In the future, loyalists will endlessly cite this status as BBM's legacy, and then makalimutan na ang Martial Law, o ang mga kasalanan ng mga Marcos
These people are so used to the fact that the culture of this country is helping them getting away with whatever they do. The Marcos' got away with it (with help from Uncle Sam unfortunately), and **they were welcomed back with open arms**.
There's a phrase nabasa ko sa Tiktok na nagsabi, "sa Pinas lang talaga kung ang mali, ok". Now, alam na natin ang kasalanan at kamalian ng mga taong ito, we know that the justice system we have here has failed, yet we still continue to place faith in dead air, until it eventually becomes "hayaan niyo na lang".
The people aren't mad enough, not like the French two centuries ago.
The difference between the two is that one was recorded in detail and was revived with the highest amount of accuracy, whereas one is supplanted by myths, driven by insecurity and clearly showing lack of studies and analysis by the "reenactors" like that guy and girl from the Visayas dressing in outfits that are from 16th century Samar but saying it's also from Cebu. So, here's an example from Greece, one of first to launch the Neopaganism revival movements. And here is from the Baltic regions.
Lately, I've been gaining 10 kgs since the start of the review, ngunit ang nasa isip ko ay "bahala na tumataba ang katawan, basta tataba rin ang utak", but I also want to look slim in Barong Tagalog kung makapasa ako.
Kung nag gym kayo while reviewing, how do you balance and manage that?
The INC rally is once again a proof that this religion is nothing more than a threat than it is about preaching the loving word of God. I know God would probably be ashamed of these people than Filipinos are. Lately, how many lives are affected because of their surprise rally that aims to protect a corrupt and demonic politician? A student who missed an exam, an everyday man whose wage got cut off because of lateness, and lots of professionals who couldn't go to work because of them. Isn't it also a fundamental Christian teaching to be mindful of your surroundings and to the people around you?
Seriously, the more of these people exist, the worse it is for the future of this country. They endorsed Marcos Sr., and Jr., Duterte, Arroyo, Estrada—all of which during their time had controversial acts that went under investigation. That should tell you what they are and how destructive they to our progress.
The Catholic Church may be conservative, but compared to this religion, did Catholics ever blocked roads to favor a politician? Did Catholics ever practiced block voting? Did the Catholics refused to reform teachings that were now considered outdated? The INC should dissolve if we want a progressive and developed future for this country.
UPDATE: I would also like to include the time when they took a motorcycle rider's keys for "trespassing" their rally and they threatened to harm him badly. What do you call this if not a gangster? Is this still a religion? Is God still their god?
In my opinion, maybe we could've had written literature earlier
I'm curious if even Filipinos are familiar with this study or do we even care at all. The smartest Filipinos I know seem to be either mixed or from another ethnicity not from PH. With this being said, exploring worldwide, it seems that people from the hot areas do have incapabilities in complex thinking, and because of this, studies really support that the heat does make your brain dysfunctional. Now, with that, we can deduce that because the PH is in constant heat all year round, it actually explains why we're poor and developing.
Sa kultura pa natin. Ayaw maglagay ng basura o ayaw maghintay para makakita ng basura, ending, itapon lang kahit saan. Sa trabaho, ayaw pa ayusin o ayaw lang magtrabaho, tapos isisi pa sa iba at sasabi, "ako ang magalitan dito!" (common ito sa mga Bisaya, "ako ang madaot ani!").
Ang mga OFW, ilang dekada na nanira sa ibang bansa pero hanggang sa present, ang trabaho pa rin ay mga maid, helper, security guard, etc., basically mga trabaho na kahit mga walang pinag-aralan, kaya gawin. Walang business owner, CEO, scientists, singer, actor, etc. Hell, pamilya pa ng mga OFW, ayaw magtrabaho, bakit? "Andaming sweldo na ni X, bakit pa ako magtrabaho?"
Kung may nagkamali, "diyos na ang bahala", rather than directly delivering karma onto them. Ending, ang mga kriminal nakalaya.
Sa academia, ayaw magmonitor ng mga pabigat na estudyante, ending, incompetent people na mas kumikita pa kaysa sa masipag. Lastly, at ito talaga ang paborito ko (/s), "sila na ang bahala lahat", after doing a half-baked work.
Rizal was wrong. Tamad lang talaga ang mga Pilipino. Tamad at kulang lang talaga sa pag-iisip
Akala ko related sa *lalaki*, dahil you know, man equals bigger in size biologically. Pero cognates lang pala sa Cebuano dakô, so originally, it must have been dakí. Just apply the standard sound shift, /d/ to /r/ to /l/, and there, traceable na.
https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/laki
Language is beautiful
Oh mga teh, ano? Ang yabang-yabang niyo pa sa epbi, tapos may opportunity na kayo na bigyan ng patikim ang mga taong ito na nangharass sa mga sarili niyong kababayan, tapos bigla ayaw kumilos? Malakas lang kayo sa sigaw pero ngayon, ano na ang nangyari?
Mindanao independence? Mga te, mga te, hindi niyo kaya matanggol independently ang sarili niyo sa mga dayuhang ito eh.
Well, of course, hindi lahat ng mga taga-Mindanao.
Our beloved "statesman" Manuel L. Quezon, didn't even study nation-building. Didn't even study all the theories of governance. What made him think that our culture (or let alone, our own way of thinking and our cognition) was capable of developing a country? For someone so "smart", he did not think this through. If he really knew well, he would not have rushed independence, or instead of pleading for independence, he would have asked help from, not just Americans, but from all European countries like France and Britain, and copied the blueprint for development.
Is this familiar? It should be, because that's what Lee Kwan Yew did. That's what Sheikh Rashid Al Maktoum of Dubai did. That's what Park Cheung hee did.
Instead, our statesmen, who were still tainted by the blood of our barbaric ancestors, did exactly the opposite to further their own interests as they had no vision for a developed country.
Imagine if you will, a certain Juan Bagumbayan travelled to Thailand, India, or any Buddhist majority countries, intrigued by their teachings he continued to study it, until he became one. When he got back to PH, it became fortunate that friars already held less power and influence than before, so he studied and eventually adopted Buddhist ethics and mixed it with Folk Catholicism in PH. Instead of just a mass, he thinks, "why not dedicate an hour of meditation?"
How will this change the Filipino mind and philosophy?
Need I say more? Organizations like these do more harm for the society than good. They poison the minds of the population and brainwash them. Bloc-voting, harassment, guilt-tripping, is not the way of their Lord (or ours). While some of their teachings do resonate with human values, it needs some serious reform, otherwise they should not have existed in the first place.
If these religions are judged to be menacing, destructive, or damaging to our ever-evolving culture, they should be requested to dissolve or exiled out of the country
Sa mga pelikula pa lang, ang plot bland, ang characters boring, at ang writing mediocre. Sa tech, hanggang lang sa reviews at critiques, pero incapable of starting a tech company that solves problems.
Sa F&D industry, for example, anong kakaiba sa Karinderya A at B? Anong meron sa A na wala kay B? You see what I mean? Yung mga cafe shop na tinatayo ng mga "entrepreneurs", anong bago ang ma-ooffer sa nila?
Are Filipinos capable of invention, innovation, creativity and imagination? Remember when we mocked China for being copycats? Supposedly a backwards country? Ngayon, leading na sa mga industry lalo na sa EV, sa phone, pelikula, at iba pa. PH who boasted being more "free" with businesses lacking restrictions, lagged behind in innovation. Mas may na patent pa ang Japan at Korea sa ube, tapos galit pa ang mga Pilipino dahil "ninakawan" daw, but the truth is, hindi makapaglikha ng something new ang mga Pilipino kaya nagalit na mas may nagawa pa ang mga "magnanakaw" with something supposedly ours.
I've recently seen a meme video entitled, "you'll never be as fit as a Chinese grandpa", and grabe sila. Kahit na mga 70 o 80 na ang edad, sobrang active nila. May nag-acrobatics sa playground, may nagbody conditioning, at nagpu-pull ups sa monkey bars. Then I remember, nung bata pa kami, yung lola namin, lagi kaming ipa-remind maggalaw-galaw at magpapawis, then may nabasahan ako noon at some rural village na marami raw'ng mga centenarians doon. Which reminds me, exercise or physical activity might be a foundational part of our culture, we just didn't see it much.
So, I recently traveled to Singapore and Hong Kong this year. I have met a lot Filipinos. It's either so depressing or inspiring to find an OFW who's been working as a maid for 20+ years. (More in comments)
hang out with Chinese Filipinos to "reconnect" with my Chinese heritage?
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I am 1/4 Malaysian Chinese through my mother's side. For generations they lived in Penang, and somehow migrated here in the 1930s, and her dad, the Chinese one, migrated here when he was about 6 or 8 and he grew up speaking Ilocano more than his native. Our surname was Wee but somehow rewritten as Uy (and once as Oi, Oy, or Oee) when they came here, and I'm not gonna be worried about this since there are millions of Chinese with that surname. We didn't grew up speaking Ockyan or Akyan (or however it was called in their language). We only practiced tiniest bits of Chinese culture like honorifics (mother's side only), food, and we rarely celebrate Chinese New Year, and, we didn't even learn any Chinese words or went to a Chinese school.
Not that there's any problem with being Filipino though, in fact, we preferred to be with our dad who is a pure Filipino. I love the gentleness of our people, but I also want to adapt some Chinese cultural practices.
Or rather, what was the ancient people's "rice" back then? I am curious kasi may nabasa ako na rice only became a staple from the 18th century onwards.