I'm working on a term paper about Filipino heritage expression and genealogy. One of the references I'm using, "Tracing Your Philippine Ancestors" by Lee W. Vance, was published in 1980. The only copy of it I can find is in the UP Diliman Main Library, and it's only for room use.
Does anyone here have any leads where I can find a copy that I can buy or browse for long periods of time?
As usual, the #Philippines could have done this, but because the government and its agencies are managed by old people, they still think like it's the 1940s. /facepalm
Viu Philippines, your English subtitle for the #Pdrama “What's Wrong with Secretary Kim?” S01E14 is wrong (mark 20:48). The song playing was not “To be with you” by Kim Won Shik, it is “Here With You” by #BINI.
I think all #Android#weather apps are broken, it's always 38℃ heat index every time I look at it daily.
But, seriously, we're not yet in May and you can feel the heat even from the electric fan. I just want to soak in a pool or swim to the next island and back.
"The Armed Forces of the #Philippines is waiting on India’s delivery of BrahMos medium-range supersonic cruise missiles, expected to arrive this week at the Clark International Airport in Pampanga City. #Manila Bulletin quoted an undisclosed source as saying the missile system, which costs 19 billion Philippine pesos ($375 million), will be used to counter ongoing Chinese aggression in the region"
@luthien1126 Those in Cagayan region will survive it. Thanks to their ancestors who turned their mountains into plain lands, they're so used to extreme heat. :p
2023-08-14 60℃ H.I. in Aurora.
2021-05-10 51℃ H.I. in Pangasinan
Regions 1 to 3 are very prone to extreme heat. When I was living in Angeles City in 2021, it is hotter there by a few degrees than in NCR. Crazy. You would think it would be cooler up north, with all the open areas, farm lands, mountains, and less concrete and asphalt roads.
But nope, it's the reverse.
The wind blowing into Angeles coming from North-East, were so freaking hot. Locals I talked to, and even those from Tarlac and nearby provinces (workmates), explained that the wind actually came from Cagayan, and is blowing towards Angeles City and nearby regions of Pampanga.
I've never experienced scorching wind in NCR, such as those I've felt in Angeles City.
(Despite that, I still want to go back to Angeles, LOL. Still a better place to live than NCR.)
Remove the #POGO. But don't touch the students, especially those who have been studying here for a very long time without causing any problems. That's fucking #racist.
Why are the POGOs still here anyway? They contribute nothing but a climate of fear in the areas it touch both for us #Filipino locals and #Chinese visitors, and the Chinese government wants us to remove them anyway because those gambling hubs shelter their fugitive oligarchs. Are the taxes gained from these crime-ridden businesses really worth it? Just do the right thing goddammit :seija_coffee:
> "When I was your age.." is the number 1 thing people hate hearing in Korea.
> People will never make conversations with you ever again.
> Simple
>
> @kenjikundesu
It is similar here in the #Philippines. You don't say, “When I was your age…”, if you want to share information about your time, you say, “Back in my day…”
In English, it doesn't make any sense. However, the local language equivalent of those two phrases comes with it:
Language nuances; and
Cultural factors.
Why?
“When I was your age…” in our local languages:
Language nuances = the delivery is different; the tone; the speech; and
Cultural factors = often used to demean, look down upon, another person (the younger in this case). It implies that, “I am/We are better than you”.
However, “Back in my day…” in our local languages:
Language nuances = the delivery, tone, speech, is different, it is friendlier and open for discussion/sharing; and
2 Cultural factors = not used to look down on anyone.
In the English language, these two phrases are the same, neutral, and thus won't make sense. But not in many Asian languages and cultures.
In addition, while both Filipino and Korean cultures have a deeply embedded respect levels in languages and actions, there is no room for older people to abuse it. We won't show it to you, because again, deeply embedded respect culture. But you can guarantee we're talking behind your back, and in today's world, chatrooms.
Back in my day, in the 80s and 90s, we say, “talk to the hand” and the equivalent action is stretching our arms, showing our palms forward to your face.
Obviously, we don't do that to people older than us. We do it while we're talking about you with our friends.
Today, in the present, at least here in the Philippines, we say, “Whateva'”, with a hand gesture and facial expression. Of course, we do it behind your back, or in chatrooms.
If you're a foreigner learning an Asian language, well, like in any other country, you'll be given a free pass. But, you better learn fast, you never know when you'll be misunderstood (unless you really want to be rude).
(There are actually more nuances in Filipino languages than Korean, for this particular case. And there is a worse way, too!)
Philippine and #UnitedStates forces will simulate retaking enemy-occupied islands during joint military drills starting next week in areas facing #Taiwan and the #SouthChinaSea as #Manila shifts its focus to external defence... It will be the first time the maritime exercises are carried out beyond #Philippines territorial waters, said Michael Logico, a Philippine army colonel overseeing the exercises"
New issue of the Journal of Current Southeast Asian Affairs out! It focuses on the #Philippines’ evolving strategies in the #SouthChinaSea, #Vietnam’s strategic positioning in the context of #USChinaRelations, and more.
The PH military alarmed by the "more than 4,600 Chinese nationals have reportedly enrolled in a private university and rented homes in various locations in Tuguegarao [Northern Philippines]."
Who needs spies when you gladly welcome them as 'students'?
"AT least 55 different Chinese ships were spotted surrounding nine Philippine features in the West Philippine Sea, a ranking Navy official said Tuesday. At a press briefing, Navy spokesman for the WPS Commo. Roy Vincent Trinidad said two China Coast Guard vessels and 24 militia vessels were sighted in Bajo de Masinloc (#ScarboroughShoal), while one vessel and five fishing ships were seen in #Ayungin (Second Thomas) Shoal"
"Two American senators have filed a measure seeking to boost the alliance of the #Philippines and the #US through a significant increase in military financing as concerns grow over China’s aggressive acts in the #SouthChinaSea. The proposed Philippines Enhanced Resilience Act of 2024 filed by Senators Bill Hagerty and Tim Kaine... is equivalent to $2.5 billion in US security assistance to the Philippines over five fiscal years"
"Representatives of 14 nations will arrive in the country as observers in the coming Balikatan exercises... For this year, a multilateral maritime activity or joint sail in the West Philippine Sea will traverse the edge of the country’s exclusive economic zone and launch attacks on an 'enemy' vessel in Philippine waters, according to Lt. Col. John Paul Salgado, chief of the Combined Joint Information Bureau"
It's still a welcome, considering the already escalated situation, wherein, China is just waiting for the #Philippines, and its allies, to make a mistake. We definitely need every protection there is right now.
My question is, since I'm not knowledgeable with the Typhon system, would it have been better if they deployed it in a different region instead of near Taiwan? I mean, as far as protection it can give goes.
Then again, the US government's intent is always more than two, and one of it is to “protect” #Taiwan. It isn't so much for the Philippines only.