MANILA, Philippines -- Pinoy is what Filipinos call
> each other, a term of endearment. You're Pinoy from
> Pilipino just like you're tisoy from mestizo or chinoy
> from chino.
>
> It's a nickname just as Minoy is from Maximo, Ninoy
> from Benigno, Tinay from Florentina and Kikay from
> Francisca. (But now they're Maxi and Ben and Tintin
and Cheska.)
>
> You've been called indio , goo-goo, Negro, flip,
> noypits. Or Filipino, a biscuit that is brown outside
> and white inside, or a word stricken from the
> dictionary which means "domestic". Ay,lintik!
>
> You're Juan de la Cruz or Mang Pandoy.
You're common tao, masa, urban poor
but also Cecile Licad and Don Jaime, Jose Rizal and Tony Meloto, Shawie and Pacquiao
> and Nick Joaquin -- galing-galing!
>
> Born June 12, 1896, the Republic of the RP is a Gemini, good at connecting, good at loving-loving,
> good at texting and interpersonal skills.
Filipinos like to yakap, akbay, hawak, kalong,
> kalabit. We sleep side-by-side, siping-siping, we go
> out kabit-kabit.
>
> There's lots of us to go around. Someone always to
> listen to a sob story, even in a jeepney, to share-a
> load or to share a TV.
>
> Everyone's tito, tita
>
> Who has a hipag, a bayaw, a bilas, a balae, a
> kinakapatid? Who has an ate, dete, diche, kuya, diko?
> The maids call her ate, the driver calls him kuya and
> everybody is tito or tita.
>
> Who has a Lola Baby, a Tito Totoy, a bosing called Sir
> Peewee, his wife Ma'am Lovely and their kids Cla Cla
> and Cring Cring?
>
> The Pinoy lives in a "condo", a mansion, an apartment, a
> bahay na bato, ilalim ng tulay, Luneta, Forbes Park ,
> --and Paris , too!
>
> He's a citizen of the world, he's in all the villages
> and capitals, colonizing the West, bringing his guitar
> and his bagoong, his walis na tingting, his tabo, his
> lolo and lola.
>
> Where there's a beat, there's a Pinoy. You'll find her
> singing in a nightclub in any Asian city, a musical in London ,
> the Opera House in Sydney . Sure, they've got the
> infrastructure, the theaters and architecture. Who but
> Pinoys direct their plays, or trains their company
> managers, and imports our teachers, by the way?
>
> Viagra to Victoria 's Secret
>
> Look at that baggage-all pasalubong, none for herself.
> From bedsheet to hair color, Toblerone to carpet,
> Viagra to paella pan, Victoria 's Secret to microwave.
>
> Hey, Joe, don't envy me 'cause I'm brown, you'll get ultra violet from that sun and turn red not brown.
>
> Just lucky, I guess. GOD put us all in the oven, but
> some were uncooked and some were burned, but me, I
> came out golden brown!
>
> Hey, Kristoff! Hoy David and Ann! Your Pinoy yaya
> makes your kids gentler, more obedient, she teaches
> them how to pray. Hey Big Brother! Hey Grandma Moses!
> Who but Pinoy nurses make your sick days easier all
> the way?
>
> We made the jeepney, the karaoke, the fluorescent
> bulb, the moon buggy. We invented People Power and
> crispy pata; popularized virgin coconut oil, scaled
> the Everest and made it with Cebu furniture abroad
> among the best. Ever trying for the Guinness World
> Record-with the longest swim of a child, the longest
> kiss, the longest longanisa.
>
> Linguist
>
> The Pinoy is a linguist. "As in". "As if". "For a while". "Open the light". "Close the light". "Paki ganyan naman ang kuwan sa ano?"
"Tuck in". "Tuck out". "Don't be high blood".
> "If you're ready na, I'll pass for you".
>
> Hayop; Hanep! Bongga ka 'day, feel na feel kita, kilig to the bones ako. Don't make wala, don't make tampo.
> Taralets na, babes, let's go, nababato na ang syota mo.
>
> I'm inviting you to my party, please RSVP. Oo means 'yes' or 'maybe,' or 'yes if you insist,' or 'maybe if it doesn't rain.'
>
> 'Yes' is also a nice way of saying 'no.' Yes, hindi
> kita sisiputin. 'No,' eto na ako at ang barkada ko.
> Please don't ask a Pinoy a question like that!
>
> Just flows
>
> She's not so exact, not so chop-chop, she just flows
> and flows.
> Filipino time? Naku, huli din naman ang Kano !
>
> The Pinoy finds time to be nice, to be kind, to
> apologize, to be there when you're depressed, to help
> you with your utang and your wedding dress.
>
> The Filipino is a giver, never mind what it does to
> his liver, never mind what it takes. Hardships of the
> Third World don't dry up his blood, they just make him more compassionate, more feeling, of the other guy's lot.
>
> Note that the maid sends all her wages home to ailing
> daddy. She is the OCW whose labor of loneliness
> created the original katas ng Saudi.
>
>'Bahala na'
>
> The Filipino is fearless, bahala na si Batman, which
> actually means Bathala na or 'leave all to God.' Okay
> lang if I die by bitay, okay lang if I live, okay lang
> if I survive by the skin of my teeth.
>
> Saway ni Inay: Di ka naman Bill Gates, di ka naman
> French, mahirap nang magbuhat ng sarili mong bench.
>
> Be Pinoy! Enjoy!
>
> --
> Life should NOT be a journey to the grave with the intention of
> arriving safely in an attractive and well preserved body, but rather
> to skid in sideways, chocolate in one hand, Diet Coke in the other,
> body thoroughly used up, totally worn out and screaming: 'WOO HOO what
> a ride!'
nice ;)
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