Have You Ever Been Mistaken For ANother Nationality?

[kiamoy]

ako surfboard

[mochajava]

hahaha.
lets go surfing:)

[grazie7y]

Aguy, gipagkamalan ko'ng American Indian sa mga bana sa akong friends na ning ari dre for lunch adtong Wednesday! 

[kiamoy]

wow!! gwapa na nga combination ate!

[grazie7y]

Dili Bem, high cheek bones man gud kay mostly mga native American Indians ing-ana man. I can blend well didto sa native American Indian nation jud.  I went to New Mexico three years ago.

[kiamoy]

high cheek bones? hmm parehas ta tolo mocha te!! high cheek bones !! (ambisyusa ko)

[grazie7y]

I didn't like it that much Bem kay mo sapot ka lapad akong nawong! hahahahaha  But, as I said, I am settled na oi sa akong itsura kay mao man gihatag sa Lord. 

[hazel]

high cheek bones? hmm parehas ta tolo mocha te!! high cheek bones !! (ambisyusa ko)

dili ka high cheek bones oi...hahaha korek! ambisyosa.

[grazie7y]

high cheek bones? hmm parehas ta tolo mocha te!! high cheek bones !! (ambisyusa ko)

dili ka high cheek bones oi...hahaha korek! ambisyosa.

Mura bitaw high cheek bones si Bembem!  Dili ba diay gud!  If that is the case then dili diay pod ko! hahahahah

[kiamoy]

<--- naa o.. ka high ana

[mochajava]

<--- naa o.. ka high ana

hahahahahahhaha! )
ate ginger. cge nlang
wa gane cheekbones high pa jud!
hahahaha

[kiamoy]

Mura bitaw high cheek bones si Bembem!  Dili ba diay gud!  If that is the case then dili diay pod ko! hahahahah

this phrase will inspire me to go on with the debate.


i have a cheekbone.

[hazel]

Mura bitaw high cheek bones si Bembem!  Dili ba diay gud!  If that is the case then dili diay pod ko! hahahahah

this phrase will inspire me to go on with the debate.

i have a cheekbone.

of course you have but it's not high. it's buried. hahaha

[mochajava]

ingun pud ate graz mura naa cheekbones.
mura lang. hm?

[Happy]

Hahaha makatawa kaha ko sa inyong sikusyon diri oi

Unsa bay naay cheekbones or wala, sa ato pa puro sa unod.
Bem, basin unod rana ang ni high diha

[kiamoy]

ahaha!!! ou ate ang sa ka healthy ra diay to

[Happy]

Maayo hinuon na Bem kay healthy, kaysa manglawom

[B:)]

karon pako ani nga thread dah.
Pero lingaw kaayo ko nag basa sa tanan nga naaan ug laing nationality labina si Bambi a.k.a.nang Annie nalingaw gyud ko pag-ayo.
Gamay ra tawn maka korek ug tagna nga Perting Pinoya tawn ko oi.
sus ako baw tanang intsik countries na gyud except one.

Japanese (kani ok kay from my papa)
Vietnamese
Korean
Chinese (kani ok pod kay from my great grandpa sa kong mama side)
Thai
Italian (baw mingdako siguro akong mata ato nga time kay ang lalaki ming ask man nako kung Italian ba daw ko, toik)

[kiamoy]

hehe! karun po te korean chinese vietnamese,,then nasagulan italian!!! hehe

[B:)]

 

[grazie7y]

Nag tan aw mi concert adtong two weeks ago.  Naay mga puti sa akong likod sige Spanish sa ako.  So with a smile, i said, I don't speak Spanish only poquito.  Nakurat ba kaha!  You are not Mexicana? Oh no, I am Filipino!  Ask pod ko unsa ilang language kay mura galisud mang English.  Ingon nya, Alemania!  I meant to score so I gathered my tinaguan na Deutch!  Wie gehts es ihnen? Mein name ist Grace... Dah nakurat ang mga German na pod!  She continued to speak German but limitado ra bya tawon akong Deutch unya dili pod ka tarong English to sila so apilan nlang ug sign language. Maayo nlang nahuman na concert so I can use my last Deutch: Auf wiedersehen! Gute Nacht! 

Asa nato si Bembem?  Bem, dia ra one of my earliest posts dire sa TB.  Two days old pa ko ani! hahaha 

[ayessa]

So who in here has ever been mistaken for another nationality, aside from Filipino?

This question is funny.  How could you be mistaken as a Filipino when you are a Filipino?
(Assuming that almost all of the members here are Filipino, because I have not encountered a foreigner ??)

[ayessa]

In Germany, most of the people here think Im latina.  Some think I am turkish, some Spanish.  A fewer percentage would think I am a Filipino. I dont find it flattering though. 

Im proud of the Filipina beauty. 

Height maybe is a contributing factor too.  I stand 178 cm and that is tall for a filipina.  My grandma on the father side has spanish blood and she  looked and behaved like a real spanish too. Mugawas ang kinatsila labina sa pamalikas.  hehehe

[Lorenzo]

Na Pare... enjoy your shiny black hairs.... you get still enough time til it will turn to gray.  Am sure that lot of chicks are running after  you.

El Mundo!!!! you look like a real Mexican wearing your sombrero..... donde estas muchas Senioritas? 

hahaha, pare, amen about the black hair. I love my curly thick black hair.

Pero ug ma tiguwang ko--mo palit lang ko ug 'Just For Men' dye.

hahahaha!

Love you, pare. How are you doing?

[Raquelproud boholana]

Yes many times.Dili raba ako ang pangutan on akong husband.Is your wife Spanish?Many times sad naa gyud dili maulaw nako moduol ug mangutana ug spanish.Magnganga ra intawon ko then ingon sila dayon Oh I'm sorry I thought your spanish.Siguro maaan ko ug spanish kay akong ancestor naay may spanish kaliwat.Aw kita man tanan filipino naay dugong kastila.

[Lorenzo]

That is true, Raquel. Down the line, we all have some kind of Spaniard blood. We cannot deny it.

[grazie7y]

My beautiful great grand mother (Lola Pinay) and great grand grand aunt (Pipay Lemon) were Spanish-looking as Spanish could be.  My cousins had traces of Spanish blood in their looks but I didn't get any trace at all, except for the love to eat merienda and to take siesta. 

[Lorenzo]

Mao jud, 'te Ging.

Even if phenotype does not show it, the genotype is undeniable. The Spaniards mixed with the Filipinos in the islands, either they were priests, conquistadores, merchants etc. They mixed, nonetheless.

Just think--when they first arrived to the Philippines in 1521 and colonized it, beginning in 1565--the population of the Filipinos in the islands numbered no more than 500,000.

By the time of the Revolution in late 19th century--the population of Spain's Royal Colony in the Philippines numbered at 8 Million~.

The Spanish-Manila Galleon Trade with Nueva Espana guaranteed that mixing and introduction and constancy of flow. The Royal Port city of Cebu, for an example, was a hive for European Spaniards. Villas were built in Cebu for vacationing Spaniards, and many poor Spanish men and women made the Philippines their home. Marrying into the local culture and people.

Impossible kaayo to deny our Spanish roots, when it is just so evident.

[Lorenzo]

When the Americans first arrived in the Philippines in the late 19th century, many of them were surprised: as the environment was similar to that of Mexico (note that America had many military ventures into Mexico in the 19th century {Mexican American War/ Pancho Escapade etc})

Fact: Most if not all Filipinos spoke, and read Castillian Spanish by the time of the 19th century. The Lingua Franca of the day was Spanish. The way the Tagalog and the Bisaya communicated with each other was through Castillian Spanish. The language of business was Spanish. The language of the military, government, juidicial, the language of the Church was Spanish. The Philippines reached a pinnacle of Hispanization in that epoch. Most of the politicians and revolutionista leaders were themselves either half Spaniards or part Spanish.

The famous Jose P. Rizal, was a Spanish Mestizo. His mother being part Spanish and his father a Chinese-Filipino merchant.

The man by the name of Andres Bonifacio, was also another Spanish mestizo.

The great writer, Marcelo Del Pilar, a great Filipino Apologist and pro-independence writer in La Solidaridad in Spain, was also of Spanish decent.

To the amazement of the Americans, when they arrived in Spanish Philippines, was the fact that the Philippines was more 'Latin' and or 'Spanish' than it was Asian.

lol.

Half a Millenia of Spanish amalgamation and cultural imprinting can do that to you.

[Lorenzo]

Interesting historical tid-bit.
Cebu is known for its 'Spanish Guitars'

The historical reason for this is due to the heavy presence of Spanish performers that came to Cebu in the 18th-19th centuries; as the city had heavy Spanish presence. And even to this day.


Que eres muy Hispanismo!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1PtQkyMbDbc

Note, that many and most Filipino kundiman folk songs have such tunes. Spanish tunes.

[raldampong]

Here in Casablanca everybody think were Chinois (Chinese).

[bolingitboy]

working in manila in the mid 90s brought me regularly to the headquarters of the Asian Development Bank (ADB). each time i came, security people would express amazement at my being boholano which was reflected in my driver's license that i presented as identification: they thought i was malaysian, japanese, thai, burmese... in tagbilaran, some people have approached me on the street speaking english thinking that i don't speak bisaya. one time, someone even greeted me with, "hi joe" while i was taking a late afternoon walk. this is very amusing given that i look every inch a filipino.

[hubag bohol]

Ako permi masaypan nga Bonobo...

[Koddi Prudente]

My super Lolo had Portuguese blood but I was mistaken for a Thai aboard a plane bound for Bangkok.

[islander]

grabeh!  i'm every other asian national except filipino.  i've been japanese, vietnamese, chinese, thai, and lately, indonesian.  

once, in a mideast country, the banana republic and i waited for his car service in a lobby where there was a group of filipinos waiting for their bus service to their workplace.  when the banana left, i turned to them to say hello.  they weren't very welcoming.  they only looked at me as if i came from another planet.  so i told them that like them, i'm a filipino (i knew they were filipinos because they were speaking tagalog.)  weird.  they even doubted my own declaration.

"bakit iba ang salita niyo," someone asked.  
"we were speaking cebuano," i said.  
"ah, bisaya pala."  
"yes, and you must not expect all filipinos to speak tagalog only," i answered, already pissed off with the way the word 'bisaya' was dropped.
"akala kasi namin, japanese ka at yung asawa mo ay arabo."  

doggone moon.      

[BolBuhol]

grabeh!  i'm every other asian national except filipino.  i've been japanese, vietnamese, chinese, thai, and lately, indonesian. 

once, in a mideast country, the banana republic and i waited for his car service in a lobby where there was a group of filipinos waiting for their bus service to their workplace.  when the banana left, i turned to them to say hello.  they weren't very welcoming.  they only looked at me as if i came from another planet.  so i told them that like them, i'm a filipino (i knew they were filipinos because they were speaking tagalog.)  weird.  they even doubted my own declaration.

"bakit iba ang salita niyo," someone asked. 
"we were speaking cebuano," i said. 
"ah, bisaya pala." 
"yes, and you must not expect all filipinos to speak tagalog only," i answered, already pissed off with the way the word 'bisaya' was dropped.
"akala kasi namin, japanese ka at yung asawa mo ay arabo." 

doggone moon.      

[wolfpack823]

I am always mistaken as a Chinese, my Mom gene's gave me this slanted eyes. When I was applying for a visa in Cambodia, the foreign affairs officer told me I don't need one, just tell them I am Cambodian and my tongue was cut-off by the Khmer Rouge (how am going to say that without a tongue). In Vietnam I am a Vietnamese, in Thailand I look like Thai.

But when a little girl in remote Cambodian province called me Russian... that one blew my sanity.

[islander]

perlas ka baleleng nga kwintas lang ang parehas sa amon, sir bolbs.  indi ako parehang niya, pati blouse indi pareha.  indi patsada nag-blouse samang ana tapos nag-kwintas sang black pearls na peke.

[islander]

I am always mistaken as a Chinese, my Mom gene's gave me this slanted eyes. When I was applying for a visa in Cambodia, the foreign affairs officer told me I don't need one, just tell them I am Cambodian and my tongue was cut-off by the Khmer Rouge (how am going to say that without a tongue). In Vietnam I am a Vietnamese, in Thailand I look like Thai.

But when a little girl in remote Cambodian province called me Russian... that one blew my sanity.

hahaha!  that cambodian little girl must have been to the caucasus herself.

[wolfpack823]

hahaha!  that cambodian little girl must have been to the caucasus herself.

Maybe because, I am taller than normal Asian women, and much chunkier when I was younger.

[hubag bohol]

Oi, liwat man diay nimo imong anak (as pictured in your avatar), Ms. Isles. But I would say you look more Thai in this picture than anything else...  

[hubag bohol]

Maybe because, I am taller than normal Asian women, and much chunkier when I was younger.

Hmm, nigamay na diay ka ron, Ms. Wolf? Most women put on weight as they grow older...

[wolfpack823]

Hmm, nigamay na diay ka ron, Ms. Wolf? Most women put on weight as they grow older...

Baliktad hinuon ko kay chubby man ko. Sungu-gon gani ko nga mura kuno ko og lawas og coca-cola litro lang Hikhik...Pero karon okay na.

[hubag bohol]

Baliktad hinuon ko kay chubby man ko. Sungu-gon gani ko nga mura kuno ko og lawas og coca-cola litro lang Hikhik...Pero karon okay na.

Bahalag litro basta Coke, dili Pepsi... 

[vrglguapo]

They had mistaken my identity as Arab,Indian,Pakistani,Morocan now that i color my hair to light brown and upon entering our flat there were two new Pilipinas checking mail on the box.I say hi! to them and they just look at me in a strange way.And when i ask them in pilipino language,what part in the Phillippines they came from,they burst into laugther and say pilipino ka pala we thought you  are Irish..

[wolfpack823]

They had mistaken my identity as Arab,Indian,Pakistani,Morocan now that i color my hair to light brown and upon entering our flat there were two new Pilipinas checking mail on the box.I say hi! to them and they just look at me in a strange way.And when i ask them in pilipino language,what part in the Phillippines they came from,they burst into laugther and say pilipino ka pala we thought you  are Irish..

I can't blame those Pinays!!!!

[islander]

Oi, liwat man diay nimo imong anak (as pictured in your avatar), Ms. Isles. But I would say you look more Thai in this picture than anything else... 

di lagi na ako or my likeness.  kamo gyod rong bolbuhol... gusto mong motilaw ug thai kickboxing?

[islander]

...now that i color my hair to light brown...

whew!  maayo kay wa ka masaypi nga leprechaun.

[vrglguapo]

Hapit gyud ug wala ko magtinagawog ug sulti saypan unta ..Mao ra ba kana ang gipangita  diri kay ilang dakpon unya e grant ka ug 3 wishes in exchange for thier freedom..

[islander]

hehe, kapuliki unta kag grant ug three wishes atong mga pinay kung hindi ka pa unta nagsalita diay ng tagalog.  aw, diay, wa sila kahibawo nga kining leprechaun marunong magsalita ng tagalog.

[vrglguapo]

hehe, kapuliki unta kag grant ug three wishes atong mga pinay kung hindi ka pa unta nagsalita diay ng tagalog.  aw, diay, wa sila kahibawo nga kining leprechaun marunong magsalita ng tagalog.

wala sila kabalo bulok cguro kadtong mga pinaya..

[vrglguapo]

di lagi na ako or my likeness.  kamo gyod rong bolbuhol... gusto mong motilaw ug thai kickboxing?

Show yourself to the world Miss Isles,There is nothing to be ashamed of...Dont wear an iron mask on your face..

[islander]

Show yourself to the world Miss Isles,There is nothing to be ashamed of...Dont wear an iron mask on your face..

that rather makes me 'the woman in the iron mask'?  let me see, maybe i need to wear your kind of hair (or wig or however you call it) first?

[hubag bohol]

whew!  maayo kay wa ka masaypi nga leprechaun.

Kini nga leprechaun kay sayon ra dakpon...

[musiclover0526]

taga hawaii ba daw ako...lolz

[hubag bohol]

taga hawaii ba daw ako...lolz

Dako diay kay lawas bay, unya kulot...

[islander]

may puruhan sad nga dakog bat-ang unya maayo mokimbotkimbot... (to the tune of pearly shells).

[hubag bohol]

may puruhan sad nga dakog bat-ang unya maayo mokimbotkimbot... (to the tune of pearly shells).

Bwahaha! Unsaon na lang kon bungoton!