Blending Mechanism

It was hard at first to try to blend in to people you just met, those not-so-familiar faces staring at you without knowing whats on their mind. You would never know what to say first, where to start, and how to act. you just feel like everybody's eyes where gazing at you. sometimes you just wished to move invisibly without them noticing. you became too conscious to do some extra activities. but then, sometimes things happen far better than what you think. sometimes you think too much without even noticing their smiles and welcoming approach. when you do, you feel comfortable. thanks to those people who accepted me with arms open wide to ruin their peaceful lives. from my first workplace to the second. :)

Blending Mechanism

It was hard at first to try to blend in to people you just met, those not-so-familiar faces staring at you without knowing whats on their mind. You would never know what to say first, where to start, and how to act. you just feel like everybody's eyes where gazing at you. sometimes you just wished to move invisibly without them noticing. you became too conscious to do some extra activities. but then, sometimes things happen far better than what you think. sometimes you think too much without even noticing their smiles and welcoming approach. when you do, you feel comfortable. thanks to those people who accepted me with arms open wide to ruin their peaceful lives. from my first workplace to the second. :)

tralala lala . :)

im confused . im not sure . i think im not . yeah I'm NOT !

The University of Southeastern Philippines SAYS NO to Regional University System (RUS). From House Bill 5311, authored by Hon. Isidro Ungab of the third district in Davao City.

( A proposed Regional University System Bill has been crafted known as “An Act Creating a Regional State University System to be known as the Davao Regional State University System (DRSUS) by integrating the University of Southeastern Philippines (USEP), the Davao del Norte State College (DNSC), the Davao Oriental State College of Science and Technology and the Southern Philippines Agribusiness and Marine and Aquatic School of Technology (SPAMAST), and Appropriating Funds Therefor.” - RDC XI )



A BIG NO !

PHILIPPINE HISTORY (summary for part1)

PART 1: THE SETTING

The Philippine archipelago lies in Southeast Asia in a position that has led to its becoming a cultural crossroads, a place where Malays, Chinese, Spaniards, Americans, and others have interacted to forge that unique cultural and racial blend known to the world as Filipino. The archipelago numbers some 7,107 islands and the nation claims an exclusive economic zone of 200 nautical miles from its shores. The Philippines occupies an area that stretches for 1,850 kilometers from about the fifth to the twentieth parallels north latitude. The total land area is almost 300,000 square kilometers. Topographically, the Philippines is broken up by the sea, which gives it one of the longest coastlines of any nation in the world. Off the coast of eastern Mindanao is the Philippine Trough, which descends to a depth of 10,430 meters. The Philippines is part of a western Pacific arc system that is characterized by active volcanoes. Among the most notable peaks are Mount Mayon near Legaspi, Taal Volcano south of Manila, and Mount Apo on Mindanao. All of the Philippines islands are prone to earthquakes. The northern Luzon highlands, or Cordillera Central, rise to between 2,500 and 2,750 meters, and, together with the Sierra Madre in the northeastern portion of Luzon and the mountains of Mindanao, boast rain forests that provide refuge for numerous upland tribal groups. The country's most extensive river systems are the Pulangi (Rio Grande), which flows into the Mindanao River; the Agusan, in Mindanao which flows north into the Mindanao Sea; the Cagayan in northern Luzon; and the Pampanga, which flows south from east Central Luzon into Manila Bay. Laguna de Bay, southeast of Manila Bay, is the largest freshwater lake in the Philippines. Filipinos were known to be : hospitable, very close to family ties, respect for elders, fatalistic, sensitive, loyal, tendency to be indolent, curious, individualistic, jealous, and regionalist.

PART 2: BEFORE THE CONQUEST

The Philippines, scientists believe, once was a part of Mainland China. According to the scientists, during the Ice Age, the waters surrounding the Philippines dropped to about 156 feet below the present levels, exposing large bodies of land. These became land bridges connecting the Philippines to the Asian mainland.  Dr. Fritjof Voss, a German scientist who studied the geology of the Philippines, questioned the validity of this theory of land bridges. He claimed that it arose from the bottom of the sea and, as the thin Pacific crust moved below it, continued to rise. The country lies along great Earth faults that extend to deep undersea trenches. The resulting violent earthquakes caused what is now the land masses forming the Philippines to rise to the surface of the sea. It was concluded that about 250,000 years ago, primitive men came to the Philippines from the Asian mainland in 1962. Then about 25,000 years ago came the pygmies, the small, black-skinned, squat-nosed, thick-lipped, and kinky-haired people from the south over the still remaining land bridges. Around 12,000 to 15,000 years ago, another Negrito migration occurred. They reached Luzon from Borneo over land bridges in Palawan and Mindoro. The submergence of the land bridges when the ice melted with the passing of time did not prevent other people from inhabiting the Philippines. 5,000 to 6,000 Years Ago? The first Indonesians arrived by boat from Southeast Asia some 5,000 to 6,000 years ago. Much later, around 1500 B.C., a second wave of Indonesians arrived. Then came the Malays in two successive waves, the first between 800 and 500 B.C. and the second, between 300 and 200 B.C. From Borneo, they traveled by sailboats and settled in the three major islands of the Philippines: Luzon, Visayas, and Mindanao. Subsequent peoples who came from the start of Christianity until the present time include the Indians (Hindus), the Arabs, the Chinese, other Eastern Asians, the Europeans, and the Americans. Who Came First? The matter of who the first settlers were has not been really resolved. This is being disputed by anthropologists, as well as the theory of Professor H. Otley Beyer that the first inhabitants of the Philippines came from the Malay Peninsula. The Malays now constitute the largest portion of the populace and what Filipinos now have is a Malayan culture. Anthropologist F. Landa Jocano of the University of the Philippines contends that what fossil evidence of ancient men show is that they not only migrated to the Philippines, but also to New Guinea, Borneo, and Australia. He says that there is no way of determining if they were Negritoes at all. However, what is sure is that there is evidence the Philippines was inhabited as early as 21,000 or 22,000 years ago. According to Jocano’s findings, the peoples of the prehistoric islands of Southeast Asia were of the same population as the combination of human evolution that occurred in the islands of Southeast Asia about 1.9 million years ago. The proofs of this are fossil materials found in different parts of the region and the movements of other peoples from the Asian mainland during historic times.

PART 3: EARLY CUSTOMS AND PRACTICES

Among the ancient Filipinos, the male attire was composed of the upper and lower parts, the upper, called kanggan, was a black or blue collarless jacket with short sleeves. It seems that the color of the jacket indicated the rank of the wearer, for the chief wore a red jacket, while those below his rank wore either blue or black depending upon their position in society. The lower part of the attire, called bahag, consisted of a strip of cloth wrapped about the waist, passing down between the thighs. Such method of dressing naturally left one’s thighs and legs exposed. The woman’s dress, too, was composed of the upper and lower parts. The upper, called baro or camisa, was a jacket with sleeves, while the lower part, called saya by the Tagalogs and patadyong by the Visayans, was loose skirt. A piece of red or white cloth, called tapis, was usually wrapped about the waist. Men, women and children walked about barefooted, for sandals and shoes were Spanish innovations. The male had a headgear consisting of a piece of cloth, called putong, which was wrapped around his head. The color of the putong showed the “manliness” of a man; a red putong for instance, signified that the wearer had killed a man in war. But he who had killed at least seven was privileged to wear an embroidered putong. The woman, on the other hand, had no putong, but wore her hair gracefully knotted at the back of her head

PART 4: PRE-COLONIAL CULTURE

During the early period thousand years ago, the early Filipinos were composed of different groups that came from different part of Asia. With different groups they form their own community, system of education and religious belief. They group into different communities composed of 50 to 2,000 individuals and they construct their shelters in different areas according to their lifestyle and source of living. Usually they were situated along the seashores, streams, rivers, forests, fertile land areas and even in caves. In water areas they look for fish, shells and pearls as their source of living. They also used boat and craft as there means of transportation for an easier travel and carrying their goods for trade from one place to another. For those people located in land areas they cultivate the land and plant rice, bananas and crops. After the harvest they no longer use the area indeed they just move to another place with less grass and fine soil and abundant of trees where they can start farming again. Perhaps this gives an idea that the Philippines is very rich of resources for a bountiful living. At that early period a system of education already exists which accounted by the so-called Alibata- the early Filipino form of writing. This is according to Fr. Pedro Chirino, one of the first Spanish missionaries arrived in the Philippines. The early Filipinos also believed that there is a connection of spirit to the daily life of a person. If one their love ones or family member get sick or died they believe that the spirit of nature get angry and they are force to burn and leave their place.

PHILIPPINE HISTORY (which might help you)

1. Explain - Indigenous Peoples in RP – Time = History of RP

The Indigenous Peoples here in the Philippines were still strongly following their ancestors traditions and practices that makes up their tribes. I guess, they could also be called as the living history of our republic. I mean, they make up our history right? Without these Indigenous People living continuously their heritage being passed by their ancestors, would we still know that there are some sort of people living in a lot more different practices that were before us? Would we still actually believe on history books without some living evidence of their existence? Would we still believe in superstitious beliefs without them telling us to do so? To see is to believe right?

 I had witnessed some of their cultures (the way they talk, the way they dress, the way they live), and honestly, I find it weird as compared to what’s new these days. Yet, they still chose to live according to what they believe, and they still chose to wear their cultural clothing. I’m referring to the aetas and badjaos. They were greatly showing us what a real Filipino was made of, without following what’s new, without the influenced of colonization, just living their practices. It makes me think that these people make up a great contributionin the Philippines History.

2. Explain-Philippines being disaster prone. What are the geographical causes?

Our country, as a prone area to disasters (natural disasters), mostly, floods, landslides, volcanic eruptions, earthquakes, and tsunamis, lying as it does on both sides of the typhoon belt, in the active volcanic state known as the “Pacific Ring of Fire”  and in the geographically uneven region between the Pacific and Eurasian tectonic plates. storms or typhoons

The Pacific Ring of Fire, an area known for its volcanoes, earthquakes, and tsunamis.  Tsunamis are strong gigantic waves triggered by earthquakes mostly occurring below the sea. 

3. Explain- Peopling in Mindanao. Trace and determine who and how people from several places reaches & settled in the island

            As an archipelago, it is certain that ancient men came to settle in on Philippine Islands, maybe as migrants looking for places to stay. Popular belief holds that the majority of Philippine people are descendants of migrants from Indonesia and Malaysia who came to the islands in successive waves over many centuries and largely displaced the aboriginal inhabitants. Modern archeological, linguistic, and genetic evidence, however, strongly suggests that those migrants originated in Taiwan and went on from the Philippines to settle Indonesia and Malaysia. The largest ethnic minority now is the mainland Asians (called Chinese), who have played an important role in commerce for many centuries since they first came to the islands to trade. Arabs and Indians also traveled and traded in the Philippines in the first and early second millennium.

            Muslims were the most dominant set of people living here in Mindanao; they were the primary reason of the peopling. It was serif Kabungsuan, who had meanwhile arrived from Jehore with his men, immediately began laying the foundation of Islam. He converted many tribes to his religion and having married into a influential family made himself to the first sultan of Mindanao. From then on, Islam quickly spread to the areas of Luzon and Visayas. The arrival of the Spaniards during the 16^th century and the succeeding conquest of Luzon led the Muslims to retreat to the south where they sustained their independence from foreign powers to the end of the Spanish government. 

4. Analyze-The claim of Moros of Mindanao that it is theirs

In the 19th and 20th centuries, the Moro people remained separated from the mainstream Philippine society, due to the fact that they were never brought under the influence of Western culture.

Mindanao serves as a ‘jungle’ of Moro’s people and the record shown during the Spanish period that Mindanao was not conquered by Spanish people. That’s why Moro’s believe that Mindanao is their place. Some Muslim Filipinos want a separate homeland for themselves because they want to break away from the Philippines, they cannot be considered real Filipinos.  However, they cannot be blamed because years of neglect by the national government have made them poor and worried.  

5. Compare and contrast - Luzon and Visayas in terms of its people, religion & cultural practices

People from the Cordillera Mountains in Luzon are broadly known as Igorot. They include more specific groups such as the Tingguian, Ifugao, Kalinga and Itawit. The Negrito also comes from Luzon. They include the Agta, Aete and Dumagat among many other groups.

The indigenous groups in the Visayas –mostly in Mindoro – are called Mangyan. Again, there are many ethnic groups such as the Tadyawan, Tagbanwa, Palawano, Molbog and Kagayanan.

In Luzon, Tagalog likes the better things in life and known as superior to the rest of the Filipino. They are neither thrifty nor excessive. The ties that bind them from their homes are so strong that they prefer to stay put in their homelands than migrating to greener valleys to carve out their fortunes. They are born poet, lover and musician that’s why greatest writer and musician comes from Luzon. Farther south, in the Bicol region, the Bicolano is known for even temper and religiosity. Kindly like Visayans, they views life with studied calmness and seldom show his rough edges. They know how to enjoy life and to take it’s offering with logicalcalmness. They are fond of spicy foods. The Visayan is a hedonist. Give him/her a jug of tuba and a piece of dried fish and he/she will sing the wilderness into Paradise. Visayan is a lover like the Luzon people, nut they expresses consuming passion in music, not in poetry, even if they are poor, by caressing the strings of musical instrument and singing to its accompaniment. They may not know the difference between a do and mi on a paper, but they can put together the notes of the scale to produce lilting, coquettish music.

this is it.

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