by nursejack April 5, 2012
Baybayin Baybayin is a pre-Spanish Philippine writing system, it is a member of the Brahmic family and is recorded as being in use in the 16th century. The term Baybay literally means “to spell” in Tagalog. Baybayin was extensively documented by the Spanish. Some have attributed it the name Alibata, but this name is incorrect. Baybayin is one of a number individual writing systems used in Southeast Asia, nearly all of which are abugidas where any consonant is pronounced with the inherent vowel a following it — diacritical marks being used to express other vowels (this vowel occurs with greatest frequency in Sanskrit, and also probably in all Philippine languages). Above: The word Tumblr in Baybayin post-kudlit form.

Baybayin

Baybayin is a pre-Spanish Philippine writing system, it is a member of the Brahmic family and is recorded as being in use in the 16th century.

The term Baybay literally means “to spell” in Tagalog. Baybayin was extensively documented by the Spanish. Some have attributed it the name Alibata, but this name is incorrect.

Baybayin is one of a number individual writing systems used in Southeast Asia, nearly all of which are abugidas where any consonant is pronounced with the inherent vowel a following it — diacritical marks being used to express other vowels (this vowel occurs with greatest frequency in Sanskrit, and also probably in all Philippine languages).

Above: The word Tumblr in Baybayin post-kudlit form.

(Source: mts.net)

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by incuboring March 30, 2012

pananaghoy:

Peter Fever endorses Take The Test

Take The Test Campaign, Inc. will be at White Beach, Puerto Galera for a Free Mobile HIV Rapid Screening Test on Maundy Thursday and Good Friday (April 5 & 6).

With 274 new registered HIV cases in the country as of February 2012, wouldn’t you like to know? Knowing is sexy. Take the test and be smarter, braver, sexier.

(Warning: Video and Peter Fever link is NSFW)

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by bubblygum March 30, 2012

amateurdreamer:

“It’s more fun in the Philippines” jingle released.

The Department of Tourism (DOT) on Thursday released the domestic jingle for the agency’s “It’s More Fun in the Philippines” campaign via the video-sharing site YouTube.

The DOT didn’t release much information on the jingle, including its composer and performer.

Its catchy chorus tells listeners “It’s more fun in the Philippines, bakit pa lalayo? Sobrang swerte naman ng tsinelas mo, naka-apak na sa paraiso.”

On its official Twitter account, the agency merely said: “Have you heard of the new ‘It’s More Fun in the Philippines - Domestic Jingle’? Here it is, let’s spread the FUN!”

While many said they liked the jingle, several can’t help but compare it to “Piliin Mo ang Pilipinas,” the theme song of Choose Philippines, whose video featuring “Pilipinas Got Talent” finalists El Gamma Penumbra went viral on the Internet.

“Focusing on the song, it’s not bad. Not as impressive as the version of the Regional Network Group of ABS-CBN, which is ‘Piliin Mo ang Pilipinas” by Angeline Quinto but it’s refreshing to hear a new sound quite different from the ones created by ABS-CBN. Para maiba naman,” wrote blogger Pusang Kalye.

“Mas maganda pa rin ‘yung ‘Piliin Mo ang Pilipinas,’” commented jeshuevos21 on YouTube.

“Better if my video na para makita ang na talagang it’s more fun in the Philippines,” jeshuevos21 added.

Some Twitter users also couldn’t help but notice the timing of the jingle’s release, which coincided with a robbery at the Robinsons Galleria mall in Quezon City.

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This is why I never, ever, ever, want to become a leader of a country, or a company or anything. I will help you run your ship, but I don't want to be responsible for it.

by nursejack March 27, 2012
  • Philstar: Your advice to P-Noy.
  • Miriam Defensor-Santiago: Quit...(laughs) I mean that facetiously. I wouldn’t be president for anything in the world because it is so difficult. So to any person who occupies the post, I would simply say, for your own sake, you should consider resigning because it is such an impossible situation. At this stage of the evolution of our country, no way you can succeed because the Philippines at this time is a country turned against itself. And the prevailing virtues are jealousy, malice. There is no sense of shared destiny among Filipinos. So, my advice to Noynoy is life is messy. Deal with it.
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by bubblygum March 24, 2012
Alex Compton: On Filipinos, Fil-Ams, and his love affair with the Philippines I WAS BORN IN MANILA, at Makati Med. My parents were Southeast Asian scholars; they met in the Peace Corps in Thailand in the 1960s. My dad’s first job, after completing his Ph.D. at the University of Michigan, was at the International Institute of Rural Reconstruction in Silang, Cavite. My dad’s job was for two years. We left the Philippines when I was six months old, and I grew up in the States. My parents are some of the whitest Asian people you will ever meet; both my parents are fluent in Thai and Lao, and they had a lot of Filipino friends. My dad was a professor, and my mom worked in the Southeast Asian studies department at Cornell, and one of our friends was a Filipino who taught Tagalog there. But I’d never been to the Philippines when I came back in 1998. Coming to play basketball here was a complete accident. I was the captain of the Cornell basketball team, and I always spent time at the coaches’ office, talking to them, breaking down film. I was talking to one of our assistant coaches, Tyrone Pitts, who played as an import in the Philippine Basketball League. At the time, I didn’t know he played in the Philippines, I just knew he played around the world as an import. I just asked him where he played, how that was like, because I loved traveling, and obviously my background is international. And he just mentioned this story, “In 1991, I played in the Philippines.” And I was just, like, “Wow, you played in the Philippines? That’s where I was born, that’s crazy!” And that’s where the whole thing started. He said, “You were born there? Can you play there? Basketball over there is huge, you have no idea. You’ll be hanging out with movie stars, it’s wild!” Read more. (What’s a Filipino? Whether you agree with him or not, broadcaster Arnold Clavio’s “They’re-not real-Filipinos” criticism of Azkals players following a sexual harassment suit brought against some members of the national football team, appears to have hit a raw nerve – and raised an important question. This article is one of a series exploring the very notion of “being Filipino”. Follow @interaksyon on our #WhatsaFilipino discussion on Twitter, and on this special coverage on InterAksyon.com.)

Alex Compton: On Filipinos, Fil-Ams, and his love affair with the Philippines

I WAS BORN IN MANILA, at Makati Med. My parents were Southeast Asian scholars; they met in the Peace Corps in Thailand in the 1960s. My dad’s first job, after completing his Ph.D. at the University of Michigan, was at the International Institute of Rural Reconstruction in Silang, Cavite.

My dad’s job was for two years. We left the Philippines when I was six months old, and I grew up in the States.

My parents are some of the whitest Asian people you will ever meet; both my parents are fluent in Thai and Lao, and they had a lot of Filipino friends. My dad was a professor, and my mom worked in the Southeast Asian studies department at Cornell, and one of our friends was a Filipino who taught Tagalog there.

But I’d never been to the Philippines when I came back in 1998. Coming to play basketball here was a complete accident. I was the captain of the Cornell basketball team, and I always spent time at the coaches’ office, talking to them, breaking down film.

I was talking to one of our assistant coaches, Tyrone Pitts, who played as an import in the Philippine Basketball League. At the time, I didn’t know he played in the Philippines, I just knew he played around the world as an import. I just asked him where he played, how that was like, because I loved traveling, and obviously my background is international.

And he just mentioned this story, “In 1991, I played in the Philippines.” And I was just, like, “Wow, you played in the Philippines? That’s where I was born, that’s crazy!” And that’s where the whole thing started. He said, “You were born there? Can you play there? Basketball over there is huge, you have no idea. You’ll be hanging out with movie stars, it’s wild!”

Read more.

(What’s a Filipino? Whether you agree with him or not, broadcaster Arnold Clavio’s “They’re-not real-Filipinos” criticism of Azkals players following a sexual harassment suit brought against some members of the national football team, appears to have hit a raw nerve – and raised an important question. This article is one of a series exploring the very notion of “being Filipino”. Follow @interaksyon on our #WhatsaFilipino discussion on Twitter, and on this special coverage on InterAksyon.com.)

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by bubblygum March 19, 2012
UP, Ateneo dropped from list of world’s top universities

STUDENTS in state-run universities and colleges now have more reasons to be mad about the budget cuts imposed by the government on education as no Philippine learning institution made it to the list of the top 400 schools in the world. 

In the World University Rankings for 2011-2012 by the Times Higher Education (THE), not a single Philippine school made it to the top 400 list and the top 100 reputable schools in the world.

The report came as another major setback to the country’s higher education system, which is already marred by reports of violence, corruption and huge budget cuts imposed on government-run educational institutions. 

THE characterized its rankings as the “world’s largest survey of academic opinion ever undertaken.” It took into account 13 separate performance indicators designed to capture the full range of university activities, from teaching to research and knowledge transfer.

(Source: theurbanhistorian)

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by bluejackal March 18, 2012
Travel and Leisure’s Best Secret Beaches on Earth: Panglao Island, Philippines

Travel and Leisure’s Best Secret Beaches on Earth: Panglao Island, Philippines

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by bubblygum March 17, 2012
misteravid: The Schizo Filipino : )Word Of The Lourd articulates:

misteravid:

The Schizo Filipino : )

Word Of The Lourd articulates:

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