Quote from: alycxs on May 10, 2010, 02:19:03 AM
Jig, naay daghang pinoy diri nga akong na-ilhan nga mo-resist assimilation. There's nothing wrong with absorbing and learning the culture as long as you appreciate and never forget where you came from. From my observation, thesame people who only hangs-out with other pinoys, only eats filipino food and don't socialize with the other cultures are the ones who are typhoon no. 3 nig abot sa ato.
Those kinds will never have a foreign perspective because they don't see it that way. If they do, they're lucky they stumbled upon it on their own. Most of the time, we need to be shown.
I consider myself lucky, when I first moved here, I lived with my American family for a year, our filipino store in Florida sucked and the pinays I ran into always asked me if I was from Angeles since they assumed being a pilot, my husband was in the military (which he was not).So my friends from there were all non-filipinos.
In Houston, if I don't venture south, I don't see a lot of fellow pinoys. Most of the people I worked with were non-pinoys, mostly whites and Mexicans. You can't truly appreciate the beauty of Bohol until you hear the "oohs and aah's and I want to go there's " of your non-pinoy friends and family. The wonder and fascination in their eyes makes you feel so proud and special to have come from such a beautiful place that you automatically feel protective.
Maybe, in all her years, the lady in question has never had those moments. Never had foreign friends and relatives envy her for coming from such a beautiful paradise...or never had someone tell her how lucky she is to have grown up with nature all around her. Who knows, maybe that feeling of protectiveness has never overtaken her when she looks at all her Bohol Vacation and holiday pics..or even photos of her childhood
wow, quite a mouthful to digest you gave me there girl! always true to form
bitaw, i agree. morag wa mogawas sa iyang comfort zone and the memories of home.off topic, i know houston is a big city. i have HS classmate who now lives there with his family. maguwang ni board member ae. dont know if you have met.


After sa people power ming lingkod si Cory Aquino mao na unta tuy chance ma unmasked ang mastermind until nahuman nalang pod ang iyang term way nahimo si cory nga mismo iyang baba gipatay sa mga tawo ni marcos...I dont think so...Noynoy has a political will??? akong tubag ...AMBOT...Wala man gani nahimo sa iyang 9years sa congress bsag usa ka house bills mahimong balaod ug sa iyang 1 term sa senate bsag usa way nahimong senate bill nga nabalaod...think about my friend...Dili ko bilib ni noynoy..it happened lang iyang mga ginikanan sikat ug halandong nga hero sa pilipinas...do you think ma translate pud sa anank nga great leader siya...Cory is not a great leader pero si nonoy benigno aquino saludo ko ako siyang hero...
am presently the vice-chair of our filipino community diri tungod kuno kay ako nag-draft sa constitution (kinopya ra jud tuho) and wa pa miy tuig. the fact about me is that lisod ko duolon so wa ko kaayo hiilhi sa community. i prefer few close friends. maayo na lang gani kay ahong spokesperson anad na kay gikan man ug politikong pamilya diha sa alicia mao tawon akong proxy.