Yes, it is really more fun in the Philippines. I just wish the infrastructure leading to these places will be fixed. Travelling around luzon area is really most of the time on the road because of the traffic and people every where. The sceneries for land travel in the Luzon area are beautiful but it is blocked by heads of people or shanties along the roads, so travelling on land is really just a waste of time.
Art Montesasays
Thank you, Raissa. I have forwarded this to everybody on my mailing list. And thank you, Secretary Jimenez. It’s more fun with you as Secretary of Tourism.
Mariano Renato Pacificosays
Thank you for forwarding this video … LET US PROMOTE THAT traditional looking Filipinos are cave dwellers and REAL FILIPINOS are tisoys and tisays that are not representative of traditional Filipino looks.
LET US PROMOTE DISCRIMINATION OF THE FILIPINOS !!!!!!
I SOOOO LOVE FILIPINOS …. THEY DISCRIMINATE THEIR OWN BECAUSE OF THEIR LOOKS …..
Love Filipinos looks. It is the only looks you got. Vicky Belo is sooo expensive to do plastic surgery to make Filipino look NOT FILIPINO LOOKING.
Alansays
“Let us?” After you, Mister Personality
duquemarinosays
Island hopping, more fun!!!
Victin Luzsays
Try Port Barton @duquemarino for an island hopping. But if you want nature, trekking and the likes ,Mayaoyao of Mt. province is one of the best, better than Banaue rice terraces. “Basal pa ” to tourist but offers good and cheap accommodation.
duquemarinosays
Thanks @Victin Luz, I wish I have all the luxuries. Being an island-born I always wonder what goes beyond the horizon.
Yeah, I’ve gone to some inland tours too, and all of them are fun.
pelangsays
try also eastern samar. guiuan (southern part of samar has calicoan island but there are still virgin coasts. one of them is called Sulangan famous near an old airport built during the american occupation and which they used as landing field for their aircrafts during US-Japanese war. the homonhon island where magellan first landed is quite a distance but not very far. Farther north (also in Eastern Samar, lies many beaches along the side of the main road from Salcedo, Maydolong, Balangkayan and Borongan City. all of them are famous for their natural beaches. You get fresh caught fishes and other seafoods. Very cheap accomodations too. You can reach these places from Tacloban with Duptours. There are also car rentals in Tacloban.
baycassays
And AADCPFTPISATIOPTAFOP is the full acronym of the title of Republic Act 10175 also known as CCL or CCPA here.
—– CCL, Cybercrime Law
CCPA, Cybercrime Prevention Act
baycassays
Btw, isn’t it a novel idea to have “Sex Without Contact” precede [Marriage] “Proposals“?
Blogging. It’s more fun in the Philippines.
baycassays
As noted in the previous blog post, SWoC is…
Fun sans the bugs and excess baggage.
jeproks2002says
More fun indeed. I cant help but grin reading raissa’s comment (@20.1) “you have a link?” on “Sex Without Contact”. In cyberspace we just have to call it a “link” now.
What the link?!!
baycassays
Do you mean “Internet Cafes” will now be known “Linkin’ Parks”?
pinay710says
salamat kalihim Jimenez. binuhay mo sa puso namin ang labis na pangungulila at pagmamahal sa ating inang bayan. nasa Pilipinas ang lahat ng kagandahang kalikasan na syang inaasam ng mga dayuhan para angkinin. MAHALIN NATIN ANG ATING BANSA. at bigyan ng kaukulang pagpupuri ang nagpupunyagi ng kalihim ng turismo, si ginoong Jimenez. salamat po kalihim at salamat din raissa.
Mariano Renato Pacificosays
WHATCHATOLKIN’ ’bout girl !!! YOU DO NOT KNOW what you are tolkin’ ’bout.
SIT DOWN, LISTEN and LEARN. The Advertisement is a racist. PERIOD. NON-NEGOTIABLE.
This is a put-down of traditional Filipino looks.
Alansays
And you are a highly placed official from the Marian0 Bureau of I Know What Racism Is Demento Department, which is why we should listen to you ,right? Right
mooniesays
I think, mrp is projecting again. he’s been burned and deflects by projecting on others. he’s the racist one, and yet, accused others of being racist and so projects what he hates on himsef. that way, he can live with himself. purged himself of sins. apportions his sins to others.
letletsays
What a wonderful news, at long last Philippines is becoming a tourist attraction, hoping in the same status as Thailand, where Europeans and Americans are flocking in droves to spend their holidays. Could Philippines be in the same mode of tourism like Thailand? Tourism industry can learn some lessons from Thailand how they do it. Believe me all the very rich in Europe are spending their holidays in Thailand. Can we unearthed it’s secret? If Thailand can do it, we can also do it.
curveballsays
Isa sa dahilan bakit mas gusto ng ibang turista sa Thailand ay walang holidap na taxi. Kasi meron sila taxi booth na puro taxi meter dagdag ka lang ng 50Baht.
Ang airport ay maraming toilet at marami din cubicle sa loob na di mo na kailangan pa pumila, at surprise… may tissue sa bawat isa.
Marami din water fountain sa palibot kaya di mo na kailangan bumili ng bottled water na 50Pesos (kung nasa NAIA).
Meron din sila convinient store (same as 7-11) kaya makakabili ka ng food at drinks na regular price lang.
Marami din trolley na di mo na kailangan pa magantay ng mabakante ng iba pasahero lalo na kung peak season.
Malinis at pwede ka ihatid ng well wishers mula sa checkin counter hanggang sa immigration area. Walang magtataboy na guard.
Masakit man ipagkumpara pero ito ang totoo.
Sigurado ako may mas maganda pa sa ibang airport tulad sa japan, singapore, etc.
Mariano Renato Pacificosays
HA! HA! HA! Thailand has more tourist that Philippines would droll over ……
When Hollywood produces movie of Asia, they prefer Vietnam and Thailand over Philippines. Because in the PHilippines what they signed in contract is really signing off their contract…. got my drift ?
Meaning, Filipinos reliably corrupt and the place reeks with piss and feces.
raissasays
You ARE RACIST.
Alansays
Anytime Don Marian0 talks about “piss and feces” it’s probably because it’s time to change his diaper
mooniesays
and he likes eating them feces. soooo tasty. delish.
leonasays
gO to Biliran Island ‘n LeYte…white sand-beaches – scuba diving, delicacies: ‘Binagol,’ delicious ‘Torta,’ malinamnam ang LECHON (roast pig) doon, Pastillas! ATBPA.
the link a short slide of the Hot Springs in the Municipality of Caibiran. The Province is 90 kms full round travel around coasts line plus internal cross-roads.
@leona….years ago, I drove from to Naval to Caibiran……the mountain top area has a climate that approximates that of Baguio. Fun in the Philippines is in one compact little island. Biliran is truly one of God’s gifts to the world…….and a great history, too.
I would like to visit Marapipi, though, (about sligthly northeast) on my next visit.
The road “over the top” is now cemented, and the highway around the island is about 90% done. You are right. Biliran is the best kept secret in the Philippines. No stinkin’ rebels or malcontents. Right fine little port town of Naval. Lots of rice fields for local consumption. Self-sustaining, I bet. The south coast is going to become retirement row, I think. Gorgeous island and sea views. Please stop advertising us.
leonasays
@Joe Am…right! keeping it a secret for the very few of us only! When I first saw the movie South Pacific, Bali Hai Island, Biliran Island! O.k. keep it a secret then…
Tomas Gomez IIIsays
@JoeAm, Thanks for the update. Wasn’t there an attempt to grow citronella commercially as you ascend the heights?…… it is a type of grass (?) that produces oil which is good for candle scent as well as a mosquito repellent.
Tomas, I don’t know. I’ll have to explore that. Sounds like a great idea to me. That or coffee. My altitude is a whopping 408 feet according to Google earth, but it was cold enough yesterday I thought it was going to snow. The river near here is roaring. The mountains of course are higher and even colder.
Tomas Gomez IIIsays
Goodness Gracious!!! JoeAm, you are in Biliran! How nice! I feel very good about that.
Thanks. Yes, the wife’s family has connections here and I fell in love with the place. Americans pay out the nose to go to Hawaii for what I have as daily life. The views are spectacular, the air is clean, the people are generally well behaved (ahahaha; certain asterisks to that, but it is not material), beaches and mountains to explore, and the school for Junior is good (private). We schlep once a month to the big city of Tacloban, Leyte to satisfy my wife’s innate ability to shop.
Mariano Renato Pacificosays
I have a secret Island, too!!!! But I am not telling before it gets inundated by Jimenez’s non-traditional-Filipino-looking FILIPINOS when we are already Tisoys and Tisays here.
This island used to be the playing ground of spanish conquistadores and Spanish Friars. They had cyber-adultery and cybermarried with the locals. THAT IS WHERE I GOT MY TISOY LOOK. :)
Alansays
Let me guess – it’s called Mental Island
mooniesays
must be the island of dr moreau. there’s a movie about that.
leonasays
Kaka ingit ka! ‘Tis some many years I’ve not gone there…hope this year I will. HaVe fUn Tomas!
raissasays
And there’s INternet?!!!
leonasays
yES, kaYa Lang Ibang yun natuRalLy real!
Mariano Renato Pacificosays
Wait a minute. Just W-A-I-T A M-I-N-U-T-E !!!!!
Are these folks foreigners? Or, are they locals? The woman acts like a Filipino. The man play acts like a sour unripened actor. Who are they? Why are they tisoys and tisays? Do they represent the face of Raissa and Alan ?
Filipinos are again marginalized and thank you to all brilliant Ateneo, la Salle and Dili Man advertising and journalism graduates !!!!
FILIPINOS ARE 2ND CLASS CITIZEN AGAIN !!!! Let us promote it !!!! HAWR! HAWR! HAWR! HAWR!
Anyone who doesn’t agree with me on this one should not blame me for discriminating your looks. Do not mind me, I AM ALREADY A TISOY !!!! For you people, you need to marry off your children to a foreigner so they will look tisoy and tisay and parade them in WoWoWieee, Game ka na ba.
NO WONDER FILIPINOS DO NOT HAVE PRIDE IN THEMSELVES BECAUSE THE BRILLIANT PHILIPPINE MEDIA SOOOO LOVE THE TISOYS AND TISAYS …..
And you people attack me for hating FILIPINOS !!!!
Who really hates the Filipinos? Of co urse this advertisements shows that they hate the traditional Filipino looks.
And the traditional Filipino looks are row-row-my-boat into the down street of doom.
JESUS MARY MADRE DIOS POR PABOR FILIPINOS GROW UP !!!!! PLEEEEZ !!!!!
Alansays
Hark! Do i hear faint and shrill shrieking and screaming of the GaRaPals type?
Mariano Renato Pacificosays
OK. OK. Guys, guys, listen. When it comes to skin colors I really get riled up. When it comes to looks, I go nuclear. When it comes to englischtzes, I go insanely crazy.
S-T-O-P !!!! Alan, please, STOP. Raissa, please, bear with me. And all my fans out there if there is any left …..
I would rather have in this ad starring Willie Revillame and Tito Sotto and his cybercrime gangs star in this advertisement. Hong-Kong and China present their chinky brothers and sisters in their ads. I can know right away it is made in Tsina.
But watching Philippines tourism advertisement I question: Who are these advertisement for? Who are the inhbaitants of PHilippines? Whites? And the aborigines are those in the pumpboats?
Now, imagine those same watchers of this advertisement reading news about Philippines protecting Spratleys from China …. I JUST WONDER WHAT THEY WOULD THINK?
This is what I would think! TARSIERS AGAINST THE DRAGON ?
Aw, c’mon, Raissa. Let me be proud of being a Filipino. JIMENEZ SHOULD BE DRAGGED TO THE COLISEUM AND CHOP-CHOP HIS HEAD OFF.
This advertismeent is making my brothers and sisters in the PHilippines 5th class citizens.
SEE, FOLKS? I do love the Philippines and the Filipnos. And those Filipinos that debate Factutom Pablum Probandum ad Infinitum are agog over Jimenez advertisement …
DISCLAIMER: I am drunk. So excuse my disjointed statement. Other than that, I LOVE THE BROWN-SKIN-PUNK’D NOSE NON-ENGLISCHTZES-SPEAKING FILIPINOS.
I never let a little professional disagreement stand in the way of umitigated artistic idolatory, no matter the derangement that sparks that creativity. Van Gogh was cool and I’m sure Dali puffed some kind of elelgant weed-based cocktail. Picasso must have had a thing about women to draw them all so bizarrely squared up, and to have a girlfriend in every art museum. You walk your shoes, let me walk mine, and let the factutom probandums fall where they may.
Alansays
I didn’t catch the part where Don Marian0 explains why we should listen to him. Is it because he is L0rd of the Universe, or that he’s the guardian of Gl0ria’s dollar accounts?
mooniesays
shrieking again, MRP? you lost your pacifier?
Mariano Renato Pacificosays
Does that answer my tantrum? Pacifier? Or, you cannot carry on with nationalistic patriotic conversation in englischtzes?
If you cannot put your mind into englischtzes, tangalog is acceptable. I am englischtzes-tolerant ….. UNLIKE FILIPINOS …..
Alansays
I’d ask you if your parents bought you your high school diploma, but I guess the better question would be – do you HAVE parents?
mooniesays
he was grown from a petrie dish.
duquemarinosays
@Mariano Renato Pacifico
Wow, tisoy ka pala. Anong klaseng pagkatisoy? He he he
Panay ang litanya mo ng Jesus and Mary, bakit hindi mo isama si Joseph so it would go Jesus, Joseph and Mary. Kung nahihirapan ka dahil mahaba, Jejomar na lang. Tisoy din naman he he he.
And it’s really more fun, ask Korina!!!!!!!! Cheers!!!!!!
Mariano Renato Pacificosays
HAWR! HAWR! HAWR! Philippine Brilliant Ateneo and la Salle and dILI Man loves tisoys and tisays … lookit Korina …. DOES SHE LOOK LIKE FILIPINA ??????
Alan and Raissa and promoting the 2nd classness of the Filipinos by liking Jimenez tourism advertisement !!!!!!
THE FILIPINOS SHOULD OUTSOURCE NOT ONLY THE GOERNMETN ALSO the PHILIPPINE MEDIA ….. They are only goot in englsichtzes and the rest nothing.
Alansays
Well we successfully outsourced our Marian0 Idiot Sector. The poor foreigners don’t know what they got
I like the movies where John Wayne and Marlon Brando play Chinese guys. Charles Bronson, too, I think.
Alansays
In the world war II movie Back to Bataan, a “Filipino” officer (played by Anthony Quinn), tells a US military adviser (played by John Wayne): “You’re a better Filipino than I am.”
LOL. That’ s real Pinoy alright. About as genyoowine as Don Marian0
Mariano Renato Pacificosays
So, THE JURY HAS REACHED A VERDICT. Why not have Linday Lohan and Katy Perry do advertisement for Philippines instead ? And have them claim they are Filipinos ? …. AND ALAN AND RAISSA AS TOURISTS ?
Naaaaah , Alan and Raissa are Rowing the Vote with a sign …. HUMOR ME !!! Merry Me !!!!
That would be MyTube sensation. with million hits.
I just wonder why they did not use Pacquiao? According to Filipnos in America, Pacquiao is known GLOBALLY? Pacquiao too ugly to represent Filipinos?
Alansays
Or they could have shown Gloria floating on sea in a life raft full of US dollars, being towed by Marian0
leonasays
..gReat STARS! QuInn when he ‘laUghs’ …U gO nuTs! WayNe was morE coNtaiNed. I hope to see the movie on this at youtube…what’s the title again?…”Bataan”?
Nice! The machine-gun talking Commander Wade looks like Charlie Sheen :-) at the beginning of the clip. Thanks @baycas
baycassays
Nice to bring back the old days…
Me watching the B&W flicks.
TCM in cable TV is great!
leonasays
yes, their ‘smoking contest’ was apparent, who’s goona finish his smoke first, the Pinoys, Wayne, Quinn or this commander? No sin tax yet!
tristanismsays
Putik. Ang hirap huminga habang pinapanuod ko tong movie clip na to.
curveballsays
siguro pag tumagal pa ang eksena na ito wala na ako makita isa man sa kanila dahil napuno na ng usok ang paligid.
Parekoysays
@Pacifico
Let me be partially in your corner when it comes to how Filipinos view what is considered beautiful: Tisay na ala kastila, tangos ilong, at deep set eyes. Chinita type at maputi. Balbon at may balahibong pusa. Those are usually projected by the media executives, because according to marketability and research for the target market, those feaures really sell products.
We can say that Filipino as a culture is conflicted. We can trace this by hundred’s of years having masters of different colonial masters. Those years mold the Filipino preconceptions of beauty and place in a society. Those generations of bondage and subjugation affected our psyche. When the colonizers were ousted, the Political and Economic powers werethen transfered to the established mestizos and preserved and even further entrenched that these Mestizos and Whites are the symbols of power, wealth and beauty. Later only came the Chinese Taipans and they also shared in the pool with the previous ones. Hollywood even had the power to influence and our movie industry tried to follow suit, thus even reinforced the superiority of the Caucasian and some of the Chinese. Then the cycle goes on in the entertainment industry. also note that we are not contiguous with other countries, thereby for the past four hundred years we(the majority who did not have the means to travel)were not exposed to different cultures and how they govern or see how proud they are of their culture.
But a Filipino is not a race but a nationality. Genome wise we are a mixture of different races. Majority is brown skin and pug nose, and the rest is has shades of fair to fairest.
I believed that most of us here knows our history and our flawed culture. I also believed that the filipino mindset is slowly shifting for the better and gaining self-confidence and throwing away their insecurities. Why? Because for the past forty years our millions of Filipinos are working abroad and many are migrating as I type this sentence. The internet also offers plenty of opportunities for ordinary citizens to be educated and augment the shortcomings of the mainstream media’s trash offerings.
The impact of being exposed to other cultures is great in reflecting how we value ourselves, how we see ourselves not by the color of our skin but as a person that we are.
It is a slow process, but I believe we will get there.
Now to clarify why I only partially agree with you in the stereotyping and still prevalent colonial mentality, it is because of your presumption that the ad was not suited to the target audience. This is where we differ, the ad will appeal to many, from the foreigners to locals. I like those good looking couple, they can be Filipinos (Although the man looks more likely to be a foreigner but we never know) and they can be foreigners. The boatmen are authentic, they have burnt skin, because it goes with their job to be exposed to the elements while performing their jobs.
You saw an opening to criticize but it was actually to ridicule, but it can go bothways.
One thing for sure, your kind will not be in that ad, no matter what the color of your skin, whether it is the fairest, the most Tisoy, or even as dark as Binay’s crotch, because your ideas and rants don’t represent the idea of a decent human being!
FTW!
Parekoysays
Another thing…
Hate is too strong a word, it is a matter of taste. Your rants betrayed your state of mind, in the vulgar form , you are a certified wacko!
Filipinos mostly are not haters, there are few and I think you are one of the loudest. If the Americans have the Tea Party, where wackos are flocking, then don’t mistake this site being similar to that.
I noticed that you frequented some hard hitting sites like Anti-Pinoy and Get Real as your tour de enlightenment. Your ideas are similar to theirs yet even those sites rejected your rants. You are trying to be a blogsite anarchist, the problem is that you don’t have enough molotovs to make a dent.
I like you to be visting this site, you give us the reason to bash you. It appears that you are a willing masochist and most of us here are obligated to inflict you with some pain. Your presence even inspired some of us to be witty. Why? You are our best punchline!
That is the least of the civilized punishments, the worst is that when everybody on this site ignores you. When that happens, use your other handles to appear that someone is responding to you.
Sa ating wika-tol, kakainin ka rito.
Syet! I feel good!
pelangsays
wow parekoy! lahat nang inisip ko about him, sinabi mo na. wala na akong masasabi pa. ha-ha-ha!
Baltazarsays
Syet @parekoy, that’s a f#c%ing beautiful essay ..you just gave this green-blood ass#0le a real treat ;-) .
raissasays
I second the motion.
davidesays
way to go Parekoy, that should give him time to think of what to rant again.
pinay710says
@parekoy, kung itong mrp na ito ay nasa kapanahunan ko at kasama sa barkada or nadaan lang sa lugar namin at ganito ang ugali matagal na itong natabunan ng basura at lumang dyaryo. or may tatak na sa likod.
Mariano Renato Pacificosays
@Parekoy, I so love Filipino looks …
Did you see me protesting at Vicky Belo’s clinic carrying a placard that says,
“I LOVE THE FILIPINO LOOKS!!! STOP PLASTIC SURGERY!!!!”
Alansays
I guess you no like what Parekoy said about you, eh?
Mariano Renato Pacificosays
@Parekoy, THIS IS HOW THE WORLD PERCEIVE FILIPINOS and the PHilippines.
Filipinos are white.
Filipnos speak English.
When Filipino speaks english they speak in Latin, Factutom Probandum ad Infinitum Prison Correctional
Tell you what, Parekoy, when Supsup nearly grabbed the Crown, my white officemate askedk me if that is how the Filipino looks like. That question made me TnT. I went absolutely nuclear. If my white officemate ask me that question THEREFORE THERE IS TOTALLY WRONG WITH FILIPINOS REPRESENTATION TO THE MISSED UNIVERSE.
Then later on, another white in my Secret SErvice circle asked me, “MARIANO, YOU ARE A FILIPINO? ” “REally?”
When I was on my way to work as undercover operative in K Street I was pulled over by a D.C. cop. in her ticket she has to fill in “ETHNICITY” I told her “Filipino”. She asked what country is FILIPINO? I said Philippines. She asked again, WHERE IS PHILIPPINES !!!!!
WHAT? What a question !!!!!! She cannot know by my looks that I am a Filipno. She cannot know where PHilippines is. AND SHE WAS A BIT CONFUSED WHEN I TOLD HER I AM SECRET SERVICE. So she called Pentagon if I am an impersonator.
I cannot blame her. Because in Washington D.C. There is only one Filipno restaurant. Everytime I go there, Raissa-look-alikes eat there. Definitely not the Capitol-employee-looking people.
Do you know that the south side cafeteria in Pentagon is run by a FILIPINA from DAVAO CITY? and she’s often consulted about Muslim insurrection and Abu Sayaf by Pentagon Asian section analysts?
Alansays
This is how I perceive Marian0 — > Cretin
duquemarinosays
@Mariano Renato Pacifico
I love you, so intelligent, knows everything. You are like a fly on a carabao.
Watchout, there’s a lot of flyswatter around.
I love to swat flies too.
Parekoysays
@Pacifico
(mahinahon na boses ko rito kasi baka sabihin mo babanatan na naman kita)
‘tol pasensya ka kung minsan ay nalalatigo kita. Concerned lang din kasi ako sayo.
Hanga ako sa mga analysis mo, tulad na lang nung sinabi mo na World Perception. Naiintindihan kita tol, may saril kang mundo, at sa mundo mo yun ang nakikita mo.
Yung kay Supsup, mukhang may gusto ka atang iparating, di kita papatulan dyan at hindi ako magpapaSupsup sayo, hanap ka na lang ng iba.
Tol, undercover ka pala, meron ka rin palang wild imagination na maging agent. Naiintindihan kita tol, libre namang mangarap. Hwag kang maniwala sa mga detractors mo dito , inggit lang yan sa pagka genius mo.
Pagpaensyahan mo na rin ang yung nag flag sayong pulis kasi nalilito rin talaga yan kung ano ba talaga ang mukha ng Pilipino. Magsusuot ka kasi ng damit, kasi masyado kang Maputi, Malaki Mata, Mahaba ang Buhok, Maliit, ang puti pero matutulis na ngipin. Isa pa nalito lalo yun binigay mo sa kanya yung drivers License mo:
Kayatol, minsan-minsan magpa araw ka naman at masyado ka ng Tisoy.
PS
Syet talaga T(r)oll, mas guapo ka sa 3D!
Huwag kalimutan yung medication…
Baltazarsays
@MRP
Wait a minute. Just W-A-I-T A M-I-N-U-T-E !!!!!……
NO WONDER FILIPINOS DO NOT HAVE PRIDE IN THEMSELVES BECAUSE THE BRILLIANT PHILIPPINE MEDIA SOOOO LOVE THE TISOYS AND TISAYS ….
Lagi kasing salamin ang kaharap mo kaya masyado kang sanay sa askad mong pagmumukha. Nakakita ka lang ng magandang hitsura ng Pinoy at Pinay, tumili ka na.
Of course all Filipinos are tisoys and tisays except the unadulterated descendants of our early ancestors. I kept my peace for a long time about MRP. But now, even Parekoy and Baltazar appear concerned on insults hurled by MRP against Filipinos. At the same time MRP brags about his tisoy looks. I am posting the pictures of tisoy MRP. He stands about 5 feet 8 inches tall. And you be the judge. The link is in the next post below.
:-) so this is @mrp? Puede ba nating sukatin yung height ng nose bridge nya to certify him as tisay . It looks to me that he speaks another language…. same as that of Boy Abunda’s or Vice Ganda’s ;-)
Viborasays
he is a self confessed AThEist….
mahirap nga lang baka may ambisyon na mapunta sa senATE.
curveballsays
sya nga ba ito?
wala ako masabi…
duquemarinosays
@curveball
“A picture paints a thousand words”
Tease-sai na tease-sai nga, he he he!!!!!!!
curveballsays
@duguemarino
nag-emote pa ng husto ha.
feel nya talaga ang kulay nya.
Rene-Ipilsays
The link showing the pictures of MRP is awaiting moderation.
Baltazarsays
@Rene,
In the spirit of fairness and security, Raissa might not post the pic if its real and if its really him. We must understand that.
Rene-Ipilsays
@Baltazar
Correct. I always submit to the discretion of Raissa.
Mariano Renato Pacificosays
I am insulting FILIPINOS FOR LIKING THE TRADITIONAL FILIPINO LOOKS?
@Rene-Ipil is SAYING THAT LIKING THE TRADITIONAL FILIPINO LOOKS IS AN I-N-S-U-L-T !!!!!
What is going on Filipinos !!!!!! I AM JUST NOT GETTING YOU AT ALL …….
Well, I cannot blame @Rene-Ipil and @Baltazar because their main fare are PHILIPPINE MEDIA run by goofy, ecky yucky types that are in need of sensitivity training …..
DOES FILIPINOS HAVE SENSITIVITY TRAINING? ESPECIALLY THE MEDIA? I DO NOT THINK SO ….. Judging by the comments here they are RACIST!!!! They definitely not like the FILIPINO LOOKS !!!!!!!!!
Alansays
Noted
Baltazarsays
@Mariano Renato Pacifico [Falayfay]
DOES FILIPINOS HAVE SENSITIVITY TRAINING? ESPECIALLY THE MEDIA? I DO NOT THINK SO …..
Pow ka na naman..konti na lang pusoy ka na.. Eh sobra nga sa sensitivity training ang Pinoy…eh di ba balat-sibuyas nga.?..sensitivity training ka diyan!
Ako – RACIST by your own judgement? Eh ikaw kaya ano after hurling insults to Pinoys – by my own judgement ? Yung Raissa -look-alike terms mo, what is that? FANATICISM? Well I’m sorry that the D.C. cop failed to your standard .Didn’t you realize that even in your land of milk and honey America, some people – cops they are- are equally ignorant (and probably more stupid) as some Pinoys..
What? Shamcey is a misrepresentation of how a Filipino looks like? How about Margie Moran & GLoria Diaz? Do they look like a common Filipinos? So Philippines was wrongly represented in a pageant that has been there even when you were still a noot in your father’s balls ; wrongly represented from the very beginning? Well sorry to hear that your colleague was somehow disappointed in your face …that’s your problem . I don’t want to judge you based on that but some people would call it Illegal Possession of Ugly face tsk..tsk.. secret service member… kaya pala ang ingay mo.
Before I prove my case beyond reasonable doubt or maybe by preponderance of evidence, let us allow MRP/FBGY to plead first. Admit or deny? Silence would be an admission. We are in Cyber Plaza Miranda.
I have yet to post the pictures of MRP/TMDG of Manhattan, New York and MRP/MCBC of Roseville, California.
Alansays
Do you have baby pictures? I’ve always wanted to see infant trolls
baycassays
:lol:
raissasays
Pls repost again the pics on top as a single, separate comment.
So he can see it.
curveballsays
@rene-ipil
antayin ko ang mga lalabas pang larawan ng tisoy/tisay na ito.
1. Expatriot
2. Hates Filipinos
3. Hates the media
4. Loves Gloria
mooniesays
MRP has multiple personalities.
Rene-Ipilsays
@Monnie
Yes. I already said in earlier posts of Raissa that MRP is a partnership. Two of them are in New York. One is in California. And maybe another one is in Manila. The posting of MRP though is mostly done in CA per assessment of Johnny Lin. Maybe in the vicinity of Roseville.
Roseville is the Peoria of California, a residential community of upper middle income folks northeast of Sacramento, having no great distinction that I’m aware of. It’s a great Starbucks market.
Rene-Ipilsays
@Raissa
Of course. Ask Victin Luz. He wrote who MRP is since day one. Victin said “talo tatay mo, may kulong pa” or words to that effect.
Baltazarsays
I too immediately noticed his handle the first time I saw it but did not comment on it.. At maligaya siya sa kanyang pinaggagagawa at pinagsasasabi kahit siya’y tapakan..anyways ganun talaga ang mga tae pag pakalat kalat.
Mariano Renato Pacificosays
I LOVE FILIPINOS. I LOVE THEIR LOOKS.
It is THE FILIPINOS that HATE THEIR LOOKS.
FILIPINOS ADORE TISOYS AND TISAYS.
When they go to America and discriminated by their skin ….
THEY RUN TO Mama Blind Justice.
FILIPINOS ARE WACKO !!!! CERTIFIED WACKO !!!! BEYOND STUDY !!!!!
That is why when Darwin landed in the PHilippines to study Filipinos he said in his Factutom Probandum ad Infinitum FILIPINOS DO WHAT IS WRONG IN THE PHILIPPINES and WHEN THEY GO TO AMERICA THEY DO WHAT IS RIGHT.
Alansays
Do you sniff your armpits after you talk like that?
pinay710says
@sir alan, matagal ko na naisip yan kaya lang ayaw ko na sana isipin kung sino ang mrp na yan. ignore ko wala akkong natututuhan sa kanya. kundi galit lang!
letletsays
MRP has no self respect, as such, he doesn’t know how to respect people. He is a miserable git, as such, he wants Filipinos in pinas to be miserable like like him by trampling on their humanness and dignity. You poor soul, we don’t need you, BUT YOU NEED PINAS SOD OFF MY FROM MY BELOVED COUNTRY AND MY COUNTRYMEN.
curveballsays
Ang alam ko pwede pumuna ang kahit sino kung may makita ka mali o wala sa ayos lalo na tungkol sa mga taga gobyerno. Kaya nga andito tayo para pagusapan at gawin mas mabuti ang kinabukasan ng bansa.
At pag ginawa ito marapat lamang din na magbigay ng solution o tumulong sa paglutas o magsaayos ng iyung pinuna. Sa anumang paraan na makakaya.
Pero ang mang-alipusta, mang-lait at mang insulto ng kapwa ay hindi tama. Maliban lang sa kung itinuturing mo na mas magaling ka sa lahat.
Kung ito ka nga dapat ay may sarili ka mundo dahil wala hihigit syo duon. Ikaw lang ang magaling duon.
Bakit andito ka? At ipinipilit mo ang sarili mo kahit alam mo na ayaw syo?
Ibig sabihin kailangan mo ng pansin? Kailangan mo ng may pumupuna syo?
At bilang “bisita” sa mayari ng lugar na ito, respeto lang sa kanila at sa mga katulad mong mga bisita din.
Teka…. meron ka ba nito?
Mariano Renato Pacificosays
HAWR! HAWR! HAWR!
RESPECT BEGINS AT HOME !!!!
If you people do not respect your skin color and your language, YOU CANNOT BE RESPECTED most of all BY MOI !!!!!
Mwaaaah !!!!
Alansays
we are so crushed at the prospect
roberto villafloressays
Nice posting Alan, love it
Mariano Renato Pacificosays
@Baycas, you mean THAT liking tradiitional Filipino-looks must have their head checked? THAT IS TOTALLY Factutom Probandum ad infinitum preccion correccional !!!!!!
Wow ! Was that Latin ? Or what?
Why do Filipinos speak Latin when they speak in englsichtzes? They wanted to prove something? I have been reading American news website since I was in pampers …… AMERICAN MEDIA NEVER SPEAK LATIN …. only in the PHilipppines ….
it is called PA-BILIB !!!!!! PA-BILIB !!!! The pa-bilib is because of entrenched colonial trauma along with REligion.
Oh, poor, @Baycas !!!!!!!! IF YOU WERE WITH ME IN AMERICA AND we debate …. AMERICANS WILL BE LAUGHING AT YOU OF YOUR INSENSITIVENESS despite you being a pious person.
Alansays
If we were with you in America it would be called “visiting hours”. Court ordered
Mariano Renato Pacificosays
HA! HA! HA! I flushed your people out of their courtesy and politeness cover… in the end they all talk like air-head monkeys … racists and unpatriotic.
After all this … THEY JUST WANTED ACCEPTANCE AND PRACTICE THEIR WRITING SKILLS .. TRULY FILIPINOS.
They talk factutom probandum and laws, ybercrime and stuff DEAD SERIOUS. You and them acts like crybabies that I am psychotic without basis in fact.
I HAVE OUTED YOU ALL. YOU ARE ALL FAKES !!!!! My fakery outed FAKES. OF COURSE. To bring out the big fish you have to give them small fishes !!!!
HA! HA! H! HA! HA!
Alansays
Oh dear, are you monologuing now? Do you need music? Thunder and lightning special effects?
mooniesays
he’s trying to break free from his straight jacket.
baycassays
@Mariano Renato Pacifico,
You remind me of the great debater who was just ousted last year.
You also remind me of my (blogging) friend who “self-ousted” from a blog because he cannot stand arguing with a disrespectful person hiding behind a pseudonym.
Anyway, true-to-form, you’re a coconut…and it really hurts facing the TRUTH. I got you riled.
Remember “culture shock”? In this situation there is a strong tendency to insert yourself into a foreign culture up to a point of discriminating one’s own kind. This is in order for that individual to easily belong to the group…to truly belong as the same kind as the adoptive culture.
You are that kind of person. Even your former-best-friend-now-nemesis is that kind of person (like poles repel). Coconuts aka GaRaPals (to borrow @Alan’s characterization of your kind)…
White on the inside, brown on the outside.
Have you realized that you were never really a part of the white people? You’re still foreign to them.
And being a coconut, you now realized that you are no longer part of the brown race. The ever need to belong escapes you further.
I pity you. Even an orphan is lucky enough to be nurtured, be cared for in an orphanage than an individual languishing around having no real nationality to tightly embrace him.
I pity you.
—– Note: For several years, I think this is the first time I’ve addressed Mr. Pacifico directly because I understand his plight and I commiserate with him. His condescending attitude, I believed then, is just fleeting. However, my impatience got the better of me.
Nonetheless, I hope he finds peace in his heart.
Mariano Renato Pacificosays
Oh, @Baycas, thank you for addressing me directly. No need to do that. You can address me in different ways …
Stand back Baycas. Step back. Where is Philippines now with all their englischtzes and Factutom Probandum Pablum ad hominem infinitum ? Well ?
Do you see it clearly, now? Goot. Have you ever gone to starched white linen restaurants? How do they treat you? Do you get the best seat? Are you served well?
Let us try Rustan’s, does security guards trailing behind you? Can you feel the stab of stares of undercover detectives?
Do you know why Baycas? Because YOU ARE BROWN-SKIN-PUNK’D-NOSE !!! That is why!!!! You have a face that just doesn’t belong to snotty restaurants and shops. You cannot even run to Papa and complain that you are being discriminated.
I do not need to do that. I have the bearing and demeanor becuase I am sooo used to wealth, respect. BUT DO NOT MIND ME, mind the like of yours. THE MAJORITY !!! Got it?
I see people debate like scholars WHEN I CAME ALONG THEIR TRUE CHARACTERS SHOW. When Sex ang pinagusapan, THEIR TRUE INTENT UNRAVELS.
You can hide behind polite and courteous postings …. BUT IN THE END YOU ARE JUST ANOTHER DIRTY FILIPINOS WANTING ATTENTION and in DENIAL OF WHO YOU ARE.
DONCHA LOVE IT?
Alansays
TL; DR
Mariano Renato Pacificosays
SEe, Baycas? I am really goot in English not enlgischtzes. You post yours and 5 minutes later i post mine. I AM VERY GOOT IN ENGLISH. BUT I am not humbug about it.
You guys speak factutom probandum preccion correctional never heard that from columnists in America to Europe to Australia and CAnada. Only in the PHilippines? Why?
The reason why is because they wanted to impress that they know latin. Dude, that is soooooooo 50s ….. I am in zuckerberge generation.
You discuss fine exotic points of the law and yOU CAN KNOW I WENT BERSERK?
I outed you did I not? With all courteous polite pretensions in the end if I scratch every Filipinos they are really not courteous polite and educated demanor. They are just another 3rdworld asian trash !!!!!
NOW, YOU BETTER PUT LEASH ON YOURSELF else you go berserk?
Alansays
do you have a diagram or PowerPoint explaning your plan in detail? Does it have music and LOLKats? We love LOLKats
baycassays
@MRP,
Who outed who?
I just mentioned “coconut” and suddenly you elicited personal tirades against me.
It’s the same years back when your real psyche was revealed.
Victin Luzsays
PORT BARTON in San Vicente , Palawan was the best place I ever seen. Better than El NIDO and CORON . It’s really a paradise. Cheap Food and Accomodation , sometime free FISH or SQUID if you catch a fisherman unloading his products in an island while hopping around the ISLETS.
I was at the coastal area of Port Barton, San Vicente in Palawan more than 3 decades ago. I remember there was one sari-sari store there at the time and few huts. It was a brief stay in the coastal area after a short travel by boat from nearby Cagnipa Island. I saw in google map that there is already a resort in Cagnipa. At the time there was only one hut occupied by a family in Cagnipa.
Can you please tell me how Port Barton looks now?
Victin Luzsays
nako [email protected]…….malaki na po ang pagbabago. Cottages on every resort were renovated and some new one were constructed. Elsa’s place still one the front running lodging house and restaurant and so many foreigner’s married to native CUYUNIN’s owned hotel and restaurant but still not crowded because ZONING were implemented that only 2 storey houses/hotel are to be erected. Virgin forest remains around the Port Barton proper up to the 20kms. Radius or. More . What was demobilized were the PAGDANAN lumber yard at nearby sitio but a PEARL FARM open for tourist was also constructed and developed in that place. Island ‘s /islets in front PORT BARTON were also developed with cottages to go on overnight or have a romantic dinner at an small islet very near the barrio. Most of the surrounding islands/islets was provided with generator set but still , power are to be cut at 1am. Roads around the barrio were already cemented but the REVELATION sir…, to DATE or until now you can go and buy FISH at there samll talipapa of still very CHEAP PRICE. 1 kilo of live” PUSIT ” will not go as high as 120pesos/kilo and the cheapest at 60 to 70 pesos a kilo. And if you are on an island hopping and you chance to bump those fisherman who caught fish, it is the same old story ,, if you need few pcs. Of PUSIT, you still get it FREE. ” Ang sasabihin sa iyo ng mga bangkero , sir, kumuha Lang po kayo dyan ”
And until now most of the cottages welcomes COOKING your FISH bought at the TALIPAPA and the expensive room with air con unit still ranges from 600pesos to 800pesos.. Some are more than thousands for modern rooms, but tourist prefered to get non expensive because the IRONY , at the barrio electric power will be put off also at 1am he he. May gasolinahan na and medium groceries.
The barrio council were able to control immigrants at PORT BARTON, so BASAL padin sya . TGT construction co.. Developed one islet into small paradise for tourist. With lodging and accommodation but of limited numbers. I can not remember if it’s art of Cagnipa sir.
Lots , along the beach will cost you now 1000p/sq.m. to 2000p/sq. m defending the distance from the Barangay Hall.. Transact directly to the owners….it is opposite of BORACAY because PORT BARTON is a paradise of few inhabitants , not like the former paradise of crowded inhabitants and tourist……. Developed compared to slightly consumed paradise.
Still, when you are looking at the bay ( Port Barton dalampasigan ) as if you are looking a big LAKE because those island/islets seems connected with each other enveloping a LAKE but it was not.
Try to vist now @sir Rene… Magugulat ka , they preserved there NATURE.
Victin Luzsays
May satellite station ang SMART at GLOBE sir @Rene….the mayor now is the USA Gradute na anak ni Don Alvarez , the owner of KIA and PAGDANAN lumber before.
Tatalunin ng Port Barton ang EL NIDO because , if you go on an island hopping at the latter ang lalayo ng distansya only there islets were created with CLIFFs and of course LAGEN and MINILOK resorts were erected on the two islands.
But at El NIDO , you can not swim in front of your cottages and you have to hire a boat going to islets to do it. At Port Barton ,…sa harapan ng cottages pwedi kang magbababad na safe and still the seashore was BLUE , GREEN and very clean.
The road from Puerto Princesa up to Bo. San Jose, ROXAS , well paved but the remaining 28kms. From there up to the barrio still gravel road. shuttle van are plying the route from PPC to PORT BARTON for 2 and 1/2 hrs. ride with a fare of 300 pesos one way ( air con sya )
At Port Barton and along the way,… Pag maswertehan mo @sir Rene ,,,may mga nagbebenta padin ng ng BABOY DAMO, minsan buo pa at hindi pa chopped at 150p/kilo.
Halos every holy week my family stayed at Port Barton for a week. Affordable ang gastos and we enjoyed it so much. Developed na din ang waterfall a few kilometer away from the barrio and the shoreline road connecting Port Barton to the town proper of San Vicente is under construction and the Widened AIRPORT at San Vicente is about to be completed.
Thank you so much. So nice to hear your personal account on Port Barton and I am glad that the place has gone a long positive way. It is now a prime tourist destination. It did not occur in my mind that Port Barton would be developed in its present state. I could not imagine then that a resort would sprout in a place so isolated. Upon reading your post, I started googling Port Barton and I am really surprised. I guess that was a result of infrastructure development, particularly the highway traversing Puerto Princesa, Roxas, San Vicente, Taytay and El Nido.
I was not able to travel by road in Palawan although I reached all the places I mentioned above. It was always by boat or two or four seater plane, L5 or Cessna.
Parekoysays
I strongly recommend the Caramoan Islands!
Very rural, not commercialized yet. Nightlife compared to Boracay is non-existent. Those who are bored with listening to crickets might be disappointed.
But if you really want the ultimate relaxation and different experience, try visiting this place and be proud to spread the experience. The cost was gentle to my wallet too.
We’ve been there for five days and hopped the 10 fabulous islands, from Matukad, Cotivas, Gota and etc.
Also visited the survivor site (Need to be friendly with the staffs and local workers of the show).
Brought my camping tent, mosquito spray, plenty of beer (you can also pay a local boater for an errand with this). Brought the swordfish steaks, grilled it on the island. Brought a tiny speaker for my iPad and played some jazzy music intermingling with the sound of the waves. Stared at the stars, held hands with the love of my life and rekindled some youthful mischiefs…
@baycas’ VARIETY FUN ‘n ‘D phiLiPpiNes is eFFecTive!
baycassays
I <3 PH
Chasays
Aaaw thanks for sharing this @baycas.
It’s brought back so many memories of Baguio where my parents had a boutique shop at the Hyatt Terraces before the big earthquake tore it down. My mom who we lost a few years after that earthquake loved that place. Have been thinking about it these last few days while on holiday in Tasmaniia which reminds me so much if the old Baguio I knew.
@Tomas, ahahaha, my creaky brain at work. Of course, that big red rock in the middle of nowhere. Ayers Rock. I need to punch up my Google Earth I guess. There’s a train now to Alice Springs, right?
Tomas Gomez IIIsays
I am not up-to-date about the train……but Alice Springs is the venue for a boat regatta on a dry riverbed !!!!! I wonder if they still hold the annual race…. Anyway, you might recall that Alice Springs got world notice when Gen. MacArthur and party landed there (on B-17s from Bukidnon) and took the slow train to Adelaide and on to Melbourne in 1942, (background scenario for his “I Shall Return”….) when he was ordered out of Corregidor to take command of the AFWESPAC (Armed Forces of the Western Pacific) for the retaking of the Philippines. BTW, the present site of UE along Recto Ave. became the HQ of AFWESPAC in 1945 taking the space from its original owner, La Yebana Cigar and Cigarette…..thanks for triggering my “remember” membrains….I was a street waif then, living two blocks away.
@Thomas, wow, I didn’t know there was that MacArthur connection. Thanks for the history brief!
Chasays
Hi Joe,
January is not the best time to go up North. It’s wet and muggy. Made rhe mstake of going to Darwin around this time a couple of years ago and we could barely get the kids out of the hotel. June /July would be a better time to do Uluru (what th licls call Ayers Rock) so te photo might take a while yet.
@Tomas Gomez III,
I understand that boat regatta still happens , around September each year.
There’s also still a train that goes from Alice Springs all the way down to Adelaide in South Australia. It’s called The Ghan.
mooniesays
sorry, is that where crown princess mary of denmark originally came from? tasmania? isn’t there bush fire lately? I saw it on t.v. tassie devils are so scary. looks like my aunt in medellin, cebu. sorry tiya. my tiya is brave though, she can climb coconut trees without harness. she adviced me that if ever manage to climb up one to keep a wary eye about. there are snakes up there! and they dont like visitors dropping by uninvited. not so fun.
ha, your tiya sounds like a character. She could probably tame tasmania.
Chasays
Yes Moonie, Princess Mary was born and bred in Tasmania. Though she mate the Prince while already working as a real estate agent in Sydney.
The bushfires that’s been all over the news last week have already been contained. There’s more of them though in New South Wales and Victoria at the momnt where it’s been sweltering apparently. Heard it was 45 C yesterday in Sydney where I’m headed back to soon. :(
Chasays
Oh sorry that’s met not mate. Ahaha not sure of the latter happened in Sydney too :)
baycassays
:-)
Hangover from the previous blog post…
mooniesays
thanks, Joe America and Cha. we pinoys are here, there and everywhere.
Darwin is the gateway to Kakadu and I visited in October 2004. I’m with your kids. I’ve been many places but none as suffocating as Darwin. Old timers there develop gills, I understand, to help deal with the oppressive humidity.
Sagada is a fun place too. Nature…trekking…hiking. Friends highly recommend the visit.
Baltazarsays
The government must also pay attention to the preservation of our beauty spots , the Banaue Rice Terraces in particular. We’ve been there 2 years ago by trekking the Nueva Vizcaya side. Still beautiful but some are already succumbing to soil erosion.
Yeah, shame on me. I have been to different parts of the world for pleasure travel but never toured many beautiful places in my own country. But to be honest, in the past decade, I was afraid for the safety of my family that’s why we would always choose to travel abroad. Like for example the idea of going to Palawan. We were still haunted by the Burnhams’ story. ( not that any of my relative is involved). The bombing of malls in the southern provinces…etc..
Time for a change of mind , I think.
tristanismsays
Sagada, HIGHly recommended.
There was a pun there, right? :)
baycassays
You thought of it, Bro.
:) Like.
Baltazarsays
I thought they will also show the phallus ash trays in the sidewalks of Baguio City. :-)
baycassays
Jollibee censored it right before airing the video. Not wholesome for kids…who are mostly their patrons.
Rene-Ipilsays
The video showcases the beauty of the Philippines and the creativeness of Filipinos.
I understand that the commercial was done in Boracay showing a foreigner proposing marriage to her girlfriend ( looks like a local lass ). He employed the locals of Boracay to make his marriage proposal with the use of sail boats.
Congratulations to Secretary Jimenez. And also to Raissa for the immediate dissemination of the video to overseas CPMers.
zamerasays
Most of us Filipinos are product of intermarriages of different races. The guy looks foreigner looking but he can be a Pinoy just the same :)The girl has tisay features too in some angles.
I think this ad is brilliant! They had featured actors that appeal to both Filipinos and non-Filipinos…and to those hoping to become Filipinos :D
roberto villafloressays
It is not only fun, it is also touching of hearts in the Philippines. Our secretary and his team in the tourism are doing a good job. A confidence that we will surpass the rich countries in the very near future. Hindi ko lang gusto ang commercial, love na love ko lang. Congratulation Sec. Jimenez.
raissasays
with the tiny budget they have.
leonasays
The country and people are great. Maybe if allowed by our Moderator, many of us can put here good pictures and videos that depict the people and country. We love our home here. Many loves that golden chain of kindness towards many also. This Blog Site is one proof of that golden chain. So, to tell and help our Tourism program to the many out there, with your iPad, iPod, Digital Video Camera, Cell phone camera, etc. via Internet to Raissa Robles, start it soon with your comments/data about it. Thanks Raissa and You too Alan.
Pilipinas Kung Mahal! My Philippines!
raissasays
if you have videos or pics you want me to upload, pls e-mail to [email protected]
Yes, Mr Jimenez is performing exceedingly well. My cousin has a resort on Boracay, and they have no problem filling it up this early, considering it is not on the beachfront.
But there is concern if the infrastructure can handle it – the airports, the hotel capacities, the transportation available, etc.
Ah, but the new NAIA terminal will open soon. It’s more fun in the Philippines!
Ah, yes. Marketing is one of those jobs where subjective judgment comes into play, and everyone figures they can do it. Not like lawyering where you have to know case law and pass an exam, or doctoring where you have to know diseases and medicines. So all the experts were whacking at Mr. Jimenez on the basis of the slogan that it had been done before, like in 195x, in some land without Philippine sizzle.
BUT execution is everything, not the slogan. And this guy is a genius. All the critics are proven ignorami. It was actually this guywho got me going on a First Class Philippines kick on my blog, because the Philippines has first class people all over the place.
The media tend to focus on the zeroes, however, the blood and gore, the tears like life was a teledrama. No, the Philippines has first class people if those in authority would only look for them and get the scruffy underperformers out of the cushy jobs given to them by mama or papa.
raissasays
Thank you, Joe.
By the way, thanks too for the unexpected praise/award you gave me on your blog.
Well, as I said, First Class people are everywhere, people often just don’t recognize them. You do great work to keep important subjects right up front. And your gang of rather unshy participating scribes could word-wrestle congress to the ground any day.
raissasays
:)
That includes you.
Mariano Renato Pacificosays
Jimenez should be charged of insensitiveness and discrimination.
Jimenez needs sensitivty trining and race-relation seminar.
JEEEZ FILIPINOS, C’MON !!!!
LOVE YOUR SKIN AND YOUR PUNK’D NOSE !!!!
Alansays
There there now, don’t cry. Mama Gloria will be along shortly. As soon as she gets out of prison. That might be a while though
mooniesays
iyakin talaga yan. his namesake renato corona is the same.
mooniesays
MRP is obssessed with punk’d nose, maybe he should make his nose punk’d too.
Mariano Renato Pacificosays
HA! HA! HA! Joe, the 1st class people are the tisoys and tisays and the traditional looking brown-skin-punk’d nose are row-rowing the boat down the China Sea Merily, Merrily life is funny but just a dream …
This advertisement is insensitive to the 98% brown-skin-punk’d nose Filipinos. If this advertisement were in America, Raissa and Alan would be apologizing to the Americans for the Filipinos.
Why can’t we just have brown-skin-punk’d nose and those row-rowing the boat are the tisoys and tisays ? HUH?
RAISSA? ALAN? Anong say, n’yo !!! You are making the traditional Filipino looking race second class citizen.
raissasays
You should check out another ad where the white foreigner pushes the boat for the brown punk nosed Filipino.
Marketing is artwork, aimed at an audience. It is not a history book or a photograph of native lifestyles, historically accurate down to the bare feet. I’d be interested in where the ad will be placed. Not Africa or the Middle East, I’d suspect. Maybe it is will be here in the Philippines where many people aspire (associative pride) to live like whitey and vacation where whitey vacations. Maybe it is for the US, or maybe to just hang it on you tube for whoever wants to punch it up. To grasp why the cast is chosen, you have to understand the whole of the campaign. That’s with Jimenez.
Alansays
I can already imagine Don Marian0’s idea of the perfect ad: all the tourists and pug-nosed pinoys are having a good time sailing off the beach when the SS GaRaPals, captained by Ignacio, sails along and torpedoes all the craft, surfaces, machineguns survivors, then fumigates the island by blanketing it with hard copies of a certain failed blogger’s economic and media analyses (that last one is a particularly cruel touch but we’re sure it will draw tourists)
Well, hey, I’d watch that ad over and over again, for the little touch of exquisite cruelty . . .
mooniesays
well,I think, those brown at pango na mga pinoys identify themselves with the tisay and tisoys in most adverts. that’s the power of marketing and promotion. the ability to see themselves in others. I’ve seen commercial being shot once. on t.v. participants were carefully selected. they were already pretty yet make-up were still applied and told how to smile and lift their heads, where to look, and how to hold it. hard work. after editing, their pictures were still airbrushed removing all kinks. without paraphernilia, carefully chosen props, clothes and make-up, I would have hard time recognizing the participants in public. but it’s really not just about the tisay and the tisoys in the adverts. it’s about the message. buy our products and you’ll be happy and contented as the tisays and tisoys in the advert.
nothing new really. history showed us the ancient egyptians honed advertising down to a T. hieroglyphics left behind showed them all tall and statuesque and pretty. rarely a short one among them, no stumpy ones too, no sakang as well.
mooniesays
I’m one of those 98% brown skinned pinoys. I dont find the ad insensitive or offensive. tisays and tisoys rowing boats? nah, we browned skinned pinoys are better rowers than them. we won in rowing competitions, gold, gold, gold in florida, u.s.a.
Alansays
I don’t know about first- and second-class, but I can pretty much see the no-class right here
mooniesays
alan, I think mrp is dreaming. about tisays and tisoys and himself being one of them. may complex yata yan.
macspeedsays
Thank you so much Joe Am,
thats a lot of goodness which dissolves my cultural shocked,
can you please let me know what is the meaning of “btw”?
I a bit lost everytime i read it here…
tristanismsays
BTW means ‘By The Way.’
Just in case, IMHO is ‘In My Humble Opinion’ and FTW is ‘For The Win.’
:)
Parekoysays
@tristanism
FTW-F**K The Wacko!
Syet…baka may tamaan na naman, baka sabihin bakit sya na lang at sya. FTW talaga!
@parekoy,
thanks for the FTW. hahahaha.
one question from a punk’d nosed ignorant me, is the wacko mrp?
Baltazarsays
@parekoy
…yung huling FTW – Fa Ta Wa? ;-)
tristanismsays
Story told by my friend.
His dad asked him what ‘WTF’ means. (his dad just created an FB account and was trying to familiarize himself with it)
My friend told his dad WTF means Welcome To Facebook.
I hope his dad did not welcome a lot of people to Facebook.
*true story
Baltazarsays
Ha ha ..!
macspeedsays
HAYYYYY salamat at nalaman ko rin he he he,
1999 when i first chat in ICQ, i used macismail as my nick.
lot of chatters wanted to talked to me keep asking ASL please, i just ignored them because i really dont know ASL, LOL at iba pa, then, after a month of chatting, i asked one chatter, can you please tell me what is ASL, i am just new here, she said Age- Sex – Location wowwww, that is simple he he he he
so the again, those chatters keep asking ASL please, and right away i responded,
“42-ale- Saudi Arabia” he he he i did not know the chatters are so young 14, 10, 15, 17 well, she said, “shet, you are OLD to be my dad!!!” he he he he from then, i stopped he he he
ha, that’s funny. It is best to be mysterious, I think, so as to fit into any dialogue, young or old, thick or thin. Chameleon-like.
leonasays
…dekadas, I almost was ‘safe-guarded’ on yehee chat-chat…’Hello Hello are you still there?” my partner suddenly was behind me watching already…Why don’t you answer? …I said…What? Someone calling you!..What? didn’t hear…Answer! …Ah! …that’s malwares and phissinnnng! they popps with no invites…don’t mind that…..clik clik ..change channel!…lesson: face the entrance door when lapping the pc un table!…partner don’t know a thing of pc cybering….hahaha
pinay710says
macspeed salamat sa pagtanong mo.ako din hindi ko alam NAHIHIIYA LANG AKONG MAGTANONG kasi out of topic. 2 na tayong nakakaalam hihihi
macspeedsays
thanks to All he he he now i am on track he he he he
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Ella Tovara says
Yes, it is really more fun in the Philippines. I just wish the infrastructure leading to these places will be fixed. Travelling around luzon area is really most of the time on the road because of the traffic and people every where. The sceneries for land travel in the Luzon area are beautiful but it is blocked by heads of people or shanties along the roads, so travelling on land is really just a waste of time.
Art Montesa says
Thank you, Raissa. I have forwarded this to everybody on my mailing list. And thank you, Secretary Jimenez. It’s more fun with you as Secretary of Tourism.
Mariano Renato Pacifico says
Thank you for forwarding this video … LET US PROMOTE THAT traditional looking Filipinos are cave dwellers and REAL FILIPINOS are tisoys and tisays that are not representative of traditional Filipino looks.
LET US PROMOTE DISCRIMINATION OF THE FILIPINOS !!!!!!
I SOOOO LOVE FILIPINOS …. THEY DISCRIMINATE THEIR OWN BECAUSE OF THEIR LOOKS …..
Love Filipinos looks. It is the only looks you got. Vicky Belo is sooo expensive to do plastic surgery to make Filipino look NOT FILIPINO LOOKING.
Alan says
“Let us?” After you, Mister Personality
duquemarino says
Island hopping, more fun!!!
Victin Luz says
Try Port Barton @duquemarino for an island hopping. But if you want nature, trekking and the likes ,Mayaoyao of Mt. province is one of the best, better than Banaue rice terraces. “Basal pa ” to tourist but offers good and cheap accommodation.
duquemarino says
Thanks @Victin Luz, I wish I have all the luxuries. Being an island-born I always wonder what goes beyond the horizon.
Yeah, I’ve gone to some inland tours too, and all of them are fun.
pelang says
try also eastern samar. guiuan (southern part of samar has calicoan island but there are still virgin coasts. one of them is called Sulangan famous near an old airport built during the american occupation and which they used as landing field for their aircrafts during US-Japanese war. the homonhon island where magellan first landed is quite a distance but not very far. Farther north (also in Eastern Samar, lies many beaches along the side of the main road from Salcedo, Maydolong, Balangkayan and Borongan City. all of them are famous for their natural beaches. You get fresh caught fishes and other seafoods. Very cheap accomodations too. You can reach these places from Tacloban with Duptours. There are also car rentals in Tacloban.
baycas says
And AADCPFTPISATIOPTAFOP is the full acronym of the title of Republic Act 10175 also known as CCL or CCPA here.
—–
CCL, Cybercrime Law
CCPA, Cybercrime Prevention Act
baycas says
Btw, isn’t it a novel idea to have “Sex Without Contact” precede [Marriage] “Proposals“?
Blogging. It’s more fun in the Philippines.
baycas says
As noted in the previous blog post, SWoC is…
Fun sans the bugs and excess baggage.
jeproks2002 says
More fun indeed. I cant help but grin reading raissa’s comment (@20.1) “you have a link?” on “Sex Without Contact”. In cyberspace we just have to call it a “link” now.
What the link?!!
baycas says
Do you mean “Internet Cafes” will now be known “Linkin’ Parks”?
pinay710 says
salamat kalihim Jimenez. binuhay mo sa puso namin ang labis na pangungulila at pagmamahal sa ating inang bayan. nasa Pilipinas ang lahat ng kagandahang kalikasan na syang inaasam ng mga dayuhan para angkinin. MAHALIN NATIN ANG ATING BANSA. at bigyan ng kaukulang pagpupuri ang nagpupunyagi ng kalihim ng turismo, si ginoong Jimenez. salamat po kalihim at salamat din raissa.
Mariano Renato Pacifico says
WHATCHATOLKIN’ ’bout girl !!! YOU DO NOT KNOW what you are tolkin’ ’bout.
SIT DOWN, LISTEN and LEARN. The Advertisement is a racist. PERIOD. NON-NEGOTIABLE.
This is a put-down of traditional Filipino looks.
Alan says
And you are a highly placed official from the Marian0 Bureau of I Know What Racism Is Demento Department, which is why we should listen to you ,right? Right
moonie says
I think, mrp is projecting again. he’s been burned and deflects by projecting on others. he’s the racist one, and yet, accused others of being racist and so projects what he hates on himsef. that way, he can live with himself. purged himself of sins. apportions his sins to others.
letlet says
What a wonderful news, at long last Philippines is becoming a tourist attraction, hoping in the same status as Thailand, where Europeans and Americans are flocking in droves to spend their holidays. Could Philippines be in the same mode of tourism like Thailand? Tourism industry can learn some lessons from Thailand how they do it. Believe me all the very rich in Europe are spending their holidays in Thailand. Can we unearthed it’s secret? If Thailand can do it, we can also do it.
curveball says
Isa sa dahilan bakit mas gusto ng ibang turista sa Thailand ay walang holidap na taxi. Kasi meron sila taxi booth na puro taxi meter dagdag ka lang ng 50Baht.
Ang airport ay maraming toilet at marami din cubicle sa loob na di mo na kailangan pa pumila, at surprise… may tissue sa bawat isa.
Marami din water fountain sa palibot kaya di mo na kailangan bumili ng bottled water na 50Pesos (kung nasa NAIA).
Meron din sila convinient store (same as 7-11) kaya makakabili ka ng food at drinks na regular price lang.
Marami din trolley na di mo na kailangan pa magantay ng mabakante ng iba pasahero lalo na kung peak season.
Malinis at pwede ka ihatid ng well wishers mula sa checkin counter hanggang sa immigration area. Walang magtataboy na guard.
Masakit man ipagkumpara pero ito ang totoo.
Sigurado ako may mas maganda pa sa ibang airport tulad sa japan, singapore, etc.
Mariano Renato Pacifico says
HA! HA! HA! Thailand has more tourist that Philippines would droll over ……
When Hollywood produces movie of Asia, they prefer Vietnam and Thailand over Philippines. Because in the PHilippines what they signed in contract is really signing off their contract…. got my drift ?
Meaning, Filipinos reliably corrupt and the place reeks with piss and feces.
raissa says
You ARE RACIST.
Alan says
Anytime Don Marian0 talks about “piss and feces” it’s probably because it’s time to change his diaper
moonie says
and he likes eating them feces. soooo tasty. delish.
leona says
gO to Biliran Island ‘n LeYte…white sand-beaches – scuba diving, delicacies: ‘Binagol,’ delicious ‘Torta,’ malinamnam ang LECHON (roast pig) doon, Pastillas! ATBPA.
http://www.google.com/search?q=biliran&hl=en&tbo=u&tbm=isch&source=univ&sa=X&ei=lG35UNHrJ6PsiAe6tYH4BQ&sqi=2&ved=0CEIQsAQ&biw=997&bih=528
Lookin’ the photos from the above linkage…
leona says
…and bathe yourself in the natural HOT SRINGS inside carved out from mountain rock – into swimming POOLS…http://tourism.biliranisland.com/tomalistisfalls.php
leona says
the link a short slide of the Hot Springs in the Municipality of Caibiran. The Province is 90 kms full round travel around coasts line plus internal cross-roads.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r_cHJu3X1Qg
raissa says
Galing.
Tomas Gomez III says
@leona….years ago, I drove from to Naval to Caibiran……the mountain top area has a climate that approximates that of Baguio. Fun in the Philippines is in one compact little island. Biliran is truly one of God’s gifts to the world…….and a great history, too.
I would like to visit Marapipi, though, (about sligthly northeast) on my next visit.
Joe America says
The road “over the top” is now cemented, and the highway around the island is about 90% done. You are right. Biliran is the best kept secret in the Philippines. No stinkin’ rebels or malcontents. Right fine little port town of Naval. Lots of rice fields for local consumption. Self-sustaining, I bet. The south coast is going to become retirement row, I think. Gorgeous island and sea views. Please stop advertising us.
leona says
@Joe Am…right! keeping it a secret for the very few of us only! When I first saw the movie South Pacific, Bali Hai Island, Biliran Island! O.k. keep it a secret then…
Tomas Gomez III says
@JoeAm, Thanks for the update. Wasn’t there an attempt to grow citronella commercially as you ascend the heights?…… it is a type of grass (?) that produces oil which is good for candle scent as well as a mosquito repellent.
Joe America says
Tomas, I don’t know. I’ll have to explore that. Sounds like a great idea to me. That or coffee. My altitude is a whopping 408 feet according to Google earth, but it was cold enough yesterday I thought it was going to snow. The river near here is roaring. The mountains of course are higher and even colder.
Tomas Gomez III says
Goodness Gracious!!! JoeAm, you are in Biliran! How nice! I feel very good about that.
Joe America says
Thanks. Yes, the wife’s family has connections here and I fell in love with the place. Americans pay out the nose to go to Hawaii for what I have as daily life. The views are spectacular, the air is clean, the people are generally well behaved (ahahaha; certain asterisks to that, but it is not material), beaches and mountains to explore, and the school for Junior is good (private). We schlep once a month to the big city of Tacloban, Leyte to satisfy my wife’s innate ability to shop.
Mariano Renato Pacifico says
I have a secret Island, too!!!! But I am not telling before it gets inundated by Jimenez’s non-traditional-Filipino-looking FILIPINOS when we are already Tisoys and Tisays here.
This island used to be the playing ground of spanish conquistadores and Spanish Friars. They had cyber-adultery and cybermarried with the locals. THAT IS WHERE I GOT MY TISOY LOOK. :)
Alan says
Let me guess – it’s called Mental Island
moonie says
must be the island of dr moreau. there’s a movie about that.
leona says
Kaka ingit ka! ‘Tis some many years I’ve not gone there…hope this year I will. HaVe fUn Tomas!
raissa says
And there’s INternet?!!!
leona says
yES, kaYa Lang Ibang yun natuRalLy real!
Mariano Renato Pacifico says
Wait a minute. Just W-A-I-T A M-I-N-U-T-E !!!!!
Are these folks foreigners? Or, are they locals? The woman acts like a Filipino. The man play acts like a sour unripened actor. Who are they? Why are they tisoys and tisays? Do they represent the face of Raissa and Alan ?
Filipinos are again marginalized and thank you to all brilliant Ateneo, la Salle and Dili Man advertising and journalism graduates !!!!
FILIPINOS ARE 2ND CLASS CITIZEN AGAIN !!!! Let us promote it !!!! HAWR! HAWR! HAWR! HAWR!
Anyone who doesn’t agree with me on this one should not blame me for discriminating your looks. Do not mind me, I AM ALREADY A TISOY !!!! For you people, you need to marry off your children to a foreigner so they will look tisoy and tisay and parade them in WoWoWieee, Game ka na ba.
NO WONDER FILIPINOS DO NOT HAVE PRIDE IN THEMSELVES BECAUSE THE BRILLIANT PHILIPPINE MEDIA SOOOO LOVE THE TISOYS AND TISAYS …..
And you people attack me for hating FILIPINOS !!!!
Who really hates the Filipinos? Of co urse this advertisements shows that they hate the traditional Filipino looks.
And the traditional Filipino looks are row-row-my-boat into the down street of doom.
JESUS MARY MADRE DIOS POR PABOR FILIPINOS GROW UP !!!!! PLEEEEZ !!!!!
Alan says
Hark! Do i hear faint and shrill shrieking and screaming of the GaRaPals type?
Mariano Renato Pacifico says
OK. OK. Guys, guys, listen. When it comes to skin colors I really get riled up. When it comes to looks, I go nuclear. When it comes to englischtzes, I go insanely crazy.
S-T-O-P !!!! Alan, please, STOP. Raissa, please, bear with me. And all my fans out there if there is any left …..
I would rather have in this ad starring Willie Revillame and Tito Sotto and his cybercrime gangs star in this advertisement. Hong-Kong and China present their chinky brothers and sisters in their ads. I can know right away it is made in Tsina.
But watching Philippines tourism advertisement I question: Who are these advertisement for? Who are the inhbaitants of PHilippines? Whites? And the aborigines are those in the pumpboats?
Now, imagine those same watchers of this advertisement reading news about Philippines protecting Spratleys from China …. I JUST WONDER WHAT THEY WOULD THINK?
This is what I would think! TARSIERS AGAINST THE DRAGON ?
Aw, c’mon, Raissa. Let me be proud of being a Filipino. JIMENEZ SHOULD BE DRAGGED TO THE COLISEUM AND CHOP-CHOP HIS HEAD OFF.
This advertismeent is making my brothers and sisters in the PHilippines 5th class citizens.
SEE, FOLKS? I do love the Philippines and the Filipnos. And those Filipinos that debate Factutom Pablum Probandum ad Infinitum are agog over Jimenez advertisement …
DISCLAIMER: I am drunk. So excuse my disjointed statement. Other than that, I LOVE THE BROWN-SKIN-PUNK’D NOSE NON-ENGLISCHTZES-SPEAKING FILIPINOS.
Joe America says
I never let a little professional disagreement stand in the way of umitigated artistic idolatory, no matter the derangement that sparks that creativity. Van Gogh was cool and I’m sure Dali puffed some kind of elelgant weed-based cocktail. Picasso must have had a thing about women to draw them all so bizarrely squared up, and to have a girlfriend in every art museum. You walk your shoes, let me walk mine, and let the factutom probandums fall where they may.
Alan says
I didn’t catch the part where Don Marian0 explains why we should listen to him. Is it because he is L0rd of the Universe, or that he’s the guardian of Gl0ria’s dollar accounts?
moonie says
shrieking again, MRP? you lost your pacifier?
Mariano Renato Pacifico says
Does that answer my tantrum? Pacifier? Or, you cannot carry on with nationalistic patriotic conversation in englischtzes?
If you cannot put your mind into englischtzes, tangalog is acceptable. I am englischtzes-tolerant ….. UNLIKE FILIPINOS …..
Alan says
I’d ask you if your parents bought you your high school diploma, but I guess the better question would be – do you HAVE parents?
moonie says
he was grown from a petrie dish.
duquemarino says
@Mariano Renato Pacifico
Wow, tisoy ka pala. Anong klaseng pagkatisoy? He he he
Panay ang litanya mo ng Jesus and Mary, bakit hindi mo isama si Joseph so it would go Jesus, Joseph and Mary. Kung nahihirapan ka dahil mahaba, Jejomar na lang. Tisoy din naman he he he.
And it’s really more fun, ask Korina!!!!!!!! Cheers!!!!!!
Mariano Renato Pacifico says
HAWR! HAWR! HAWR! Philippine Brilliant Ateneo and la Salle and dILI Man loves tisoys and tisays … lookit Korina …. DOES SHE LOOK LIKE FILIPINA ??????
Alan and Raissa and promoting the 2nd classness of the Filipinos by liking Jimenez tourism advertisement !!!!!!
THE FILIPINOS SHOULD OUTSOURCE NOT ONLY THE GOERNMETN ALSO the PHILIPPINE MEDIA ….. They are only goot in englsichtzes and the rest nothing.
Alan says
Well we successfully outsourced our Marian0 Idiot Sector. The poor foreigners don’t know what they got
Joe America says
I like the movies where John Wayne and Marlon Brando play Chinese guys. Charles Bronson, too, I think.
Alan says
In the world war II movie Back to Bataan, a “Filipino” officer (played by Anthony Quinn), tells a US military adviser (played by John Wayne): “You’re a better Filipino than I am.”
Joe America says
You’ll love this shot if I can get past your moderating censors:
theredlist.fr/media/database/muses/icon/cinematic_men/1950/anthony_quinn/37-anthony_quinn_theredlist.jpg
Alan says
LOL. That’ s real Pinoy alright. About as genyoowine as Don Marian0
Mariano Renato Pacifico says
So, THE JURY HAS REACHED A VERDICT. Why not have Linday Lohan and Katy Perry do advertisement for Philippines instead ? And have them claim they are Filipinos ? …. AND ALAN AND RAISSA AS TOURISTS ?
Naaaaah , Alan and Raissa are Rowing the Vote with a sign …. HUMOR ME !!! Merry Me !!!!
That would be MyTube sensation. with million hits.
I just wonder why they did not use Pacquiao? According to Filipnos in America, Pacquiao is known GLOBALLY? Pacquiao too ugly to represent Filipinos?
Alan says
Or they could have shown Gloria floating on sea in a life raft full of US dollars, being towed by Marian0
leona says
..gReat STARS! QuInn when he ‘laUghs’ …U gO nuTs! WayNe was morE coNtaiNed. I hope to see the movie on this at youtube…what’s the title again?…”Bataan”?
baycas says
baycas says
Watch Anthony Quinn in Back to Bataan
baycas says
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IjSfrefBzXw&feature=youtube_gdata_player
baycas says
Mind you this is a clip from a full-length movie.
It’s not an ad for a cigarette brand…
Baltazar says
Nice! The machine-gun talking Commander Wade looks like Charlie Sheen :-) at the beginning of the clip. Thanks @baycas
baycas says
Nice to bring back the old days…
Me watching the B&W flicks.
TCM in cable TV is great!
leona says
yes, their ‘smoking contest’ was apparent, who’s goona finish his smoke first, the Pinoys, Wayne, Quinn or this commander? No sin tax yet!
tristanism says
Putik. Ang hirap huminga habang pinapanuod ko tong movie clip na to.
curveball says
siguro pag tumagal pa ang eksena na ito wala na ako makita isa man sa kanila dahil napuno na ng usok ang paligid.
Parekoy says
@Pacifico
Let me be partially in your corner when it comes to how Filipinos view what is considered beautiful: Tisay na ala kastila, tangos ilong, at deep set eyes. Chinita type at maputi. Balbon at may balahibong pusa. Those are usually projected by the media executives, because according to marketability and research for the target market, those feaures really sell products.
We can say that Filipino as a culture is conflicted. We can trace this by hundred’s of years having masters of different colonial masters. Those years mold the Filipino preconceptions of beauty and place in a society. Those generations of bondage and subjugation affected our psyche. When the colonizers were ousted, the Political and Economic powers werethen transfered to the established mestizos and preserved and even further entrenched that these Mestizos and Whites are the symbols of power, wealth and beauty. Later only came the Chinese Taipans and they also shared in the pool with the previous ones. Hollywood even had the power to influence and our movie industry tried to follow suit, thus even reinforced the superiority of the Caucasian and some of the Chinese. Then the cycle goes on in the entertainment industry. also note that we are not contiguous with other countries, thereby for the past four hundred years we(the majority who did not have the means to travel)were not exposed to different cultures and how they govern or see how proud they are of their culture.
But a Filipino is not a race but a nationality. Genome wise we are a mixture of different races. Majority is brown skin and pug nose, and the rest is has shades of fair to fairest.
I believed that most of us here knows our history and our flawed culture. I also believed that the filipino mindset is slowly shifting for the better and gaining self-confidence and throwing away their insecurities. Why? Because for the past forty years our millions of Filipinos are working abroad and many are migrating as I type this sentence. The internet also offers plenty of opportunities for ordinary citizens to be educated and augment the shortcomings of the mainstream media’s trash offerings.
The impact of being exposed to other cultures is great in reflecting how we value ourselves, how we see ourselves not by the color of our skin but as a person that we are.
It is a slow process, but I believe we will get there.
Now to clarify why I only partially agree with you in the stereotyping and still prevalent colonial mentality, it is because of your presumption that the ad was not suited to the target audience. This is where we differ, the ad will appeal to many, from the foreigners to locals. I like those good looking couple, they can be Filipinos (Although the man looks more likely to be a foreigner but we never know) and they can be foreigners. The boatmen are authentic, they have burnt skin, because it goes with their job to be exposed to the elements while performing their jobs.
You saw an opening to criticize but it was actually to ridicule, but it can go bothways.
One thing for sure, your kind will not be in that ad, no matter what the color of your skin, whether it is the fairest, the most Tisoy, or even as dark as Binay’s crotch, because your ideas and rants don’t represent the idea of a decent human being!
FTW!
Parekoy says
Another thing…
Hate is too strong a word, it is a matter of taste. Your rants betrayed your state of mind, in the vulgar form , you are a certified wacko!
Filipinos mostly are not haters, there are few and I think you are one of the loudest. If the Americans have the Tea Party, where wackos are flocking, then don’t mistake this site being similar to that.
I noticed that you frequented some hard hitting sites like Anti-Pinoy and Get Real as your tour de enlightenment. Your ideas are similar to theirs yet even those sites rejected your rants. You are trying to be a blogsite anarchist, the problem is that you don’t have enough molotovs to make a dent.
I like you to be visting this site, you give us the reason to bash you. It appears that you are a willing masochist and most of us here are obligated to inflict you with some pain. Your presence even inspired some of us to be witty. Why? You are our best punchline!
That is the least of the civilized punishments, the worst is that when everybody on this site ignores you. When that happens, use your other handles to appear that someone is responding to you.
Sa ating wika-tol, kakainin ka rito.
Syet! I feel good!
pelang says
wow parekoy! lahat nang inisip ko about him, sinabi mo na. wala na akong masasabi pa. ha-ha-ha!
Baltazar says
Syet @parekoy, that’s a f#c%ing beautiful essay ..you just gave this green-blood ass#0le a real treat ;-) .
raissa says
I second the motion.
davide says
way to go Parekoy, that should give him time to think of what to rant again.
pinay710 says
@parekoy, kung itong mrp na ito ay nasa kapanahunan ko at kasama sa barkada or nadaan lang sa lugar namin at ganito ang ugali matagal na itong natabunan ng basura at lumang dyaryo. or may tatak na sa likod.
Mariano Renato Pacifico says
@Parekoy, I so love Filipino looks …
Did you see me protesting at Vicky Belo’s clinic carrying a placard that says,
“I LOVE THE FILIPINO LOOKS!!! STOP PLASTIC SURGERY!!!!”
Alan says
I guess you no like what Parekoy said about you, eh?
Mariano Renato Pacifico says
@Parekoy, THIS IS HOW THE WORLD PERCEIVE FILIPINOS and the PHilippines.
Filipinos are white.
Filipnos speak English.
When Filipino speaks english they speak in Latin, Factutom Probandum ad Infinitum Prison Correctional
Tell you what, Parekoy, when Supsup nearly grabbed the Crown, my white officemate askedk me if that is how the Filipino looks like. That question made me TnT. I went absolutely nuclear. If my white officemate ask me that question THEREFORE THERE IS TOTALLY WRONG WITH FILIPINOS REPRESENTATION TO THE MISSED UNIVERSE.
Then later on, another white in my Secret SErvice circle asked me, “MARIANO, YOU ARE A FILIPINO? ” “REally?”
When I was on my way to work as undercover operative in K Street I was pulled over by a D.C. cop. in her ticket she has to fill in “ETHNICITY” I told her “Filipino”. She asked what country is FILIPINO? I said Philippines. She asked again, WHERE IS PHILIPPINES !!!!!
WHAT? What a question !!!!!! She cannot know by my looks that I am a Filipno. She cannot know where PHilippines is. AND SHE WAS A BIT CONFUSED WHEN I TOLD HER I AM SECRET SERVICE. So she called Pentagon if I am an impersonator.
I cannot blame her. Because in Washington D.C. There is only one Filipno restaurant. Everytime I go there, Raissa-look-alikes eat there. Definitely not the Capitol-employee-looking people.
Do you know that the south side cafeteria in Pentagon is run by a FILIPINA from DAVAO CITY? and she’s often consulted about Muslim insurrection and Abu Sayaf by Pentagon Asian section analysts?
Alan says
This is how I perceive Marian0 — > Cretin
duquemarino says
@Mariano Renato Pacifico
I love you, so intelligent, knows everything. You are like a fly on a carabao.
Watchout, there’s a lot of flyswatter around.
I love to swat flies too.
Parekoy says
@Pacifico
(mahinahon na boses ko rito kasi baka sabihin mo babanatan na naman kita)
‘tol pasensya ka kung minsan ay nalalatigo kita. Concerned lang din kasi ako sayo.
Hanga ako sa mga analysis mo, tulad na lang nung sinabi mo na World Perception. Naiintindihan kita tol, may saril kang mundo, at sa mundo mo yun ang nakikita mo.
Yung kay Supsup, mukhang may gusto ka atang iparating, di kita papatulan dyan at hindi ako magpapaSupsup sayo, hanap ka na lang ng iba.
Tol, undercover ka pala, meron ka rin palang wild imagination na maging agent. Naiintindihan kita tol, libre namang mangarap. Hwag kang maniwala sa mga detractors mo dito , inggit lang yan sa pagka genius mo.
Pagpaensyahan mo na rin ang yung nag flag sayong pulis kasi nalilito rin talaga yan kung ano ba talaga ang mukha ng Pilipino. Magsusuot ka kasi ng damit, kasi masyado kang Maputi, Malaki Mata, Mahaba ang Buhok, Maliit, ang puti pero matutulis na ngipin. Isa pa nalito lalo yun binigay mo sa kanya yung drivers License mo:
Gollum Pacifico
#0210 Cavern, Misty Mountains
Tolkien, Looneyland
Kayatol, minsan-minsan magpa araw ka naman at masyado ka ng Tisoy.
PS
Syet talaga T(r)oll, mas guapo ka sa 3D!
Huwag kalimutan yung medication…
Baltazar says
@MRP
Lagi kasing salamin ang kaharap mo kaya masyado kang sanay sa askad mong pagmumukha. Nakakita ka lang ng magandang hitsura ng Pinoy at Pinay, tumili ka na.
Rene-Ipil says
[email protected], [email protected]
Of course all Filipinos are tisoys and tisays except the unadulterated descendants of our early ancestors. I kept my peace for a long time about MRP. But now, even Parekoy and Baltazar appear concerned on insults hurled by MRP against Filipinos. At the same time MRP brags about his tisoy looks. I am posting the pictures of tisoy MRP. He stands about 5 feet 8 inches tall. And you be the judge. The link is in the next post below.
Rene-Ipil says
http://themisterbaks.files.wordpress.com/2012/09/bb.jpg
http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_2u4QcP9B8Vk/SaVS5R1td3I/AAAAAAAAAWo/CmqPSnoBvpY/s1600/bb_terron-wood.jpg
Baltazar says
:-) so this is @mrp? Puede ba nating sukatin yung height ng nose bridge nya to certify him as tisay . It looks to me that he speaks another language…. same as that of Boy Abunda’s or Vice Ganda’s ;-)
Vibora says
he is a self confessed AThEist….
mahirap nga lang baka may ambisyon na mapunta sa senATE.
curveball says
sya nga ba ito?
wala ako masabi…
duquemarino says
@curveball
“A picture paints a thousand words”
Tease-sai na tease-sai nga, he he he!!!!!!!
curveball says
@duguemarino
nag-emote pa ng husto ha.
feel nya talaga ang kulay nya.
Rene-Ipil says
The link showing the pictures of MRP is awaiting moderation.
Baltazar says
@Rene,
In the spirit of fairness and security, Raissa might not post the pic if its real and if its really him. We must understand that.
Rene-Ipil says
@Baltazar
Correct. I always submit to the discretion of Raissa.
Mariano Renato Pacifico says
I am insulting FILIPINOS FOR LIKING THE TRADITIONAL FILIPINO LOOKS?
@Rene-Ipil is SAYING THAT LIKING THE TRADITIONAL FILIPINO LOOKS IS AN I-N-S-U-L-T !!!!!
What is going on Filipinos !!!!!! I AM JUST NOT GETTING YOU AT ALL …….
Well, I cannot blame @Rene-Ipil and @Baltazar because their main fare are PHILIPPINE MEDIA run by goofy, ecky yucky types that are in need of sensitivity training …..
DOES FILIPINOS HAVE SENSITIVITY TRAINING? ESPECIALLY THE MEDIA? I DO NOT THINK SO ….. Judging by the comments here they are RACIST!!!! They definitely not like the FILIPINO LOOKS !!!!!!!!!
Alan says
Noted
Baltazar says
@Mariano Renato Pacifico [Falayfay]
raissa says
How are you sure this is MRP?
Rene-Ipil says
[email protected]
Before I prove my case beyond reasonable doubt or maybe by preponderance of evidence, let us allow MRP/FBGY to plead first. Admit or deny? Silence would be an admission. We are in Cyber Plaza Miranda.
I have yet to post the pictures of MRP/TMDG of Manhattan, New York and MRP/MCBC of Roseville, California.
Alan says
Do you have baby pictures? I’ve always wanted to see infant trolls
baycas says
:lol:
raissa says
Pls repost again the pics on top as a single, separate comment.
So he can see it.
curveball says
@rene-ipil
antayin ko ang mga lalabas pang larawan ng tisoy/tisay na ito.
baycas says
You’re a certified coconut!
Alan says
Mariano (Marcos)
Renato (Corona)
Pacifico (Marcos)
1. Expatriot
2. Hates Filipinos
3. Hates the media
4. Loves Gloria
moonie says
MRP has multiple personalities.
Rene-Ipil says
@Monnie
Yes. I already said in earlier posts of Raissa that MRP is a partnership. Two of them are in New York. One is in California. And maybe another one is in Manila. The posting of MRP though is mostly done in CA per assessment of Johnny Lin. Maybe in the vicinity of Roseville.
moonie says
thank you, rene-ipil.
Rene-Ipil says
@Moonie
You are welcome.
raissa says
I think I may know someone in Roseville.
Joe America says
Roseville is the Peoria of California, a residential community of upper middle income folks northeast of Sacramento, having no great distinction that I’m aware of. It’s a great Starbucks market.
Rene-Ipil says
@Raissa
Of course. Ask Victin Luz. He wrote who MRP is since day one. Victin said “talo tatay mo, may kulong pa” or words to that effect.
Baltazar says
I too immediately noticed his handle the first time I saw it but did not comment on it.. At maligaya siya sa kanyang pinaggagagawa at pinagsasasabi kahit siya’y tapakan..anyways ganun talaga ang mga tae pag pakalat kalat.
Mariano Renato Pacifico says
I LOVE FILIPINOS. I LOVE THEIR LOOKS.
It is THE FILIPINOS that HATE THEIR LOOKS.
FILIPINOS ADORE TISOYS AND TISAYS.
When they go to America and discriminated by their skin ….
THEY RUN TO Mama Blind Justice.
FILIPINOS ARE WACKO !!!! CERTIFIED WACKO !!!! BEYOND STUDY !!!!!
That is why when Darwin landed in the PHilippines to study Filipinos he said in his Factutom Probandum ad Infinitum FILIPINOS DO WHAT IS WRONG IN THE PHILIPPINES and WHEN THEY GO TO AMERICA THEY DO WHAT IS RIGHT.
Alan says
Do you sniff your armpits after you talk like that?
pinay710 says
@sir alan, matagal ko na naisip yan kaya lang ayaw ko na sana isipin kung sino ang mrp na yan. ignore ko wala akkong natututuhan sa kanya. kundi galit lang!
letlet says
MRP has no self respect, as such, he doesn’t know how to respect people. He is a miserable git, as such, he wants Filipinos in pinas to be miserable like like him by trampling on their humanness and dignity. You poor soul, we don’t need you, BUT YOU NEED PINAS SOD OFF MY FROM MY BELOVED COUNTRY AND MY COUNTRYMEN.
curveball says
Ang alam ko pwede pumuna ang kahit sino kung may makita ka mali o wala sa ayos lalo na tungkol sa mga taga gobyerno. Kaya nga andito tayo para pagusapan at gawin mas mabuti ang kinabukasan ng bansa.
At pag ginawa ito marapat lamang din na magbigay ng solution o tumulong sa paglutas o magsaayos ng iyung pinuna. Sa anumang paraan na makakaya.
Pero ang mang-alipusta, mang-lait at mang insulto ng kapwa ay hindi tama. Maliban lang sa kung itinuturing mo na mas magaling ka sa lahat.
Kung ito ka nga dapat ay may sarili ka mundo dahil wala hihigit syo duon. Ikaw lang ang magaling duon.
Bakit andito ka? At ipinipilit mo ang sarili mo kahit alam mo na ayaw syo?
Ibig sabihin kailangan mo ng pansin? Kailangan mo ng may pumupuna syo?
At bilang “bisita” sa mayari ng lugar na ito, respeto lang sa kanila at sa mga katulad mong mga bisita din.
Teka…. meron ka ba nito?
Mariano Renato Pacifico says
HAWR! HAWR! HAWR!
RESPECT BEGINS AT HOME !!!!
If you people do not respect your skin color and your language, YOU CANNOT BE RESPECTED most of all BY MOI !!!!!
Mwaaaah !!!!
Alan says
we are so crushed at the prospect
roberto villaflores says
Nice posting Alan, love it
Mariano Renato Pacifico says
@Baycas, you mean THAT liking tradiitional Filipino-looks must have their head checked? THAT IS TOTALLY Factutom Probandum ad infinitum preccion correccional !!!!!!
Wow ! Was that Latin ? Or what?
Why do Filipinos speak Latin when they speak in englsichtzes? They wanted to prove something? I have been reading American news website since I was in pampers …… AMERICAN MEDIA NEVER SPEAK LATIN …. only in the PHilipppines ….
it is called PA-BILIB !!!!!! PA-BILIB !!!! The pa-bilib is because of entrenched colonial trauma along with REligion.
Oh, poor, @Baycas !!!!!!!! IF YOU WERE WITH ME IN AMERICA AND we debate …. AMERICANS WILL BE LAUGHING AT YOU OF YOUR INSENSITIVENESS despite you being a pious person.
Alan says
If we were with you in America it would be called “visiting hours”. Court ordered
Mariano Renato Pacifico says
HA! HA! HA! I flushed your people out of their courtesy and politeness cover… in the end they all talk like air-head monkeys … racists and unpatriotic.
After all this … THEY JUST WANTED ACCEPTANCE AND PRACTICE THEIR WRITING SKILLS .. TRULY FILIPINOS.
They talk factutom probandum and laws, ybercrime and stuff DEAD SERIOUS. You and them acts like crybabies that I am psychotic without basis in fact.
I HAVE OUTED YOU ALL. YOU ARE ALL FAKES !!!!! My fakery outed FAKES. OF COURSE. To bring out the big fish you have to give them small fishes !!!!
HA! HA! H! HA! HA!
Alan says
Oh dear, are you monologuing now? Do you need music? Thunder and lightning special effects?
moonie says
he’s trying to break free from his straight jacket.
baycas says
@Mariano Renato Pacifico,
You remind me of the great debater who was just ousted last year.
You also remind me of my (blogging) friend who “self-ousted” from a blog because he cannot stand arguing with a disrespectful person hiding behind a pseudonym.
Anyway, true-to-form, you’re a coconut…and it really hurts facing the TRUTH. I got you riled.
Remember “culture shock”? In this situation there is a strong tendency to insert yourself into a foreign culture up to a point of discriminating one’s own kind. This is in order for that individual to easily belong to the group…to truly belong as the same kind as the adoptive culture.
You are that kind of person. Even your former-best-friend-now-nemesis is that kind of person (like poles repel). Coconuts aka GaRaPals (to borrow @Alan’s characterization of your kind)…
White on the inside, brown on the outside.
Have you realized that you were never really a part of the white people? You’re still foreign to them.
And being a coconut, you now realized that you are no longer part of the brown race. The ever need to belong escapes you further.
I pity you. Even an orphan is lucky enough to be nurtured, be cared for in an orphanage than an individual languishing around having no real nationality to tightly embrace him.
I pity you.
—–
Note: For several years, I think this is the first time I’ve addressed Mr. Pacifico directly because I understand his plight and I commiserate with him. His condescending attitude, I believed then, is just fleeting. However, my impatience got the better of me.
Nonetheless, I hope he finds peace in his heart.
Mariano Renato Pacifico says
Oh, @Baycas, thank you for addressing me directly. No need to do that. You can address me in different ways …
Stand back Baycas. Step back. Where is Philippines now with all their englischtzes and Factutom Probandum Pablum ad hominem infinitum ? Well ?
Do you see it clearly, now? Goot. Have you ever gone to starched white linen restaurants? How do they treat you? Do you get the best seat? Are you served well?
Let us try Rustan’s, does security guards trailing behind you? Can you feel the stab of stares of undercover detectives?
Do you know why Baycas? Because YOU ARE BROWN-SKIN-PUNK’D-NOSE !!! That is why!!!! You have a face that just doesn’t belong to snotty restaurants and shops. You cannot even run to Papa and complain that you are being discriminated.
I do not need to do that. I have the bearing and demeanor becuase I am sooo used to wealth, respect. BUT DO NOT MIND ME, mind the like of yours. THE MAJORITY !!! Got it?
I see people debate like scholars WHEN I CAME ALONG THEIR TRUE CHARACTERS SHOW. When Sex ang pinagusapan, THEIR TRUE INTENT UNRAVELS.
You can hide behind polite and courteous postings …. BUT IN THE END YOU ARE JUST ANOTHER DIRTY FILIPINOS WANTING ATTENTION and in DENIAL OF WHO YOU ARE.
DONCHA LOVE IT?
Alan says
TL; DR
Mariano Renato Pacifico says
SEe, Baycas? I am really goot in English not enlgischtzes. You post yours and 5 minutes later i post mine. I AM VERY GOOT IN ENGLISH. BUT I am not humbug about it.
You guys speak factutom probandum preccion correctional never heard that from columnists in America to Europe to Australia and CAnada. Only in the PHilippines? Why?
The reason why is because they wanted to impress that they know latin. Dude, that is soooooooo 50s ….. I am in zuckerberge generation.
baycas says
Mariano Renato Pacifico going ballistic…going berserk even…
All because of just one word, i.e., coconut.
Coconut!
Mariano Renato Pacifico says
berserk? HA! HA! HA!
You discuss fine exotic points of the law and yOU CAN KNOW I WENT BERSERK?
I outed you did I not? With all courteous polite pretensions in the end if I scratch every Filipinos they are really not courteous polite and educated demanor. They are just another 3rdworld asian trash !!!!!
NOW, YOU BETTER PUT LEASH ON YOURSELF else you go berserk?
Alan says
do you have a diagram or PowerPoint explaning your plan in detail? Does it have music and LOLKats? We love LOLKats
baycas says
@MRP,
Who outed who?
I just mentioned “coconut” and suddenly you elicited personal tirades against me.
It’s the same years back when your real psyche was revealed.
Victin Luz says
PORT BARTON in San Vicente , Palawan was the best place I ever seen. Better than El NIDO and CORON . It’s really a paradise. Cheap Food and Accomodation , sometime free FISH or SQUID if you catch a fisherman unloading his products in an island while hopping around the ISLETS.
Rene-Ipil says
[email protected]
I was at the coastal area of Port Barton, San Vicente in Palawan more than 3 decades ago. I remember there was one sari-sari store there at the time and few huts. It was a brief stay in the coastal area after a short travel by boat from nearby Cagnipa Island. I saw in google map that there is already a resort in Cagnipa. At the time there was only one hut occupied by a family in Cagnipa.
Can you please tell me how Port Barton looks now?
Victin Luz says
nako [email protected]…….malaki na po ang pagbabago. Cottages on every resort were renovated and some new one were constructed. Elsa’s place still one the front running lodging house and restaurant and so many foreigner’s married to native CUYUNIN’s owned hotel and restaurant but still not crowded because ZONING were implemented that only 2 storey houses/hotel are to be erected. Virgin forest remains around the Port Barton proper up to the 20kms. Radius or. More . What was demobilized were the PAGDANAN lumber yard at nearby sitio but a PEARL FARM open for tourist was also constructed and developed in that place. Island ‘s /islets in front PORT BARTON were also developed with cottages to go on overnight or have a romantic dinner at an small islet very near the barrio. Most of the surrounding islands/islets was provided with generator set but still , power are to be cut at 1am. Roads around the barrio were already cemented but the REVELATION sir…, to DATE or until now you can go and buy FISH at there samll talipapa of still very CHEAP PRICE. 1 kilo of live” PUSIT ” will not go as high as 120pesos/kilo and the cheapest at 60 to 70 pesos a kilo. And if you are on an island hopping and you chance to bump those fisherman who caught fish, it is the same old story ,, if you need few pcs. Of PUSIT, you still get it FREE. ” Ang sasabihin sa iyo ng mga bangkero , sir, kumuha Lang po kayo dyan ”
And until now most of the cottages welcomes COOKING your FISH bought at the TALIPAPA and the expensive room with air con unit still ranges from 600pesos to 800pesos.. Some are more than thousands for modern rooms, but tourist prefered to get non expensive because the IRONY , at the barrio electric power will be put off also at 1am he he. May gasolinahan na and medium groceries.
The barrio council were able to control immigrants at PORT BARTON, so BASAL padin sya . TGT construction co.. Developed one islet into small paradise for tourist. With lodging and accommodation but of limited numbers. I can not remember if it’s art of Cagnipa sir.
Lots , along the beach will cost you now 1000p/sq.m. to 2000p/sq. m defending the distance from the Barangay Hall.. Transact directly to the owners….it is opposite of BORACAY because PORT BARTON is a paradise of few inhabitants , not like the former paradise of crowded inhabitants and tourist……. Developed compared to slightly consumed paradise.
Still, when you are looking at the bay ( Port Barton dalampasigan ) as if you are looking a big LAKE because those island/islets seems connected with each other enveloping a LAKE but it was not.
Try to vist now @sir Rene… Magugulat ka , they preserved there NATURE.
Victin Luz says
May satellite station ang SMART at GLOBE sir @Rene….the mayor now is the USA Gradute na anak ni Don Alvarez , the owner of KIA and PAGDANAN lumber before.
Tatalunin ng Port Barton ang EL NIDO because , if you go on an island hopping at the latter ang lalayo ng distansya only there islets were created with CLIFFs and of course LAGEN and MINILOK resorts were erected on the two islands.
But at El NIDO , you can not swim in front of your cottages and you have to hire a boat going to islets to do it. At Port Barton ,…sa harapan ng cottages pwedi kang magbababad na safe and still the seashore was BLUE , GREEN and very clean.
The road from Puerto Princesa up to Bo. San Jose, ROXAS , well paved but the remaining 28kms. From there up to the barrio still gravel road. shuttle van are plying the route from PPC to PORT BARTON for 2 and 1/2 hrs. ride with a fare of 300 pesos one way ( air con sya )
At Port Barton and along the way,… Pag maswertehan mo @sir Rene ,,,may mga nagbebenta padin ng ng BABOY DAMO, minsan buo pa at hindi pa chopped at 150p/kilo.
Halos every holy week my family stayed at Port Barton for a week. Affordable ang gastos and we enjoyed it so much. Developed na din ang waterfall a few kilometer away from the barrio and the shoreline road connecting Port Barton to the town proper of San Vicente is under construction and the Widened AIRPORT at San Vicente is about to be completed.
Rene-Ipil says
[email protected]
Thank you so much. So nice to hear your personal account on Port Barton and I am glad that the place has gone a long positive way. It is now a prime tourist destination. It did not occur in my mind that Port Barton would be developed in its present state. I could not imagine then that a resort would sprout in a place so isolated. Upon reading your post, I started googling Port Barton and I am really surprised. I guess that was a result of infrastructure development, particularly the highway traversing Puerto Princesa, Roxas, San Vicente, Taytay and El Nido.
I was not able to travel by road in Palawan although I reached all the places I mentioned above. It was always by boat or two or four seater plane, L5 or Cessna.
Parekoy says
I strongly recommend the Caramoan Islands!
Very rural, not commercialized yet. Nightlife compared to Boracay is non-existent. Those who are bored with listening to crickets might be disappointed.
But if you really want the ultimate relaxation and different experience, try visiting this place and be proud to spread the experience. The cost was gentle to my wallet too.
We’ve been there for five days and hopped the 10 fabulous islands, from Matukad, Cotivas, Gota and etc.
Also visited the survivor site (Need to be friendly with the staffs and local workers of the show).
Brought my camping tent, mosquito spray, plenty of beer (you can also pay a local boater for an errand with this). Brought the swordfish steaks, grilled it on the island. Brought a tiny speaker for my iPad and played some jazzy music intermingling with the sound of the waves. Stared at the stars, held hands with the love of my life and rekindled some youthful mischiefs…
Heaven…
Parekoy says
here is the link.
http://caramoanislands(dot)com/
baycas says
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0zqXKOao7FU&feature=youtube_gdata_player
baycas says
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qvb4K715DIQ&feature=youtube_gdata_player
baycas says
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ANXcAiVQgUI&feature=youtube_gdata_player
leona says
@baycas’ VARIETY FUN ‘n ‘D phiLiPpiNes is eFFecTive!
baycas says
I <3 PH
Cha says
Aaaw thanks for sharing this @baycas.
It’s brought back so many memories of Baguio where my parents had a boutique shop at the Hyatt Terraces before the big earthquake tore it down. My mom who we lost a few years after that earthquake loved that place. Have been thinking about it these last few days while on holiday in Tasmaniia which reminds me so much if the old Baguio I knew.
Aah Pilipinas, I so miss you!
Joe America says
Tasmania!!!! So I guess you didn’t get any photos of Alice Rock, eh?
Tomas Gomez III says
@JoeAm, did you mean Ayers Rock which is a long busride from Alice Aprings, in the Northern Territories of Australia?
Joe America says
@Tomas, ahahaha, my creaky brain at work. Of course, that big red rock in the middle of nowhere. Ayers Rock. I need to punch up my Google Earth I guess. There’s a train now to Alice Springs, right?
Tomas Gomez III says
I am not up-to-date about the train……but Alice Springs is the venue for a boat regatta on a dry riverbed !!!!! I wonder if they still hold the annual race…. Anyway, you might recall that Alice Springs got world notice when Gen. MacArthur and party landed there (on B-17s from Bukidnon) and took the slow train to Adelaide and on to Melbourne in 1942, (background scenario for his “I Shall Return”….) when he was ordered out of Corregidor to take command of the AFWESPAC (Armed Forces of the Western Pacific) for the retaking of the Philippines. BTW, the present site of UE along Recto Ave. became the HQ of AFWESPAC in 1945 taking the space from its original owner, La Yebana Cigar and Cigarette…..thanks for triggering my “remember” membrains….I was a street waif then, living two blocks away.
Joe America says
@Thomas, wow, I didn’t know there was that MacArthur connection. Thanks for the history brief!
Cha says
Hi Joe,
January is not the best time to go up North. It’s wet and muggy. Made rhe mstake of going to Darwin around this time a couple of years ago and we could barely get the kids out of the hotel. June /July would be a better time to do Uluru (what th licls call Ayers Rock) so te photo might take a while yet.
@Tomas Gomez III,
I understand that boat regatta still happens , around September each year.
There’s also still a train that goes from Alice Springs all the way down to Adelaide in South Australia. It’s called The Ghan.
moonie says
sorry, is that where crown princess mary of denmark originally came from? tasmania? isn’t there bush fire lately? I saw it on t.v. tassie devils are so scary. looks like my aunt in medellin, cebu. sorry tiya. my tiya is brave though, she can climb coconut trees without harness. she adviced me that if ever manage to climb up one to keep a wary eye about. there are snakes up there! and they dont like visitors dropping by uninvited. not so fun.
Joe America says
ha, your tiya sounds like a character. She could probably tame tasmania.
Cha says
Yes Moonie, Princess Mary was born and bred in Tasmania. Though she mate the Prince while already working as a real estate agent in Sydney.
The bushfires that’s been all over the news last week have already been contained. There’s more of them though in New South Wales and Victoria at the momnt where it’s been sweltering apparently. Heard it was 45 C yesterday in Sydney where I’m headed back to soon. :(
Cha says
Oh sorry that’s met not mate. Ahaha not sure of the latter happened in Sydney too :)
baycas says
:-)
Hangover from the previous blog post…
moonie says
thanks, Joe America and Cha. we pinoys are here, there and everywhere.
Joe America says
Darwin is the gateway to Kakadu and I visited in October 2004. I’m with your kids. I’ve been many places but none as suffocating as Darwin. Old timers there develop gills, I understand, to help deal with the oppressive humidity.
Joe America says
Hahaha that’s a double Darwin joke.
baycas says
Been meaning to go back to Baguio too.
Sagada is a fun place too. Nature…trekking…hiking. Friends highly recommend the visit.
Baltazar says
The government must also pay attention to the preservation of our beauty spots , the Banaue Rice Terraces in particular. We’ve been there 2 years ago by trekking the Nueva Vizcaya side. Still beautiful but some are already succumbing to soil erosion.
Yeah, shame on me. I have been to different parts of the world for pleasure travel but never toured many beautiful places in my own country. But to be honest, in the past decade, I was afraid for the safety of my family that’s why we would always choose to travel abroad. Like for example the idea of going to Palawan. We were still haunted by the Burnhams’ story. ( not that any of my relative is involved). The bombing of malls in the southern provinces…etc..
Time for a change of mind , I think.
tristanism says
Sagada, HIGHly recommended.
There was a pun there, right? :)
baycas says
You thought of it, Bro.
:) Like.
Baltazar says
I thought they will also show the phallus ash trays in the sidewalks of Baguio City. :-)
baycas says
Jollibee censored it right before airing the video. Not wholesome for kids…who are mostly their patrons.
Rene-Ipil says
The video showcases the beauty of the Philippines and the creativeness of Filipinos.
I understand that the commercial was done in Boracay showing a foreigner proposing marriage to her girlfriend ( looks like a local lass ). He employed the locals of Boracay to make his marriage proposal with the use of sail boats.
Congratulations to Secretary Jimenez. And also to Raissa for the immediate dissemination of the video to overseas CPMers.
zamera says
Most of us Filipinos are product of intermarriages of different races. The guy looks foreigner looking but he can be a Pinoy just the same :)The girl has tisay features too in some angles.
I think this ad is brilliant! They had featured actors that appeal to both Filipinos and non-Filipinos…and to those hoping to become Filipinos :D
roberto villaflores says
It is not only fun, it is also touching of hearts in the Philippines. Our secretary and his team in the tourism are doing a good job. A confidence that we will surpass the rich countries in the very near future. Hindi ko lang gusto ang commercial, love na love ko lang. Congratulation Sec. Jimenez.
raissa says
with the tiny budget they have.
leona says
The country and people are great. Maybe if allowed by our Moderator, many of us can put here good pictures and videos that depict the people and country. We love our home here. Many loves that golden chain of kindness towards many also. This Blog Site is one proof of that golden chain. So, to tell and help our Tourism program to the many out there, with your iPad, iPod, Digital Video Camera, Cell phone camera, etc. via Internet to Raissa Robles, start it soon with your comments/data about it. Thanks Raissa and You too Alan.
Pilipinas Kung Mahal! My Philippines!
raissa says
if you have videos or pics you want me to upload, pls e-mail to [email protected]
baycas says
http://www.youtube.com/user/morefunph
raissa says
THANKS for the videos.
baycas says
You’re welcome.
andrew lim says
Yes, Mr Jimenez is performing exceedingly well. My cousin has a resort on Boracay, and they have no problem filling it up this early, considering it is not on the beachfront.
But there is concern if the infrastructure can handle it – the airports, the hotel capacities, the transportation available, etc.
Ah, but the new NAIA terminal will open soon. It’s more fun in the Philippines!
Joe America says
Ah, yes. Marketing is one of those jobs where subjective judgment comes into play, and everyone figures they can do it. Not like lawyering where you have to know case law and pass an exam, or doctoring where you have to know diseases and medicines. So all the experts were whacking at Mr. Jimenez on the basis of the slogan that it had been done before, like in 195x, in some land without Philippine sizzle.
BUT execution is everything, not the slogan. And this guy is a genius. All the critics are proven ignorami. It was actually this guywho got me going on a First Class Philippines kick on my blog, because the Philippines has first class people all over the place.
The media tend to focus on the zeroes, however, the blood and gore, the tears like life was a teledrama. No, the Philippines has first class people if those in authority would only look for them and get the scruffy underperformers out of the cushy jobs given to them by mama or papa.
raissa says
Thank you, Joe.
By the way, thanks too for the unexpected praise/award you gave me on your blog.
Raissa
Joe America says
Well, as I said, First Class people are everywhere, people often just don’t recognize them. You do great work to keep important subjects right up front. And your gang of rather unshy participating scribes could word-wrestle congress to the ground any day.
raissa says
:)
That includes you.
Mariano Renato Pacifico says
Jimenez should be charged of insensitiveness and discrimination.
Jimenez needs sensitivty trining and race-relation seminar.
JEEEZ FILIPINOS, C’MON !!!!
LOVE YOUR SKIN AND YOUR PUNK’D NOSE !!!!
Alan says
There there now, don’t cry. Mama Gloria will be along shortly. As soon as she gets out of prison. That might be a while though
moonie says
iyakin talaga yan. his namesake renato corona is the same.
moonie says
MRP is obssessed with punk’d nose, maybe he should make his nose punk’d too.
Mariano Renato Pacifico says
HA! HA! HA! Joe, the 1st class people are the tisoys and tisays and the traditional looking brown-skin-punk’d nose are row-rowing the boat down the China Sea Merily, Merrily life is funny but just a dream …
This advertisement is insensitive to the 98% brown-skin-punk’d nose Filipinos. If this advertisement were in America, Raissa and Alan would be apologizing to the Americans for the Filipinos.
Why can’t we just have brown-skin-punk’d nose and those row-rowing the boat are the tisoys and tisays ? HUH?
RAISSA? ALAN? Anong say, n’yo !!! You are making the traditional Filipino looking race second class citizen.
raissa says
You should check out another ad where the white foreigner pushes the boat for the brown punk nosed Filipino.
Joe America says
Marketing is artwork, aimed at an audience. It is not a history book or a photograph of native lifestyles, historically accurate down to the bare feet. I’d be interested in where the ad will be placed. Not Africa or the Middle East, I’d suspect. Maybe it is will be here in the Philippines where many people aspire (associative pride) to live like whitey and vacation where whitey vacations. Maybe it is for the US, or maybe to just hang it on you tube for whoever wants to punch it up. To grasp why the cast is chosen, you have to understand the whole of the campaign. That’s with Jimenez.
Alan says
I can already imagine Don Marian0’s idea of the perfect ad: all the tourists and pug-nosed pinoys are having a good time sailing off the beach when the SS GaRaPals, captained by Ignacio, sails along and torpedoes all the craft, surfaces, machineguns survivors, then fumigates the island by blanketing it with hard copies of a certain failed blogger’s economic and media analyses (that last one is a particularly cruel touch but we’re sure it will draw tourists)
Joe America says
Well, hey, I’d watch that ad over and over again, for the little touch of exquisite cruelty . . .
moonie says
well,I think, those brown at pango na mga pinoys identify themselves with the tisay and tisoys in most adverts. that’s the power of marketing and promotion. the ability to see themselves in others. I’ve seen commercial being shot once. on t.v. participants were carefully selected. they were already pretty yet make-up were still applied and told how to smile and lift their heads, where to look, and how to hold it. hard work. after editing, their pictures were still airbrushed removing all kinks. without paraphernilia, carefully chosen props, clothes and make-up, I would have hard time recognizing the participants in public. but it’s really not just about the tisay and the tisoys in the adverts. it’s about the message. buy our products and you’ll be happy and contented as the tisays and tisoys in the advert.
nothing new really. history showed us the ancient egyptians honed advertising down to a T. hieroglyphics left behind showed them all tall and statuesque and pretty. rarely a short one among them, no stumpy ones too, no sakang as well.
moonie says
I’m one of those 98% brown skinned pinoys. I dont find the ad insensitive or offensive. tisays and tisoys rowing boats? nah, we browned skinned pinoys are better rowers than them. we won in rowing competitions, gold, gold, gold in florida, u.s.a.
Alan says
I don’t know about first- and second-class, but I can pretty much see the no-class right here
moonie says
alan, I think mrp is dreaming. about tisays and tisoys and himself being one of them. may complex yata yan.
macspeed says
Thank you so much Joe Am,
thats a lot of goodness which dissolves my cultural shocked,
can you please let me know what is the meaning of “btw”?
I a bit lost everytime i read it here…
tristanism says
BTW means ‘By The Way.’
Just in case, IMHO is ‘In My Humble Opinion’ and FTW is ‘For The Win.’
:)
Parekoy says
@tristanism
FTW-F**K The Wacko!
Syet…baka may tamaan na naman, baka sabihin bakit sya na lang at sya. FTW talaga!
Joe America says
ROFLMAO
baycas says
AFAIC, i LSHIAPIMP…
vander anievas says
@parekoy,
thanks for the FTW. hahahaha.
one question from a punk’d nosed ignorant me, is the wacko mrp?
Baltazar says
@parekoy
…yung huling FTW – Fa Ta Wa? ;-)
tristanism says
Story told by my friend.
His dad asked him what ‘WTF’ means. (his dad just created an FB account and was trying to familiarize himself with it)
My friend told his dad WTF means Welcome To Facebook.
I hope his dad did not welcome a lot of people to Facebook.
*true story
Baltazar says
Ha ha ..!
macspeed says
HAYYYYY salamat at nalaman ko rin he he he,
1999 when i first chat in ICQ, i used macismail as my nick.
lot of chatters wanted to talked to me keep asking ASL please, i just ignored them because i really dont know ASL, LOL at iba pa, then, after a month of chatting, i asked one chatter, can you please tell me what is ASL, i am just new here, she said Age- Sex – Location wowwww, that is simple he he he he
so the again, those chatters keep asking ASL please, and right away i responded,
“42-ale- Saudi Arabia” he he he i did not know the chatters are so young 14, 10, 15, 17 well, she said, “shet, you are OLD to be my dad!!!” he he he he from then, i stopped he he he
Joe America says
ha, that’s funny. It is best to be mysterious, I think, so as to fit into any dialogue, young or old, thick or thin. Chameleon-like.
leona says
…dekadas, I almost was ‘safe-guarded’ on yehee chat-chat…’Hello Hello are you still there?” my partner suddenly was behind me watching already…Why don’t you answer? …I said…What? Someone calling you!..What? didn’t hear…Answer! …Ah! …that’s malwares and phissinnnng! they popps with no invites…don’t mind that…..clik clik ..change channel!…lesson: face the entrance door when lapping the pc un table!…partner don’t know a thing of pc cybering….hahaha
pinay710 says
macspeed salamat sa pagtanong mo.ako din hindi ko alam NAHIHIIYA LANG AKONG MAGTANONG kasi out of topic. 2 na tayong nakakaalam hihihi
macspeed says
thanks to All he he he now i am on track he he he he