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Pad Thai?

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hahaha! ayaw pa suko, KiamKiam!

Quote from: B:) on April 18, 2008, 07:51:27 AM
Mao bitaw Ms.Ya oi, lami kaayo sige sup-sop Ang sa akong lola hinuon, sya ray mag galing sa iyang cute nga grinder, sus ang humot lagi, makalipong hehehe.
Pero ok nako ron, kay gipadal-an ko sa akong bestfriend og tabliya from Sagbayan gyud daw ni sya. Mao na duna koy sikwati ug tinughong usahay.
Siguro I will oatmeal with tabliya

Beth, what exactly is a tabliya?

The literal translation of this song:

Let me give you my girl
A trip to the moon
That everything that Could be
And be your ray of light
In the dark night
You have what I
Can never be

I wish that my sweet but well
To be the substance of your life
And be fine fragrance for your skin
They already have been losing my hopes
Cartier And today I ask you buy a Cartier watch


I give you my sun
Heat of a new dawn
And the song that is like drinking water
I give you my bread
This wet in the cafe
Give you that the sea salt has made my skin

What else would like my heart
In a car again go to you
And always to see fashion Paris, New York
If you want more than I was that I did not reach
And I even that portfolio Christian Dior

I give you my voice
And a kiss at sunset
And the song that is like drinking water
I give you my peace
And that the unborn child
Give you that the sea salt has made my skin

I give you my sun
I give you my bread
I give you my peace
I give you my God
I give you my salt

I give you my sun
I give you my bread
I give you my peace
I give you my God
I give you my salt

I give you my God

hahaha, what a beautiful story, Ms. Orchids.

Ms. Orchids, if I may say something, you have very good taste in Spanish songs!
Romantic ballads jud hehe

And thank you for sharing this song with us diri. Lingaw lingaw bitaw. The lyrics are eye-watering.

Awww man, what a beautiful memory, Beth.

I'll have to taste this someday.

By request from Ms. Orchids. 


by Menudo

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By Request from Ms. Orchids

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Lyrics

Me gustas

Me gustan tus ojos, me gusta tu boca
Me aloca, me aloca el roce de tu piel
Tu presente, tu ayer, me gusta

Me gusta todo, todo me gusta, de ti

Me gustan tus manos, cuando te saludo
Y sudo, sudo de nervios de pensar que pudiera tocar, tu alma

Me gusta tu alma ,tu alma me gusta, me gustas

Me gusta amanecer pensando que me quieres
Soarte se hizo ya el mayor de mis placeres

Me gusta todo, todo me gusta , de ti

Me gusta tu estilo, medio despistado
Pecado, pecado fuera no soar
Tambin poder tocar tu cuerpo

De cuerpo y alma, como me gustas, me gustas

Coro x2

Performed by the Legendary: Joan Sebastian

Wow! 

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What a romantic song!

by Carlos Vives



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Quisiera darte mi niña
un viaje a la luna
que todo aquello que anhelas
pudiera ser
y ser tu rayo de luz
en la noche oscura
que tengas lo que yo
nunca puede tener

que mas quisiera mi dulce bien
que ser de tu vida la sustancia
y ser la fina fragancia para tu piel
si ya se han ido perdiendo mis esperanzas
y hoy me pides que te compre un reloj Cartier

CORO:
te doy mi sol
calor de un nuevo amanecer
y una cancion que es como el agua de beber
te doy mi pan
que esta mojado en el cafe
te doy la sal que el mar ha dejado en mi piel

que mas quisiera mi corazon
que en un carro nuevo ir a buscarte
y verte siempre a la moda Paris, New York
si por mas que yo te quiera es que no me alcanza
y aun debo aquella cartera de Christian Dior

te doy mi voz
y un beso en el atardecer
y una cancion que es como el agua de beber
te doy mi paz
y un niño que esta por nacer
te doy la sal que el mar ha dejado en mi piel

te doy mi sol
te doy mi pan
te doy mi paz
te doy mi Dios
te doy mi sal

te doy mi sol
te doy mi pan
te doy mi paz
te doy mi Dios
te doy mi sal

te doy mi Dios

by Cruzito

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no puedo respirar me mata la ansiedad
a veces desespero y siento que me ahogo
quisiera continuar con esta soledad pero
te tengo adentro y siento que me ahogo
siento que me ahogo
siento que me ahogo
siento que me ahogoooo

como evitarme tanto dolor
dejame entrar en tu corazon
que hoy quiero hacerte mia
y para siempre la ni?a vivir fantasias (x2)

baby sabes que sin ti me muero
y no puedo seguir asi
necesito tu calor necesito tu cuerpo
ven y entregate acercate bebe
quiero mimar tu piel
llenarte de placer satisfacerte
acercate bebe quiero mimar tu piel
llenarte de placer satisfacerte

no puedo respirar me mata la ansiedad
a veces desespero y siento que me ahogo
quisiera continuar con esta soledad
pero te tengo adentro y siento que me ahogo

como evitarme tanto dolor
dejame entrar en tu corazon
que hoy quiero hacerte mia
y para siempre la ni?a vivir fantasias (x2)

te pido un poquito mas dame una noche yal
y no te arepentiras conmigo vas a volar
vente morena hagamos lo que quieras
ven y dame de tu amor

te pido un poquito mas dame una noche yal
y no te arepentiras conmigo vas a volar
vente morena hagamos lo que quieras
quiero mimar tu piel llenarte de placer satisfacerte

como evitarme tanto dolor
dejame entrar en tu corazon
que hoy quiero hacerte mia
y para siempre la ni?a vivir fantasias (x2

The Original Version

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Lyrics

I just want you close
Where you can stay forever
You can be sure
That it will only get better

You and me together
Through the days and nights
I don't worry 'cause
Everything's going to be alright
People keep talking they can say what they like
But all i know is everything's going to be alright

No one, no one, no one
Can get in the way of what I'm feeling
No one, no one, no one
Can get in the way of what I feel for you, you, you
Can get in the way of what I feel for you

When the rain is pouring down
And my heart is hurting
You will always be around
This I know for certain

You and me together
Through the days and nights
I don't worry 'cause
Everything's going to be alright
People keep talking they can say what they like
But all i know is everything's going to be alright

No one, no one, no one
Can get in the way of what I'm feeling
No one, no one, no one
Can get in the way of what I feel for you, you, you
Can get in the way of what I feel

I know some people search the world
To find something like what we have
I know people will try try to divide something so real
So till the end of time I'm telling you there ain't no one

No one, no one, no one
Can get in the way of what I'm feeling
No one, no one, no one
Can get in the way of what I feel for you, you, you
Can get in the way of what I feel for you

oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh

by Alicia Keys
Remixed by DJ Lenny B

Hot hot song

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Ya ya ! La piden en besos! Ternan!

Mas Favorito!

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by Gato Barbieri

Classy, sleek, smooth jazz.


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by Girls Aloud

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Nice club mix, nice beat.

by Leona Lewis

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I love re-writing notes.

It's a pseudo compulsive thing. If I don't understand a concept, I re-write notes over and over until it sticks.

I have piles of re-written notes in my desk drawer. lol.

Quote from: kiamoy` on April 17, 2008, 11:12:58 PM

Quote from: svetlana on April 17, 2008, 02:47:22 PM
Kiams, deadly sad imo dah! hehehe di ka mahadlok palut-on imong liog? ngilngigan ko.

i know te. mom hates it pud.masuko na cya ako i "crack" ko neck..lol.. pro my p.therapist uncle said. mga hangin man daw na sa joints.. mao nang like the neck or beck, we get the urge to crack it..murag mu sakit man gud if d i crack..ewan.. lors?

You crack your neck?

Thats hardcore.

Dad: Don't give your trust to anyone, hold your own ground.

'te wa jud ko ka tilaw ani. How does it taste like?

I know you guys had this before.
Who hasn't?






Lami ni i-paris ug asin.

Yum na Yum

Wow, she's gorgeous!

She really did beat the odds, she's an intelligent woman, strong despite her CP.

What a character this woman has!

Quote from: B:) on April 18, 2008, 06:05:24 AM

Lorenzo, kaw noh sige lang mo party bilib gyud ko sa inyong group and I bet maintain gihapon inyong grades unya mga gwapa ug gwapo pa gyud.

We have a term for this, Beth.

"Study hard, party hard"



Slaving ourselves for days on end in studies, take the exam, afterwards-release stress.

Simply beautiful. I can almost imagine the glaciers carving this.

cute yet funny

Personally, no. But I guess it depends on the man.

I'm fond of the girly-girly type.

Word of the day, Flowers

lol, Kiams.

Filipinas are 'Philippine Flowers'

Don, Lisa and Bryan

Hahaha, Kiams, you want to meet Bryan?

He has a fondness for Philippine Flowers, raba.

Mao ba? lo! Bitaw very warming pood uy

You have a nice smile, Kiams.

Amiga nako, 'te.

Quote from: kiamoy` on April 18, 2008, 04:23:55 AM


palit tawn mooooooo

heheh ang kampat ako face kay we are having decos here sa office summer ang theme..cge napud ko paint paint

Kiams, how much do they cost?

Weekend sad ni,

This past Tuesday,


Celebrating post-exams and graduation frenzy. 


LoL Crazy

^ hahahahaha

Kiams, nothing wrong in being mubo, cute bitaw gihapon.

FYI,

Tall girls are very nice bitaw; taas na ilang legs.

Yikes!

Quote from: Ginger on April 18, 2008, 04:16:52 AM

Quote from: mochajava on April 18, 2008, 04:15:54 AM

Quote from: Ginger on April 18, 2008, 04:10:18 AM

Quote from: Lorenzo on April 18, 2008, 04:07:42 AM
hahaha, 'te how tall are you ?

dong, 5'6.

5'6 pud kaw te?
nice:)

yeah but di ko preha ka sexy nimo. pang model man imong body. hehehe

You're pretty tall for a Filipina, 'te.

LOL!

Bitaw no? in moderation na lang ta ani da. Ma cavity-prone ta dali ani.

Quote from: Ginger on April 18, 2008, 04:13:51 AM

Quote from: Lorenzo on April 18, 2008, 04:11:38 AM

Quote from: Ginger on April 18, 2008, 04:10:18 AM

Quote from: Lorenzo on April 18, 2008, 04:07:42 AM
hahaha, 'te how tall are you ?

dong, 5'6.

'te if you wear 4 inch heels we'll be the same height. lol

Dong, ka taas pud anang 4 inches oi. I don't know how to walk in heels nga super taas.

haha taas ra ba? I think you'd look good in heels, 'te.

hahah i thought so pood

hmmm, i dunno 'te. Some American mangos are very very nice quality.



tamis ra kaayo ma sakit pood ang ngipon.

Quote from: kiamoy` on April 18, 2008, 04:11:28 AM

Quote from: Lorenzo on April 18, 2008, 04:10:43 AM
Hahaha wait, so how tall is 'te Aleth diay?

Kiams ikaw pood, how tall are you?

4'3    

You're 4'3?

Serious ka?

hahahahahahaha! how cute

Quote from: Ginger on April 18, 2008, 04:10:18 AM

Quote from: Lorenzo on April 18, 2008, 04:07:42 AM
hahaha, 'te how tall are you ?

dong, 5'6.

'te if you wear 4 inch heels we'll be the same height. lol

Hahaha wait, so how tall is 'te Aleth diay?

Kiams ikaw pood, how tall are you?

haha sexy bitaw

lami ni i pa dance-dance, 'te.

hahaha, 'te how tall are you ?

My favorite type:

Kani may lami


spoonfully delicious!

Barbaro,

MP jud! haha kapalamuut jud ning joke uy. I'm going to use this jud later. Salamat.

kani pa, palamuut ni for the Chinese herbologists/acupuncturists

This one is from Kyoshi, LOL

Effing hilarious, yet so true

Silly snoopy

Pretty funny, yo

mmmm uy! 'te i love aslom-aslom jud

You ever tried eating lemons and dipping them in salt?

Lami na

Quote from: Ginger on April 18, 2008, 02:48:05 AM

ni adto ko sa asian store. mao ni akong na bitbit.



lanzones, mangga, mega sardines ug salted black beans

perteng tam-isa sa lanzones.

Dude,

Green manga is best with asin. mmmmm

Lami na kaayo uy!

If so, then they too should be held accountable.

As far as I know, the physicians-surgeons apologized. However the patient wants a civil lawsuit.

Thats another topic tho.

Second point,

Their actions not just harms Fiilpino Doctors, but Doctors in general.

A physician is a physician. Race, ethnicity, matters not. When one is trained in that field, passes the boards, and practices, they are regarded as Life-Givers. They have assaulted that sacred trust in the physician. The very chair of what a physician-surgeon is.

4 years of undergraduate education
4 years of medical college training
3-4 years of residency training
and possibly 3+ years of supra-specialty training

All down the drain.
All that sweat and blood of studying for exams,
All down the drain for a stupid act.
For what?
5-10 minutes of laughter and jokes?
At the expense of what?
EVERYTHING.

Yea. I was just talking about this to a classmate earlier.

I knew about this incident by Filipino News but I didn't know it went international. My friend Paul told me about it as I came back from lab lecture.

My reaction was keeping quiet. I was utterly embarrassed.

These are majestic pine trees. Primordial, the sepository of all O2 in atmosphere.

Every tree intakes CO2 and expels O2, which is necessary for all eukaryotic and prokaryotic life.

Trees usher the breath of life, literally.

Every time we cut a tree down, we decrease the breath of life, literally.

Think about it.

Their age is their fallacy.

I don't want to defend them, however, one needs to know that young physicians are explorative in that aspect. They are aggressive, so to say, and unfortunately lang they had to do something like this.

What was meant to be a joke, backfired on them.

Reading about this sickens me. It is personally very embarrassing. I cannot understand why they would do something like this to jeopardize their schooling and their future.

I don't understand nor can I fathom their reasonings. Absolute and total violation of patient's rights.
This is Medical Legal Ethics 101, guys!

Why?

Yes, exactly.

The degradation they have done, because of their shameless act reverberates to the International World.

It is a direct embarassment for myself, a medical student, and for the thousands of my fellow Filipino-American medical students who pride in our Filipino roots. We are the ones to suffer for their actions as we will be looked upon by some patients with disrespect and generalization despite our training.

This damage is irreversible.

I can only hope that the Philippine Medical Board suspends their license and bar them from EVER practicing medicine again.

Is it mandated? Of Course! They have not only damaged their own hospital's name, the medical school's name. BUT the ENTIRE respect and credibility of Filipino Doctors, overall.

(Directed to the physicians guilty of this act)
Shame on You!
Take your medical coats off!
You have made a mockery of the physician!
An embarassment to all of us medical students!

My personal remark; Chinese Olympics should be supported.

Though I have interjections on the government's handling of the Tibetan situation, I believe that is a political problem. For another day.

The Olympics is for international unity, a celebration for all the world.

The pictures are from my friend Bin Gong, a Chinese international student in college.

These are Chinese protesters-protesting against the flawed media's depiction of China and Tibet.
They are pro-Olympics.

Note that these protesters are Chinese college students studying in Europe.
I am amazed at their raw nationalistic pride of the Chinese Youth.




Chinese students studying in Spain




Chinese in Canada








Chinese college students in Argentina


In the United Kingdom


The Mailstrom in Australia




The roar of students


Die Hard Nationalist


Chinese in Scotland


In the United States of America

All I can say is that this act of indecency is absolutely shameful!

These physicians-surgeons not only have disgraced themselves in front of the public, who they are charged in caring for, but have indirectly disgraced the sacred office of the physician.

Guys, not all physicians-surgeons, medical students are like this. Many of us are very ethic-oriented and have respect for the patient. The power the physician has over a patient is only limited to the patient's acquiescing that right to the physician. This is taught in Medical Legal Ethics and in constant ethical lectures outside of the class.

Whatever the decision may be, the Medical Board of Licensures in the Philippines needs to keep this into consideration.

These students have hurt Filipino Medical Students overall, a travesty. I am very sure that the USMLE board and the EFCMG (Educational Commission for Foreign Medical Graduates) will take a note of this.

In my firm belief, I think these individuals should be reprimanded severely as to satiate the public's need of comfort; to know that the medical field will not tolerate such blatant disregard of protocol and against the sacred Hippocratic Oath that ALL medical students swear upon before becoming physicians-surgeons.


I personally apologize for their actions and beg you all to understand that not all Medical Students are like that. This act is devastating and embarrassing, but we all must learn from it.

Ate Ging,

Did you try deleting all your internet files? downloaded files, and clearing your cookies?
Try doing that; and also run your PC's anti-spyware and anti-virus software for a complete scan.
Make sure to update your softwares as well. That usually helps out whenever my PC is going on slow-mode.

Hope that helps.

haha, bitaw no? I think its just ku an a nervous habit.

Di jud ko maka control ana.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EYOJAfQmbfc&feature=related


For Strengths in Your Daily Lives,
For Strength to Maintain your Faith,
Against those who would have it undermined.


'"May prayer strengthen us for the spiritual battle we are told about in the Letter to the Ephesians: 'Draw strength from the Lord and from His mighty power' (Ephesians 6:10). The Book of Revelation refers to this same battle, recalling before our eyes the image of St. Michael the Archangel (Revelation 12:7).



“O Glorious Prince of the heavenly host, St. Michael the Archangel, defend us in the battle and in the terrible warfare that we are waging against the principalities and powers, against the rulers of this world of darkness, against the evil spirits. Come to the aid of man, whom Almighty God created immortal, made in His own image and likeness, and redeemed at a great price from the tyranny of Satan.

“Fight this day the battle of the Lord, together with the holy angels, as already thou hast fought the leader of the proud angels, Lucifer, and his apostate host, who were powerless to resist thee, nor was there place for them any longer in Heaven. That cruel, ancient serpent, who is called the devil or Satan who seduces the whole world, was cast into the abyss with his angels. Behold, this primeval enemy and slayer of men has taken courage. Transformed into an angel of light, he wanders about with all the multitude of wicked spirits, invading the earth in order to blot out the name of God and of His Christ, to seize upon, slay and cast into eternal perdition souls destined for the crown of eternal glory. This wicked dragon pours out, as a most impure flood, the venom of his malice on men of depraved mind and corrupt heart, the spirit of lying, of impiety, of blasphemy, and the pestilent breath of impurity, and of every vice and iniquity.

“These most crafty enemies have filled and inebriated with gall and bitterness the Church, the spouse of the immaculate Lamb, and have laid impious hands on her most sacred possessions. In the Holy Place itself, where the See of Holy Peter and the Chair of Truth has been set up as the light of the world, they have raised the throne of their abominable impiety, with the iniquitous design that when the Pastor has been struck, the sheep may be.

“Arise then, O invincible Prince, bring help against the attacks of the lost spirits to the people of God, and give them the victory. They venerate thee as their protector and patron; in thee holy Church glories as her defense against the malicious power of hell; to thee has God entrusted the souls of men to be established in heavenly beatitude. Oh, pray to the God of peace that He may put Satan under our feet, so far conquered that he may no longer be able to hold men in captivity and harm the Church. Offer our prayers in the sight of the Most High, so that they may quickly find mercy in the sight of the Lord; and vanquishing the dragon, the ancient serpent, who is the devil and Satan, do thou again make him captive in the abyss, that he may no longer seduce the nations. Amen.

    V. Behold the Cross of the Lord; be scattered ye hostile powers.
    R. The Lion of the tribe of Judah has conquered the root of David.
    V. Let Thy mercies be upon us, O Lord.
    R. As we have hoped in Thee.
    V. O Lord, hear my prayer.
    R. And let my cry come unto Thee.


    Let us pray.

O God, the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, we call upon Thy holy Name, and as supplicants, we implore Thy clemency, that by the intercession of Mary, ever Virgin Immaculate and our Mother, and of the glorious St. Michael the Archangel, Thou wouldst deign to help us against Satan and all the other unclean spirits who wander about the world for the injury of the human race and the ruin of souls. Amen.”

Ms. Orchids,

I'm glad to know that you and I love this prayer.

It helps in strengthening us in our daily pursuits.

My favorite part in this prayer is;

For it is in giving that we receive,
It is in pardoning that we are pardoned,
And it is in dying that we are born to Eternal Life,



God Bless, Ms. Orchids.

I've always loved this prayer, perhaps many of you know it.

God Be with You,
Always,

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0VSyuar6oF8&feature=related


St. Francis' Prayer to the Lord God

    Lord, make me an instrument of Thy peace;
    where there is hatred, let me sow love;
    where there is injury, pardon;
    where there is doubt, faith;
    where there is despair, hope;
    where there is darkness, light;
    and where there is sadness, joy.

    O Divine Master,
    grant that I may not so much seek to be consoled as to console;
    to be understood, as to understand;
    to be loved, as to love;
    for it is in giving that we receive,
    it is in pardoning that we are pardoned,
    and it is in dying that we are born to Eternal Life.

   Amen.

An Incredible Video,
Powerful, enjoy it and God Bless, guys.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l0ISnWGixAI

Their language is foreign to my ears. It isn't even remotely similar to Tagalog, Illocano or the Greater Visayan Language.

They're a beautiful agrarian people. Untouched jud ni sila; similar to the Amish here in America.

I agree, the basaks in this picture is rich and green like Valencia.

Quote from: Macky Ferniz on April 15, 2008, 02:05:36 PM
Bran, since this topic is related to Igorots, I will post it here:

As I said, this topic is about a princes warrior; however, this historical account is controversial and subject to historical scrutiny

In Search of a Princess
By Chit Balmaceda Guiterrez

Princess Urduja ancient accounts say, was a 14th century woman ruler of the dynastic Kingdom of Tawalisi in Pangasinan, a vast area lying by the shores of the Lingayen Gulf and the China Sea. Pangasinan was an important kingdom then, and the sovereign was equal to the King of China. Known far and wide, Princess Urduja was famous for leading a retinue of woman warriors who were skilled fighters and equestrians. They developed a high art of warfare to preserve their political state. "These womenfolk took to the battlefields because the male population was depleted by the series of wars which came with the rise and prominence of the Shri-Visayan Empire in the sixth to the 13th centuries," the accounts said. Strong and masculine physique, they were called kinalakian or Amazons.

The saga of this unique princess was the stuff of legend. Parents and teachers tell her story like they would a fairytale, or the biography of Gabriela Silang, an 18th-century revolutionary, or Tandang Sora, a granny who fed members of the Katipunan.

The legend of Princess Urduja can be attributed to the famous story of Mohammedan traveler, Ibn Batuta of India. In 1347 he was a passenger on a Chinese junk, which has just come from the port of Kakula, north of Java and Sumatra and passed by Pangasinan on the way to Canton, China.
Urduja, who had a particular fascination for the renowed "Pepper Country"--pepper being considered black gold then--was quoted by Batuta as saying, "I must positively go to war with that country, and get possession of it, for its great wealth and great forces attract me."

For a time, feminists tried to revive the Urduja story but were discouraged to learn that Batuta's account of the voyage to Tawalisi was labeled as either an intrigue or a fantasy. Scholars, considering the story absurd, declared Urduja a myth.

The Philippines' national hero Dr. Jose Rizal, in Dr. Austin Craig's 1916 paper
"Particulars of the Philippines' Pre-Spanish Past" was quoted as saying in one of his letters: "While I may have doubts regarding the accuracy of Ibn Batuta's details, I still beleive in the voyage to Tawalisi". He went as far as to calculate the distance and time of travel from the port of Kakula. Rizal's commentary was triggered by a scholar, Sir Henry Yule, who wrote in his time that: "Tawalisi may be found only in a Gulliver geography."

Today, years after scholars have passionately debated whether the 14th-century heroine is a product of mythology or history, Princess Urduja continues to fascinate Filipinos. In Pangasinan, the Governor's office building in the coastal town of Lingayen is called the Urduja Palace. So is a hotel along the highway.

Urduja's name still has great resonance among the Ibaloi, one of the major ethnolinguistic tribes in the Cordillera region. Dr. Morr Tadeo Pungayan, a respected scholar of Ibaloi culture and professor at the St. Louis University of Baguio City, said, "Linguistically, Urduja is Deboxah (pronounced Debuca) in Ibaloi. We've always had a woman named Deboxah from time immemorial among the genrations of Ibaloi. The name usually describes a woman of strong quality and character who's nobly descended. That name is an Ibaloi name. That's why Ibaloi trace their ancestry from Urduja".

The Cordillera tribes, also known collectively as Igorots, pride themselves as being the only ethnic group that doesn't talk about the origin of man according to Spanish chronicles. Among the tribes, genealogy and family history are orally passed history. The Ibaloi, just like other highland tribes, could easily trace their ancestry. This is ensured by their custom of naming newborns after ancestors to help keep their memory alive and evoke affection and protection.
"No Ibaloi will bear the name of an ancestor unless she's related," Dr. Pungayan explained. While the Bontoc tribe bestows the name of an ancestor to a grandchild, the Ibaloi style is namesaking the great-grandchild, he added.

A book on the history of Benguet province, written by Anavic Bagamasbad and Zenaida Hamada-Pawid, shows the Benguet genealogy tracing tribal family lines from the year 1380 to 1899. The book says, "The extent of inter-settlement alliances is climaxed in the memory of Tublay informants with the reign of Deboxah, Princess Urduja, in Pinga. She's acknowledged as the granddaughter of Udayan, an outstanding warrior of Darew. Her death signaled continuous decline of kinship and alliance between highland and lowland settlements."

The Darew mountain range is remembered as the earliest settlement in the mining town of Tublay. The close relations between the Cordilleras and Lingayen are well-accounted for in Batuta's chronicle. It said that the Kingdom of Tawalisi was very extensive, including the vast areas up to the fringes of the Benguet mountains and the Cordillera ranges in the east of Luzon.
Th ruler, Batuta further said,"possesses numerous junks with which he makes war upon the Chinese until they sue for peace and consent to grant him certain concessions."

Despite recent research, however, most academicians remain cold to oral history, saying that such accounts still have to pass through stringent rigors of scholarship.

Today, some historians consider the issue of Urduja's historicity as closed. Compounding the issue is the lack of archaelogical evidence on the existence of the Shri-Visayan Empire. In fact, other aspects of Philippine history are being doubted,too, especially since the late William Henry Scott, an American historian in the Cordillera, proved that the so-called pre-Hispanic laws--the Kalantiaw and Maragtas Codes--were faked or invented by psuedo historians who only wanted fame or riches for themselves.

Dr. Jaime Veneracion, the University of the Philippines head of history department, said that the old Chinese scripts which may have chronicled Urduja's kingdom have remained inaccessible for their archaic language and calligraphy.

But history buffs like writer Ed Reyes remain undaunted. He says: "The researchers aren't conclusive, given the fact that the Philippine history has only been covered in writing for the last 500 years".

Mr. Ferniz,

Thank you for the article, it was a great read bitaw. After reading this article, it only supports the general consensus I have of the very matriarchal society of the Philippines. Women have a strong say in policy, as compared to other countries where women do not have a say at all.

Quote from: Macky Ferniz on April 15, 2008, 02:26:48 PM
Bran,

As you can see on the below map of Ancient Spice Route, somewhere between Panggasinan and Pampangga is a major port and stop-over for Cinamon Trade. The names and places used therein is ancient.

Thanks for the map, Mr. Ferniz.

Its amazing how the Pangasinan region/ central coastal Luzon has always been the target of inter-regional trade. From the days of Pre-Hispanicum to classical Hispanicum to the present.

Thanks for the inner story, Kiams.

Hahaha i'm sure of it, 'te. Naturally smart ra ba nang baji.

'te i can tell that na mingaw2x na jud ka ni Janne, gi memorized jud nimo ang exact age ug date hahaha.

Pariho baya mo ug face uy! Pinangga jud ni si Janne sa iyang Mommy Aleth!

Hahahaha baby looks like she is going to solve the rubiks cube.

I can tell very smart jud ni siya, tang awa iyang attention to the cube, hahaha!

AGUY! Baby pa galing, smart na! hahaha

'te how old is baby Janne?

Quote from: Ginger on April 17, 2008, 04:17:51 AM
janne knows...

haha sus cute na cute! baby cute!!

I want to have babies soon, uy! hahaha
My father-time clock is on full drive after seeing this picture.

'te, is this baby your carbon copy?



Cuuuute! iyang tiil! ug iyang aping! lami i kusion! pero dili pood too hard kai ma hilak intawn ni si baby.

Jerusalem
In Hebrew, Yerushaláyim

It means, "The Legacy of Peace"
The City of God, founded by Hebrews under command of God,
The home of three religions: Judaism, Christianity, and Islam.


Jerusalem, beautiful Jerusalem


Gate of Damascus




Part of the cover of the Tomb of Jesus


Interior of the tomb


Where the Lord was Born


Pilgrims visit the site of the Savior's birth


Part of the stone that covered the Tomb of Jesus


Pilgrims visit the stone tablet that Christ Jesus was placed in before HIS Resurrection


Lake Genezereth,
Where the Savior walked on the water

Mighty, Expansive, the Nile

Ancient, scenic, biblical, the valley of Pharaoh.

Egypt

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Monument to the Divinity of Pharaoh,
For Eons, it has stood,


The ancient Philae Temple
Built by Hebrew Slaves


To the Pyramids of Giza by Camel


Luxor Temple, Shrine to the Gods


Luxor at night


Temple to the God Anubis


4 statues of Ramses II at Abu Simbel


Mighty Ramses

Flamenco Hispanidad


Perfecto y Regal


Extasis


Mas elegante

Tough jud ni si lolo, no?

Very liberating raba na mo sail. Ah man I want to go kayaking right now!

Beautiful video,

http://youtube.com/watch?v=wPt8X565tY4&feature=related

Jokes, Compilations, Bloopers,

Hilariously funny, yet viciously painful.

http://youtube.com/watch?v=JBfavVAuu2A

ha? hambugiro effect as in hamburger effect? LOL

False uy! 9 hours straight? Ngek! I would have a soar throat ug mo ing ana ko.

Next person likes to sing when in the bathroom

Congratulations to the new lawyers! Bitaw, a job well done, honored ladies and gentlemen!

*Bow*

Quote from: ms da binsi on April 16, 2008, 11:08:02 PM
I just got this from my Banana'a Aunt Mary, i was so touched.


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ervaMPt4Ha0&eurl=http://us.f371.mail.yahoo.com/ym/ShowLetter?MsgId=9792_35268337_415101_2226_2145_0_67520_6691_745216233&Idx=0&YY=5

What a powerfully touching video, 'te Belle.

I cried just watching this video. Bitaw no? They give their lives to serve and protect our country.

God Bless them, for that.

Felix

Quote from: kiamoy` on April 17, 2008, 01:27:38 AM


nag ngisi ay

hmmm im feeling the smile, yo.

Provide a list of your favorite hobbies.

Feel free to post pictures if you want to reinforce the symbolisms

Enjoy, mi amigos y amigas!

feet