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In 1542 to 1877, the word "Filipino" referred to a Spaniard living in the Philippines---the rest of the natives were called, "Indios."

In 1878, José Rizal, for the first time, used the word Filipino to refer to the native population in the country.



In 1998, a Greek dictionary defined the word "Filipina", as a domestic helper.
Today, "Filipinos" is the brand name for a series of biscuit snacks made by Kraft Foods in Europe.

In Boracay, a white man was heard calling a waitress, "Hey monkey, come here!" and the poor Filipina dutifully approached.

Sad but true, the perception of a Filipino today is a striking contrast during the time of Rizal when Filipinos in Europe were referred to as "the glory of the universities".

F.Sionil Jose's article "Why We Are Poor" looks back in the 50s and 60s when the Philippines was still the most envied country in Southeast Asia. Today, we are alongside Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, Ghana, in terms of economic and social standing.

The Philippines Today
880,000 Filipinos leave the country every year in pursuit of more gainful employment abroad. They're laying pipelines in Siberia, mining diamonds in Angola and sailing ships in all the world's oceans. They clean thousands of homes a day from Hong Kong to Dubai to London; Bahrain's prime minister employs some 50 Filipinos in his own household (Philippines: Workers for the World, Newsweek, Oct.4, 2006)

• The Philippines is currently the world’s leading exporter of nurses, with 164,000 or 85% of the country’s trained nurses are working abroad, with doctors becoming nurses [1]

• About 200 hospitals have recently closed down across the country because of a lack of doctors and nurses with another 800 hospitals considered to be “partially closed” due to the lack of qualified health personnel[1]

• Last 2006, the National Career Assessment Examination showed that out of the 1.3 million examinees, only 3.7%, or 49,066 students, are fit to enter college.[2]

• The Philippines is No. 41 in Science and No. 42 in Mathematics among 45 countries.[3]

•  "One of the defining characteristics of the Philippine middle class," says a senior Western economist in Manila, "is that they all want to get out." (Philippines: Workers for the World, Newsweek, Oct.4, 2006)

The Brown Race
As Barth Suretsky, an American expat who lived and died in the Philippines lamented, the fundamental thing wrong with this country is a lack of pride in being Filipino. "All Filipinos want to be something else. The poor ones want to be American, and the rich ones all want to be Spaniards. Nobody wants to be Filipino.” No pride, no identity, no recollection of his glorious past that can project him in leading the future of his country. “A people without a sense of history is a people doomed to be unaware of their own identity.”

Are the Filipino people such a weak race that we cannot find our place among the world’s nations?  (In the United States, Filipinos are described as “the invisible minority”)

Will the Filipino always look to a foreign country, a foreign husband, a foreign citizenship for hope and salvation?

The words of Rizal, written in 1890, unfortunately, still reverberate…

“Alas!  The whole misfortune of the present Filipinos consists in that they have become only half-way brutes.  The Filipino is convinced that to get happiness it is necessary for him to lay aside his dignity as a rational creature, to attend mass, to believe what is told him…without aspiring anything…without protesting against any injustice…any insult… that is, not to have heart, brain, or spirit; a creature with arms and a purse of gold. . . there's the ideal native!.”(The Indolence of the Filipinos by José Rizal, 1890)

From "RACE" to "RAISE"
The Brown Raise is a movement to CREATE A NEW PATH for the Filipino peopleâ€"that his world need not always have to revolve around the shallowness of money, pleasure and survival, but that he is also capable of remarkable character, dignity, honor, visions for humanity and depths of nationhood.

The Brown Raise is a movement that seeks to unlock the secrets and strengths of a race and country which was once called, “the pearl of the orient seas”, and to discover and pursue the Philippines’ unique contribution to the hall of nations.

The 21st century Global Pinoy must have the spirit of the Brown Raise… the same spirit that Rizal, our national hero possessed from childhood.

“As a child I was educated among Spaniards; I was nourished on the great exemplars of the history of Spain, of Greece and Rome; afterwards in Spain my professors were all great thinkers, great patriots. Books, newspapers, [historical] examples, reason, all made me desire the good of my native land…I was so far from thinking that I was doing wrong that I have never wanted to accept the protection of another nation; twice I was offered German nationality, once the English, and I have never accepted.” - José Rizal




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I was able to join and Watch this Brown Raise Movement yesterday at Onstage Ayala Mall Cebu..in which ila gi featured and Cebu ug Bohol ..


Sometimes maayo ng mka remember ta kung asa and kinsa ta..now i feel in love more to our Nation....ako on my part i was more amazed by Francisco Dagohoy wla pa cguro nka break sa record nya so far..

Watch out and pls. do support for brownraise movement in your place..
For the love of your country ,our country..Philippines


Pls. Visit  www.thebrownraise.org


You will knw your anwer....Filipino kba or Boholano? Be proud your Brown!

Quote from: swakee on February 06, 2009, 12:12:11 PM
ai sorry Betty, nawala kos passing da! so, so so soooo available diay ta ron?

ahehhehe ok lng..thnks..

ay kina singlalan ..ready to rumble pa..heheh btaw kidding,,

single ---love it 

Quote from: swakee on February 06, 2009, 02:19:32 AM
Betty, i-post fud tong inyoha sa imong lalab

klain jud u swuaks oi..gilamayan nato ahahaha..kaw ba ayaw pang wrong grammar dha..trying to have a new clean slate for this  year be..hehhe pls be supportive ha..heheh..regrds fafi donald..hehehhe

Maribojoc Church

btaw asa rman to ha..hehehhehe...

--Sunset- Bohol tropics wharf

taken @ amarella beach resort..

my first album lay out..

twilight--playing with disco light @ Lazer disco club tropics...

Quote from: glacier_71 on February 05, 2009, 12:57:12 PM
imo ning mga takes, half? nice. very nice

yeah..mostly weddings...

ok-ok ug kidlat..heheheh

Quote from: gelyan on February 05, 2009, 10:47:21 AM
bedroom look.. katulgon na manay.. hehehe

mao jud gel..ahehehe..thnks sa ride ah..hehehhe..

gettin bored? express your creativeness...

tru photo or any creative arts 

ahhh..ngi -ga getsboots bai..hehehhe...view kaayo ang rainbow hhhheeehehhe

i used to call my ex as dad,bumblebee,monkey and schatzi..hhehhehe..

last year lng 2008..1 and 8 months...not worhty to fihgt for..(cheater)

coz im reli half full person...heheehhehe

hahhaha..single here..labay lng ko..

i got  tattoo man..yea usahay ma mis interpret nla nga bad girl  or bitch ka..it was a gift for myself on my 2oth bday sort of  my  self expression ..thou dili sya obvious makit an lng sya if i wear spaghetti strap blouse lng..it was my own design ...cute sya hehehehe,,

i  got chicken halang2 ,rice and buko juice lng..

Quote from: bol-anon nga cebuano on February 04, 2009, 12:00:50 AM
siya bitaw na imong giingong pasulyap sulyap GEC.

hahahah..ako ba d i to? 

you may win the fight but u will lose a friend

independent,cooperative,helpful  --(mao man gud ako ma recieved na ward kanunay sa gamay pko )

imnot against on it..coz if u look back in the history..ang makasala will be stoned to death db?..for the wages of sin is death...hahahha relevant ba sya paka quote or tka lng ko ...--just a thought thou.. 

how you walk in your life is the best  way to defend yourself frm misjudment and etc..i think

Litratista -(Wedding Photographer)

it is by Grace that u can forgive peacefully...

uhmmm im not..coz for 2 me to live is Christ and to die is GAIN..

actually theres a lot of  them..Queen Esther or Hadassah..i love her story so much.also .Joseph the dreamer nga midagan jud palayo sa tentasyon which na prove nya na kaya d i jud mo iwas sa tentasyon ang mga guys hehehhe..Peter who denied Jesus a lot of times but he's d only one able to walk on the water ..but most of all Abraham ..holy envy jud..heheheh..

gaya gaya puto maya..if naa mag negosyo ..awaton pajud same negosyo pd atbangan pa jud

I think shes concern asa unahon nya ug tilaw..hehehhee

wla koi tshirt  lagi..hehehhee

thanks alot..nang grab nko sa uabng pix..hehhee ..npa hang over gamay..