Mabuhay
kabayan!! -
to all the chatters of RP
living from different side of the world, for all pinoy/pinay who never
forget to log in, to all the people who never fail us to be there in times
of trouble, to all faceless friends, to all chatmates who make us laugh, for
kengkoy and kikay that sometimes causes our headaches, for you yup you!! the
one reading this hehe and to all flip who make us sad whenever they quit
(with message : see you later or balik ako maya!) this site is for you. On
this site you can read about some of Filipino Culture and about us.
Philippine is very rich in culture - dialects, arts, foods, native songs,
poems and breathtaking places.
"Knowing
our own culture is indeed rewarding. It provides a better understanding of
ourselves as unique in a diversity of equally unique others who are
influencing and being influenced, needing and being needed, depending and
being depended on, living and letting live, loving and being loved"
We are group of people who
known each other thru one of the greatest human invention hehehe the
'internet' .We're together for one year now and we are glad that
we are still here, though some of us left (permanently or temporarily).
You might as well
join us, just download MIRC at
www.mirc.com then
choose dalnet as your server then type /j #rp.
The
Philippines was named after the Crown Prince Philip II of
Spain. He was reputed to be an extreme introvert, austere, humorless,
and unpopular. Dubbed the "Spider of the Escorial" because he seldom
left his palace, Philip II reigned over the vast Spanish empire handed
down by his father, Charles V, and was a leading patron of Catholicism.
He was elegant and slender and, in his youth, good-looking. Philip's
reign, however, marked the decline of Spanish power, leading one
historian to describe him as essentially mediocre and paralyzed by
indecision. (From Bong Barrameda's Pinoy Trivia Vol. 2,
Anvil Publishing, 1993).
The term
Filipino originally referred to Spaniards and Spanish mestizos
born in the Philippines. Espanoles-Filipinos was the term that
these people called themselves. Later, the native indios and
Chinese mestizos also called themselves Filipinos in the belief that
education and wealth gave them the cloak of Spanish culture. (From Bong
Barrameda's Pinoy Trivia Vol. 1, Anvil Publishing, 1993).
It is
believed that the term Pinoy to mean Filipino originated from the
early Filipinos who came to the United States. The Manongs
(uncles) as the "oldtimers" were also known called themselves Pinoys
to distinguish themselves from Filipinos living in the Philippines.
_______________________________________________________________
Paboritong Puntahan -Mga sites na lagi naming binibisita. Ilan
dito ay mga sites din namin, clik mo lang.
Leron
leron sinta buko ng papaya dala dala'y buslo sisidlan ng sinta ..pagdating
sa dulo nabali ang sanga kapos kapalaran humanap ng iba."
"Leron, Leron, my love Up a
Papaya tree with him a basket new to hold the fruit for me but when he
reached the top the branch broke off Oh what bad luck He has to get
another one."
Inaanyayahan
namin ang lahat na maging bahagi ng site na ito padala lang po kayo ng
pictures/articles/opinion sa
rpmirc@yahoo.com
at malugod po naming ilalathala ito dito.
Filipino
Brain Weight!
The
weight of each of the brains of 113 full blooded Filipino natives
who had died was taken to the Michael Reese Hospital in Chicago.
Total weight: 150,690 grams. Average weight per brain: 1,333 grams.
by cly