Comments on: The Kid’s Couture Halloween Party Costume http://www.marketmanila.com/archives/the-kids-couture-halloween-party-costume A food blog that talks about food, produce, recipes, ingredients, restaurants and markets here in the Philippines and around the globe. Sun, 20 Jul 2008 01:07:19 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.7 by: Grace http://www.marketmanila.com/archives/the-kids-couture-halloween-party-costume#comment-17904 Thu, 02 Nov 2006 19:45:45 +0000 http://www.marketmanila.com/archives/the-kids-couture-halloween-party-costume#comment-17904 Bravo, that is an excellent point of view, Marketman. I am truly enjoying this website. Bravo, that is an excellent point of view, Marketman. I am truly enjoying this website.

]]> by: Marketman http://www.marketmanila.com/archives/the-kids-couture-halloween-party-costume#comment-17647 Tue, 31 Oct 2006 04:09:01 +0000 http://www.marketmanila.com/archives/the-kids-couture-halloween-party-costume#comment-17647 Jean, why don't you move home then instead of reaping the benefits of living in a Western society but feeling so adamant about it? Why not do something to encourage our cultural heritage? Why not leave comments in fully fluent Pilipino? Adaptable doesn't mean we have no self-worth...I think that is bit strong, no? As for the Ako'y Pilipino speech, 70+% of the population were never native Pilipino (a made up National language, predominantly tagalog, I might add) speakers and the ones that are are often lacking in fluency so that speech is gone... And how can we be proud of countrymen who CHEATED on a baseball game? Are you saying we copied the cheating or is that a typically national trait??? Hmmm... As for taking on other's traditions, what about Christmas, New Year's Eve, the Three Kings, Easter penetence, November 1st, Labor Day, Lent, Chinese New Year, etc. HAVEN'T WE TAKEN ALL OF THOSE HOLIDAYS FROM OTHER CULTURES?!?! At what point would you consider us pure Filipino, before the Spaniards arrived in the 1500's, before the Chinese traders, the Malay cousins, the Vietnamese tourists in the 800's??? When do we do the cut-off? Should we all gather around the rice bowl and do a fertility dance as they do in Bontoc or Sagada...what is NATIVE, after all? I'm not really sure that we have a single native holiday... even a fiesta is imported! Even most of our names are IMPORTED! And why should Europeans adopt anything American when European culture is incredibly old itself and far more developed at the time the U.S. even declared its independence (not to make light of native Americans who roamed the plains before...but not many Americans today send smoke signals)... It's partially in jest and partially serious...how can you diss Halloween when we celebrate Christmas, et al with such gusto? Jean, why don’t you move home then instead of reaping the benefits of living in a Western society but feeling so adamant about it? Why not do something to encourage our cultural heritage? Why not leave comments in fully fluent Pilipino? Adaptable doesn’t mean we have no self-worth…I think that is bit strong, no? As for the Ako’y Pilipino speech, 70+% of the population were never native Pilipino (a made up National language, predominantly tagalog, I might add) speakers and the ones that are are often lacking in fluency so that speech is gone… And how can we be proud of countrymen who CHEATED on a baseball game? Are you saying we copied the cheating or is that a typically national trait??? Hmmm… As for taking on other’s traditions, what about Christmas, New Year’s Eve, the Three Kings, Easter penetence, November 1st, Labor Day, Lent, Chinese New Year, etc. HAVEN’T WE TAKEN ALL OF THOSE HOLIDAYS FROM OTHER CULTURES?!?! At what point would you consider us pure Filipino, before the Spaniards arrived in the 1500’s, before the Chinese traders, the Malay cousins, the Vietnamese tourists in the 800’s??? When do we do the cut-off? Should we all gather around the rice bowl and do a fertility dance as they do in Bontoc or Sagada…what is NATIVE, after all? I’m not really sure that we have a single native holiday… even a fiesta is imported! Even most of our names are IMPORTED! And why should Europeans adopt anything American when European culture is incredibly old itself and far more developed at the time the U.S. even declared its independence (not to make light of native Americans who roamed the plains before…but not many Americans today send smoke signals)… It’s partially in jest and partially serious…how can you diss Halloween when we celebrate Christmas, et al with such gusto?

]]> by: Jean http://www.marketmanila.com/archives/the-kids-couture-halloween-party-costume#comment-17646 Tue, 31 Oct 2006 03:35:31 +0000 http://www.marketmanila.com/archives/the-kids-couture-halloween-party-costume#comment-17646 MM, I've lived in Europe for three years in the local economy and never have I seen any of the locals "copy" American culture. I would say that, more or less, Europeans detested Americans in their community. That told me a whole lot. Adaptable?! I find that an insult to our own self worth. So in other words, every Tom, Dick or Harry can screw us over and we are willing to accept that because we are adaptable?! Are we whores?! Adaptable?! We shouldn't be! What ever happened to our "Ako'y Pilipino" speech. Worthless now, eh? I recall (about a decade ago) the Filipino baseball team who cheated in the league and was disqualified for lying about their age. It was all over the news here in the states. Yea, we Filipino/Americans bowed our heads in shame. We had to face that. Yeah, WE CAN BE PROUD OF THAT......... Yet it doesn't phase you guys to still feel the need to take anothers identity and make it your own. I'm not upset, just wish we, as Filipinos got our head screwed on straight and thought for a change instead of thinking of what makes it cool to "copy" our western neighbors (who, by the way, don't want us here to begin with). Geez, take pride of who we are. We are Filipinos and we should stay that way! MM, I’ve lived in Europe for three years in the local economy and never have I seen any of the locals “copy” American culture. I would say that, more or less, Europeans detested Americans in their community. That told me a whole lot.

Adaptable?! I find that an insult to our own self worth. So in other words, every Tom, Dick or Harry can screw us over and we are willing to accept that because we are adaptable?! Are we whores?! Adaptable?! We shouldn’t be! What ever happened to our “Ako’y Pilipino” speech. Worthless now, eh?

I recall (about a decade ago) the Filipino baseball team who cheated in the league and was disqualified for lying about their age. It was all over the news here in the states. Yea, we Filipino/Americans bowed our heads in shame. We had to face that. Yeah, WE CAN BE PROUD OF THAT……… Yet it doesn’t phase you guys to still feel the need to take anothers identity and make it your own.

I’m not upset, just wish we, as Filipinos got our head screwed on straight and thought for a change instead of thinking of what makes it cool to “copy” our western neighbors (who, by the way, don’t want us here to begin with).

Geez, take pride of who we are. We are Filipinos and we should stay that way!

]]> by: Marketman http://www.marketmanila.com/archives/the-kids-couture-halloween-party-costume#comment-17602 Mon, 30 Oct 2006 21:59:50 +0000 http://www.marketmanila.com/archives/the-kids-couture-halloween-party-costume#comment-17602 Jean, one side of me agrees with your view... However, the other says we are precisely incredibly adaptable and take on new things as the culture evolves, for better or worse. It is precisely this characteristic that has allowed over 8-10 million Filipinos to assimilate so quickly in nearly every country on the globe... Notice how we quickly are absorbed into countries from Northern Europe to Australia to Africa and North America... we were a "damaged" culture in the negative sense from Spanish colonial times, but a positive "melting pot" of sorts during the same period... Jean, one side of me agrees with your view… However, the other says we are precisely incredibly adaptable and take on new things as the culture evolves, for better or worse. It is precisely this characteristic that has allowed over 8-10 million Filipinos to assimilate so quickly in nearly every country on the globe… Notice how we quickly are absorbed into countries from Northern Europe to Australia to Africa and North America… we were a “damaged” culture in the negative sense from Spanish colonial times, but a positive “melting pot” of sorts during the same period…

]]> by: Jean http://www.marketmanila.com/archives/the-kids-couture-halloween-party-costume#comment-17575 Mon, 30 Oct 2006 16:02:48 +0000 http://www.marketmanila.com/archives/the-kids-couture-halloween-party-costume#comment-17575 MM, we're a bunch of sell outs. When and if I ever go back to the PI I want to see what our culture is all about. I don't want to go back and see the things that I've grown up with. Whats sad is, my kids will never see true Filipino culture cuz its so friggin' westernized. Bow our heads in shame. MM, we’re a bunch of sell outs. When and if I ever go back to the PI I want to see what our culture is all about. I don’t want to go back and see the things that I’ve grown up with. Whats sad is, my kids will never see true Filipino culture cuz its so friggin’ westernized.

Bow our heads in shame.

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