Fox Sports Film</span></a> </b>about the FIlipinos' hope, determination and resilience and their uncommon <b><a href="http://jatps.hubpages.com/hub/Filipinos-Love-For-Basketball" target="_blank"><span style="color: cyan;">Love for Basketball</span></a>.</b><br />
<br />
But no, we just hope that this isn't anything like what has happened at <a href="http://www.christiantoday.com/article/150.million.football.scam.7.fifa.officials.arrested.in.switzerland.on.us.corruption.charges/54891.htm" target="_blank"><b><span style="color: cyan;">FIFA</span></b></a>.<br />
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<b>This Isn't Over</b><br />
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Philippine basketball fans have a never-say-die attitude. They would root for their team no matter what. And they would still be fans through thick and thin.<br />
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But one thing I do know, these fans would just want to know who were the countries who voted for the Philippines' bid, so that 100 million basketball crazy Filipinos would be able to salute them and say thanks.<br />
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But then again, most would probably be more interested in knowing who were those who didn't vote for them.<br />
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Let the games begin.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5181109055832010893.post-41898060332546454472015-04-04T10:30:00.001-07:002021-08-07T12:37:38.482-07:00Trivia: Who is the Most Well Known Filipino?<div class="MsoNormal">
<b>Filipino</b><br />
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The Filipinos are the ethnic group native to the 7,100 islands of the Philippines. They now number <b>over 100 million</b> and are the 12th most populous in the world. About 12 million of them are overseas at any given time and about the same number cram into the mega capital city -- Manila.<br />
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If you need to know who among these mostly nameless and faceless people is the most well known, then arguably it has to be <b>Manny Pacquiao.</b><br />
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And not only is he probably the most well known, he could also probably be the most well-loved Filipino today, if not of all time.<br />
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No doubt, and even if we believe it or not, his legions of fans can attest to that. Unconvinced? Let's check out some of the arguments.<br />
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<b>World Class</b><br />
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First, no other Filipino in history could boast of having millions of fans worldwide and to count among them even more famous personalities than himself.<br />
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Among his supporters are of course, Mark Wahlberg, Liam Neeson, Paris Hilton, Hugh Jackman, Sylvester Stallone, Keanu Reeves and dozens and dozens of other Hollywood celebrities. He has prominent professional athlete admiters, among them, Kobe Bryant, Ronda Rousey, Jeremy Lin, Tim Tebow and several past and present boxing and basketball greats. You can also count among his admirers, one-percenters, politicians, singers, dancers, TV personalities, martial artists and a few famous brothers and sisters of his faith.<br />
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<b>Future Boxing Hall of Fame</b><br />
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Now if you still haven’t heard of him, then you probably would have been living under a rock. or you just do not know a lot of famous people.<o:p></o:p><br />
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And you probably haven’t heard of Floyd Mayweather either. Let
me guess, you probably aren’t a fan of boxing or a fan of the many boxing greats he has taught a lesson with his trademark "Pacquiao style" of boxing. If that is the case, then
you could be forgiven.<o:p></o:p></div>
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But really it’s hard not to have heard of <b>Pacman</b> as Manny is
affectionately called, as he is a commercial endorser who has numerous TV commercials,
he has a movie about his life story, he has been a flag bearer in the Olympics, he was a judge in a Miss Universe pageant, he has appeared in several Jimmy Kimmel TV shows, he has been interviewed in 60
Minutes and has appeared in the cover of Time Magazine and of course of numerous sports magazines.<o:p></o:p><br />
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Segue: The companies of the brand names stitched on the boxing shorts he will wear for his fight with Floyd Mayweather paid him a total of $2.5 million dollars. He was reported to have said, if he could wear long pants, he would.</div>
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<b>Larger Than Life<o:p></o:p></b></div>
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Anyway Pacman is first and foremost a boxer, he is much more
than that. Many people today has compared him to the fictitious Rocky and to
the legendary Muhammad Ali but he has transcended them both in reel and real life.</div>
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His is a real rags-to-riches story as well as a genuine inspiration
to dreamers everywhere and to anybody wanting to achieve the impossible or just
to better themselves and help those around them.<o:p></o:p></div>
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<b>Fight of the Century<o:p></o:p></b></div>
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His career as a boxer is near the end but of course millions of boxing
fans worldwide are hoping this is not the case.<br />
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Undoubtedly whatever happens on May 2, 2015 could greatly determine what happens next for Manny. On this day, he and the undefeated Floyd Mayweather Jr. wil finally meet in the square ring -- some say for <a href="http://oughttoknownow.blogspot.com/2014/11/mayweather-vs-pacquiao-time-to-get-it-on.html?_sm_au_=iVVsVNPJJsDkBsVF" target="_blank">the fight of the century</a>. But whatever the outcome, boxing fans everywhere would love at least one rematch.<o:p></o:p></div>
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<b>Man Who Wears Many
Hats<o:p></o:p></b></div>
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What Manny has accomplished as a boxer is probably enough
for five lifetimes but a match with Money (as Floyd is known) would be the cherry on top.<br />
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As I’ve said Manny’s life as a boxer is ending as he has undoubtedly moved on to much “bigger”
things all at the same time.<br />
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He is a professional basketball coach, player and team owner, he is a preacher, a businessman, an honorary member of the Boston
Celtics -- yes he just loves basketball as much as he loves boxing. It was rumored that he was late to one of his boxing matches because he had to finish watching a game being played by his beloved Celtics. (Preparing for the Algieri fight, he was even playing professional basketball.)<br />
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He is also a commercial
model, a recording artist, a TV and movie actor, a philanthropist, a politician
and a family man.<o:p></o:p></div>
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<b>Manny Pacquiao Movie</b></div>
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These "segues" have taken the edge out of being the fighter that he once was. </div>
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<b>Setbacks</b></div>
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The result, he lost for the first time in more than seven years
(or after 15 straight) in March of 2012, which was followed by another loss by knockout
no less in December of the same year.<o:p></o:p></div>
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A devastating lost, he probably needed to put his head and
his heart back into fighting. <o:p></o:p></div>
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<b>Boxing Career<o:p></o:p></b></div>
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To date, he is the first and the only boxer to have won
eight different weight division titles. He has won a total of ten world boxing titles
and he was a lineal champion in four different weight classes.<o:p></o:p></div>
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According to<a href="http://www.forbes.com/athletes/list/#tab:overall" target="_blank"> Forbes, in 2014</a>, he was the 11th highest paid athlete in the world. In, 2013 he was the 14th. He was second in 2012 and 2011. He was eighth in 2010 and sixth in 2009.<br />
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He was ranked in Forbes
Magazine’s Annual World's 100 Most Powerful Celebrities, three different years.<br />
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He is the highest placed Asian in the <a href="http://www.therichest.com/top-lists/top-100-richest-athletes/" target="_blank">World's Richest Athletes All-Time List</a>.<br />
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<b>Power, Prestige, Pesos</b><br />
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Still unconvinced?<br />
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He is so powerful that whenever he fights anywhere in the world, the entire archipelago of the Philippines seems to stand still and the crime rate is practically zero.</div>
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Not sure if any Filipino or anybody else in the world for that matter could do something similar.<br />
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5181109055832010893.post-35973138287242021562014-11-11T13:30:00.000-08:002014-11-13T18:07:19.993-08:00Remembering Filipino World War 2 Veterans<div class="MsoNormal">
<b>November 11th Is Veterans Day.</b><br />
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<b><a href="http://www.whitehouse.gov/blog/2013/07/09/recognizing-extraordinary-contribution-filipino-veterans" target="_blank">Remembering the Forgotten U.S. War Veterans</a></b></div>
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A burial detail of Filipino prisoners of war uses improvised
litters </div>
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to carry fallen comrades at Camp O'Donnell, Capas, Tarlac, 1942, </div>
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following the Bataan Death March. <i>Emir214 Wikimedia Commons</i></div>
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Fact: 1941, the members of the Philippine Armed Forces who fought for
the United States of America in World War II were U.S. nationals.<br />
<br />
But surprisingly, they were totally
unrecognized and utterly forgotten, until 2009.</div>
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<b>A Little History
Lesson<o:p></o:p></b></div>
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Before World War II, the Philippines was a U.S. territory (much
like Puerto Rico, Hawaii, American Samoa, Guam, and other Pacific islands). They were since 1899.</div>
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Filipinos though have always wanted their independence, so in
1935, the United States agreed to the creation of the Commonwealth
Government of the Philippines. The plan was that for the next ten years, this transitional government
will exist and on 1946 the Philippines will be granted their independence.</div>
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<b>Geography<o:p></o:p></b></div>
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Most people must be reminded that the Philippines is the westernmost
U.S. territory and just a short stop from Japan.</div>
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Both Japan and the United States were aware that whoever
controlled the Philippines will have the advantage militarily in that part of the
world.</div>
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With its strategic location and 7,100 islands it would be
the perfect jumping point for attacking other countries in that part of the world. For
the U.S., it would be the ideal location to stop that Japanese advance.</div>
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<b>World War II<o:p></o:p></b></div>
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Then the bombing of Pearl Harbor happened in 1941 during which
similar attacks by the Japanese Imperial forces were carried out in the Philippines,
which of course wasn’t unexpected.</div>
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The United States was already slowly beefing up the Philippine Armed Forces for such an attack on the islands and on U.S. interests. The
Japanese aggression since the 1930s is not lost to U.S. Top Brass, and they knew the Philippines would be a potential target. But of
course, protecting Europe from Nazi Germany is vastly more important than protecting the Philippines.</div>
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So when the island nation was finally thrust into World War II, U.S. President Franklin Delano Roosevelt called on the members of the Philippine Commonwealth Army to join the war and fight the Japanese. FDR promised that
they would be given all of the benefits of U.S. soldiers.</div>
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Gen. Douglas MacArthur formally inducting the Philippine Army Air Corps into </div>
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United States Army Forces in the Far East ( Camp Murphy, Rizal Aug 15 1941). </div>
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<i>Public Domain, Wikimedia Commons</i></div>
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FDR called for the creation of the U.S. Army Forces in the
Far East (<b>USAFFE</b>) Command which then absorbed the Philippine Army. These Filipino
soldiers then fought for the United States under the command of General Douglas
MacArthur. Thousands of others also served underground in guerilla units. </div>
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All in all, hundreds of thousands of Filipinos trained, worked hard, fought
for, sacrificed and gave up their lives for the United States of America alongside their
American counterparts from 1941 until the end of the war.</div>
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<b>The Payback<o:p></o:p></b></div>
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After the war, the U.S. Congress under President Truman decided
that there simply weren’t enough money to give these “Filipino veterans” the benefits FDR promised them. </div>
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The Rescission Act was passed in 1946 which (retroactively) annulled the benefits that
would have been payable to Filipino veterans on account of their military service
under the auspices of the United States, notwithstanding that during that time the Philippines was a U.S. territory and these Filipinos were U.S. nationals.</div>
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In other words, the Rescission Act of 1946 removed full benefits
from the Filipino veteran and they have been unrecognized and completely forgotten for over 60
years.</div>
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<b>Better Late Than
Never<o:p></o:p></b></div>
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In February 2009, after decades of petitions in and out of the U. S., the United
States enacted a law that provided for $198 million in one-time direct individual
payments and more importantly official service recognition to Filipino World War II veterans</div>
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Under this payment program, Filipino veterans with U.S. citizenship
will receive $15,000, while non-U.S. citizen Filipino veterans will receive
$9,000 -- too little, too late, but still better than nothing.</div>
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But even though these amounts were a total disgrace and too late
for those who have already passed away, the law and the payments made it official that
these Filipino veterans were indeed U.S. War Veterans and deserve to be recognized and
remembered every Veterans Day.<br />
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<a href="http://www.ww2scouts.com/trailer.html" target="_blank">MOVIE: </a><a href="http://www.ww2scouts.com/trailer.html" target="_blank">FORGOTTEN SOLDIERS</a></h4>
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Narrated by Lou Diamond Phillips</div>
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Produced and Directed by Donald Plata</div>
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Written by Chris Schaefer</div>
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This is the story of a group of elite US Army soldiers who fought America's first major ground battle of the Second World War.<br />
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They were General MacArthur's best soldiers at the start of the conflict.<br />
They were credited with being widely responsible for the prolonged siege of Bataan, an action that drained so much time and resources from Imperial Japan that it prevented the Japanese invasion of Australia. <br />
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Half of them were killed in action and in captivity. Only a few survive today. This documentary will honor these gallant men who gave so much for the cause of freedom. <br />
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They were the United States Army's Philippine Scouts, America's FORGOTTEN SOLDIERS.<br />
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5181109055832010893.post-60594807820684875032014-11-06T23:30:00.001-08:002021-08-07T12:34:10.311-07:00Pinoys @ Pixar and Disney<div class="MsoNormal">
If you are Filipino, don’t you ever wonder how it seems like
every Pixar (or Disney) Animated Film feels so close to your heart? Most times you might feel like it's something you may have grew up watching. And it could feel so ordinary, you might think you are watching a local Filipino film.<o:p></o:p></div>
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Well stop wondering, this is all maybe because behind every one of these films, behind every lovable character,
behind every setting, behind every facial expression, and behind every little nuisance
is a Filipino (or Filipina).<o:p></o:p><br />
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<b>The PixNoys</b></div>
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Yes Virginia, there are a lot of Filipinos working at Pixar
Animation Studios (and Disney) and other Hollywood Animation Studies. At Pixar, they are even called by their moniker,
the “Pixnoys” (short for Pixar Pinoys).<o:p></o:p></div>
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Let’s meet a few of them:<o:p></o:p></div>
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<b>Virginia
"Gini" Cruz Santos<o:p></o:p></b></div>
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Gini is a Filipina animator involved in a ton of Pixar films.<o:p></o:p></div>
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In “Toy Story 2” (1999), she did Woody and Jesse the Cowgirl
(as an Animator).<o:p></o:p></div>
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In “Monsters, Inc.” (2001) she animated Sulley and Mike, (Layout
Artist, Animator and Character Developer).<o:p></o:p></div>
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In “Finding Nemo” (2003) she made Dory come amazingly alive
(Animator).<o:p></o:p></div>
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In “The Incredibles” (2004), she worked on Helen (Elastigirl),
Dash, Violet, Frozone and Edna Mode, (Animator).<o:p></o:p></div>
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She also did animation for these popular animated films: “A Bug's Life”, “Cars”, “Toy
Story 3”, “Up”, “Lifted”, “Brave” and “Wall-E”<o:p></o:p></div>
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOK0qFtS6vgVWk-4SNPqblYW76Q7UwOd5Wxnp5i19gfbHw6d71Qmiq9oYMY1bDqZutT30JogdTTdazRYo7BdD16ZAHVO8Mu9a1rdNxnWYwdN6V8olDDJ_k6Zh02Rf9AswtISUzlgEex0HA/s1600/Dory.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOK0qFtS6vgVWk-4SNPqblYW76Q7UwOd5Wxnp5i19gfbHw6d71Qmiq9oYMY1bDqZutT30JogdTTdazRYo7BdD16ZAHVO8Mu9a1rdNxnWYwdN6V8olDDJ_k6Zh02Rf9AswtISUzlgEex0HA/s1600/Dory.jpg" height="320" width="259" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Dory</td></tr>
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She is probably well known for her portrayal of the family
members of “The Incredibles” and of the lovable character of Dory in “Finding Nemo”.</div>
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Gini stated in an old interview that she injected the
Filipino sense of humor and facial expressions, particularly for the character
of Dory, which in Tagalog can only be described as “mali-mali”. <o:p></o:p></div>
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Gini finished Fine Arts, Majoring in Advertising from the
University of Santo Tomas in Manila and earned a Master of Fine Arts degree in Computer Arts from the School of Visual Arts in New York.<o:p></o:p></div>
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All the other Pixnoys have said that their natural sense
of humor and willingness in story telling was fully demonstrated and made a
strong impact in many Pixar films especially that of Monsters, Inc. (2001), Finding Nemo (2003)
,The Incredibles (2004), Cars (2006) , Ratatouille (2007), Wall-E (2008), and
Up (2009).<o:p></o:p></div>
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKG3cCJVNaMAiF3UMRbD-fkLBkSJydX2yU3dWBaZcQZ0OzsoXVcGIuHVJZgRR9KLBJslEcYYeJkQcpPfc7QRgY6ZJvhQP0fVfsnGfUCGk-ZfY_JezEZvQw38X4cL7KuqpyHq5U4roNgKOm/s1600/Family-Hug-The-Incredibles.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKG3cCJVNaMAiF3UMRbD-fkLBkSJydX2yU3dWBaZcQZ0OzsoXVcGIuHVJZgRR9KLBJslEcYYeJkQcpPfc7QRgY6ZJvhQP0fVfsnGfUCGk-ZfY_JezEZvQw38X4cL7KuqpyHq5U4roNgKOm/s1600/Family-Hug-The-Incredibles.jpg" height="265" width="640" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The Incredibles</td></tr>
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<b>Pixar (Disney) Filipino
Trivia<o:p></o:p></b></div>
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<ul>
<li><span style="font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal;"> </span></span>Nelson Bohol added a “bahay kubo” (a native
Filipino hut) to an aquarium in one of the scenes of “Finding Nemo”.</li>
</ul>
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<li>Nelson also added a miniature volcano inside the
aquarium which was inspired by the Philippines’ arguably most
well-known volcano, Mt. Mayon.</li>
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<o:p></o:p></div>
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<li><span style="font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal;"> </span></span>The name used for the fisherman in “Finding Nemo”
is P. Sherman. “Pee-Sher-man” is how a typical Filipino would actually
pronounce the word “fisherman”. The Filipino language does not include the
letter F.</li>
</ul>
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<li>Monsters University’s library is called the “Bohol
Hall”, of course it was named after Filipino Nelson Bohol who designed it.</li>
</ul>
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<li>In “The Incredible”, there is an island called “Nomanisan
Island”. Only a Filipino would come up with and actually use a name like that.
Get it? “No-man-is-an Island”.</li>
</ul>
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<li>It seems suspicious that the baby in “The Incredibles”
is named Jack-Jack. Filipino nicknames and terms of endearment are normally
single syllabled and repeated.</li>
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<li>In much the same way, it is a bit odd that the
dog in “Up” is named Dug. It isn’t a coincidence that certain Filipinos from
the Southern and Middle part of the Philippines would actually pronounce dog as
dug. And yes dogs normally dig up dirt.</li>
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<b>Ronaldo “Ronnie” Del
Carmen<o:p></o:p></b></div>
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<a href="http://ronniedelcarmen.com/" target="_blank">Ronnie</a> has worked in various capacities for Pixar, among
them as Story Artist, Story Supervisor, Character Designer, Illustrator and of
course as all around pest (his own words). <o:p></o:p><br />
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Before Pixar, he worked at Dreamworks and Warner Bros.<o:p></o:p></div>
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His films include:<o:p></o:p></div>
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The Inside Out (2015) (Co-director), Dug's Special Mission
(2009) (Director/writer), Up (2009) (Story Supervisor), Wall-E (2008)
(Story/Character Design), Ratatouille (2006) (Story), One Man Band (2005)
(Production Design), Finding Nemo (2003) (Story Supervisor), Spirit: Stallion
of the Cimarron (2002) (Story Supervisor), Batman Beyond: Return of the Joker
(2000) (Storyboard), The Road to El Dorado (2000) (Story Supervisor), The
Prince of Egypt (1998) (Story), Freakazoid! (1995) (Director), Batman: The
Animated Series (1991 to 95) (Storyboard, Character Design)</div>
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Ronnie was born in the Philippines in 1959 and graduated
from the University of Santo Tomas with a degree in Fine Arts. Incidentally he has
two other brothers who also work in animation -- Louie, a Story Artist at DreamWorks Animation
and Rick who works as a Storyboard Artist and Assistant Director at Fox
Animation.<o:p></o:p><br />
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Dug's Special Mission (2009) <br />
Pixar Short CGI Film Directed by Ronnie Del Carmen</div>
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<b>Ricky Vega Nierva</b></div>
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<a href="http://www.nierva.com/filipino-ricky-nierva-the-visual-guru-behind-pixars-up/" target="_blank">Ricky</a> Nierva's been working for Pixar for a long time. On one of his new films "Up" where he was the Production Designer, he introduced Pixar's first major Asian-American character -- Russell, the wilderness explorer. Pixar casted an Asian kid to play Russell.<br />
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Among his Pixar credits are : "Toy Story 2" (1999), "Monsters, Inc. (2001)", "Finding Nemo (2003) and "Up" (2009).<br />
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Ricky was born in the United States to Filipino parents from
Camarines Sur. He graduated from the Cal Arts in Valencia, California. </div>
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<b>Nelson "Rey" Bohol<o:p></o:p></b></div>
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<a href="http://www.smartjuan.com/nelsonbohol.html" target="_blank">Nelson</a> has a long list of films he was involved in including "Monsters University" (2013), "Toy Story of Terror" (2013 TV Short), "Brave" (2012), "Wall·E" (2008), "Ratatouille" (2007) and "Cars" (2006).<br />
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In fact, he has over 31 films credited to him by the <a href="http://www.imdb.com/filmosearch?role=nm1715797&sort=year&explore=title_type" target="_blank">IMDb website</a>.<br />
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Several Filipino Pixar bits of trivia is attributed to Bohol. It might not be coincidental because he probably may be one the biggest Filipino names in
Pixar today, and having worked there the longest wouldn't hurt.<br />
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He designed the
idyllic town of Radiator Springs in the movie "Cars" and have worked in many past animated favorites such as several "Rugrats" films, "Anastasia" and "Titan
A.E."</div>
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<b>Chris Chua<o:p></o:p></b></div>
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Chris is a young Filipino American animator who has a
Bachelor of Fine Arts in 2-D Animation from Cal Arts. , explained the look of
“Wall-E,” which is unlike other Pixar movies: It is monochromatic at times and
has almost no dialogue in some scenes—an animator’s dream, or nightmare. <o:p></o:p></div>
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Chris was born in Manila to a Chinese father (William Chua)
and a half-Filipino mother (Juliet), and finally moved to the United States at a
young age. <o:p></o:p></div>
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His other work include animations in the Dreamworks’ films:
“Sinbad”, “Shark Tale” and “Flushed Away”. <o:p></o:p></div>
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<b>Other Filipino
Animators Include:<o:p></o:p></b></div>
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<b>Ruben Aquino,</b> a
Filipino who worked at Disney as Art Director, Animator and Supervising Animator.<o:p></o:p></div>
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His animated credits include Dr. Dawson (The Great Mouse
Detective, 1986), Fagin (Oliver & Company, 1987), Ursula (The Little
Mermaid, 1989), Maurice (Beauty and the Beast, 1991), Mc Leach (The Rescuers
Down Under, 1992), Adult Simba (The Lion King, 1995), Powahatan (Pocahontas,
1996), Li Shang, Fa Li (of Mulan, 1998), and Pacha (Kingdom of the Sun, 2000). <o:p></o:p></div>
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His filmography includes, Tarzan (1999), Fantasia (2000),
Lilo and Stich (2002), Brother Bear (2003) and Meet the Robinsons (2000).<o:p></o:p></div>
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He won an award at the 6th Annual International Animated
Society’s Annie Award for Outstanding Individual Achievement for Character
Animation of Shang (in Mulan, 1998). <o:p></o:p></div>
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<b>Mars Cabrera</b> is an
Animator, Layout Artist and Storyboard Artist in Vancouver, Canada. Among the companies
he worked for were Wildbrain, Dreamworks TV, Walt Disney TV, Hahn Film, Nelvana
and Cinar. He was a two-time daytime Emmy winner for his work on “Arthur” the
TV series. <o:p></o:p></div>
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His filmography includes: “Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles”, “Silverwing”,
“Joseph, King of Dreams”, “Sabrina” the TV series, “The Mask” and “Pirates of
Dark Water”.<o:p></o:p></div>
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He is a graduate of Fine Arts from the University of Santo
Tomas.<o:p></o:p></div>
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<b>Ralph Fernan</b> is an
Animator at Walt Disney’s and is the Filipino behind Chicken Little. His
filmography includes: “The Pagemaster”, “Once Upon a Forest”, “Quest for
Camelot” (1998), “The Iron Giant” (1999), “The Tigger Movie” (2000), “The
Adventures of Rocky and Bullwinkle” (2000), “Eight Crazy Nights” (2002) and “Chicken
Little” (2005).<o:p></o:p></div>
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Ralph is a Fine Arts graduate from the University of the
East, Manila.<o:p></o:p></div>
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<b>Armand Serrano</b> is
a Visual Development Artist at Sony Pictures Animation. He worked with Sony’s
very first animated feature, “Surf’s Up” (2007). He was also involved in “Cloudy with a Chance
of Meatballs” (2009) and “Open Season 2” (2009).<o:p></o:p></div>
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He previously worked at the Walt Disney Feature Animation
Studios.<o:p></o:p></div>
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Armand’s film credits include “Mulan” (1998), Tarzan (1999),
“Lilo & Stich” (2002), and “Brother Bear” (2003).<o:p></o:p></div>
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Armand finished Civil Engineering at the University of Santo
Tomas.<o:p></o:p></div>
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<b>Anthony Ocampo</b> worked
at Stargate Digital, a visual effects studio where he won a Visual Effects
Society Award in Outstanding Models and Miniatures in a Televised Program,
Music Video or Commercial, for his Trojan horse work on the USA Network
Productions special, “Helen of Troy”.<o:p></o:p></div>
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Anthony is a fine arts graduate from the University of the
Philippines.<o:p></o:p></div>
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<b>Among the Awards of Pixnoys Include:<o:p></o:p></b></div>
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For “Finding Nemo”<o:p></o:p></div>
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Ricky Nierva - Outstanding Character Design in an Animated
Feature Production <o:p></o:p><br />
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Gini Santos (nominated) - Outstanding Character Animation,
The American Screenwriters Association<o:p></o:p></div>
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Gini Santos - Outstanding Character Animation in an Animated
Motion Picture (for "Speaking Whale"), Visual Effects Society Awards<o:p></o:p></div>
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For “Cars”<o:p></o:p></div>
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Carlos Baena and Bobby Podesta (nominated) - Best Character
Animation in a Feature <o:p></o:p></div>
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For “Ratatouille”<o:p></o:p></div>
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Pixar Won Best Animated Feature<o:p></o:p></div>
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Ronaldo Del Carmen (nomintated) - Storyboarding in an
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Ricky Nierva - Outstanding Character Design in an Animated
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An old Filipino
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Filipinos are all over America but seemingly they are as invisible as air. Not out of the ordinary, most would be mistaken for other Asians, Pacific Islanders, Hispanics, Native Americans and even Half Whites or Half Blacks or a mix of any of these. But make no mistake, they have been living in the US for generations. Why can't we see them? It is because of their innate traits of adaptability, passivity, debt of gratitude, need to belong and not stir up the boat. All these plus their comparatively lack of national identity compared to other Asians helped made them to silently become the Forgotten Asians of America.<br />
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The number of Filipino Americans today could be four million strong, at least those who profess
to be “Fil-Ams”. A small number of these mostly law-abiding and productive Filipinos are descendants of an even forgotten group of Filipino immigrants affectionately
referred to as “manongs”. A “manong” is an Ilocano word one would call a
respected older Filipino male. Technically, it is the term for a
first-born male. But it is also used to call an older brother or any older male
relative. A “manang” is the female counterpart. Take note, to most Filipinos, every other Filipino is a relative calling them accordingly as "kuya", "tay", "tito" or "lolo" (older brother, dad, uncle or grandpa) or "ate", "nay", tita" or "lola" (older sister, aunt or grandma).</div>
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Now ever since the
Philippines became a territory of the US in 1899, Filipinos have started
migrating to America in waves, along with other people from all over
the world. Most of these early Filipino migrants arrived to become workers in
Hawaii or college students in the US Mainland.<o:p></o:p></div>
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In 1917, the
United States Congress passed a<b> <a href="http://library.uwb.edu/guides/USimmigration/1917_immigration_act.html" target="_blank">law </a></b>barring migrants from Asia. Before that, only
the Chinese were forbidden. The Immigration Act of 1924 then entirely limited the number of immigrants who could enter the US from any country.<o:p></o:p></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">People from the green zone were part of the Barred Zone, Dysfunctional, Wikimedia Commons</td></tr>
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But because farm
owners in the West Coast were always in need of dependable people to work the fields and because the
Filipinos were the only “Asians” to be exempt from the 1917 law (yes because
Filipinos were technically US Nationals back then) there was a huge push in the
Philippine countryside to attract Filipinos who were typically less educated and well off (and easier to lure) than urban Filipinos to be that source of cheap and stable work force.</div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Undated photo of Manongs, www.seedlesson.com</td></tr>
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So from the 1920s to
the 30s, about 100,000 Filipinos were recruited and shipped to the US to be farm workers. They were mostly teenaged able bodied Filipinos. These adventurous lads left everything behind and braved the long voyage to America.</div>
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These were the Filipinos who formed the “Manong” Generation, working in the farms of the West Coast of America and the Canneries of Alaska.<o:p></o:p></div>
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<b>The (Not So) American Dream<o:p></o:p></b></div>
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With aspirations of living the American dream, their life in the U.S. didn't really pan out the way their recruiters painted it would. Worse, most of these imported laborers were stuck between a rock and a hard place. Because even though life was extremely hard in America it's the same back home. And because of pride, shame, need to send money back home or for whatever personal reason they stuck it out. These "manongs" endured back-breaking work in the worse of conditions. And worst, they were oppressed from all sides.<br />
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By the 1960s, having
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Generally with no wives,
no descendants, no contracts, no properties, no health plans, no retirement plans, these old honorable men decided
to fight for their rights. Unjust legislation and American society forced
them into situations where they regularly needed to stand up for themselves and
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For half a century they had to put up with laws and other forms of discrimination from everyone. One of the hardest they had to endure was being barred them from marrying outside their race. These<span style="line-height: 19.533332824707px;"> shameful anti-miscegenation laws were totally repealed in 1967</span>.<br />
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The "manongs" were barred from voting and owning property. And they also had to endure harsh working and living conditions which could only be described as prejudicial, inhuman and criminal then and more so today.<br />
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The Filipino workers were no strangers to strikes and other forms of organized labor actions as they were forced to labor organize since the
1930s. They needed to, and besides most of these men had only themselves and so they have to stick together like one huge clan.<br />
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In one of these strikes, the “manongs” working in Delano California decided to stop working and demand a pay hike which they know they deserve and have been discriminated upon for decades.<br />
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Among the most vocal Filipino organizers were Larry Itliong and Philip Vera Cruz, leaders of the Agricultural Workers Organizing
Committee (AWOC). On the Mexican side, there were among others, Dolores Huerta and Cesar Chavez of the National Farm Workers
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Having endured so much
for so long and probably believing they have nothing else more to lose, in October 18, 1965, the “manongs”
went on strike. But because the Mexican workers were being trucked in to break their strike, Larry Itliong dialogued with Cesar Chavez and they urged his fellow Mexican
workers to join the "manongs" (their fellow workers) instead of siding with the farm
workers and finally putting a stop to this effective farm owner tactic of breaking
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After deliberations and pleadings and a week into the strike, the Mexicans joined hands with the
Filipinos and then the fight went full blast. The farm owners of course did not like this at all and fought back hard. The strike and the accompanying boycott and the picketing went on for years.<o:p></o:p></div>
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In 1966 the AWOC and
the NFWA merged and created the United Farm Workers Organizing Committee
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Five long years after the
Filipinos first started that legendary strike, the farm owners and the UFW finally reached a collective bargaining agreement and signed a landmark
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This opened the way for other farm and other deprived
workers to fight for their own rights. This continuing fight became part of the larger
Civil Right Movement in America.<o:p></o:p></div>
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Despite starting and
leading that strike and helping join the racial divide which separated the farm
workers, the UFW became an organization all about the Chicano, Mexican or Hispanic Movement (the UFW
flag back then was an Aztec symbol). The UFW slowly turned into an organization which was all about Chicano Nationalism. This pushed the Filipinos in the background and worse they were left with the bread crumbs of the successes which they themselves help start and sacrifice for. Each year the UFW Hispanic leadership gained prominence while the Filipinos faded and were soon forgotten. Filipino leaders were forced out or resigned their positions in the union because of various reasons including lost of seniority and respect.<o:p></o:p></div>
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Today, there are no more known Delano "Manongs" still alive. There are probably no more living "manongs" anywhere else for that matter who could personally share their life story and what they had to go through. <o:p></o:p></div>
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<span style="line-height: 19.533332824707px;">The remaining “manongs” who were disenfranchised even by the very union they helped put together did win one last and lasting victory four years later -- the one thing that they were really fighting for and really needed in their retirement and twilight years. </span><br />
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<span style="line-height: 19.533332824707px;">In 1974, Cesar Chavez and the UFW opened the much awaited 58 bed Retirement Home for the “manongs” which was planned back in 1970. The last remaining “manongs” in the area have no dependents, and the long strike left most of them too poor to support themselves.</span><br />
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<span style="line-height: 19.533332824707px;">Agbayani Village was aptly named in honor of a "manong", Paolo Agbayani who died of a heart attack while picketing a winery in Delano during the strike in 1967.</span><br />
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<span style="line-height: 19.533332824707px;">Remember the “manongs” were already bachelors well into their 60 years during the time when the strikes happened in the 1960's. And the long-drawn strike didn’t really help their retirement fund nor their health.</span><br />
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<span style="line-height: 19.533332824707px;">The last "manong" who lived in the village was Manong Fred Abad. He passed away in 1997 at the age of 87.</span><br />
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<span style="line-height: 19.533332824707px;">Like most manongs, Fred was inconspicuous, vertically challenged and weighing no more than 100 pounds. </span><span style="line-height: 19.533332824707px;">And like many "manongs", he was Ilocano, a real "manong" who left his home town in Ilocos as a teen-ager in the late 1920s. He was 17 years old at that time.</span><br />
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<span style="line-height: 19.533332824707px;">With no comprehensive historical records, we really cannot say what happened to all the other "manongs" who weren't able to live out their last years at the Agbayani Village. </span><br />
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<span style="line-height: 19.533332824707px;">Some surely passed away before and right after the strike. Some returned to the Philippines. Some moved elsewhere or to other states, especially those few who were able to get married and have children. But for most them, they are now long gone and forgotten.</span><br />
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<span style="line-height: 19.533332824707px;">As that Filipino proverb* advocates, it is really hard to see where we are heading if we don't really care to look back at where we came from and how far we've traveled.</span><br />
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<span style="line-height: 19.533332824707px;">The Chicano movement, the workers unions and the Civil rights movement of today would do well to look back to that Sweltering Summer of 1965 and the five year struggle that followed. We all need to learn about, take a second look at, remember and celebrate that forgotten bunch of old, tired, mistreated, marginalized and weather-beaten group of "manongs" who only a generation ago fought with what little they have so we and the movements which followed them could stand on their shoulders and would enjoy what we might be taking for granted today.</span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">1974 The Last of the Manongs, Agbayani Village, Lorraine Agtang www.nwasianweekly.com</td></tr>
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<b>Suggested Further Reading:</b><br />
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<b><a href="https://www.blogger.com/"><span id="goog_188086723"></span>United Farm Workers Agbayani Village: Retirement Living for
Filipino Farm Workers<span id="goog_188086724"></span></a><o:p></o:p></b></div>
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<b><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/1993/05/11/us/last-of-the-manongs-aging-voices-of-a-farm-labor-fight-find-an-audience.html" target="_blank">Last of the Manongs: Aging Voices of a Farm-Labor Fight Find an Audience</a><o:p></o:p></b></div>
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<b><a href="http://jatps.hubpages.com/hub/Little-Known-Filipino-Contribution-To-The-Chicano-Movement" target="_blank">The Delano Manongs: Little Known Filipino Contribution To The Chicano Movement And The Rights of US Workers & Immigrants</a></b><br />
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<i>* Many Filipinos attribute this and other proverbs to that Greatest of Filipinos, Dr. Jose Rizal. But history does suggest that this saying has been used before Rizal’s time. Rizal did use this in his writings and because of this, people attribute it to him.</i><br />
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5181109055832010893.post-51629879566609710122014-10-04T12:55:00.000-07:002014-11-01T22:09:04.515-07:00Manila Men: The First Filipino Overseas Workers <b>OFWS: Overseas Filipino Workers </b><br />
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Filipinos have been a major source of human resources for countries in every continent for over 50 years. In fact at any given time up to 15% of the Filipino population are abroad on a work visa and more than a million leave yearly for this specific purpose. This number do not include the undocumented ones.<br />
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<b>The very first OFWs were probably the Manila men </b>-- a band of sailors who jumped ship during the Spanish Galleon Trade Era (1500s to 1800s) and found a safe haven in the marshlands of Louisiana, USA.<br />
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Though these men weren't the first Filipinos who set foot in the US Mainland, they were the first "documented" who permanently settled in the New World.<br />
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<i><span style="font-family: inherit;">The first Filipinos who set foot in the US were Captain Unamuno and his Filipino crew , the "Luzones Indios". They landed and did some expeditions some where in the coasts of California on October 18, 1587. They left a few days later.</span></i><br />
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<b>Filipinos In Louisiana (circa 1760s)</b><br />
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For close to 300 years, nothing had been written about these early globe trotting Filipinos. Not until the 1800s when word about a secret and isolated people finally piqued the interests of the media. Noted Greek-Irish journalist Lafcadio Hearn was commissioned by New Orleans to check up on the existence of a secluded community of Filipinos living in the remote swamp lands of the area.<br />
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Hearn went there with an artist who drew several sketches of scenes of everyday life and fantastic houses sticking out of the water on wooden stilts. These unique houses have covered balconies in the front and open-air gardens to the rear, very similar to the houses of the Badjao tribes of Southern Philippines.<br />
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<b>Manila Men</b><br />
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On March 31,1883, Harper Weekly published their eyewitness account. In <b><i>“St. Malo: A Lacustrine Village in Louisiana”</i></b>, Hearn wrote of an unusual Filipino village of 100 or so "cinnamon-colored" Manila Men (or Manilamen, no women) who lived by fishing and catching alligators.<br />
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They spoke Spanish and a Philippine language and he referred to them as “Tagalas” from the Philippine Islands. These men sent money back to their families in the Philippines whenever possible, with the profits they made from their fishing. Thus making them the very first OFWS.<br />
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The Manila Men of Saint Malo were also credited with starting the dried shrimp industry in Louisiana, employing methods commonly used in the Philippines.<br />
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When Hearn interviewed Padre Carpio in 1882, the oldest Manilaman of Saint Malo at that time, he learned that his village had been in existence for a little more than 50 years (about the 1820s).<br />
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In case if you are wondering, Saint Malo was only one of seven Filipino settlements in that region.<br />
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The other communities were the Manila Village (on Barataria Bay in the Mississippi Delta by the Gulf of Mexico); Alombro Canal and Camp Dewey (in Plaquemines Parish); and Leon Rojas, Bayou Cholas, and Bassa Bassa (in Jefferson Parish), all in Louisiana.<br />
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Saint Malo was destroyed by the New Orleans Hurricane of 1915, while Manila Village, the last of seven Filipino villages, was washed away by Hurricane Betsy, which is still one of the deadliest and costliest storms in United States history, in 1965.<br />
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<b>Manila Village</b><br />
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Manila Village was considered to be the largest and most popular, Saint Malo, however, was the oldest.<br />
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<b>Saint Malo: Oldest Continuous Asian American Settler Community in North America</b><br />
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Saint Malo used to be situated on a waterway 5 miles east of the fishing village of Shell Beach.<br />
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Some accounts state that the Saint Malo settlement was established as early as the 1700s by Filipinos who deserted Spanish ships during the Manila Galleon Trade (1565-1815).<br />
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Filipino sailors sailed on galleons plying the Manila-Acapulco trade route routinely jumped ship in the New World. Eventually they made their way across the Gulf into the Louisiana’s bayou, as far away as possible from the Spaniards and settled in a remote area. This community in essence with at least eight generations should be the oldest continuous Asian American settler community in North America.<br />
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Other accounts do suggest that the community was established sometime after 1812 (or sometime towards the end of the trade, just as the old man Padre Carpio have said).<br />
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Whatever year they did arrive, they settled in the bayous and we're referred to Manilamen. Later on they were called the Tagalas. People from Manila speak Spanish and their local dialect, Tagalog.<br />
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They governed themselves and kept their existence a secret from mainstream society for at least over a hundred years until the arrival of Hearn, whose article is the first known written piece about Filipinos in the United States.<br />
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Hearn and his companion were able to visit the village, and their account provided a very detailed account about the Manilamen.<br />
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This isolated community lived in houses made from wooden planks which would have been shipped from other places as these kind of wood do not grow in the swamp lands.<br />
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There was no furniture and no bed in any of the dwellings. Instead the fishermen slept among barrels of flour, folded sails and smoked fish.<br />
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Their diet was mainly fish and surprisingly they rarely ate rice, which was a staple of Filipinos for centuries.<br />
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Like in the Philippines, the Manilamen were predominantly Roman Catholics. They have no specific address, no mail and didn't appear on the census records. They paid no taxes and had no policemen. They had their own set of laws much like they have back home. In case of disputes, the oldest man living in the settlement will mediate between the contending parties.<br />
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There were no females in the village when Hearn visited it and it was understandable as no sane woman would want to live in such harsh conditions. And since there were no Filipino women, the Manila men intermarried with Cajun, Indian and other native women. Their descendants still survive until this day.<br />
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Selected Sources:<br />
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One of those Filipinos locally known as Martial Law Babies, she is affectionally known as "Lei" or "Tata". Many other Filipinos have similar shortened or repeating one syllable names.<br />
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Lei began her "singing" career at the age of ten, recording the cutesy "I Am But A Small Voice".<br />
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She also went on to host her own musical TV show, "Love, Lea" and become a cast member of a popular variety show.<br />
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Other than having such a natural vocal talent and quite well-known in the Philipines which is a nation that boasts of musical abilities left and right, she was probably on her way to being a "typical" city girl living in Manila (taking up a pre-med course). Finishing a degree is big and foremost for Filipino families.<br />
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Video: Miss Saigon 25th Year Gala Finale, London 2014<br />
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But auditioning and finally being selected as the first "Miss Saigon", everything totally changed literally overnight for Lea. The Musical Miss Saigon premiered at the Theatre Royal Drury Lane in London, on 20 September 1989 and as they say, the rest is history.<br />
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Her second call to fame, was when she landed the part of the singing voice of Princess Jasmine in the Disney film "Aladdin" in 1992 and then as the singing voice of the movie "Mulan" in 1998.<br />
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She played Mei-Li in the Broadway revival of Flower Drum Song, September 2002. And Lea made her concert debut at the prestigious Carnegie Hall on November 7, 2005. She played the role of Fantine in the musical revival of Les Miserables at the Broadhurst Theatre on Broadway, March 2007. She also played the role of Eponine.<br />
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She uses the name "Manang" as her online name. This means an elder sister in the native language.<br />
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Lea is now married and mother to a daughter, Nicole Beverly. </div>
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Incidentally, she was chosen by People magazine as one of the 50 Most Beautiful People in the world.<br />
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Now we should be amiss if we didn't mention that she was the first Filipina to win the prestigious Tony Award for her role as Kim in the Broadway Musical "Miss Saigon".<br />
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She was the first full-blooded Filipina to have won the Olivier (1990), and the Tony, Drama Desk, Outer Critics Circle, and Theatre World Awards (1991) for Best Actress in a Musical for her smashing work in "Miss Saigon".<br />
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Outside of Corazon C. Aquino (President of the Philippines, 1986-1992, she is probably the most well known Filipina of her time.<br />
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<b>Video: Lea Salonga - The Song That Changed My Life</b></div>
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Yes, she still sings and performs to this day. The bonus, it looks like she didn't age at all. <br />
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Check her Broadway, concert and tour schedules or other news on her site: <a href="http://www.leasalonga.com/" target="_blank">Lea Salonga Official Website</a><br />
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Read about it <a href="http://socalwhatsnew.blogspot.com/2014/10/october-is-filipino-american-history.html" target="_blank">here</a>:</span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0