Philippines, the Pearl of the Orient Seas

I just remembered, last Nov 1 — besides the 11 black cats I saw while #running — I also saw a #squirrel high up the trees after my #run. It's rare to see squirrels here in Metropolitan #Manila because it's highly urbanized, and city parks are small.

😍

#Philippines

I heard played outside an English version of «How Much I Like You, You Would Know» («我多喜欢你, 你会知道»), the theme song of the 2017 C-drama «A Love So Beautiful» («致我们单纯的小美好»).

But I can't find it on Spotify or YouTube Music! I wonder if it's a #Filipino cover?

(It's not unusual to have a Filipino or English translation of a CJK song by a Filipino singer, we've been exchanging music since before the 80s. 🧐)

#MandoPop #Cpop #Cdrama

#philippines

How #Filipinos see the #USA mainland?

(Sorry, I don't have a map.)

California = Just San Francisco & Los Angeles
New York City
Washington Capital

That's it. 🤣🤣

(Based on my experience and observation.)

#philippines

Providing critical updates, like #weather , to many #Filipino users in the #Fediverse & The #ATmosphere networks is a true service for the people. The #ManilaTimes deserves to be the labeled as the true star and bulletin, at serbisyong totoo.

#Philippines

Issues facing the Manila Bay Reclamation Projects

https://youtu.be/c8LjjHDE518?si=DWo-aqmah7UNK-3I

#Philippines #Manila #Reclamation #ManilaBay

The #Filipino (formal) greeting in different scripts:

1. Standard Latin/Roman: Mabuhay! (ma-bu-ha-y)
2. #Baybayin / #Surat / #Suyat ( #Tagalog variant): ᜋᜊᜓᜑᜌ᜔
3. Mabuhay #Hangeul: 마부하이 (Hangeul for Filipino #language use)

#Philippines #Wika #Alphabet

In Philippine #English, if it's called a "storm" it's "weak" (but can still bring in a lot of rains, rains and wind gusts are separate matters, don't mix the two).

If it's called a "typhoon", it's definitely not a joke.

(P.s. And once again, let me reiterate this: "Philippine English" is a legitimate & recognized variant of English. It is NOT the same as Taglish, Singlish, or Konglish/Kinglish.)

#Philippines

I really can't find how it all started that Filipino Twitter users are migrating to The ATmosphere network. While Facebook users are in Threads (and only few actually activates their fediverse settings despite telling them how).

It's something I'm very curious about because the Philippine SNS / social media space is heavily Facebook + Twitter only for the last 20 years. Yet, somehow, in the latter half of 2024, things started to change.

What is going on?! I want to understand what triggered my kababayan to migrate, or at least, take seriously a "new" platform. And this is despite the fact that most of the people they're following are more likely than not still active in those closed-silo platforms.

The migration isn't huge, like Brazil-huge. But still, it's significant. These are not the usual "let's give it a try" crowd and then they'll disappear. They're actually using Bluesky and Threads!

The challenge is, like in Threads where we have to tell them to turn-on their fediverse setting, we have to tell ATmosphere users to follow @ap.brid.gy . 😅

Tags: #Filipino #Philippines #Twitter #Facebook #Threads #ATmosphere #Fediverse #Bluesky #SocialWeb #SNS #SocialMedia

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A lot of #Filipino artists ( #comics , #illustrators , and so on) are joining The #ATmosphere network.

I just found out after checking the #Philippines #Bluesky feed.

https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:bpotnohnlgcj3fbmp7ugx4en/feed/aaaj7pj4wsmq6

#artists #komiks #Pinoy #Pilipino #art

The #Tsinoy community has contributed much to the nation’s history since the first wave of #ChineseImmigrants moved to #Manila from #Fujian province in the 1500s.

Despite these rich ties, anti-Chinese sentiments have been growing among #Filipinos in recent years as #Beijing ramped up its aggressive actions against Philippine ships in the disputed #SouthChinaSea.

Why the loyalty check?: Chinese-Filipinos fear prejudice fuelled by #AliceGuo case, South China Sea row
https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/se-asia/why-the-loyalty-check-chinese-filipinos-fear-prejudice-fuelled-by-alice-guo-case-south-china-sea-dispute

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#Filipino #TootSEA #languages #philippines

Mukhang tuluyan ngang lumubog sa kailaliman ng dagat ang OG na Pilipinas na mag doon sa kbin.social noong mga nakaraang araw, 'no? :(

Siyanga pala, mabuhay nga pala't naparito na naman ako, sa ilalim ng bago na namang user handle, katulad nung mga nauna ko, upang tulunging buuing muli itong pook na 'to, kahit na may kabigatan nga sa buhay IRL sa ngayon. 'Musta nga pala yaong mga hapunan ninyo, ah?