The Filipino Today By Alex Lacson‚ 2010 After the August 23 hostage drama‚ there is just too much negativity about and against the Filipino. "It is difficult to be a Filipino these days"‚ says a friend who works in Hongkong. "Nakakahiya tayo"‚ "Only in the Philippines" were some of the comments lawyer Trixie Cruz-Angeles received in her Facebook. There is this email supposedly written by a Dutch married to a Filipina‚ with 2 kids‚ making a litany of the supposed stupidity or idiocy of Filipinos in
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WHAT IS FILIPINO NATIONALISM? - Mrs. Leticia R. Constantino Nationalism has had a long history in our country. In our struggle for freedom‚ there have been periods when strong nationalist feelings fired our people to action and other periods when nationalism seemed to be forgotten. Not only did nationalism as a sentiment have its peaks and valleys‚ nationalism as a political concept has been espoused at one time or another by different sectors of society which projected particular nationalist
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THE FILIPINO FAMILY 1. The Changes in the structure of the Filipino Family The Filipino family was considered as the backbone of the state (Carandang‚ 2008). That is why alterations in the family’s beliefs‚ practices‚ structures and members’ responsibilities immensely influence the nation’s constancy. These changes have put our “traditionally- structured” families at jeopardy. How the children in the family are being socialized is also subject to change that leads to inconsistency of the adaptation
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water from nature is the pervasive factor that shaped the Philippines fertile soil – an ever agricultural setting. The most concrete illustration of early Filipino expertise in farming was the building of the rice terraces‚ is the well known Banaue Rice Terraces‚ probably the “Eighth Wonder of the World”. Social Classes The early Filipinos in general were all very similar in their social classes. Each barangay was divided into three social groups: the datus or nobles‚ the timagwas or freemen‚
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responsibility is to provide for the education of every member of the society‚ it follows that an educated Filipino must possess three characteristics as enumerated by Francisco Benitez in his essay “What is an Educated Filipino?” 2. According to the author‚ what is the first quality should distinguish the educated Filipino? First is the power to do which embraces not only the ability of the Filipinos to produce material goods but also the valuable services rendered to society through institutions
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Filipinos are abundant in terms of culture‚ tradition‚ cuisine‚ and transportation.All of us Filipinos should be proud of them. There are a lot of tourist spots in the Philippines that we can be proud of. And to introduce my culture would be fun and great. I would make them ride a jeepney‚ eat some street food like kwek-kwek and drink some alcohol like tagaka. First‚ I would make foreigners ride a jeepney.It is one of the transportations in the Philippines. It has four wheels
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Filipinos believe in themselves that they are Filipinos‚ but they didn’t know how the real Filipinos really look and what are the qualifications to be a real Filipino. Filipinos have many respectable values‚ some people didn’t know about it. Filipino culture is the one we will treasure as long as we live. I want you to recall some of the Filipino values that a real Filipino must have. All of us are deeply rooted in faith. We are so conscious of God’s presence steeped in Christian values‚ ethics and
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Is There A Filipino Identity? A glimpse of our historical past will surely reveal who the Filipinos really are‚ the Filipino identity as it is called. Yet‚ due to external factors like technological advancements and colonial influences‚ the true essence of being a Filipino now reaches the point where it is slowly degrading. Evidently‚ our colorful history truly defines our identity as a Filipino‚ but as I said earlier‚ changes threatened this identity. Now‚ despite of these changes‚ “Is there
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Introduction: The Filipino Cuisine has a humble beginnings. The early Filipinos used simple ways of cooking like broiling on an open fire‚ boiling and roasting. But with the frequent visit of Asian neighbors like the Indonesians‚ Arabs‚ Indians‚ The Malays and the Chinese who used to come to the Philippine shores to barter their goods and produce‚ the Filipinos were introduce to their use of spices and herbs to enhance the flavor of the food they eat. Filipino Cuisine can be best described as a
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“The Indolence of the Filipino” When we talk about indolence it’s being about the laziness of Filipinos. We all know that many Filipinos are now indolence here in our society. But most of them are hardworking persons. And in my opinion I do not think that Filipinos are lazy because we are hardworking and independent group of people. And some of us are working in abroad just to raise our family in poverty especially to provide the basic needs of family the clothing‚ shelter and food. And because
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