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Knowing the Filipino People

Filipinos - A Simple And Happy People

The Filipinos are considered a simple and happy people. This is evidenced by the fact that many Filipinos love to celebrate for any reason even with meager resources. The cheerful disposition of Filipinos may sometimes surprise and strike the foreigner as a lack of seriousness but upon knowing more about the customs in the Philippines, one would understand that cheerfulness is a part the country's culture.

Filipino Blonde and Blue Eyes

Patricia Evangelista, a 19-year- old, Mass Communications sophomore of University of the Philippines (UP)-Diliman, did the country proud Friday night by besting 59 other student contestants from 37 countries in the 2004 International Public Speaking competition conducted by the English Speaking Union (ESU) in London.

The Filipino Scientist: Blazing a Trail in World Technology

Perhaps the most popular urban legend ever spread about a Filipino scientist is the one regarding Agapito Flores, an electrician in Tondo, Manila, who reportedly invented the fluorescent light. He allegedly received a patent for a bulb which he made, sold it to General Electric, and generated millions from the sale. To make the story more colorful, someone added the "factoid" that the discovery was named after him.

FHM Philippines - Just What the Country Needs

For all the crises the country goes through, it's hard to believe we'd even find FHM Philippines - that's right - FHM, or Friendly Honest Men in the Philippines. Reports about FHM in the Philippines are few and far between, but many wonderful, inspiring incidents are merely undocumented.

What Is a Young Filipina Made Of?

The colonization of the Philippines throughout history has given rise to an interesting mix of cultures derived from Spanish, Chinese, Malay, American, and other influences evident in today's young Filipina.

Filipino nurses and the Philippine Nursing Board

Filipino nurses - In this day and time however, there is such a strong demand for Filipino nurses worldwide that there have been more young people taking the nursing courses, from two-year crash courses to four-year university level nursing.

About Friendster Philippines and Pusit Classifieds

Friendster Philippines is the most popular online Social Networking in the Philippines. Friendster Philippines is a veteran in the social-networking field and today has millions of Filipino members.

The way of the Filipina Heart

The Filipina Heart is one that is caring, that has compassion for the needy and the sick. It is a heart that is not just loving, but generous as well. Although there are a lot of poor people in the Philippine, there are many people who have the natural capacity to care for the others even at the expense of their own time.

Maxim Philippine Woman

The Maxim Philippine woman of the 21st century is hands-down the Working Filipina. Caught in a realm of emerging career consciousness, family traditions, and societal challenges, the Working Filipina is undoubtedly a paradigm of strength and resilience.

Miss Philippines or the Binibining Pilipinas

The Miss Philippines or the Binibining Pilipinas is the most prestigious beauty pageant in the Philippines and is a prominent fund-raising activity aimed to make the lives of orphans, indigent families and other less fortunate members of the society easier and happier. Winners will be represent their country in international beauty pageants, namely Miss Universe, Miss International, and Miss World.

The TRUE Filipina

What IS a Filipina? Some would give a textbook definition like the one above, something so common, so obvious, so limited. To fully describe a Filipina, one would need a thorough knowledge and a full experience of the Philippine culture. Of course, describing a Filipina would lead to describing the tropical Philippines - A1 Eyewitness Travel Guide

The myth about the Philippine Mail Order Bride

If you think that you will find the right wife when you look for a Philippine mail order bride, you better stop searching since real brides are not searched via the Internet and definitely not mailed to order.

Typical Filipino Entertainment - living in the Philippines

Watching a Philippine Movie

There's nothing better to do in the weekend or after a long day of work than to chill out, relax and watch a good Philippine movie. The country's cinema scene has evolved considerably over the long decades, and is now one of the most developed in the world. Philippine movies are known all over for their striking originality, humor and human connection. Philippine movies may be considered as a gateway to Philippine culture, with the movie portraying slice-of-life accounts on how life goes on in the Philippine.

Manila Sound and its place in Philippine music

The Philippine music scene, at par with any other flourishing music industry in the world, has for its repertoire a diverse array of genres. Homegrown or borrowed, these genres have themselves spawned a number of sub-varieties, and not surprisingly, considering the sheer number of competent musicians in the country and the huge following they enjoy.

Philippine Basketball Association "A League of Their Own"

“Pare, tara, basket tayo!” (C’mon man, let’s play ball!) typical filipino dreaming to join the Philippine Basketball Association. Basketball is like air for most Filipinos. They can’t live without it, or they can but there would always be something missing. In every province, in any city, there’s always some league or group of people where able Filipinos play basketball either for leisure or for competition.

Filipino Joke Culture

The last time you probably heard a good Filipino joke or a funny story was when you were trying to be serious with someone in the Philippine. Filipinos have an uncanny ability to joke about the most serious matters. I'm talking about the sort of joke that leaves your sides in stitches, your belly aching and your lungs out of breath from laughing.

The Philippine Jeepney: Stalwart of Filipino Travel

The Philippine jeepney is the undisputed king of modern Manila travel. Despite the volume of public utility buses, taxicabs and privately owned cars plying the nation's thoroughfares, the jeepney still provides the best balance between reliability and affordability for the urban populace. Trains facilitate Manila travel. There are 3 railway systems in Manila but the jeepney's niche in the Metropolis is still the real backbone of Manila travel.

Philippine Ragnarok Online: Taking Over the World!

You've probably heard of the latest online gaming craze that's sweeping all over the Philippine, rendering adolescents and grown men and women alike unable to get up off their butts from the computer, spending the rest of the day staring at multi-pixel mini-versions of themselves, traversing through colorful maps and battling monster after monster in a harried, virtual quest for dominion, prestige and power.

Band Hale Philippines and the local Rock Music Industry

At the turn of the millennium, the Philippine music scene was taking a nosedive, with the airwaves chock full of copycats and wannabes. There were desperate artists who wanted to make a quick buck, but the advent of quasi-rock bands such as Hale, Cueshe and Mayonnaise drastically changed all that.

Artistry in the Filipino Tattoo

Tattooing is oftentimes viewed as some sort of taboo but for many Filipino Tattoo artists, this is a form of craft or skill where one can demonstrate the beauty or voodoo that results in a tattoo artist's piercing prowess.

The Filipino Chat Subculture

The Filipino chat subculture is a product of today's technology. Anyone who has spent hours talking to total strangers over the Internet knows the unique thrill and joy that comes with the new Filipino pastime: the chat room! The advent of the computer era, along with the Internet, has brought with it profound changes in the way people communicate.

Living in the Philippines - the Filipino Language

English-Tagalog Dictionary

English-Tagalog Dictionary - One of the problems a person wanting to learn the Filipino language would encounter is finding a dependable English-Tagalog dictionary. You will definitely come across several in major bookstores, but the search can be very frustrating, as any local would admit.

Filipino Dictionary Primer: Tagalog Idioms as Snapshots of Filipino Culture

The words and phrases you will find here are rare expressions you would encounter on a Filipino dictionary. Contrary to the belief that your own language has more expressions than anyone's language, we would say that each language is unique.

Tagalog Language and the Tagalog Dictionary

Much has been said regarding the evolution of the Tagalog language, including the revision and modification of the contemporary Tagalog dictionary. Scholars and linguists alike launch into discussions regarding the proper usage of the Filipino language, as well as its many implications on national identity, culture and character.

Tagalog slang: phrases you never knew you wanted to know

It's a well-known fact that almost all Filipinos, even with Tagalog as their predominant mother tongue, have a good grip of at least the rudiments of English. This perhaps is the greatest convenience of visiting these islands.

No need to buy an English-Tagalog dictionary to get acquainted with the locals, just pack your bag and go.

University Culture

University of the Philippines

When entering the University of the Philippines in Diliman via the 800-meter, flora-lined University Avenue, one is welcomed by the iconic Oblation statue, a sculpture of a young man in a gesture of self-offering, looming over the Oblation Plaza.

Ateneo de Manila: Nest of the Blue Bloods

The Ateneo de Manila University is an institution which takes pride in itself. It takes pride in its faculty, in its students, in its facilities, in its trees, in its grass, in its doors, in its doorknobs and in the screws which attach its doorknobs to its doors.

Philippine Military Academy Courage Integrity and Loyalty

"Courage, Integrity and Loyalty", this is he the motto of the Philippine Military Academy. The institution has been undoubtedly and proven by the years of forming great leaders with idealism working for the good of the country.

The Philippine Military Academy is the school of a number of courageous men and women of the Armed Forces of the Philippines, respected high ranking political leaders and heads of various sectors of the government. Most of the officers of the military come from the Philippine Military Academy.

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