i am soooooo tired of the snow now. i can't take it anymore. this is just too much. enough is enough.
please snow, go away.
i was just watching videos of ramiele on youtube like this and this when i came into this video about filipinos discussing about filipinos versus filipino-americans. or rather the filipinos raised in america versus those raised in the philippines. obviously, a division on the filipino community. very interesting.
some points raised:
. what does it mean to be a filipino?
. what is the essence of being a filipino?
. do you need to be able to speak tagalog to be called a genuine filipino?
. can't you claim to be a filipino because you can't speak in filipino?
my take? this is really complicated. it doesn't mean that just because we're filipinos that we could all naturally get along. my gawd! even families can't get along by themselves. although i agree that we tend to gravitate to our own race, personality still matters, whether you speak english with an accent or not. there are a lot of issues involved in this too. for one, most filipinos have this sir/mam status mentality. inconspicuously, that may be stopping us from co-existing without insecurities. another is the filipino pride. we have too much of it but are oftentimes misguided by it. this pride can lead us to look up on filipinos who speak fluent english, yet it can also lead us to look down on filipinos who speak english with the accent. these are only a few that i can think of right now.
this is a very complicated topic and we don't really need to argue. i myself can't pinpoint how i can define one's 'filipino-ness.' all i know is that it can not be on the color of your skin, or on how well you can speak tagalog, or on pakikisama, or utang na loob, or on respect of the elders, or on the close-knit family, yadda yadda. i just know i am.
P.S.
my friend just got into an accident while driving on the snow. good thing nobody was hurt and the car just got a dent. just one more reason to hate snow.
P.P.S.
i am a canadian citizen and a filipino citizen. but i am filipino.
