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Reading Filipino
Flex your Filipino reading muscles!
Read these:
http://dakilapinoy.wordpress.com/2008/08...
http://www.seasite.niu.edu/Tagalog/tagal...
I've read pieces much more difficult than these before. They make us read tons of nosebleedy Filipino poems, articles, essays and short stories at the University. Nice info though. Thanks for the links.
Yeah, I agree with Mykee, I think I've read harder pieces. I think Filipino is easier to read when it's written well -- it has that sing-song, flowery quality to it, kinda like Spanish but softer. I love how it sounds in my head when I read it. :)
Maybe it's make lots of difference especially when you live in you native country breathing every Filipino word... Maybe, Marco you don't speak much Filipino b'coz obviously your in a foreign country with so few people who understood the language...Well I had a hard time meself with English back then...
But at least now I see some improvements meself...
Just learn the language and appreciate its beauty....
It's not like I'm illiterate! Speaking Filipino comes naturally to all of us, but I just can't read texts like that! Don't get me started on writing Filipino!
Hi everyone. I hope you don't mind I don't have any Filipino heritage but my brother went on a mission there. So I'm doing a state report on it and I was hoping that I could learn even more about it if I joined this group. Please give me more information. So far it is a really interesting country!! :D
Well then our country is known for jeepneys and "bagoong" a ferment dish forming a sort of fish-paste...
Oh and don't forget karaokes, parties, sing-a-longs, binge-drinking, beaches, religiousness...etc. =)
Ingredients
1 cup sweet rice
2 1/2 cups water
1/2 cup unsweetened cocoa
1/2 cup granulated sugar
1/8 teaspoon vanilla extract
sweetened condensed milk (optional)
Directions
1 Cook Rice in a medium-size saucepan with water.
2 Stir constantly.
3 When rice is ready, rice should be somewhat transparent and it'll feel thicker as you stir.
4 Add the balance of ingredients except milk.
5 Serve in bowls with swirls of milk on top.
> Source: RecipeeZaar
Filipino Leche Flan Recipe
Preparation time: 30 minutes
Estimated cooking time: 1 hour
Leche Flan Ingredients:
1 can (390g) evaporated milk
1 can (390g) condensed milk
10 egg yolks
1 teaspoon of vanilla extract or lemon essence
For the caramel:
1 cup sugar
3/4 cup water
Leche Flan Cooking Instructions:
In a saucepan, mix the sugar & water. Bring to a boil for a few minutes until the sugar caramelize.
Pour the caramelized sugar into aluminum moulds - you can use any shape: oval, round or square. Spread the caramel on the bottom of the moulds.
Mix well the evaporated milk, condensed milk, egg yolks and vanilla by hand or blender.
Gently pour the mixture on top of the caramel on the aluminum moulds. Fill the moulds to about 1 to 1 1/4 inch thick.
Cover moulds individually with aluminum foil.
Steam for about 20 minutes OR
Bake for about 45 minutes. Before baking the Leche Flan, place the moulds on a larger baking pan half filled with very hot water. Pre-heat oven to about 370 degrees before baking.
Let cool then refrigerate.
To serve: run a thin knife around the edges of the mould to loosen the Leche Flan. Place a platter on top of the mould and quickly turn upside down to position the golden brown caramel on top.Cooking
Tips:
You can tell when the Leche Flan is cooked by inserting a knife -if it comes out clean, it is cooked.
> Source: Filipino Recipes
Haha, is leche plan a sweetened dish that originates in Philippines? Nah, I dont think so. Pero imbitahan mo kami kung luto na ha?
1) Over 7,107 islands in this archipelago
2) About 77 major languages
3) Over 500 dialects
4) Spanish food
5) American lifestyle
6) Roots – Malay
7) Small president
8) Great tropical beaches and climate
9) Only two seasons (hint hint for Geographers)
10) Refused to send people to Iraq for any purpose
11) Green passports
12) Red, blue, white in the flag
13) Friendly people who like Westerners
14) Mabuhay!
15) American-style justice system
1. Is a megadiverse country.
2. Most citizens are bilingual. Some are trilingual.
3. For the school system, if you flunk two classes, you’d have to repeat the same grade level all over again.
4. We love to sing. Most kids (and adults!) huddle in a corner and sing-along with the best guitar player in the group as a normal pastime. Don’t even get us started with karaoke….
5. All high school seniors (except for athletes!) are required to take the Citizen’s Army Training throughout their senior year. Or else they won’t graduate.
7. Megastorms are part of our everyday lives.
8. Nepotism is key.
9. Ghosts are abundant. Really. LOL.
10. Our local alcoholic beverage is called “Tuba” (too-bah). It’s fermented sap from coconuts. They come in many flavors too.
11. Our national dance involves bamboo poles banging at each other. We call it Tinikling!
12. All meals are eaten with rice.
13. Isaw (grilled chicken intestines), Adidas (roasted chicken feet), Balut (fertilized duck egg), and Betamax (pork blood) are just some of the great exotic street foods you can sample!
14. We have cheese-flavored ice cream! Yum!
15. Currently, our pride and most famous citizen is a boxer.
Marco wrote: "10. Our local alcoholic beverage is called “Tuba” (too-bah). It’s fermented sap from coconuts. They come in many flavors too. "Really? They come in flavors now? Hehe,I didn't know that. I only tried the natural one and didn't really like it. And you forgot that we're also the largest exporter of Virgin Coconut Oil(VCO). They come in different flavors too. :)
By the way, our passports aren't green anymore, they're maroon-ish...
"15) American-style justice system"I think not. Theirs is jury system.
And we don't have divorce here.
the substance of our law are American-influenced. We don't have divorce, but many of us here do not only separate themselves in beds. they also separate in real lives with respective lovers of their own. There is still other native beverage-- basi [take that from Subanen and Higaonon:].Megastorms, Nepotism, and Ghosts' abundance... i agree.
Many of us sleep with ghosts too. Hahaha.
Text capital? As in texting messages? Probably everyone in the Philippines seems to have a cellphone and texting everyone :P
I was just wondering I heard that it sent more text messages in the U.S. and England per day combined!!
well its not exactly little I guess in a figure of speech it is What I'm saying is that the Philippines has more than 7,107 islands! biggish/smallish I guess!! Still that is a lot of text messages!!
Yeah, people do say that the Philippines is the texting capital of the world. Filipinos love to text since it's a cheap way to stay in touch with friends and family as well as people you don't know. I know some people who can't go a day without sending someone a quote or a chain message or jokes. :) We're just inherently social, I guess...
And they say there is a financial crisis here? Filipinos don't seem to mind the crisis basta lang makapag send ng text messages. :)
Some foreigner's have been calling our country a "nation of servants".I was totally hurt that some of them don"t appreciate our culture that much,but they have their points of views,don't they?They have their own opinions,and we filipinos respect that....Don't we?
I read that in the newspaper. A HK columnist Chin Tsao wrote that China shouldn't "bow to us" regarding the Spartlys issue because we're just a nation of cheap labor servants. I agree Maria, I too felt hurt and insulted. True, we send maids abroad but its unfair to generalize us as a "nation of servants". China built most of their economic boom on cheap labor and factory workers but we don't generalize them as cheap laborers. Besides, I don't understand why they have to do with Spartlys. It's not like we're the only country claiming it (Vietnam, Taiwan and Malaysia have also tried to claim it), but we probably have the most credible claim to it, so maybe that's why he's harping at us. :(
Don't mind China. They're rather secretive, and I think they lied as far as the Olympics go. I mean, come on, those girls looked like they were 12 yr old!!!
So what's the matter if we're a nation of servants? As Jessica Zafra puts it, we're on to world domination. What would happen if all Filipino servants all over the world stopped working and rise up in protest? The whole universe, including China, would be left washing their own laundry and doing their own dishes.
Haha, yeah I like to think we're on to world domination, although I don't think it'll be entirely because of our maids. ;)
In the same vein, we shouldn't believe that all citizens of HK agree with Mainland China. Not all of them have the lowly brains of Chin Tsao.
Lynai wrote: "So what's the matter if we're a nation of servants? As Jessica Zafra puts it, we're on to world domination. What would happen if all Filipino servants all over the world stopped working and rise up..."I already do dishes and my own laundry.
Filipino servants-overseas are making this country live. Sinong kokontra at ipadala ko sya sa Sulu ngayon din...
I need some history of your country. I'm finding it difficult to find the right sources on the internet. So if you have any suggestions please tell me. My report is due Friday!
