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in the course of our conversation, i told him that not all chinese view filipinos as "tapulan". i noted how my lola , an overseas chinese living in the philippines, married a filipino. not all chinese view such disdain or low favor towards pinoys, because many chinese actually intermarry with pinoys.

ka grabeh iyang response nako, "sir, your lola should not have married a native pinoy, she should have married only chinese. to keep the blood pure."

ning reply ko, "had my lola married a chinese , i would not exist!" lol.

anyways, to cut it short, not all chinese think negatively of pinoys. only the closed minded ones.

Væ, puto deus fio!
-Vespasian's last words

Quote from: islander on February 28, 2012, 12:13:15 AM
  friend nako sa una nga intsik (wa na man mi magkita sukad ato kay i heard she's already out of the country; prominent ni sila, duol ra sa inyo sa cogon) niprangka gyod nako nga tambag sa ilang parents maghinay kuno ug pinoy (aka bol-anon, the locals) kay kini kunong pinoy makakuwartag gamay, waldas dayon. 

if she were to go by, mao diay nay tinan-awan ug filipino-chinese brought up culturally as chinese sa ato.  feeling nila tingali, the locals might be out to take advantage of them.  (no offense meant here to the filipino-chinese among us.  i'm just passing on a supposed fact from my friend and her ilk's point of view.)

hehe, interesting. i had a student who was chinese-filipino (taga cagayan siya) and he said that most overseas chinese in the philippines  think that the native filipinos are very lazy daw. i told him that dili man na tinuod. his view is a bit biased , i told him.

dili tanan inchik ambisyoso og good in business, dili pod tinuod nga tanan pinoy tapulan. i told him this.

"Stand up to your obstacles and do something about them. You will find that they haven't half the strength you think they have."
-Norman Vincent Peale

"The gem cannot be polished without friction,
nor man perfected without trials."
~Chinese Proverb~

"Nothing is permanent in this world; not even our troubles."
-Charlie Chaplin

"Indecision and delays are the parents of failure."
-George Canning

the point of the matter is that there are no permanent allies , no permanent military policies. yesterday's forward policy is tomorrow's defensive policy.

the united states' bygone days of unilateral domination of geopolitics are over, especially with a new superpower rising in the midst ergo , China.

nice looking chapel.

hehehe, in other words, "expect sh!t to happen when you least expect it"

"As a well-spent day brings happy sleep,
so a life well used brings happy death."
-Leonardo Da Vinci

"Learn from the past, set vivid, detailed goals for the future,
and live in the only moment of time over which you have any control: now."

-Denis Waitley

"Nothing ever happened in the past; it happened in the Now.
Nothing will ever happen in the future; it will happen in the Now."
-Eckhart Tolle

hehe, maayo gani wa gi-igitan ang baje sa langgam.

Quote from: islander on February 28, 2012, 02:08:11 PM
wa ko mosiyagit baya... nihilak lang ko sa tago. 

naa gani koy iring mohilak, pahiran gyod nako dayon ang mga mata kay dali ra kaayong mahimong muta ang ilang luha.  the same holds true with dogs.  yes, they cry, they wail.  they also smile and laugh.  it's just that humans can't see these for what they're worth because they're not crocodiles.

awww 

Ayaw'g lang hilak oy, joking ra bitaw. Sakitan ta'g dughan og makakita sa hilak sa iring...

Quote from: vrglguapo on February 26, 2012, 05:45:59 AM
or be the late worm..

hehe awww, ka wise pod sa worm. pero magbantay ang late worm sa "late" bird.

Quote from: islander on February 27, 2012, 07:25:59 PM
only in the event that there are no-show worms and no-show birds that nothing is eaten.  and that means there's no event at all.

hehe, true, very true. but og smart gajod ang bird, if there are no worms, then there are always other insects to eat.

en ader words, don't put all your eggs in one basket.

if no worms, hunt grasshoppers, if no grashoppers, hunt butterflies, etc etc.

and if ma hadlok makahilo , let the older bird "test" first , og mamatay ang tigulang nga langgam makahibalo na gajud ang batanon nga langgam nga hilohilo man diayng tong worm'a.

i have a feeling mo syagit si isles og maka kita ani...

aww, lain'a pod. 

Quote from: islander on February 27, 2012, 07:06:45 PM

jati'a ! under de saya man diay ning opaw'ng tawhana! sayang ang iyang machong bigote.

give and take relationship man sigoro, one cannot always give, and give, and the other always taking and taking. there should be a balance.

Quote from: bugsay on February 27, 2012, 06:49:56 PM
shy mangluto, shy mag sag-ob...shy lihok tanan sa balay

Hubag: 'pre, tambagi ra gud ko, kining akong asawa permi lang ko singhagan.
Kumpare: kon singhagan ka pre, singhagi pod.

pagkahiuli ni Hubag sa ilang balay, mauy iyang nasugatan ang banghag sa iyang asawa.

Asawa: nganong karon ka lang nahiuli?..pag lung-ag didto.
Hubag: (perting lagota ug sa singka nga tingog siya nitubag) PILA KA TAKOS ANG LUNG-AGON?

hahaha! yataps!

Quote from: Vistabel on March 17, 2011, 04:11:29 PM





what do you think?

hehehe, og way diploma, ma limited ang opportunidad sa tawo! for the majority of the people, that is.

Quote from: jorgeanna on March 30, 2011, 01:15:03 PM
leche flan ......the best of the best. i even shared the recipe and how to make it here but unfortunately, dli gyud nila ma-gets unsaon pagama kay lahi ang result sa ilang gigama hehehe

mmm wow. sounds good right  now.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YhsTB4rq1XU#

Be the early bird.

This is my dad's class reunion song. sa iyang high school reunion -- Divine Word College , class of 1975. 

ander da saya

hehe en ader wards, bitir to stey singal? eh? korikt?

hahaha! por bida!

Quote from: hubag bohol on February 25, 2012, 11:24:36 AM



Angay jud way laing kahibawo kon maohon...

hahay! jati'a pod! ma guba ang lubot kon maohon! yataps.

It is a feeling that pulls your stomach really low, and when you want to cry, you cannot cry because you are in a surgical setting. Even tho a preg-term surgery takes only some 20-30 minutes, it feels like an eternity in that place. Why on hell anyone would want to specialize as an Abortionist escapes me. Even if one can make a lot of money through it, does not their conscious take the toll?

"What good will it be for a man if he gains the whole world, yet forfeits his soul? Or what can a man give in exchange for his soul?"
   -Matthew 16: 26

I need to go to Sacrament of Reconciliation this week.

ha ha ! kuyawa pod ning type-a.

Quote from: chicogon on February 26, 2012, 02:08:27 AM
Atong ipa research ni Brad Lorenz kay morag wa papod ko kadungog ug palahubog nga taas ug KULAS TIROL 

hehehe, maka taas na sa sugar level, ug diabetic ang tawo maayo pa og di ni siya mo inom kadaghan nga alcohol. Di lang ang sugar level atong i-tanawon og bantayon, mo monitor pod ta sa iyang Liver Enzymes (AST, ALT) labi na og naa siyay alcoholic steatosis o alcoholic cirrhotic disease. Ajaw na gajud og naa nay hepatic failure/ hepatic disease. Og gusto na siya momatay dali, pwede pod sigoro.

The 5th patient we had was a mother who was pregnant with a 14 week old fetus. She was too late into term to take Mifeprestone (taken with misoprostol to induce abortion), so she wanted to get surgical abortion. As the medical intern, i asked her why she wanted to get it. This girl , who was in her adolescent age. She replied how she was scared to tell her parents about the pregnancy and her almost 4 month old baby inside her.

We monitored the patient's HR as well as the fetal HR. What made me more disgusted was the ending of the fetal HR when my attending OB/GYN ligated the fetus' forming umbilical vein and artery from the patient's uterine lining.

The patient was crying after the surgery. Later in the morning, i went in to check up on her and reassured her of the outcome. She kept on crying and asked me, "Do you think i did the right thing?". I just smiled at her and said, "Just take care of yourself. And feel better."

I felt so very sick after my rounds.

Hi guys, i need your opinion on something.


Today i came in early in the morning from 5 am to 11 am to fill in for someone, we had exchanged our rotation schedule for this weekend (i'm filling in for him this weekend, and he's filling in for me next weekend). I was filling in for his OB/GYN rotation, so today was a general day, doing patient charts and scheduling patient pre-natal checkups, general check ups and all that.

Well, i was also given a surprise by the attending OB/GYN , he was scheduled to complete some 6 pregterms today (pregterm= pregnancy termination; surgical abortion).

I was prepped about this just and that i found out that that same OBGN wanted me to observe the first 2 pregterms because he wanted me to finish the remaining 4.

I really felt sick about it during preparation. As he was explaining the procedure, the curatives, the complications , etc, i was really feeling nauseous. I went to the locker room and got suited up for surgery, and observed my attending perform the first pregterm, the second one was quick. As he finished, he asked me if i was , "Ready" for the remaining 4 patients.

After the 2nd surgery, i asked to talk to him in the physician's office. We went there and i told him of my personal feelings, and my stance on the matter and since the pregnancy terminations were elective surgeries (meaning, i was not required to do them, but only observe), i told him that i will opt not to do the surgeries, but rather, observe only. He understood the situation and agreed to my request.

I felt so sick during the operations. My true feelings and the disgust i felt being there, at witnessing these surgeries cannot be explained in words. I also felt a sense of anger towards my friend who asked me to fill in for him this weekend. He did not tell me that he was scheduled to perform 6 elective surgical abortions.

I will need to talk to him this week about this.

Manay, you look very beautiful with the qipao. Inchikon man ka, Manay.

You look very beautiful in the qipao, Manay!

holy moly guacamole!

it's snowing here in chi-town. and i thought it stopped snowing for good. TGIF!

answer: tekret

hmmm, i wonder why no one answered your query. na uwaw ba?

Quote from: islander on February 25, 2012, 01:19:00 AM
mora lagi nig ako... sa wa pa ko mo-undergo ug plastic surgery.

Isles, the Chinese beauty is one of the best in the world. Chinese women , tho some are in their 40's or 50's do not look like their age because of the high collagen found in their face. Chinese women age very gracefully, unlike many western women who tho they are still in their 30's or 40's look like they are 50 or 60.

My mom , a Chinese Mestiza, is 49 years old but looks like she is in her mid to late 30's.

    There goes the principle of self-determination, again. I tell you, it works for individuals as it does for companies. And as I firmly believe, it works for nations. I have always wondered, like many of us, why we Filipinos have not lived up to our potential. To be a truly great nation, we must also excel as entrepreneurs before the world. We must create Filipino brands for the global market place.

    When we started our own foray outside the Philippines 30 years ago, it wasn’t a walk in the park. We set up a small factory in Hong Kong to manufacture Jack and Jill potato chips there. Today, we are all over Asia. We have the number-one-potato- chips brand in Malaysia and Singapore. We are the leading biscuit manufacturer in Thailand, and a significant player in the candy market in Indonesia. Our Aces cereal brand is a market leader in many parts of China. C2 is now doing very well in Vietnam, selling over 3 million bottles a month there, after only 6 months in the market. Soon, we will launch C2 in other South East Asian markets. I am 81 today. But I do not forget the little boy that I was in the palengke in Cebu. I still believe in family. I still want to make good. I still don’t mind going up against those older and better than me. I still believe hard work will not fail me. And I still believe in people willing to think the same way. Through the years, the market place has expanded: between cities, between countries, between continents. I want to urge you all here to think bigger. Why serve 86 million when you can sell to four billion Asians? And that’s just to start you off. Because there is still the world beyond Asia. When you go back to your offices, think of ways to sell and market your products and services to the world. Create world-class brands. You can if you really tried. I did.

    As a boy, I sold peanuts from my backyard. Today, I sell snacks to the world. I want to see other Filipinos do the same.


   -John Gokongwei

Challenge No. 3: In 2004, we launched C2, the green tea drink that would change the face of the local beverage industry â€" then, a playground of cola companies. Iced tea was just a sugary brown drink served bottomless in restaurants. For many years, hardly was there any significant product innovation in the beverage business. Admittedly, we had little experience in this area. Universal Robina Corporation is the leader in snack foods but our only background in beverage was instant coffee. Moreover, we would be entering the playground of huge multinationals. We decided to play anyway. It all began when I was in China in 2003 and noticed the immense popularity of bottled iced tea. I thought that this product would have huge potential here. We knew that the Philippines was not a traditional tea-drinking country since more familiar to consumers were colas in returnable glass bottles. But precisely, this made the market ready for a different kind of beverage. One that refreshes yet gives the health benefits of green tea. We positioned it as a “spa” in a bottle. A drink that cools and cleans- thus, C2 was born. C2 immediately caught on with consumers. When we launched C2 in 2004, we sold 100,000 bottles in the first month. Three years later, Filipinos drink around 30 million bottles of C2 per month. Indeed, C2 is in a good place. With Cebu Pacific, Sun Cellular, and C2, the JG Summit team took control of its destiny. And we did so in industries where old giants had set the rules of the game. It’s not that we did not fear the giants. We knew we could have been crushed at the word go. So we just made sure we came prepared with great products and great strategies. We ended up changing the rules of the game instead.

Challenge No. 2: In 2003, we established Digitel Mobile Philippines, Inc. and developed a brand for the mobile phone business called Sun Cellular. Prior to the launch of the brand, we were actually involved in a transaction to purchase PLDT shares of the majority shareholder. The question in everyone’s mind was how we could measure up to the two telecom giants. They were entrenched and we were late by eight years! PLDT held the landline monopoly for quite a while, and was first in the mobile phone industry. Globe was a younger company, but it launched digital mobile technology here. But being a late player had its advantages. We could now build our platform from a broader perspective. We worked with more advanced technologies and intelligent systems not available ten years ago. We chose our suppliers based on the most cost-efficient hardware and software. Being a Johnny-come- lately allowed us to create and launch more innovative products, more quickly. All these provided us with the opportunity to give the consumers a choice that would rock their world. The concept was simple. We would offer Filipinos to call and text as much as they want for a fixed monthly fee. For P250 a month, they could get in touch with anyone within the Sun network at any time. This means great savings of as much as 2/3 of their regular phone bill! Suddenly, we gained traction. Within one year of its introduction, Sun hit one million customers. Once again, the paradigm shifts â€" this time in the telecom industry. Sun’s 24/7 Call and Text unlimited changed the landscape of mobile- phone usage. Today, we have over 4 million subscribers and 2000 cell sites around the archipelago. In a country where 97% of the market is pre-paid, we believe we have hit on the right strategy. Sun Cellular is a Johnny-come- lately, but it’s doing all right. It is a third player, but a significant one, in an industry where Cassandras believed a third player would perish. And as we have done in the realm of air travel, so have we done in the telecom world: We have changed the marketplace. In the end, it is all about making life better for the consumer by giving them choices.

Challenge No. 1: In 1996, we decided to start an airline. At the time, the dominant airline in the country was PAL, and if you wanted to travel cheaply, you did not fly. You went by sea or by land. However, my son Lance and I had a vision for Cebu Pacific: We wanted every Filipino to fly. Inspired by the low-cost carrier models in the United States, we believed that an airline based on the no-frills concept would work here. No hot meals. No newspaper. Mono-class seating. Operating with a single aircraft type. Faster turn around time. It all worked, thus enabling Cebu Pacific to pass on savings to the consumer. How did we do this? By sticking to our philosophy of “low cost, great value.” And we stick to that philosophy to this day. Cebu Pacific offers incentives. Customers can avail themselves of a tiered pricing scheme, with promotional seats for as low a P1. The earlier you book, the cheaper your ticket. Cebu Pacific also made it convenient for passengers by making online booking available. When we started 11 years ago, Cebu Pacific flew only 360,000 passengers, with 24 daily flights to 3 destinations. This year, we expect to fly more than five million passengers, with over 120 daily flights to 20 local destinations and 12 Asian cities. Today, we are the largest in terms of domestic flights, routes and destinations. We also have the youngest fleet in the region after acquiring new Airbus 319s and 320s. In January, new ATR planes will arrive. These are smaller planes that can land on smaller air strips like those in Palawan and Caticlan. Now you don’t have to take a two-hour ride by mini-bus to get to the beach. Largely because of Cebu Pacific, the average Filipino can now afford to fly. In 2005, 1 out of 12 Filipinos flew within a year. In 2012, by continuing to offer low fares, we hope to reduce that ratio to 1 out of 6. We want to see more and more Filipinos see their country and the world!

John Gokongwei life story is another rags to riches success story of a true Filipino Taipan entrepreneur. His business empire company known as John Gokongwei Summit Holdings, Inc. or J.G. Summit Holdings, Inc. for short has been one of the most successful conglomerate in the Philippines today competing with more solid names such as SM Malls, PAL, and Ayala.

It has business interests in branded consumer foods (Universal Robina Corp.), real estate property development (Robinson’s Land Corp.), air transportation (Cebu Pacific Air), banking and financial services (Robinson’s Bank), telecommunications (Sun Cellular and Digitel), petrochemicals (J.G. Summit Petrochemical Corp.), and United Industrial Corp. of Singapore.

John Gokongwei Story started in 1927 in the Chinese province of Fujian where he was born. Because they needed to escape the turmoil in China, they migrated to the province of Cebu here in Philippines where his grandfather Pedro Gotiaoco operated a successful chain of movie houses. Let’s view another entrepreneur story as we witness Gokongwei’s inspiring story with the various challenges that he faced delivered as part of his speech to the ad congress:


I was born to a rich Chinese-Filipino family. I spent my childhood in Cebu where my father owned a chain of movie houses, including the first air-conditioned one outside Manila. I was the eldest of six children and lived in a big house in Cebu ‘s ForbesPark. A chauffeur drove me to school everyday as I went to San Carlos University, then and still one of the country’s top schools. I topped my classes and had many friends. I would bring them to watch movies for free at my father’s movie houses. When I was 13, my father died suddenly of complications due to typhoid. Everything I enjoyed vanished instantly. My father’s empire was built on credit. When he died, we lost everything-our big house, our cars, our business-to the banks. I felt angry at the world for taking away my father, and for taking away all that I enjoyed before. When the free movies disappeared, I also lost half my friends.

On the day I had to walk two miles to school for the very first time, I cried to my mother, a widow at 32. But she said: “You should feel lucky. Some people have no shoes to walk to school. What can you do? Your father died with 10 centavos in his pocket.” So, what can I do? I worked.

My mother sent my siblings to China where living standards were lower. She and I stayed in Cebu to work, and we sent them money regularly. My mother sold her jewelry. When that ran out, we sold roasted peanuts in the backyard of our much-smaller home. When that wasn’t enough, I opened a small stall in a palengke (market). I chose one among several palengkes a few miles outside the city because there were fewer goods available for the people there. I woke up at five o’clock every morning for the long bicycle ride to the palengke with my basket of goods. There, I set up a table about three feet by two feet in size. I laid out my goods-soap, candles, and thread-and kept selling until everything was bought. Why these goods? Because these were hard times and this was a poor village, so people wanted and needed the basics: soap to keep them clean, candles to light the night, and thread to sew their clothes. I was surrounded by other vendors, all of them much older. Many of them could be my grandparents. And they knew the ways of the palengke far more than a boy of 15, especially one who had never worked before. But being young had its advantages. I did not tire as easily, and I moved more quickly. I was also more aggressive.

After each day, I would make about 20 pesos in profit! There was enough to feed my siblings and still enough to pour back into the business. The pesos I made in the palengke were the pesos that went into building the business I have today. After this experience, I told myself, “If I can compete with people so much older than me, if I can support my whole family at 15, I can do anything!” Looking back, I wonder, what would have happened if my father had not left my family with nothing? Would I have become the man I am? Who knows? The important thing to know is that life will always deal us a few bad cards. But we have to play those cards the best we can. And WE can play to win! This was one lesson I picked up when I was a teenager. It has been my guiding principle ever since. And I have had 66 years to practice self-determination. When I wanted something, the best person to depend on was myself. And so I continued to work.

In 1943, I expanded and began trading goods between Cebu and Manila. From Cebu, I would transport tires on a small boat called a “batel”. After traveling for five days to Lucena, I would load them into a truck for the six-hour trip to Manila. I would end up sitting on top of my goods so they would not be stolen! In Manila, I would then purchase other goods from the earnings I made from the tires, to sell in Cebu. Then, when World War II ended, I saw the opportunity for trading goods in post-war Philippines. I was 20 years old. With my brother Henry, I put up Amasia Trading, which imported onions, flour, used clothing, old newspapers and magazines, and fruits from the United States.

In 1948, my mother and I got my siblings back from China. I also converted a two-story building in Cebu to serve as our home, office, and warehouse all at the same time. The whole family began helping out with the business.

In 1957, at age 31, I spotted an opportunity in corn-starch manufacturing. But I was going to compete with Ludo and Luym, the richest group in Cebu and the biggest cornstarch manufacturers. I borrowed money to finance the project. The first bank I approached made me wait for two hours, only to refuse my loan. The second one, China Bank, approved a P500,000-peso clean loan for me. Years later, the banker who extended that loan, Dr. Albino Sycip said that he saw something special in me. Today, I still wonder what that was, but I still thank Dr. Sycip to this day. Upon launching our first product, Panda corn starch, a price war ensued. After the smoke cleared, Universal Corn Products was still left standing. It is the foundation upon which JG Summit Holdings now stands. Interestingly, the price war also forced the closure of a third cornstarch company, and one of their chemists was Lucio Tan, who always kids me that I caused him to lose his job. I always reply that if it were not for me, he will not be one of the richest men in the Philippines today. When my business grew, and it was time for me to bring in more people- my family, the professionals, the consultants, more employees- I knew that I had to be there to teach them what I knew. When dad died at age 34, he did not leave a succession plan. From that, I learned that one must teach people to take over a business at any time. The values of hard work that I learned from my father, I taught to my children.

They started doing jobs here and there even when they were still in high school. Six years ago, I announced my retirement and handed the reins to my youngest brother James and only son Lance. But my children tease me because I still go to the office every day and make myself useful. I just hired my first Executive Assistant and moved into a bigger and nicer office. Building a business to the size of JG Summit was not easy. Many challenges were thrown my way. I could have walked away from them, keeping the business small, but safe. Instead, I chose to fight. But this did not mean I won each time.

By 1976, at age 50, we had built significant businesses in food products anchored by a branded coffee called Blend 45, and agro- industrial products under the Robina Farms brand. That year, I faced one of my biggest challenges, and lost. And my loss was highly publicized, too. But I still believe that this was one of my defining moments. In that decade, not many business opportunities were available due to the political and economic environment. Many Filipinos were already sending their money out of the country. As a Filipino, I felt that our money must be invested here. I decided to purchase shares in San Miguel, then one of the Philippines’ biggest corporations. By 1976, I had acquired enough shares to sit on its board. The media called me an upstart. “Who is Gokongwei and why is he doing all those terrible things to San Miguel?” ran one headline of the day. In another article, I was described as a pygmy going up against the powers-that- be. The San Miguel board of directors itself even aid for an ad in all the country’s top newspapers telling the public why I should not be on the board. On the day of reckoning, shareholders quickly filled up the auditorium to witness the battle. My brother James and I had prepared for many hours for this debate. We were nervous and excited at the same time. In the end, I did not get the board seat because of the Supreme Court Ruling. But I was able to prove to others-and to myself-that I was willing to put up a fight. I succeeded because I overcame my fear, and tried. I believe this battle helped define who I am today. In a twist to this story, I was invited to sit on the board of Anscor and San Miguel Hong Kong 5 years later. Lose some, win some. Since then, I’ve become known as a serious player in the business world, but the challenges haven’t stopped coming. Let me tell you about the three most recent challenges. In all three, conventional wisdom bet against us. See, we set up businesses against market Goliaths in very high-capital industries: airline, telecoms, and beverage.

Quote from: islander on February 24, 2012, 11:52:17 AM
oh my kwong!  niunsa man ani ang mga taga-canduao?

Taga canduao o taga sawang?

Mao Zedong: I want to spread communism to your country!
Carlos Garcia: Mao Ba?
Mao Zedong: My name is Mao Zedong not Mao Ba!
Carlos Garcia: Mao Diay?

 

hehe murag parihog hair style ni serafin cuevas

hehehe gas powered diay kon maohon.

hahaha! wise gajud ning mga insik

Quote from: islander on February 24, 2012, 11:40:37 AM
yes, we should, so you'll find out that i'm as macho as you are.

Quote from: islander on February 24, 2012, 09:55:00 AM
hahaha!  i dare not think that you might end up telling your patient this: okay, now breathe and bark... let me see your tail...

yes, thanks lorenz.  i would seriously consider sleeping pills.  i trust myself enough not to abuse them (i'm not a pill popper, that's why).  my foremost reason: to reduce my eyebags, hahaha!  how vain naman...

getting them here would take time, though.  i need a doctor's prescription and copies of my i.d.  pharmacies are required to give monthly reports, including the names and i.d. copies, of those who bought anti-depressants like sleeping pills.     

ha ha ha ! oh i was thinking about puppies doing yoga and zoo animals today ever since reading your post in the early morning.
someone did ask me, "why are you smiling a lot?". i just said, "oh, nothing, just am happy."

someday, we will have tea together.

Quote from: islander on February 24, 2012, 10:49:24 AM
...ang get it back many times over, with interests compounded quarterly, using all means possible including the courts, when we quarrel one day.

never. my anger fades very quickly, isles.

The History of the Tan Surname



Tan (simplified Chinese: è°­; traditional Chinese: è­š) is a Chinese surname.

The surname came from the ancient State of Tan which was located in the western part of what is now Shandong Province. During the Spring and Autumn Period, this state was conquered by the neighbouring State of Qi. The court changed their surname to Tan in remembrance of their defeated homeland, and later prospered in Hunan Province.

The surname came from the less common surname 談, another with the same pronunciation in Mandarin and Cantonese. In order to avoid the revenge of their enemies, the clan leaders changed it to 譚.

Interestingly enough, the state of Tan existed from 1046â€"684 BC. The surname Tan has been in use for some 2, 696 Years. What an ancient blood line



Reference: Wikipedia

Quote from: islander on February 24, 2012, 09:40:45 AM
i'll find a way to see you again... so i can pay what i owe you.

hehehe, but if i love you, i will cancel your debt. interest , included.

Ricky, I will post more information on the history of our Tan Clan, I will get back to this thread in another time. Please know that I am very happy to know that through you, my side of the Tan Clan found out of the existence of other descendents. Prior to talking to you an reading your post, any information regarding distant relatives that settled in Bohol were lost when both my grandmother, Fortunata Tan, and my grand-aunt, Balbina Tan, passed away. I guess it is true, "Blood finds Blood".



Regards,
Lorenzo 

This is a picture of my Lolo , my Uncle and my Grand-Uncle. My Uncle Alex is the 2nd son of Fortunata Tan, and is the grandson of Tan Ngai He, and is also the grand-nephew of your Oyong, si Lolo Ruperto Tan.


Uncle Alex is the one in the middle.

Ricky, here is a picture of my mom and my uncle. My mom's name is Liza and my uncle's name is Romeo. They are pictured with my cousin Joseph, Forlyn and my little brother Andre. The picture was taken in 2003. These are the grandchildren of Tan Ngai He [Mr. Mariano Tan], the grand nephew and grand niece of your Oyong. Please show the pictures to your mother as they are the children of Fortunata Tan [Nating Tan].

I wish I could go back to visit the grave of your Lola and grand aunts. I will someday the next time I visit Bohol...


Regards,
Lorenzo

if you are in love with a chinese girl, say to her, "wo ai ni"

it means: i love you!

Quote from: islander on February 24, 2012, 09:36:05 AM
years ago, i bought our little girl a cheongsam for her fourth birthday celebration at a jollibee branch in cebu.  by the time we went home, she was already asleep and her cheongsam was torn beyond repair.

hehehe ! cute ! what color was her cheongsam?

Here's a picture of my Lola, sitting on her lap is my cousin Christian Grace. 
Lola wearing a simple dark red qipao.

Quote from: islander on February 24, 2012, 09:36:56 AM
very, very beautiful.  i hope your grandma didn't have tied feet?

no, she didn't have that, but my great-grandfather's sisters did.

My lola wore a lot of qipaos , red was her favorite color. pariho ang design ing ani:

Quote from: islander on February 24, 2012, 09:30:41 AM
qipao, no.  cheongsam, yes.

hehehe comfortable pod na.

he he he, cute kaayo ang baby. inchik cute !

 

Wai zu mu (chinese word for grandmothers) offering incense to the memory of their ancestors and relatives

Haiwai Huaren Feiliguoren (overseas Chinese in the Philippines)  offering incense to the memory of their ancestors , at a Lunar New Year Celebration:

Harmonious detail ...