Comments | nathanpogi: identity crisis...me or my country? LOL!

nathanpogi

identity crisis...me or my country? LOL!

Feb 08, 2009 15:56

when i was in Hong Kong, i was mistaken for a Japanese ( Read more... )

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legally_bald February 8 2009, 12:06:45 UTC

i was once mistaken as an eskimo.

nathanpogi February 9 2009, 02:59:33 UTC

i can imagine Linda Evagelista with an igloo-like fashion dress. :)

whitewatcher February 8 2009, 13:02:49 UTC

1. I'm tempted to share my guesses on why they mistook you for all those different nationalities/ethnicities but I'll be silent on 'em. Mahaba eh... haha!

2. I think it's our country. Too much colonialism and too few who care. Tsk tsk...

nathanpogi February 9 2009, 03:02:38 UTC

1. let us keep it just for us. LOL! :)

2. it will still take generations for colonialism to merely subdue initially. to concretely vanish and identify the TRUE Filipino for the total population is a hope.

whitewatcher February 9 2009, 08:50:24 UTC

That means we should start now! :) It's now or later. LOL!

Anyroad, I'm often mistaken for an American by Southeast Asians. But by Americans, they think I'm Arab. Ehehehe...

maxwerx February 8 2009, 15:48:06 UTC

When I first saw you, you looked like an angel. :P Teehee.

nathanpogi February 9 2009, 03:03:16 UTC

i will lend to you my halo. but halo-halo me first LOL! :)

yummy_tofu February 17 2009, 14:07:10 UTC

the best line everrr

maxwerx February 22 2009, 11:31:08 UTC

Thanks. It took me a while to think it up. :) You look like an angel, too. :)

violin_diplomat February 9 2009, 01:18:34 UTC

I’m mistaken for an 18-yr old hahaha *anlau*… but isn’t it hypocrisy to deny our colonial past as it is “an input of history” as F. Sionil said?...anyhoo, I had a similar post on my blogger account on 07 Jan 09, it’s a bit all over the place though hahaha http://bpinp.blogspot.com/2009_01_01_archive.html

nathanpogi February 9 2009, 03:06:55 UTC

other countries have also inputs of history but well-managed to uproot and identify their cultures. ours is overwhelming. love and acceptance are required. LOL! i dunno what im talking about. :P

violin_diplomat February 9 2009, 04:29:50 UTC

IMHO we simply fail to appreciate our history.. we don’t need to uproot that which brought us culture and identity... we are trying hard not to be colonial in our mentality that we end up having no identity at all… Latin American countries did not do away with the Spanish/Portuguese influences but embraced it and developed their identity around it..they did not return to being the “Indians” that they originally were before the colonisers came… but are they lesser Argentinians, Brazilians, or Peruvians than their ancestors are?...they're hot pa nga now di ba? hahaha

Hay naku, buti na lang ako loyal ako kay Queen Elizabeth hahaha

whitewatcher February 9 2009, 08:56:09 UTC

I think the problem with the Philippines is too much of the colonial side and too few of the aboriginal. Worse, many think aboriginal is "yucky" and Western "cool". I've seen/heard too many youngsters who'd rather applaud rapping and hiphop than their own native dances. "Baduy" daw. Gods help us!

Btw, most Argentinians are localised Europeans. So their appreciation of their colonial history is actually their aboriginal history. Ehehehe...

IMO a better example would be Mexicans. Many Mexicans are proud of their Aztec and Mayan ancestries and some even speak Nahuatl. I think what they have is a true syncretism of colonial Hispanic and native Amerindian culture.